diff --git a/BACKEND/controllers/dataController.js b/BACKEND/controllers/dataController.js
index d20a21d..9849eb8 100644
--- a/BACKEND/controllers/dataController.js
+++ b/BACKEND/controllers/dataController.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const addData = async (req, res, next) => {
         const file = req.file;
         if(file){
             //convert images into base 64 encoding
-            const img = fs.readFileSync("uploads/" + file.filename);
+            const img = fs.readFileSync("./uploads/" + file.filename);
             encode_image = img.toString('base64');
 
             //create object to store data in the collection
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ const editData = async (req, res, next) => {
         const file = req.file;
         if(file){
             //convert images into base 64 encoding
-            const img = fs.readFileSync("uploads/" + file.filename);
+            const img = fs.readFileSync("./uploads/" + file.filename);
             encode_image = img.toString('base64');
 
             //create object to store data in the collection
diff --git a/BACKEND/server.js b/BACKEND/server.js
index c4c6d6b..140aa8d 100644
--- a/BACKEND/server.js
+++ b/BACKEND/server.js
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ app.use(passport.initialize());
 const cors = require('cors');
 const corsOptions = {
     credentials:true,
-    origin:'https://recordit123.netlify.app',
-    //origin:'http://localhost:3000',
+    //origin:'https://recordit123.netlify.app',
+    origin:'http://localhost:3000',
     optionsSuccessStatus:220,
 };
 app.use(cors(corsOptions));
diff --git a/start_page/src/api/axios.js b/start_page/src/api/axios.js
index 5d2fe6b..0d97ede 100644
--- a/start_page/src/api/axios.js
+++ b/start_page/src/api/axios.js
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ import axios from 'axios';
  * Variable Accessed: 
  */
 export default axios.create({
-    //baseURL: 'http://localhost:8080' 
-    baseURL: 'https://recordit123.herokuapp.com/'
+    baseURL: 'http://localhost:8080' 
+    //baseURL: 'https://recordit123.herokuapp.com/'
 });
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