diff --git a/DeepDrftCms/Pages/Cms/Index.razor b/DeepDrftCms/Pages/Cms/Index.razor
index 6c6b688..bd25e95 100644
--- a/DeepDrftCms/Pages/Cms/Index.razor
+++ b/DeepDrftCms/Pages/Cms/Index.razor
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 @page "/cms"
-@rendermode InteractiveAuto
+@rendermode InteractiveServer
 @using AuthBlocksWeb.HierarchicalAuthorize
 @attribute [HierarchicalRoleAuthorize("Admin")]
 
diff --git a/DeepDrftManager/Program.cs b/DeepDrftManager/Program.cs
index b6b5fdf..54d66bf 100644
--- a/DeepDrftManager/Program.cs
+++ b/DeepDrftManager/Program.cs
@@ -81,12 +81,13 @@ builder.Services.AddAuthBlocks(options =>
 var baseUrl = GetKestrelUrl(builder);
 AuthBlocksWeb.Startup.ConfigureAuthServices(builder.Services, baseUrl);
 
-// Named HttpClient used by CMS pages for auth API calls (AuthBlocks surface on this host).
-var apiHostUrl = builder.Configuration["ApiUrls:ApiHost"]
-    ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("ApiUrls:ApiHost is required");
+// Named HttpClient used by CMS pages for in-process CMS endpoints (CmsUploadController,
+// CmsEditController, CmsDeleteController) and the AuthBlocks surface — both live on this host.
+// Base-addressed to the Manager's own Kestrel URL so callers using relative paths
+// (e.g. "api/cms/track") hit our own controllers, not the public host.
 builder.Services.AddHttpClient("DeepDrft.API", client =>
 {
-    client.BaseAddress = new Uri(apiHostUrl);
+    client.BaseAddress = new Uri(baseUrl);
 });
 
 // Named HttpClient for unauthenticated Content API calls (e.g. CmsUploadController proxying WAV
diff --git a/DeepDrftManager/appsettings.json b/DeepDrftManager/appsettings.json
index 1923106..e76c964 100644
--- a/DeepDrftManager/appsettings.json
+++ b/DeepDrftManager/appsettings.json
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   },
   "AllowedHosts": "*",
   "ApiUrls": {
-    "ApiHost": "https://localhost:5001",
     "ContentApi": "https://content.deepdrft.com"
   },
   "ForwardedHeaders": {
diff --git a/DeepDrftPublic/Components/App.razor b/DeepDrftPublic/Components/App.razor
index b2689a0..35c6ee7 100644
--- a/DeepDrftPublic/Components/App.razor
+++ b/DeepDrftPublic/Components/App.razor
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
     <base href="/" />
     <DeepDrftFontLinks />
-    <link href="_@Assets["content/MudBlazor.ThemeManager/MudBlazorThemeManager.css"]" rel="stylesheet" />
+    <link href="@Assets["_content/MudBlazor.ThemeManager/MudBlazorThemeManager.css"]" rel="stylesheet" />
     <link href=@Assets["_content/MudBlazor/MudBlazor.min.css"] rel="stylesheet" />
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="@Assets["DeepDrftPublic.styles.css"]"/>
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="@Assets["_content/DeepDrftShared.Client/styles/deepdrft-tokens.css"]" />
diff --git a/DeepDrftPublic/connections.example.json b/DeepDrftPublic/connections.example.json
index 8439f83..058cdc2 100644
--- a/DeepDrftPublic/connections.example.json
+++ b/DeepDrftPublic/connections.example.json
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {
   "ConnectionStrings": {
-    "DefaultConnection": "Host=localhost;Port=5433;Database=postgres;Username=postgres;Password=your-password-here",
-    "Auth": "Host=localhost;Port=5433;Database=postgres;Username=postgres;Password=your-password-here"
+    "DefaultConnection": "Host=localhost;Port=5433;Database=postgres;Username=postgres;Password=your-password-here"
   }
 }