diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index af860d44..f967b622 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -60,6 +60,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "trust-dns-resolver",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "actix-cors"
+version = "0.5.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "36b133d8026a9f209a9aeeeacd028e7451bcca975f592881b305d37983f303d7"
+dependencies = [
+ "actix-web",
+ "derive_more",
+ "futures-util",
+ "log",
+ "once_cell",
+ "tinyvec",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "actix-http"
 version = "2.2.0"
@@ -1279,6 +1293,7 @@ name = "guard"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "actix",
+ "actix-cors",
  "actix-http",
  "actix-identity",
  "actix-rt",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 16d8c431..5d72a22c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ actix = "0.10"
 actix-identity = "0.3"
 actix-http = "2.2"
 actix-rt = "1"
+actix-cors= "0.5.4"
+
+
 mime_guess = "2.0.3"
 rust-embed = "5.9.0"
 cache-buster = { version = "0.1", git = "https://github.com/realaravinth/cache-buster" }
diff --git a/config/default.toml b/config/default.toml
index 2409e931..0b88e6a4 100644
--- a/config/default.toml
+++ b/config/default.toml
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@ ip= "0.0.0.0"
 # enter your hostname, eg: example.com
 domain = "localhost"
 allow_registration = true
-# directory containing static files
-static_files_dir = "./frontend/dist"
-
+#url_prefix = ""
 
 [pow]
 # Please set a unique value, your mCaptcha instance's security depends on this being 
diff --git a/src/api/v1/pow/mod.rs b/src/api/v1/pow/mod.rs
index 20cf2294..e1e60e03 100644
--- a/src/api/v1/pow/mod.rs
+++ b/src/api/v1/pow/mod.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 
+//use actix_cors::Cors;
+//use lazy_static::lazy_static;
+
 pub mod get_config;
 pub mod verify_pow;
 pub mod verify_token;
@@ -22,3 +25,12 @@ pub mod verify_token;
 pub use super::mcaptcha::duration::GetDurationResp;
 pub use super::mcaptcha::is_authenticated;
 pub use super::mcaptcha::levels::I32Levels;
+
+//lazy_static! {
+//    pub static ref CORS: Cors = Cors::default()
+//        .allow_any_origin()
+//        .allowed_methods(vec!["POST"])
+//        .allow_any_header()
+//        .max_age(0)
+//        .send_wildcard();
+//}
diff --git a/src/settings.rs b/src/settings.rs
index 9683b51e..c90a4a3a 100644
--- a/src/settings.rs
+++ b/src/settings.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ pub struct Server {
     pub domain: String,
     pub cookie_secret: String,
     pub ip: String,
+    pub url_prefix: Option<String>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
@@ -42,6 +43,15 @@ impl Server {
     pub fn get_ip(&self) -> String {
         format!("{}:{}", self.ip, self.port)
     }
+
+    fn check_url_prefix(&mut self) {
+        if let Some(prefix) = self.url_prefix.clone() {
+            self.url_prefix = Some(prefix.trim().into());
+            if prefix.trim().is_empty() {
+                panic!("URL prefix is set to empty string")
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
@@ -162,3 +172,24 @@ fn set_database_url(s: &mut Config) {
     )
     .expect("Couldn't set databse url");
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn url_prefix_test() {
+        let mut settings = Settings::new().unwrap();
+        assert!(settings.server.url_prefix.is_none());
+        settings.server.url_prefix = Some("test".into());
+        settings.server.check_url_prefix();
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    #[should_panic]
+    fn url_prefix_panic_test() {
+        let mut settings = Settings::new().unwrap();
+        settings.server.url_prefix = Some("    ".into());
+        settings.server.check_url_prefix();
+    }
+}