diff --git a/backend.dockerfile b/backend.dockerfile
index d6e46dd..0a9418b 100644
--- a/backend.dockerfile
+++ b/backend.dockerfile
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ RUN docker-php-ext-install pdo pdo_mysql mysqli
 RUN a2enmod rewrite ssl
 
 COPY backend /var/www/html
+WORKDIR /var/www/html
+RUN ln -s ../html api 
 
 COPY docker/apache/apache2.conf /etc/apache2/ 
 COPY docker/apache/default-ssl.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl.conf
 
-COPY docker/php/.htaccess /var/www/html/
-
 RUN chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html 
 
 RUN openssl req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -days 365 -nodes -x509 \
diff --git a/docker/php/.htaccess b/docker/php/.htaccess
index 11ff2a3..7135530 100644
--- a/docker/php/.htaccess
+++ b/docker/php/.htaccess
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
+
+# BEGIN WordPress
+<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
 RewriteEngine On
-RewriteBase /
+RewriteBase /api/
 RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
+RewriteRule . /api/index.php [L]
+</IfModule>
 
-# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
-RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L]
-
-RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
-RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
-RewriteRule ^ - [L]
-RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $2 [L]
-RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
-RewriteRule . index.php [L]
\ No newline at end of file
+# END WordPress
\ No newline at end of file