diff --git a/src/api/endpoints/apiService.ts b/src/api/endpoints/apiService.ts
index 3e2f0387..9770d797 100644
--- a/src/api/endpoints/apiService.ts
+++ b/src/api/endpoints/apiService.ts
@@ -141,49 +141,60 @@ export const createNewOntology = async ({
   const endpoint = `/${groupname}/ontologies/uris/${ontologyName}/spec`;
 
   const data = {
-    title : title,
-    subjects : subjects,
+    title: title,
+    subjects: subjects,
   };
 
   const headers = {
     'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-    'Authorization': `Bearer ${token}`
+    'Authorization': `Bearer ${token}`,
   };
 
   try {
-    const postResponse = await createPostRequest<any, any>(endpoint, headers)(data);
-
-    // If the POST creates a new location, try fetching it (simulate follow-up GETs from the test)
-    if (postResponse?.location) {
-      const getResponse = await fetch(postResponse.location, {
-        headers: {
-          Accept: 'application/json',
-        },
-      });
-
-      // Optionally fetch HTML if needed (like the .html equivalent in the Python test)
-      const htmlResponse = await fetch(endpoint, {
-        headers: {
-          Accept: 'text/html',
-        },
-      });
+    const postResponse = await fetch(endpoint, {
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers,
+      credentials: "include",
+      body: JSON.stringify(data),
+      redirect: 'manual',
+    });
 
+    // Check for custom redirect header (all lowercase in fetch)
+    const redirectLocation = postResponse.headers.get('x-redirect-location');
+
+    if (redirectLocation) {
+      const olympianRedirectLocation = redirectLocation.replace('http://uri.interlex.org','').replace(/\.html$/, '.jsonld');
+
+      const getResponse = await fetch(olympianRedirectLocation, { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${token}` } });
+      const jsonResponse = await getResponse.json();
+
+      const newOntologyID = jsonResponse?.["@graph"]?.find((object) => object["@type"] === "owl:Ontology")?.["@id"] || null;
+      
       return {
         created: true,
-        data: postResponse,
-        jsonResponse: await getResponse.json(),
-        htmlAvailable: htmlResponse.ok,
+        location: olympianRedirectLocation,
+        newOntologyID: newOntologyID
       };
     }
 
+    // Try to parse the response as JSON (if present)
+    let jsonResponse: any = null;
+    try {
+      jsonResponse = await postResponse.json();
+    } catch (e) {
+      // No JSON body, ignore
+    }
+
     return {
-      created: true,
-      data: postResponse,
+      created: postResponse.ok,
+      location: endpoint,
+      jsonResponse,
     };
   } catch (error: any) {
+    let errMsg = error?.message ?? String(error);
     return {
       created: false,
-      error: error?.response?.data || error.message,
+      error: errMsg,
     };
   }
 };
diff --git a/src/components/SingleOrganization/AddNewOntologyDialog.jsx b/src/components/SingleOrganization/AddNewOntologyDialog.jsx
index dbc76619..ba1963c0 100644
--- a/src/components/SingleOrganization/AddNewOntologyDialog.jsx
+++ b/src/components/SingleOrganization/AddNewOntologyDialog.jsx
@@ -73,17 +73,7 @@ const AddNewOntologyDialog = ({ open, handleClose }) => {
 
         let ontologyResponseMessage = "Ontology created successfully!"
         
-        if (result.created) {
-          console.log('Ontology details:', result.data);
-      
-          if (result.jsonResponse) {
-            console.log('Retrieved JSON:', result.jsonResponse);
-          }
-      
-          if (result.htmlAvailable !== undefined) {
-            console.log('HTML version available:', result.htmlAvailable);
-          }
-        } else {
+        if (!result.created) {
             ontologyResponseMessage = "Failed to create ontology"
             console.error('❌ Failed to create ontology:', result.error);
         }
diff --git a/vite.config.js b/vite.config.js
index c2ef94f0..41829e13 100644
--- a/vite.config.js
+++ b/vite.config.js
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ export default defineConfig({
             if (proxyRes.statusCode === 303 && location) {
               // Prevent browser from seeing the actual Location
               delete proxyRes.headers['location'];
-          
               // Inject the location into a custom header we can use in Axios
               res.setHeader('X-Redirect-Location', location);
             }
@@ -98,6 +97,21 @@ export default defineConfig({
           });
         },
       },
+      '^/[^/]+/ontologies/uris/.*\\.(html|jsonld)$': {
+        target: 'https://uri.olympiangods.org',
+        changeOrigin: true,
+        secure: false,
+        rewrite: path => path, // Keep the full path
+        configure: (proxy) => {
+          proxy.on('proxyRes', (proxyRes, req, res) => {
+            const origin = req.headers.origin;
+            if (origin) {
+              res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', origin);
+            }
+            res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Credentials', 'true');
+          });
+        },
+      },
       '^/[^/]+/ontologies/uris/.*/spec': {
         target: 'https://uri.olympiangods.org',
         changeOrigin: true,
@@ -105,25 +119,24 @@ export default defineConfig({
         rewrite: path => path, // Keep full path
         configure: (proxy) => {
           proxy.on('proxyReq', (proxyReq, req) => {
-            console.log('Proxying ontology spec request:', req.method, req.url);
-            console.log('Headers:', proxyReq.getHeaders());
             if (req.headers.authorization) {
               proxyReq.setHeader('Authorization', req.headers.authorization);
             }
           });
       
           proxy.on('proxyRes', (proxyRes, req, res) => {
-            console.log('Received response', res);
-            console.log('Received Response from the Target:', proxyRes.statusCode, req.url);
             const location = proxyRes.headers['location'];
-            console.log('Received location', location);
           
             if (proxyRes.statusCode === 303 && location) {
-              // Prevent browser from seeing the actual Location
               delete proxyRes.headers['location'];
-          
-              // Inject the location into a custom header we can use in Axios
+              res.statusCode = 200; // Prevent browser redirect
               res.setHeader('X-Redirect-Location', location);
+              res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', req.headers.origin || '*');
+              res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Credentials', 'true');
+              res.setHeader('Access-Control-Expose-Headers', 'X-Redirect-Location');
+              // Send a JSON body (for fetch, etc.)
+              res.end(JSON.stringify({ location }));
+              return;
             }
 
             // Required for credentialed CORS