diff --git a/app/api/news/route.ts b/app/api/news/route.ts
index 4520147..47a4a00 100644
--- a/app/api/news/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/news/route.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { NextResponse } from 'next/server';
 
-// FastAPI server configuration
-const API_HOST = process.env.API_HOST || 'http://172.16.0.104:8000';
+// FastAPI server configuration - use localhost since both servers are on the same machine
+const API_HOST = process.env.API_HOST || 'http://localhost:8000';
 
 // Helper function to clean HTML content
 function cleanHtmlContent(content: string): string {
@@ -16,22 +16,24 @@ function cleanHtmlContent(content: string): string {
 }
 
 // Helper function to format time
-function formatDateTime(dateStr: string): { date: string, time: string } {
+function formatDateTime(dateStr: string): { displayDate: string, timestamp: string } {
   try {
     const date = new Date(dateStr);
+    const day = date.getDate();
+    const month = date.toLocaleString('fr-FR', { month: 'short' }).toLowerCase();
+    
     return {
-      date: date.toLocaleDateString('fr-FR', {
-        day: 'numeric',
-        month: 'short'
-      }),
-      time: date.toLocaleTimeString('fr-FR', {
+      displayDate: `${day} ${month}`,
+      timestamp: date.toLocaleString('fr-FR', {
+        day: '2-digit',
+        month: 'short',
         hour: '2-digit',
         minute: '2-digit',
         hour12: false
       })
     };
   } catch (error) {
-    return { date: 'N/A', time: 'N/A' };
+    return { displayDate: 'N/A', timestamp: 'N/A' };
   }
 }
 
@@ -42,16 +44,36 @@ function truncateText(text: string, maxLength: number): string {
   return truncated.replace(/[.,!?]$/, '') + '...';
 }
 
+// Helper function to format category
+function formatCategory(category: string): string {
+  if (!category) return 'GENERAL';
+  // Simplify long category names
+  return category
+    .split('-')
+    .map(part => part.trim().toUpperCase())
+    .join(' - ');
+}
+
 // Helper function to format source
 function formatSource(source: string): string {
   if (!source) return '';
-  return source.replace(/^(https?:\/\/)?(www\.)?/i, '').split('.')[0].toLowerCase();
+  // Extract domain name without TLD and clean it up
+  const sourceName = source
+    .replace(/^(https?:\/\/)?(www\.)?/i, '')
+    .split('.')[0]
+    .toLowerCase()
+    .replace(/[^a-z0-9]/g, ' ')
+    .trim();
+  return sourceName.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + sourceName.slice(1);
 }
 
 export async function GET() {
   try {
-    console.log(`Fetching news from FastAPI server at ${API_HOST}...`);
+    console.log(`Attempting to connect to FastAPI server at ${API_HOST}...`);
     
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const timeoutId = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), 5000);
+
     const response = await fetch(`${API_HOST}/news?limit=10`, {
       method: 'GET',
       headers: {
@@ -59,8 +81,12 @@ export async function GET() {
         'Accept': 'application/json',
       },
       cache: 'no-store',
+      signal: controller.signal,
+      keepalive: true,
     });
 
+    clearTimeout(timeoutId);
+
     if (!response.ok) {
       const errorText = await response.text();
       throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}, body: ${errorText}`);
@@ -70,15 +96,15 @@ export async function GET() {
     
     // Format and clean the news data
     const formattedNews = rawNews.map((article: any) => {
-      const { date, time } = formatDateTime(article.date);
+      const { displayDate, timestamp } = formatDateTime(article.date);
       return {
         id: article.id,
         title: truncateText(cleanHtmlContent(article.title), 100),
         description: truncateText(cleanHtmlContent(article.description), 150),
-        date,
-        time,
+        displayDate,
+        timestamp,
         source: formatSource(article.source),
-        category: (article.category || 'GENERAL').toUpperCase(),
+        category: formatCategory(article.category),
         url: article.url || '#',
       };
     });