diff --git a/apps/backend/src/node.ts b/apps/backend/src/node.ts
index e09d960..924a0d7 100644
--- a/apps/backend/src/node.ts
+++ b/apps/backend/src/node.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { serve } from '@hono/node-server'
-import { app } from './shared.ts'
 import { openAPISpecs } from 'hono-openapi'
 import { Scalar } from '@scalar/hono-api-reference'
+import { app } from './shared.ts'
 import { openAPIOptions } from './constants/open-api.ts'
 
 app.get('/openapi', openAPISpecs(app, openAPIOptions))
@@ -13,4 +13,12 @@ app.get(
     url: '/openapi',
   }),
 )
-serve(app)
+
+const PORT = 3000
+
+serve({
+  fetch: app.fetch,
+  port: PORT,
+})
+
+console.log(`Server running at http://localhost:${PORT}`)
diff --git a/apps/backend/src/shared.ts b/apps/backend/src/shared.ts
index 6b8b5d9..f092d62 100644
--- a/apps/backend/src/shared.ts
+++ b/apps/backend/src/shared.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import { Hono } from 'hono'
 import { personHobbiesApp } from './routes/person__[person_id]__hobbies/person__[person_id]__hobbies.app.ts'
+import { cors } from 'hono/cors'
 
-const app = new Hono().route('/:person_id/hobbies', personHobbiesApp)
+const app = new Hono()
+
+app.use('*', cors())
+
+app.route('/:person_id/hobbies', personHobbiesApp)
 
 export { app }
diff --git a/apps/frontend/src/hooks/useNetworkingParams.ts b/apps/frontend/src/hooks/useNetworkingParams.ts
index 7c0e2de..3d69313 100644
--- a/apps/frontend/src/hooks/useNetworkingParams.ts
+++ b/apps/frontend/src/hooks/useNetworkingParams.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { useMemo } from 'react'
 
 const getBaseUrl = (_env: ImportMetaEnv) => {
   // You can return different base URLs depending on your environmental vars
-  return `https://example.com`
+  return `http://localhost:3000`
 }
 
 export const useNetworkingParams = () => {
diff --git a/apps/frontend/src/main.tsx b/apps/frontend/src/main.tsx
index 35f28f1..6b9502d 100644
--- a/apps/frontend/src/main.tsx
+++ b/apps/frontend/src/main.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { App } from './App.tsx'
 
 async function enableMocking() {
   // You can add a check here for `dev` mode to conditionally enable this
+  if (!import.meta.env.VITEST) return
 
   const { worker } = await import('./utils/testing-utils/server')
   return worker.start()
diff --git a/apps/frontend/src/services/people.ts b/apps/frontend/src/services/people.ts
index 0abb406..f7fe3f6 100644
--- a/apps/frontend/src/services/people.ts
+++ b/apps/frontend/src/services/people.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ const client = createClient<paths>()
 function getBaseFetchOptions({ baseUrl, body, signal }: BaseNetworkProp) {
   return {
     baseUrl,
-    body: JSON.stringify(body),
+    body,
     headers: {
       Accept: 'application/json',
       'Content-Type': 'application/json',
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export async function createPersonHobbies({
         person_id,
       },
     },
-    ...getBaseFetchOptions({ baseUrl, signal, body: new_hobbies }),
+    ...getBaseFetchOptions({ baseUrl, signal, body: { new_hobbies } }),
     ...props,
   })
 
diff --git a/apps/frontend/src/utils/testing-utils/people-mocks.ts b/apps/frontend/src/utils/testing-utils/people-mocks.ts
index ea99525..ecaee02 100644
--- a/apps/frontend/src/utils/testing-utils/people-mocks.ts
+++ b/apps/frontend/src/utils/testing-utils/people-mocks.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { paths } from '../../services/schemas/people'
 import { createOpenApiHttp } from 'openapi-msw'
 
 // Should be replaced with an env var of some kind
-const baseUrl = 'https://example.com'
+const baseUrl = 'http://localhost:3000'
 
 export const http = createOpenApiHttp<paths>({
   baseUrl,