diff --git a/nextjs-example/app/page.tsx b/nextjs-example/app/page.tsx
index fd75a47..5d80b58 100644
--- a/nextjs-example/app/page.tsx
+++ b/nextjs-example/app/page.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 import { Reactions } from "./components/Reactions";
+import { headers } from "next/headers";
 
 const ROOM_ID = "next";
 
 export default async function Home() {
   // fetch initial data in server component for server rendering
-  const roomHost = "example-reactions.jevakallio.partykit.dev";
+  const roomHost = headers().get("host") + "/partykit";
   const roomId = ROOM_ID;
-  const req = await fetch(`https://${roomHost}/party/${roomId}`, {
+  const protocol =
+    roomHost.startsWith("localhost") || roomHost.startsWith("127.0.0.1")
+      ? "http"
+      : "https";
+  const req = await fetch(`${protocol}://${roomHost}/party/${roomId}`, {
     method: "GET",
     next: { revalidate: 0 },
   });
diff --git a/nextjs-example/next.config.js b/nextjs-example/next.config.js
index 767719f..fc06a8a 100644
--- a/nextjs-example/next.config.js
+++ b/nextjs-example/next.config.js
@@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
 /** @type {import('next').NextConfig} */
-const nextConfig = {}
+const nextConfig = () => {
+  const rewrites = async () => [
+    {
+      source: "/partykit/:path*",
+      //destination: "http://localhost:1999/:path*",
+      destination: "https://example-reactions.jevakallio.partykit.dev/:path*",
+    },
+  ];
 
-module.exports = nextConfig
+  return {
+    rewrites,
+  };
+};
+
+module.exports = nextConfig;