diff --git a/common/envs/dev.ts b/common/envs/dev.ts
index 9b82f3c0..ec8f40b5 100644
--- a/common/envs/dev.ts
+++ b/common/envs/dev.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export const DEV_CONFIG: EnvConfig = {
     apiKey: 'AIzaSyBoq3rzUa8Ekyo3ZaTnlycQYPRCA26VpOw',
     authDomain: 'dev-mantic-markets.firebaseapp.com',
     projectId: 'dev-mantic-markets',
+    region: 'us-central1',
     storageBucket: 'dev-mantic-markets.appspot.com',
     messagingSenderId: '134303100058',
     appId: '1:134303100058:web:27f9ea8b83347251f80323',
diff --git a/common/envs/prod.ts b/common/envs/prod.ts
index 8d3a014f..07218167 100644
--- a/common/envs/prod.ts
+++ b/common/envs/prod.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ type FirebaseConfig = {
   apiKey: string
   authDomain: string
   projectId: string
+  region: string
   storageBucket: string
   messagingSenderId: string
   appId: string
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ export const PROD_CONFIG: EnvConfig = {
     apiKey: 'AIzaSyDp3J57vLeAZCzxLD-vcPaGIkAmBoGOSYw',
     authDomain: 'mantic-markets.firebaseapp.com',
     projectId: 'mantic-markets',
+    region: 'us-central1',
     storageBucket: 'mantic-markets.appspot.com',
     messagingSenderId: '128925704902',
     appId: '1:128925704902:web:f61f86944d8ffa2a642dc7',
diff --git a/common/envs/theoremone.ts b/common/envs/theoremone.ts
index ebe504d9..9a5f4ee6 100644
--- a/common/envs/theoremone.ts
+++ b/common/envs/theoremone.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export const THEOREMONE_CONFIG: EnvConfig = {
     apiKey: 'AIzaSyBSXL6Ys7InNHnCKSy-_E_luhh4Fkj4Z6M',
     authDomain: 'theoremone-manifold.firebaseapp.com',
     projectId: 'theoremone-manifold',
+    region: 'us-central1',
     storageBucket: 'theoremone-manifold.appspot.com',
     messagingSenderId: '698012149198',
     appId: '1:698012149198:web:b342af75662831aa84b79f',
diff --git a/web/lib/api/cors.ts b/web/lib/api/cors.ts
index 976a0ffc..ae04e482 100644
--- a/web/lib/api/cors.ts
+++ b/web/lib/api/cors.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from 'next'
 export function applyCorsHeaders(
   req: NextApiRequest,
   res: NextApiResponse,
-  params: object
+  params: Cors.CorsOptions
 ) {
   // This cors module is made as express.js middleware, so it's easier to promisify it for ourselves.
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
diff --git a/web/lib/api/proxy.ts b/web/lib/api/proxy.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6fa66873
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/lib/api/proxy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from 'next'
+import { FIREBASE_CONFIG } from 'common/envs/constants'
+import { promisify } from 'util'
+import { pipeline } from 'stream'
+import fetch, { Headers, Response } from 'node-fetch'
+
+function getProxiedRequestHeaders(req: NextApiRequest, whitelist: string[]) {
+  const result = new Headers()
+  for (let name of whitelist) {
+    const v = req.headers[name.toLowerCase()]
+    if (Array.isArray(v)) {
+      for (let vv of v) {
+        result.append(name, vv)
+      }
+    } else if (v != null) {
+      result.append(name, v)
+    }
+  }
+  result.append('X-Forwarded-For', req.socket.remoteAddress || '')
+  result.append('Via', 'Vercel public API')
+  return result
+}
+
+function getProxiedResponseHeaders(res: Response, whitelist: string[]) {
+  const result: { [k: string]: string } = {}
+  for (let name of whitelist) {
+    const v = res.headers.get(name)
+    if (v != null) {
+      result[name] = v
+    }
+  }
+  return result
+}
+
+export const fetchBackend = (req: NextApiRequest, endpoint: string) => {
+  const { projectId, region } = FIREBASE_CONFIG
+  const url = `https://${region}-${projectId}.cloudfunctions.net/${endpoint}`
+  const headers = getProxiedRequestHeaders(req, [
+    'Authorization',
+    'Content-Length',
+    'Content-Type',
+    'Origin',
+  ])
+  return fetch(url, { headers, method: req.method, body: req })
+}
+
+export const forwardResponse = async (
+  res: NextApiResponse,
+  backendRes: Response
+) => {
+  const headers = getProxiedResponseHeaders(backendRes, [
+    'Access-Control-Allow-Origin',
+    'Content-Type',
+    'Cache-Control',
+    'ETag',
+    'Vary',
+  ])
+  res.writeHead(backendRes.status, headers)
+  if (backendRes.body != null) {
+    return await promisify(pipeline)(backendRes.body, res)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/web/lib/firebase/api-call.ts b/web/lib/firebase/api-call.ts
index 61a32021..3fa93004 100644
--- a/web/lib/firebase/api-call.ts
+++ b/web/lib/firebase/api-call.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { auth } from './users'
-import { app, functions } from './init'
 
 export class APIError extends Error {
   code: number
@@ -10,15 +9,12 @@ export class APIError extends Error {
   }
 }
 
