diff --git a/frontend/10-generate-env.sh b/frontend/10-generate-env.sh
index 222fab2..393e41e 100644
--- a/frontend/10-generate-env.sh
+++ b/frontend/10-generate-env.sh
@@ -1,32 +1,23 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -e
 
-# Template is in dist (copied by Dockerfile builder stage)
-TEMPLATE="/usr/share/nginx/html/env.js.template"
+# Generate env.js from API_BASE environment variable
+# This is set in the Helm deployment values
 TARGET="/usr/share/nginx/html/env.js"
 
-if [ -f "$TEMPLATE" ]; then
-  echo "Generating env.js from template with API_BASE=${API_BASE:-/api}"
-  # Default API_BASE to /api if not provided
-  : ${API_BASE:=/api}
+# API_BASE should be set via deployment env (e.g., from Helm values)
+# Default to /api as fallback (relative path)
+: ${API_BASE:=/api}
 
-  cat > "$TARGET" <<EOF
+echo "Generating env.js with API_BASE=${API_BASE}"
+
+cat > "$TARGET" <<EOF
 window.__ENV__ = {
   API_BASE: "${API_BASE}"
 };
 EOF
-  echo "✓ env.js generated at $TARGET"
-else
-  echo "Warning: env.js.template not found at $TEMPLATE, creating default env.js"
-  # Fallback: create env.js with default value
-  : ${API_BASE:=/api}
-  cat > "$TARGET" <<EOF
-window.__ENV__ = {
-  API_BASE: "${API_BASE}"
-};
-EOF
-  echo "✓ Default env.js created at $TARGET"
-fi
 
-# Ensure ownership/permissions are OK for nginx
+echo "✓ env.js generated at $TARGET"
+
+# Ensure ownership/permissions for nginx
 chown -R nginx:nginx /usr/share/nginx/html || true
diff --git a/frontend/Dockerfile b/frontend/Dockerfile
index 7855a3a..d909e90 100644
--- a/frontend/Dockerfile
+++ b/frontend/Dockerfile
@@ -15,10 +15,7 @@ COPY . .
 # Build the application
 RUN npm run build
 
-# Copy env template to dist so it's available in production
-COPY public/env.js.template dist/env.js.template
-
-# Production stage - use nginx to serve static files and proxy API calls
+# Production stage - use nginx to serve static files
 FROM nginx:alpine
 
 # Copy nginx config
@@ -28,7 +25,7 @@ COPY nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
 COPY --from=builder /app/dist /usr/share/nginx/html
 
 # Copy entrypoint script to nginx entrypoint.d directory
-# This will run before nginx starts and generate env.js from template
+# This will run before nginx starts and generate env.js from API_BASE env var
 COPY 10-generate-env.sh /docker-entrypoint.d/10-generate-env.sh
 
 # Ensure entrypoint script is executable
diff --git a/frontend/nginx.conf b/frontend/nginx.conf
index 8ed617c..f950e70 100644
--- a/frontend/nginx.conf
+++ b/frontend/nginx.conf
@@ -13,19 +13,6 @@ http {
     root /usr/share/nginx/html;
     index index.html;
 
