diff --git a/smartassist/src/backend.py b/smartassist/src/backend.py
index 7266f7f..b6eb10f 100644
--- a/smartassist/src/backend.py
+++ b/smartassist/src/backend.py
@@ -2,25 +2,29 @@
 # Import the necessary functions from ollama, Flask, requests, threading
 from ollama import Client
 from flask import Flask, request, jsonify
+from flask_cors import CORS, cross_origin
 #import requests
 #import threading
 
 # Initialize a Flask application
 app = Flask(__name__)
+CORS(app)
 
+# @app.route('/api/chat', methods=['POST'])
+# @cross_origin(origin='http://localhost:8000', headers=['Content-Type']) # Allow cross-origin requests from localhost:8000
 @app.route('/api/chat', methods=['POST'])
+@cross_origin(origin='*', headers=['Content-Type'])  # Enable CORS for this route. Probably not necessary.
 def chat():
-    if request.method == 'POST':
-        # Get the message from the JSON in the request body
-        data = request.get_json()
-        message = data.get('query')
+    # Get the message from the JSON in the request body
+    data = request.get_json()
+    message = data.get('query')
 
-        if message:
-            # response = requests.post('http://localhost:11434', json={"model": "llama3",'prompt': message})
-            response = request.post('http://localhost:11434', json={"model": "llama3",'prompt': message})
-            return jsonify({'response': response.json().get('result')})
-        else:
-            return jsonify({'error': 'No query provided'}), 400
+    if message:
+        # response = requests.post('http://localhost:11434', json={"model": "llama3",'prompt': message})
+        response = request.post('http://localhost:11434', json={"model": "llama3",'prompt': message})
+        return jsonify({'response': response.json().get('result')})
+    else:
+        return jsonify({'error': 'No query provided'}), 400
 
 
 @app.route('/smartassist', methods=["POST"])