-export async function call(name: string, method: string, params: any) {
+export async function call(url: string, method: string, params: any) {
   const user = auth.currentUser
   if (user == null) {
     throw new Error('Must be signed in to make API calls.')
   }
   const token = await user.getIdToken()
-  const region = functions.region
-  const projectId = app.options.projectId
-  const url = `https://${region}-${projectId}.cloudfunctions.net/${name}`
   const req = new Request(url, {
     headers: {
       Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`,
@@ -37,9 +33,9 @@ export async function call(name: string, method: string, params: any) {
 }
 
 export function createContract(params: any) {
-  return call('createContract', 'POST', params)
+  return call('/api/v0/market', 'POST', params)
 }
 
 export function placeBet(params: any) {
-  return call('placeBet', 'POST', params)
+  return call('/api/v0/bets', 'POST', params)
 }
diff --git a/web/package.json b/web/package.json
index 28e06e2e..d2fbfa98 100644
--- a/web/package.json
+++ b/web/package.json
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     "gridjs-react": "5.0.2",
     "lodash": "4.17.21",
     "next": "12.1.2",
+    "node-fetch": "3.2.4",
     "react": "17.0.2",
     "react-confetti": "6.0.1",
     "react-dom": "17.0.2",
diff --git a/web/pages/api/v0/bets/index.ts b/web/pages/api/v0/bets/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a7154824
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/pages/api/v0/bets/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from 'next'
+import {
+  CORS_ORIGIN_MANIFOLD,
+  CORS_ORIGIN_LOCALHOST,
+} from 'common/envs/constants'
+import { applyCorsHeaders } from 'web/lib/api/cors'
+import { fetchBackend, forwardResponse } from 'web/lib/api/proxy'
+
+export const config = { api: { bodyParser: false } }
+
+export default async function route(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) {
+  await applyCorsHeaders(req, res, {
+    origin: [CORS_ORIGIN_MANIFOLD, CORS_ORIGIN_LOCALHOST],
+    methods: 'POST',
+  })
+  try {
+    const backendRes = await fetchBackend(req, 'placeBet')
+    await forwardResponse(res, backendRes)
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error('Error talking to cloud function: ', err)
+    res.status(500).json({ message: 'Error communicating with backend.' })
+  }
+}
diff --git a/web/pages/api/v0/market/index.ts b/web/pages/api/v0/market/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6053247a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/pages/api/v0/market/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from 'next'
+import {
+  CORS_ORIGIN_MANIFOLD,
+  CORS_ORIGIN_LOCALHOST,
+} from 'common/envs/constants'
+import { applyCorsHeaders } from 'web/lib/api/cors'
+import { fetchBackend, forwardResponse } from 'web/lib/api/proxy'
+
+export const config = { api: { bodyParser: false } }
+
+export default async function route(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) {
+  await applyCorsHeaders(req, res, {
+    origin: [CORS_ORIGIN_MANIFOLD, CORS_ORIGIN_LOCALHOST],
+    methods: 'POST',
+  })
+  try {
+    const backendRes = await fetchBackend(req, 'createContract')
+    await forwardResponse(res, backendRes)
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error('Error talking to cloud function: ', err)
+    res.status(500).json({ message: 'Error communicating with backend.' })
+  }
+}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 2da70cae..fc3b5de9 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1974,6 +1974,11 @@ data-uri-to-buffer@1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/data-uri-to-buffer/-/data-uri-to-buffer-1.2.0.tgz#77163ea9c20d8641b4707e8f18abdf9a78f34835"
   integrity sha512-vKQ9DTQPN1FLYiiEEOQ6IBGFqvjCa5rSK3cWMy/Nespm5d/x3dGFT9UBZnkLxCwua/IXBi2TYnwTEpsOvhC4UQ==
 