-    # Proxy API requests to backend service
-    # Frontend calls /api/recipes, nginx removes /api prefix and forwards to backend:8000/recipes
-    location /api/ {
-      proxy_pass http://backend:8000/;
-      proxy_http_version 1.1;
-      proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
-      proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
-      proxy_set_header Host $host;
-      proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
-      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
-      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
-    }
-
     # Serve static files and fallback to index.html for SPA
     location / {
       try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
diff --git a/manifests/my-recipes/values.yaml b/manifests/my-recipes/values.yaml
index 3e57958..bd949eb 100644
--- a/manifests/my-recipes/values.yaml
+++ b/manifests/my-recipes/values.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ backend:
   env:
     PYTHONUNBUFFERED: "1"
   tag: master-895786b
+  ingress:
+    enabled: true
+    className: "nginx"
+    annotations:
+      cert-manager.io/cluster-issuer: "letsencrypt-prod"
+    hosts:
+      - host: api-my-recipes.dvirlabs.com
+        paths:
+          - path: /
+            pathType: Prefix
 # Frontend configuration
 frontend:
   name: frontend
@@ -36,7 +46,7 @@ frontend:
     port: 80
     targetPort: 80
   env:
-    API_BASE: "https://my-recipes.dvirlabs.com/api"
+    API_BASE: "https://api-my-recipes.dvirlabs.com"
   resources:
     requests:
       cpu: 50m
@@ -45,6 +55,16 @@ frontend:
       cpu: 200m
       memory: 256Mi
   tag: master-bd31ffb
+  ingress:
+    enabled: true
+    className: "nginx"
+    annotations:
+      cert-manager.io/cluster-issuer: "letsencrypt-prod"
+    hosts:
+      - host: my-recipes.dvirlabs.com
+        paths:
+          - path: /
+            pathType: Prefix
 # PostgreSQL configuration
 postgres:
   name: db
@@ -72,24 +92,18 @@ postgres:
     limits:
       cpu: 1000m
       memory: 1Gi
-# Ingress (top-level, maps frontend/backend paths)
+# Ingress (top-level, disabled - use component-specific ingress instead)
 ingress:
-  enabled: true
+  enabled: false
   className: "nginx"
   annotations:
     cert-manager.io/cluster-issuer: "letsencrypt-prod"
-    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/rewrite-target: "/$2"
-    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/use-regex: "true"
   hosts:
     - host: my-recipes.dvirlabs.com
       paths:
         - path: /
           pathType: Prefix
           backend: frontend
-        # use a regex to capture and rewrite /api/... to /... on the backend
-        - path: /api(/|$)(.*)
-          pathType: ImplementationSpecific
-          backend: backend
   tls:
     - secretName: recipes-tls
       hosts:
diff --git a/my-recipes-chart/templates/frontend-deployment.yaml b/my-recipes-chart/templates/frontend-deployment.yaml
index 52edc17..8973e53 100644
--- a/my-recipes-chart/templates/frontend-deployment.yaml
+++ b/my-recipes-chart/templates/frontend-deployment.yaml
@@ -25,26 +25,13 @@ spec:
             - containerPort: {{ .Values.frontend.service.targetPort }}
               name: http
               protocol: TCP
-          {{- /* compute API_BASE: prefer frontend.env.API_BASE, else use first ingress host */}}
-          {{- $apiBase := "" }}
-          {{- if .Values.frontend.env.API_BASE }}
-          {{- $apiBase = .Values.frontend.env.API_BASE }}
-          {{- else if .Values.ingress.hosts }}
-          {{- $firstHost := index .Values.ingress.hosts 0 }}
-          {{- $apiBase = printf "https://%s/api" $firstHost.host }}
-          {{- end }}
+          {{- with .Values.frontend.env }}
           env:
-            - name: API_BASE
-              value: {{ $apiBase | quote }}
-            {{- /* include any other env vars provided in values.frontend.env (skip API_BASE to avoid duplicate) */}}
-            {{- with .Values.frontend.env }}
             {{- range $key, $value := . }}
-            {{- if ne $key "API_BASE" }}
             - name: {{ $key }}
               value: {{ $value | quote }}
             {{- end }}
-            {{- end }}
-            {{- end }}
+          {{- end }}
           livenessProbe:
             httpGet:
               path: /
diff --git a/my-recipes-chart/templates/ingress.yaml b/my-recipes-chart/templates/ingress.yaml
index aeeea7a..d106c59 100644
--- a/my-recipes-chart/templates/ingress.yaml
+++ b/my-recipes-chart/templates/ingress.yaml
@@ -1,31 +1,22 @@
-{{- if .Values.ingress.enabled }}
+{{- if .Values.frontend.ingress.enabled }}
 apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
 kind: Ingress
 metadata:
-  name: {{ .Release.Name }}
+  name: {{ .Release.Name }}-frontend
   namespace: {{ .Values.global.namespace }}
   labels:
-    app: {{ .Release.Name }}
-  {{- with .Values.ingress.annotations }}
+    app: {{ .Release.Name }}-frontend
+    component: frontend
+  {{- with .Values.frontend.ingress.annotations }}
   annotations:
     {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
   {{- end }}
 spec:
-  {{- if .Values.ingress.className }}
-  ingressClassName: {{ .Values.ingress.className }}
-  {{- end }}
-  {{- if .Values.ingress.tls }}
-  tls:
-    {{- range .Values.ingress.tls }}
-    - hosts:
-        {{- range .hosts }}
-        - {{ . | quote }}
-        {{- end }}
-      secretName: {{ .secretName }}
-    {{- end }}
+  {{- if .Values.frontend.ingress.className }}
+  ingressClassName: {{ .Values.frontend.ingress.className }}
   {{- end }}
   rules:
-    {{- range .Values.ingress.hosts }}
+    {{- range .Values.frontend.ingress.hosts }}
     - host: {{ .host | quote }}
       http:
         paths:
@@ -34,15 +25,65 @@ spec:
             pathType: {{ .pathType }}
             backend:
               service:
-                {{- if eq .backend "frontend" }}
                 name: {{ $.Release.Name }}-{{ $.Values.frontend.name }}
                 port:
                   number: {{ $.Values.frontend.service.port }}
-                {{- else if eq .backend "backend" }}
+          {{- end }}
+    {{- end }}
+  {{- if .Values.frontend.ingress.tls }}
+  tls:
+    {{- range .Values.frontend.ingress.tls }}
+    - hosts:
+        {{- range .hosts }}
+        - {{ . | quote }}
+        {{- end }}
+      secretName: {{ .secretName }}
+    {{- end }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+
+---
+
+{{- if .Values.backend.ingress.enabled }}
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Ingress
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Release.Name }}-backend
+  namespace: {{ .Values.global.namespace }}
+  labels:
+    app: {{ .Release.Name }}-backend
+    component: backend
+  {{- with .Values.backend.ingress.annotations }}
+  annotations:
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
+spec:
+  {{- if .Values.backend.ingress.className }}
+  ingressClassName: {{ .Values.backend.ingress.className }}
+  {{- end }}
+  rules:
+    {{- range .Values.backend.ingress.hosts }}
+    - host: {{ .host | quote }}
+      http:
+        paths:
+          {{- range .paths }}
+          - path: {{ .path }}
+            pathType: {{ .pathType }}
+            backend:
+              service:
                 name: {{ $.Release.Name }}-{{ $.Values.backend.name }}
                 port:
                   number: {{ $.Values.backend.service.port }}
-                {{- end }}
           {{- end }}
     {{- end }}
+  {{- if .Values.backend.ingress.tls }}
+  tls:
+    {{- range .Values.backend.ingress.tls }}
+    - hosts:
+        {{- range .hosts }}
+        - {{ . | quote }}
+        {{- end }}
+      secretName: {{ .secretName }}
+    {{- end }}
+  {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/my-recipes-chart/values.yaml b/my-recipes-chart/values.yaml
index f574749..3720a8b 100644
--- a/my-recipes-chart/values.yaml
+++ b/my-recipes-chart/values.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,17 @@ backend:
   env:
     PYTHONUNBUFFERED: "1"
 
