diff --git a/nuxt.config.js b/nuxt.config.js
index 6a960cb..d019acd 100644
--- a/nuxt.config.js
+++ b/nuxt.config.js
@@ -72,11 +72,10 @@ export default {
 	},
 
 	axios: {
-		proxy: true
-	},
-	proxy: {
-		// SSR axios requests must hit the same Nuxt process that hosts serverMiddleware (/api).
-		'/api': { target: `http://127.0.0.1:${nuxtPort}` }
+		// SSR calls the integrated Express API directly; browser uses relative /api paths.
+		proxy: false,
+		baseURL: `http://127.0.0.1:${nuxtPort}`,
+		browserBaseURL: '/'
 	},
 	router: {
 		linkActiveClass: 'active-link',
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ export default {
 	serverMiddleware: ['~/server/index.js'],
 	server: {
 		host: '0.0.0.0',
-		port: 3000
+		port: nuxtPort
 	},
 
 	auth: {
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index bea9b30..55e0f22 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -12522,21 +12522,6 @@
             "url": "https://opencollective.com/mongoose"
          }
       },
-      "node_modules/mongoose-lean-virtuals": {
-         "version": "1.1.1",
-         "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mongoose-lean-virtuals/-/mongoose-lean-virtuals-1.1.1.tgz",
-         "integrity": "sha512-8chOqpVE3bcoWT2pIgcJeIZlXaOfQCavZgQZF4qytUtjRBqsNMyzUoR16qdw9XL2kC478N8iA8z0AA+NSS0d1A==",
-         "license": "Apache 2.0",
-         "dependencies": {
-            "mpath": "^0.8.4"
-         },
-         "engines": {
-            "node": ">=16.20.1"
-         },
-         "peerDependencies": {
-            "mongoose": ">=5.11.10"
-         }
-      },
       "node_modules/mongoose-legacy-pluralize": {
          "version": "1.0.2",
          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mongoose-legacy-pluralize/-/mongoose-legacy-pluralize-1.0.2.tgz",
@@ -12547,13 +12532,10 @@
          }
       },
       "node_modules/mongoose-paginate-v2": {
-         "version": "1.9.5",
-         "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mongoose-paginate-v2/-/mongoose-paginate-v2-1.9.5.tgz",
-         "integrity": "sha512-sgPbV0G7SfdW1XdEuNMokzJOT85GNx786itp6UiNmDvKGyxMSHbeyn4tMZBseOmGu2uOo5ByVgfjhaxkOBY71A==",
+         "version": "1.3.18",
+         "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mongoose-paginate-v2/-/mongoose-paginate-v2-1.3.18.tgz",
+         "integrity": "sha512-MTEyXvQmUNlXyPGophxILHTYQQ80r3uMtgdnKVr+4qgWLM6JxHbWsFpCmaJJ7ofuV7bhkfBTGx3EDoJo+bIKFw==",
          "license": "MIT",
-         "dependencies": {
-            "mongoose-lean-virtuals": "^1.1.0"
-         },
          "engines": {
             "node": ">=4.0.0"
          }
diff --git a/pages/_lang/index.vue b/pages/_lang/index.vue
index bbe958b..7b4a2b0 100644
--- a/pages/_lang/index.vue
+++ b/pages/_lang/index.vue
@@ -1030,7 +1030,12 @@ export default {
         blogPosts: blogPosts.data
       }
     } catch (e) {
-      console.error('Homepage asyncData failed:', e.message || e)
+      console.error('Homepage asyncData failed:', {
+        url: e.config?.url,
+        status: e.response?.status,
+        data: e.response?.data,
+        message: e.message
+      })
       error({ statusCode: 500, message: 'there is a problem here' })
     }
   }
diff --git a/server/controllers/blogPostController.js b/server/controllers/blogPostController.js
index edd4e9f..f77b226 100644
--- a/server/controllers/blogPostController.js
+++ b/server/controllers/blogPostController.js
@@ -112,25 +112,39 @@ module.exports.getAll = [
     // '/api/public/blogPosts?limit=4'  --> gets only 4 published post of all categories
     // '/api/public/blogPosts?category=${encodeURIComponent(categoryTitle)}&page=${pageNumber}'  --> gets posts depend on the category title and in chunked data
 
-    if (req.query.category) {
-      try {
-        const categoryID = await BlogCategory.findOne({$or: [{'locale.fa.title': req.query.category}, {'locale.en.title': req.query.category}]})
-        const filter = req.query.category === 'all' ? {published: true} : {published: true, category: categoryID._id}
-        BlogPost.paginate(filter, {page: req.query.page, limit: blogPaginateLimit, populate: 'category', sort: {_id: -1}}, (err, posts) => {
-          if (err) return res500(res, {message: _sr['fa'].not_found.item_id})
-          return res.json(posts)
+    try {
+      if (req.query.category) {
+        const filter = {published: true}
+        if (req.query.category !== 'all') {
+          const category = await BlogCategory.findOne({
+            $or: [
+              {'locale.fa.title': req.query.category},
+              {'locale.en.title': req.query.category}
+            ]
+          })
+          if (!category) return res404(res, _sr['fa'].not_found.item_id)
+          filter.category = category._id
+        }
+        const posts = await BlogPost.paginate(filter, {
+          page: Number(req.query.page) || 1,
+          limit: blogPaginateLimit,
+          populate: 'category',
+          sort: {_id: -1}
         })
-      } catch (e) {
-        return res500(res, e)
+        return res.json(posts)
       }
-    } else {
-      let query = {published: true}
+
+      const query = {published: true}
       if (req.query.getAll) delete query.published
-      const limit = Number(req.query.limit) || false
-      BlogPost.find(query).sort({_id: -1}).limit(limit).populate('category').exec((err, posts) => {
-        if (err) return res500(res, err)
-        else return res.json(posts)
-      })
+      const limit = Number(req.query.limit) || 0
+      const posts = await BlogPost.find(query)
+        .sort({_id: -1})
+        .limit(limit)
+        .populate('category')
+      return res.json(posts)
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error('blogPost getAll error:', e)
+      return res500(res, e)
     }
   }
 ]
diff --git a/server/index.js b/server/index.js
index d271758..cb57119 100644
--- a/server/index.js
+++ b/server/index.js
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ app.use('/public', Public)
 app.use('/auth', auth)
 app.use('/admin', isAdmin, admin)
 
+app.get('/health', (req, res) => {
+  res.json({ ok: true })
+})
+
+app.use((err, req, res, next) => {
+  console.error('Express error:', req.method, req.originalUrl, err?.message || err)
+  res.status(500).json({ message: err?.message || 'Internal Server Error' })
+})
 
 // Export the server middleware
 module.exports = {
diff --git a/server/plugins/controllersHelperFunctions.js b/server/plugins/controllersHelperFunctions.js
index 9482339..34afa5f 100644
--- a/server/plugins/controllersHelperFunctions.js
+++ b/server/plugins/controllersHelperFunctions.js
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ module.exports.res404 = (res, err) => {
 }
 
 module.exports.res500 = (res, err) => {
-  return res.status(500).json({message: err})
+  console.error('API 500:', err?.message || err)
+  return res.status(500).json({message: err?.message || err})
 }
 
 module.exports.checkValidations = validationResult => {