diff --git a/ui/app/api/news/route.ts b/ui/app/api/news/route.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40cedbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/app/api/news/route.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { NextResponse } from "next/server";
+import fs from "node:fs/promises";
+import path from "node:path";
+
+export async function GET() {
+  try {
+    const dataDirectory = path.join(process.cwd(), "public", "data");
+    const filePath = path.join(dataDirectory, "index.json");
+    const fileContents = await fs.readFile(filePath, "utf8");
+    const data = JSON.parse(fileContents);
+    return NextResponse.json(data);
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error("Error reading news data:", error);
+    return NextResponse.json({ error: "Failed to load news data" }, { status: 500 });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ui/components/NewsPage.tsx b/ui/components/NewsPage.tsx
index 62072c2..b39551b 100644
--- a/ui/components/NewsPage.tsx
+++ b/ui/components/NewsPage.tsx
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@ const NewsPage = () => {
     const fetchNews = async () => {
       try {
         console.log("Fetching news...");
-        const response = await fetch(
-          "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/newspedia-crew/newspedia-web/intern-change/public/data/index.json",
-        );
+        const response = await fetch("/api/news");
         console.log("Response status:", response.status);
         if (!response.ok) {
           throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
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