+  ingress:
+    enabled: true
+    className: "nginx"
+    annotations:
+      cert-manager.io/cluster-issuer: "letsencrypt-prod"
+    hosts:
+      - host: api-my-recipes.dvirlabs.com
+        paths:
+          - path: /
+            pathType: Prefix
+
 # Frontend configuration
 frontend:
   name: frontend
@@ -42,7 +53,7 @@ frontend:
     targetPort: 80
   
   env:
-    API_BASE: "https://my-recipes.dvirlabs.com/api"
+    API_BASE: "https://api-my-recipes.dvirlabs.com"
   
   resources:
     requests:
@@ -52,6 +63,17 @@ frontend:
       cpu: 200m
       memory: 256Mi
 
+  ingress:
+    enabled: true
+    className: "nginx"
+    annotations:
+      cert-manager.io/cluster-issuer: "letsencrypt-prod"
+    hosts:
+      - host: my-recipes.dvirlabs.com
+        paths:
+          - path: /
+            pathType: Prefix
+
 # PostgreSQL configuration
 postgres:
   name: db
@@ -86,22 +108,16 @@ postgres:
 
 # Ingress configuration
 ingress:
-  enabled: true
+  enabled: false  # Individual frontend/backend ingress resources handle routing instead
   className: "nginx"
   annotations:
     cert-manager.io/cluster-issuer: "letsencrypt-prod"
-    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/rewrite-target: "/$2"
-    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/use-regex: "true"
   hosts:
     - host: my-recipes.dvirlabs.com
       paths:
         - path: /
           pathType: Prefix
           backend: frontend
-        # use a regex to capture and rewrite /api/... to /... on the backend
-        - path: /api(/|$)(.*)
-          pathType: ImplementationSpecific
-          backend: backend
   tls:
     - secretName: recipes-tls
       hosts: