diff --git a/frontend/src/api/apiClient.ts b/frontend/src/api/apiClient.ts
index a7185f3..fe4653a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api/apiClient.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/api/apiClient.ts
@@ -90,8 +90,6 @@ export const apiClient = {
     get: <T>(endpoint: string) => apiRequest<T>(endpoint, {method: "GET"}),
     post: <T>(endpoint: string, body: object) =>
         apiRequest<T>(endpoint, {method: "POST", body: JSON.stringify(body)}),
-    put: <T>(endpoint: string, body: object) =>
-        apiRequest<T>(endpoint, {method: "PUT", body: JSON.stringify(body)}),
     delete: <T>(endpoint: string) =>
         apiRequest<T>(endpoint, {method: "DELETE"}),
 };
diff --git a/frontend/src/api/endpoints/AuthRestResource.ts b/frontend/src/api/endpoints/AuthRestResource.ts
index 603eb1c..2e18229 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api/endpoints/AuthRestResource.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/api/endpoints/AuthRestResource.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,11 @@
 import type {LoginRequest} from "../dtos/LoginRequest.ts";
 import type {LoginResponse} from "../dtos/LoginResponse.ts";
-import {postJson} from "../utils/requests";
-
-
-/**
- * Util for handling the recipe api
- */
-// read base url from .env file
-const BASE_URL = import.meta.env.VITE_API_BASE;
+import {apiClient} from "../apiClient.ts";
 
 /**
  * URL for handling recipes
  */
-const AUTH_URL = `${BASE_URL}/auth`
+const AUTH_URL = `/auth`
 
 
 /**
@@ -21,6 +14,5 @@ const AUTH_URL = `${BASE_URL}/auth`
  * @returns LoginResponse
  */
 export async function login(loginRequest: LoginRequest): Promise<LoginResponse> {
-    const res = await postJson(`${AUTH_URL}/login`, JSON.stringify(loginRequest), false);
-    return res.json();
+    return apiClient.post(`${AUTH_URL}/login`, loginRequest);
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/api/endpoints/CompactRecipeRestResource.ts b/frontend/src/api/endpoints/CompactRecipeRestResource.ts
index 45cf28b..dd374e1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api/endpoints/CompactRecipeRestResource.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/api/endpoints/CompactRecipeRestResource.ts
@@ -1,29 +1,22 @@
-import type { RecipeModel } from "../../models/RecipeModel"
-import { get } from "../utils/requests";
+import type {RecipeModel} from "../../models/RecipeModel"
+import {apiClient} from "../apiClient.ts";
 
 
-/**
- * Util for handling the recipe api
- */
-// read base url from .env file
-const BASE_URL = import.meta.env.VITE_API_BASE;
-
 /**
  * URL for handling recipes header data
  */
-const RECIPE_URL = `${BASE_URL}/compact-recipe`
+const RECIPE_URL = "/compact-recipe"
 
 /**
  * Load list of all recipes
  * @param searchString Search string for filtering recipeList
  * @returns Array of recipe
  */
-export async function fetchRecipeList(searchString : string): Promise<RecipeModel[]> {
-  let url : string = RECIPE_URL; // add an s to the base URL as we want to load a list
-  // if there's a search string add it as query parameter
-  if(searchString && searchString !== ""){
-    url +="?search=" + searchString;
-  }
-  const res = await get(url);
-  return res.json();
+export async function fetchRecipeList(searchString: string): Promise<RecipeModel[]> {
+    let url: string = RECIPE_URL; // add an s to the base URL as we want to load a list
+    // if there's a search string add it as query parameter
+    if (searchString && searchString !== "") {
+        url += "?search=" + searchString;
+    }
+    return apiClient.get(url);
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/api/endpoints/RecipeRestResource.ts b/frontend/src/api/endpoints/RecipeRestResource.ts
index 35b833e..ea7a575 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api/endpoints/RecipeRestResource.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/api/endpoints/RecipeRestResource.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,10 @@
-import type { RecipeDto } from "../dtos/RecipeDto";
-import { get, postJson } from "../utils/requests";
-
-
-/**
- * Util for handling the recipe api
- */
-// read base url from .env file
-const BASE_URL = import.meta.env.VITE_API_BASE;
+import type {RecipeDto} from "../dtos/RecipeDto";
+import {apiClient} from "../apiClient.ts";
 
