diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bd1b1ee0..236d494e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # Data files
-web/public/data/
-shared/data/
+server/public/data/
 
 # Logs
 logs
diff --git a/build.ts b/build.ts
index 6eb05c66..889cc8cf 100644
--- a/build.ts
+++ b/build.ts
@@ -14,29 +14,24 @@ function writeJSONFile(
   writeFileSync(path, jsonString);
 }
 
-const frontEndDataDir = resolve(__dirname, 'web', 'public', 'data');
-const sharedDataDir = resolve(__dirname, 'shared', 'data');
+const dataDir = resolve(__dirname, 'server', 'public', 'data');
 
 const soundListPath = 'soundList.json';
 const filteredSoundListPath = 'filteredSoundList.json';
 
-// Try to create the directories if they don't exist
-[frontEndDataDir, sharedDataDir].forEach((dir) => {
-  try {
-    mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
-  } catch (err) {
-    if (err.code !== 'EEXIST') {
-      throw err;
-    }
+// Try to create the output directory if it doesn't exist
+try {
+  mkdirSync(dataDir, { recursive: true });
+} catch (err) {
+  if (err.code !== 'EEXIST') {
+    throw err;
   }
-});
+}
 
 // If the files already exist, exit early
-const files = [soundListPath, filteredSoundListPath]
-  .map((fileName) =>
-    [frontEndDataDir, sharedDataDir].map((dir) => resolve(dir, fileName)),
-  )
-  .flat();
+const files = [soundListPath, filteredSoundListPath].map((fileName) =>
+  resolve(dataDir, fileName),
+);
 
 if (files.every((file) => existsSync(file))) {
   console.log('Sound data files already exist; skipping generation.');
@@ -53,8 +48,6 @@ getLatestVersionSoundList().then((soundList) => {
     SEARCH_INCLUDE_PATTERNS.some((pattern) => new RegExp(pattern).test(sound)),
   );
 
-  [frontEndDataDir, sharedDataDir].forEach((dir) => {
-    writeJSONFile(dir, soundListPath, soundList);
-    writeJSONFile(dir, filteredSoundListPath, filteredSoundList);
-  });
+  writeJSONFile(dataDir, soundListPath, soundList);
+  writeJSONFile(dataDir, filteredSoundListPath, filteredSoundList);
 });
diff --git a/server/src/main.ts b/server/src/main.ts
index 0065a7ea..298299f6 100644
--- a/server/src/main.ts
+++ b/server/src/main.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ const logger: Logger = new Logger('main.ts');
 async function bootstrap() {
   const app = await NestFactory.create(AppModule);
   app.setGlobalPrefix('api/v1');
-  app.use('/public', express.static('public'));
 
   const parseTokenPipe = app.get<ParseTokenPipe>(ParseTokenPipe);
 
@@ -41,6 +40,8 @@ async function bootstrap() {
     credentials: true,
   });
 
+  app.use('/api/v1', express.static('public'));
+
   const port = process.env.PORT || '4000';
 
   logger.log('Note Block World API Backend 🎶🌎🌍🌏 ');
diff --git a/server/src/song/song-upload/song-upload.service.ts b/server/src/song/song-upload/song-upload.service.ts
index 7d8b53ec..2b036a08 100644
--- a/server/src/song/song-upload/song-upload.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/song/song-upload/song-upload.service.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import { drawToImage } from '@shared/features/thumbnail';
 import { SongStats } from '@shared/validation/song/dto/SongStats';
 import { ThumbnailData } from '@shared/validation/song/dto/ThumbnailData.dto';
 import { UploadSongDto } from '@shared/validation/song/dto/UploadSongDto.dto';
-import axios from 'axios';
 import { Model, Types } from 'mongoose';
 
 import { FileService } from '@server/file/file.service';
@@ -47,12 +46,11 @@ export class SongUploadService {
     // Object that maps sound paths to their respective hashes
 
     if (!this.soundsMapping) {
-      // TODO: should fetch from the backend's static files, or from S3 bucket
-      const response = await axios.get<Record<string, string>>(
-        'http://localhost:3000/data/soundList.json',
+      const response = await fetch(
+        process.env.SERVER_URL + '/api/v1/data/soundList.json',
       );
 
-      this.soundsMapping = await response.data;
+      this.soundsMapping = (await response.json()) as Record<string, string>;
     }
 
     return this.soundsMapping;
@@ -63,11 +61,11 @@ export class SongUploadService {
     // a manually-crafted subset of sounds from Minecraft
 
     if (!this.soundsSubset) {
-      const response = await axios.get<string[]>(
-        'http://localhost:3000/data/filteredSoundList.json',
+      const response = await fetch(
+        process.env.SERVER_URL + '/api/v1/data/filteredSoundList.json',
       );
 
-      const soundList = await response.data;
+      const soundList = (await response.json()) as string[];
       this.soundsSubset = new Set(soundList);
     }
 
diff --git a/web/src/modules/song/components/client/InstrumentPicker.tsx b/web/src/modules/song/components/client/InstrumentPicker.tsx
index fcd9648f..05f50ad9 100644
--- a/web/src/modules/song/components/client/InstrumentPicker.tsx
+++ b/web/src/modules/song/components/client/InstrumentPicker.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Instrument } from '@shared/features/song/types';
-import axios from 'axios';
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 
+import axiosInstance from '@web/src/lib/axios';
 import { cn } from '@web/src/lib/tailwind.utils';
 
 import { useSongProvider } from './context/Song.context';
@@ -87,7 +87,13 @@ const InstrumentTable = ({ type }: { type: 'upload' | 'edit' }) => {
   };
 
   async function fetchSoundList() {
-    const response = await axios<string[]>('/data/filteredSoundList.json');
+    const response = await axiosInstance.get<string[]>(
+      '/data/filteredSoundList.json',
+      {
+        withCredentials: true,
+      },
+    );
+
     const data = response.data;
     return data;
   }