+data-uri-to-buffer@^4.0.0:
+  version "4.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/data-uri-to-buffer/-/data-uri-to-buffer-4.0.0.tgz#b5db46aea50f6176428ac05b73be39a57701a64b"
+  integrity sha512-Vr3mLBA8qWmcuschSLAOogKgQ/Jwxulv3RNE4FXnYWRGujzrRWQI4m12fQqRkwX06C0KanhLr4hK+GydchZsaA==
+
 date-fns@^2.16.1:
   version "2.28.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/date-fns/-/date-fns-2.28.0.tgz#9570d656f5fc13143e50c975a3b6bbeb46cd08b2"
@@ -2650,6 +2655,14 @@ faye-websocket@0.11.4:
   dependencies:
     websocket-driver ">=0.5.1"
 
+fetch-blob@^3.1.2, fetch-blob@^3.1.4:
+  version "3.1.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fetch-blob/-/fetch-blob-3.1.5.tgz#0077bf5f3fcdbd9d75a0b5362f77dbb743489863"
+  integrity sha512-N64ZpKqoLejlrwkIAnb9iLSA3Vx/kjgzpcDhygcqJ2KKjky8nCgUQ+dzXtbrLaWZGZNmNfQTsiQ0weZ1svglHg==
+  dependencies:
+    node-domexception "^1.0.0"
+    web-streams-polyfill "^3.0.3"
+
 fetch@1.1.0:
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fetch/-/fetch-1.1.0.tgz#0a8279f06be37f9f0ebb567560a30a480da59a2e"
@@ -2786,6 +2799,13 @@ form-data@^2.3.3, form-data@^2.5.0:
     combined-stream "^1.0.6"
     mime-types "^2.1.12"
 
+formdata-polyfill@^4.0.10:
+  version "4.0.10"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/formdata-polyfill/-/formdata-polyfill-4.0.10.tgz#24807c31c9d402e002ab3d8c720144ceb8848423"
+  integrity sha512-buewHzMvYL29jdeQTVILecSaZKnt/RJWjoZCF5OW60Z67/GmSLBkOFM7qh1PI3zFNtJbaZL5eQu1vLfazOwj4g==
+  dependencies:
+    fetch-blob "^3.1.2"
+
 forwarded@0.2.0:
   version "0.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/forwarded/-/forwarded-0.2.0.tgz#2269936428aad4c15c7ebe9779a84bf0b2a81811"
@@ -3862,6 +3882,11 @@ next@12.1.2:
     "@next/swc-win32-ia32-msvc" "12.1.2"
     "@next/swc-win32-x64-msvc" "12.1.2"
 
+node-domexception@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-domexception/-/node-domexception-1.0.0.tgz#6888db46a1f71c0b76b3f7555016b63fe64766e5"
+  integrity sha512-/jKZoMpw0F8GRwl4/eLROPA3cfcXtLApP0QzLmUT/HuPCZWyB7IY9ZrMeKw2O/nFIqPQB3PVM9aYm0F312AXDQ==
+
 node-fetch@2.6.5:
   version "2.6.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.5.tgz#42735537d7f080a7e5f78b6c549b7146be1742fd"
@@ -3869,6 +3894,15 @@ node-fetch@2.6.5:
   dependencies:
     whatwg-url "^5.0.0"
 
+node-fetch@3.2.4:
+  version "3.2.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-3.2.4.tgz#3fbca2d8838111048232de54cb532bd3cf134947"
+  integrity sha512-WvYJRN7mMyOLurFR2YpysQGuwYrJN+qrrpHjJDuKMcSPdfFccRUla/kng2mz6HWSBxJcqPbvatS6Gb4RhOzCJw==
+  dependencies:
+    data-uri-to-buffer "^4.0.0"
+    fetch-blob "^3.1.4"
+    formdata-polyfill "^4.0.10"
+
 node-fetch@^2.6.1, node-fetch@^2.6.7:
   version "2.6.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.7.tgz#24de9fba827e3b4ae44dc8b20256a379160052ad"
@@ -5208,6 +5242,11 @@ vary@^1, vary@~1.1.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/vary/-/vary-1.1.2.tgz#2299f02c6ded30d4a5961b0b9f74524a18f634fc"
   integrity sha1-IpnwLG3tMNSllhsLn3RSShj2NPw=
 
+web-streams-polyfill@^3.0.3:
+  version "3.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/web-streams-polyfill/-/web-streams-polyfill-3.2.1.tgz#71c2718c52b45fd49dbeee88634b3a60ceab42a6"
+  integrity sha512-e0MO3wdXWKrLbL0DgGnUV7WHVuw9OUvL4hjgnPkIeEvESk74gAITi5G606JtZPp39cd8HA9VQzCIvA49LpPN5Q==
+
 webidl-conversions@^3.0.0:
   version "3.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/webidl-conversions/-/webidl-conversions-3.0.1.tgz#24534275e2a7bc6be7bc86611cc16ae0a5654871"