 /**
  * URL for handling recipes
  */
-const RECIPE_URL = `${BASE_URL}/recipe`
+const RECIPE_URL = "/recipe"
 
 /**
  * Load a single recipe
@@ -19,8 +12,7 @@ const RECIPE_URL = `${BASE_URL}/recipe`
  * @returns A single recipe
  */
 export async function fetchRecipe(id: string): Promise<RecipeDto> {
-  const res = await get(`${RECIPE_URL}/${id}`)
-  return res.json()
+    return apiClient.get(`${RECIPE_URL}/${id}`);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -29,6 +21,5 @@ export async function fetchRecipe(id: string): Promise<RecipeDto> {
  * @returns Saved recipe
  */
 export async function createOrUpdateRecipe(recipe: RecipeDto): Promise<RecipeDto> {
-  const res = await postJson(RECIPE_URL + "/create-or-update", JSON.stringify(recipe));
-  return res.json();
+    return apiClient.post(`${RECIPE_URL}/create-or-update`, recipe);
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/api/endpoints/TagRestResource.ts b/frontend/src/api/endpoints/TagRestResource.ts
index 6660368..9ba5319 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api/endpoints/TagRestResource.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/api/endpoints/TagRestResource.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import {apiClient} from "../apiClient"
 import type {TagDto} from "../dtos/TagDto"
 
-const TAG_ENDPOINT = "tags"
+const TAG_URL = `/tag`
 
 /**
  * Fetches all existing tags from the backend.
  */
 export async function fetchAllTags(): Promise<TagDto[]> {
-    return apiClient.get<TagDto[]>(TAG_ENDPOINT)
+    return apiClient.get<TagDto[]>(`${TAG_URL}/all`)
 }
 
 /**
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export async function fetchAllTags(): Promise<TagDto[]> {
  * @param tag The tag to create or update
  */
 export async function createOrUpdateTag(tag: TagDto): Promise<TagDto> {
-    return apiClient.post<TagDto>(`${TAG_ENDPOINT}/create-or-update`, tag)
+    return apiClient.post<TagDto>(`${TAG_URL}/create-or-update`, tag)
 }
 
 /**
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ export async function createOrUpdateTag(tag: TagDto): Promise<TagDto> {
  * @param id The ID of the tag to delete
  */
 export async function deleteTag(id: string): Promise<void> {
-    return apiClient.delete(`${TAG_ENDPOINT}/${id}`)
+    return apiClient.delete(`${TAG_URL}/${id}`)
 }
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diff --git a/frontend/src/api/endpoints/UserRestResource.ts b/frontend/src/api/endpoints/UserRestResource.ts
index 02d0695..a305ad8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api/endpoints/UserRestResource.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/api/endpoints/UserRestResource.ts
@@ -5,22 +5,24 @@ import type {ChangeUserPasswordRequest} from "../dtos/ChangeUserPasswordRequest.
 import type {CreateUserResponse} from "../dtos/CreateUserResponse.ts";
 import type {UserListResponse} from "../dtos/UserListResponse.ts";
 
+const USER_URL = "/user"
+
 export async function fetchCurrentUser(): Promise<UserDto> {
-    return apiClient.get("/user/me");
+    return apiClient.get(`${USER_URL}/me`);
 }
 
 export async function fetchAllUsers(): Promise<UserListResponse> {
-    return apiClient.get("/user/all");
+    return apiClient.get(`${USER_URL}/all`);
 }
 
 export async function createUser(dto: CreateUserRequest): Promise<CreateUserResponse> {
-    return apiClient.post("/user/create", dto);
+    return apiClient.post(`${USER_URL}/create`, dto);
 }
 
 export async function updateUser(dto: UserDto): Promise<UserDto> {
-    return apiClient.post("/user/update", dto);
+    return apiClient.post(`${USER_URL}/update`, dto);
 }
 
 export async function changePassword(dto: ChangeUserPasswordRequest) {
-    return apiClient.post("/user/change-password", dto);
+    return apiClient.post(`${USER_URL}/change-password`, dto);
 }