diff --git a/.github/workflows/main_safehaven2.yml b/.github/workflows/main_safehaven2.yml
index c9e306d..4eac2c4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main_safehaven2.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main_safehaven2.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ jobs:
           cd packages/express-backend
           npm install
           npm install multer
+          npm install cors
           npm install jsonwebtoken
           npm install bcrypt
           cd ../../
diff --git a/packages/express-backend/web.config b/packages/express-backend/web.config
index bcee953..ccc6151 100644
--- a/packages/express-backend/web.config
+++ b/packages/express-backend/web.config
@@ -10,21 +10,8 @@
   <system.webServer>
     <!-- More configuration here -->
     <directoryBrowse enabled="true" />
-    <rewrite>
-      <rules>
-        <rule name="React Routes" stopProcessing="true">
-          <match url=".*" />
-          <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">
-            <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
-            <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
-          </conditions>
-          <action type="Rewrite" url="/" />
-        </rule>
-      </rules>
-    </rewrite>
     <httpProtocol>
       <customHeaders>
-        <add name="Access-Control-Allow-Origin" value="*" />
         <add name="Access-Control-Allow-Methods" value="GET, PUT, POST, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD" />
         <add name="Access-Control-Allow-Headers" value="Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept" />
       </customHeaders>