diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 63776ec..d9cd56c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Main deployed services:
 Traffic pattern:
 
 - `qlockify.ir` serves the frontend
-- `api.qlockify.ir` serves the backend API, admin, docs, static, and media
+- backend traffic is served from `qlockify.ir` under `/api` and `/admin`
 - Nginx terminates TLS and proxies requests to the frontend and backend containers
 
 ## Expected Repository Layout
@@ -107,18 +107,17 @@ Configured domains:
 
 - `qlockify.ir`
 - `www.qlockify.ir`
-- `api.qlockify.ir`
 
 Behavior:
 
 - `www.qlockify.ir` redirects to `qlockify.ir`
 - `http` redirects to `https`
 - frontend is served from `qlockify.ir`
-- backend traffic is served from `api.qlockify.ir`
+- backend traffic is proxied from `qlockify.ir/api` and `qlockify.ir/admin`
 
 Before production startup:
 
-1. Point DNS records for `qlockify.ir`, `www.qlockify.ir`, and `api.qlockify.ir` to the server.
+1. Point DNS records for `qlockify.ir` and `www.qlockify.ir` to the server.
 2. Make sure `80` and `443` are open on the server firewall.
 3. Make sure the TLS certificate covers all required names.
 
@@ -147,10 +146,10 @@ Set these in:
 
 Core production values:
 
-- `DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS=api.qlockify.ir,qlockify.ir,www.qlockify.ir`
+- `DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS=qlockify.ir,www.qlockify.ir`
 - `CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS=https://qlockify.ir,https://www.qlockify.ir`
-- `CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS=https://api.qlockify.ir,https://qlockify.ir,https://www.qlockify.ir`
-- `BASE_URL=https://api.qlockify.ir`
+- `CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS=https://qlockify.ir,https://www.qlockify.ir`
+- `BASE_URL=https://qlockify.ir`
 - `POSTGRES_HOST=db`
 - `REDIS_HOST=redis`
 - `REDIS_URL=redis://redis:6379/0`
@@ -161,7 +160,7 @@ Google OAuth values:
 
 - `GOOGLE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID=...`
 - `GOOGLE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET=...`
-- `GOOGLE_OAUTH_REDIRECT_URI=https://api.qlockify.ir/api/users/oauth/google/callback/`
+- `GOOGLE_OAUTH_REDIRECT_URI=https://qlockify.ir/api/users/oauth/google/callback/`
 - `GOOGLE_OAUTH_FRONTEND_CALLBACK_URL=https://qlockify.ir/auth/google/callback`
 
 ## Required Frontend Environment
@@ -173,7 +172,7 @@ Set this in:
 ```
 
 ```text
-VITE_API_BASE_URL=https://api.qlockify.ir/api
+VITE_API_BASE_URL=/api
 ```
 
 ## Background Workers
diff --git a/backend/.env.sample b/backend/.env.sample
index f3a4fe4..88cf35a 100644
--- a/backend/.env.sample
+++ b/backend/.env.sample
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ LANGUAGE_CODE=en-us
 TIME_ZONE=Asia/Tehran
 
 SMS_APIKEY=
-BASE_URL=https://api.qlockify.ir
+BASE_URL=https://qlockify.ir
 GOOGLE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID=
 GOOGLE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET=
 GOOGLE_OAUTH_REDIRECT_URI=https://qlockify.ir/api/users/oauth/google/callback/