diff --git a/app/api/news/route.ts b/app/api/news/route.ts
index b186d1f..2b7cba6 100644
--- a/app/api/news/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/news/route.ts
@@ -1,63 +1,41 @@
 import { NextResponse } from 'next/server';
-import { Pool } from 'pg';
 
-// Get database configuration from environment variables
-const DB_HOST = process.env.DB_HOST || '172.16.0.104';
-const DB_PORT = process.env.DB_PORT || '5432';
-const DB_USER = process.env.DB_USER || 'alma';
-const DB_PASSWORD = process.env.DB_PASSWORD || 'alma'; // Default password
-const DB_NAME = process.env.DB_NAME || 'rivacube';
-
-// Construct connection string from components
-const connectionString = `postgresql://${DB_USER}:${DB_PASSWORD}@${DB_HOST}:${DB_PORT}/${DB_NAME}`;
-
-// Log the connection string (with password masked for security)
-const maskedConnectionString = connectionString.replace(/\/\/[^:]+:[^@]+@/, '//***:***@');
-console.log('Using connection string:', maskedConnectionString);
-
-const pool = new Pool({
-  connectionString,
-  // Add connection timeout
-  connectionTimeoutMillis: 5000,
-  // Add query timeout
-  query_timeout: 5000,
-});
+// FastAPI server configuration
+const API_HOST = process.env.API_HOST || 'http://172.16.0.104:8000';
 
 export async function GET() {
-  let client;
   try {
-    console.log(`Attempting to connect to database at ${DB_HOST}:${DB_PORT}...`);
-    client = await pool.connect();
-    console.log('Database connection successful');
-
-    const result = await client.query(
-      `SELECT id, title, date, source, description, category, url 
-       FROM news 
-       ORDER BY date DESC 
-       LIMIT 5`
-    );
+    console.log(`Fetching news from FastAPI server at ${API_HOST}...`);
     
-    console.log(`Successfully fetched ${result.rows.length} news articles`);
-    return NextResponse.json(result.rows);
+    const response = await fetch(`${API_HOST}/news`, {
+      method: 'GET',
+      headers: {
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+      },
+    });
+
+    if (!response.ok) {
+      throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
+    }
+
+    const news = await response.json();
+    console.log(`Successfully fetched ${news.length} news articles`);
+    
+    return NextResponse.json(news);
   } catch (error) {
     console.error('Error in news API:', {
       error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Unknown error',
-      host: DB_HOST,
-      port: DB_PORT,
-      database: DB_NAME,
+      apiHost: API_HOST,
       stack: error instanceof Error ? error.stack : undefined
     });
+    
     return NextResponse.json(
       { 
         error: 'Failed to fetch news', 
         details: error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Unknown error',
-        server: DB_HOST
+        server: API_HOST
       },
       { status: 500 }
     );
-  } finally {
-    if (client) {
-      client.release();
-    }
   }
 } 
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