diff --git a/client/utils/consts.js b/client/utils/consts.js
index bf1bf9e6..fed26ba5 100644
--- a/client/utils/consts.js
+++ b/client/utils/consts.js
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
-import consts from './consts.json'
-
 /**
  * Nuxt (client) defaults constants.
  *
- * Should mirror with ../server/utils/consts.js
- * But here, we should have only what matters for the client.
  */
-export default Object.freeze(
-  ...consts
-)
+export default Object.freeze({
+  SHOW_EXAMPLES: true
+})
diff --git a/client/utils/consts.json b/client/utils/consts.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a863de0f..00000000
--- a/client/utils/consts.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "APP": "hare",
-  "API": "hpi",
-  "BASE_API": "/hpi",
-  "SESS_KEY": "hare:sess",
-  "COOKIE_JWT": "hare_jwt",
-  "SHOW_EXAMPLES": true,
-  "AXIOS_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT": 50000
-}
diff --git a/server/api/routes-auth.js b/server/api/routes-auth.js
index 95f5fcfa..4a5fecb7 100644
--- a/server/api/routes-auth.js
+++ b/server/api/routes-auth.js
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ router.post('/auth/login', async (ctx) => {
     ctx.throw(401, translator.translate('auth.login.captcha.invalid'))
   }
   try {
+    console.log(11111)
     // Assuming your API only wants base64 encoded version of the password
     const password = Buffer.from(user.password).toString('base64')
     const payload = {
diff --git a/server/api/routes-menu.js b/server/api/routes-menu.js
index 9decea21..58290da2 100644
--- a/server/api/routes-menu.js
+++ b/server/api/routes-menu.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 /* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  */
 /*  Route to handle /menu                                                                         */
 /* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  */
-import koaRouter from 'koa-router'
-import consts from '../utils/consts'
+const koaRouter = require('koa-router')
+const consts = require('../utils/consts')
 
 const SHOW_EXAMPLES = consts.SHOW_EXAMPLES === true
 
diff --git a/server/utils/consts.js b/server/utils/consts.js
index eaa74fbe..d8bec098 100644
--- a/server/utils/consts.js
+++ b/server/utils/consts.js
@@ -1,17 +1,10 @@
-/**
- * Nuxt Server API Side-Car (Using Koa).
- *
- * Should mirror with ../client/utils/consts.js
- * But here, we should have only what matters for the backend.
- *
- * In other words, where Nuxt will read data from.
- * This will be what serves all data to Nuxt client,
- * and will read from our backends.
- * It will also ensure only authenticated requests yields data.
- */
-
-import consts from '../../client/utils/consts.json'
-
+const APP = 'hare'
+const API = 'hpi'
+const BASE_API = '/hpi'
+const SESS_KEY = 'hare:sess'
+const COOKIE_JWT = 'hare_jwt'
+const SHOW_EXAMPLES = true
+const AXIOS_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 50000
 const HOST = process.env.HOST || '0.0.0.0'
 const PORT = process.env.PORT || '3000'
 const LB_ADDR = process.env.LB_ADDR || `http://${HOST}:${PORT}/hpi`
@@ -28,12 +21,21 @@ const LB_ADDR = process.env.LB_ADDR || `http://${HOST}:${PORT}/hpi`
  */
 const ENDPOINT_BACKEND_AUTH = '/platform/uaano/oauth/token'
 const ENDPOINT_BACKEND_VALIDATE = '/platform/uaano/oauth/validate'
+// Please, reader, fix this with proper environment variable management before deploying (!)
+const MOCK_ENDPOINT_BACKEND = true
 
-export default Object.freeze({
+module.exports = Object.freeze({
+  APP,
+  API,
+  BASE_API,
+  SESS_KEY,
+  COOKIE_JWT,
+  SHOW_EXAMPLES,
+  AXIOS_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
   HOST,
   PORT,
+  LB_ADDR,
   ENDPOINT_BACKEND_AUTH,
   ENDPOINT_BACKEND_VALIDATE,
-  LB_ADDR,
-  ...consts
+  MOCK_ENDPOINT_BACKEND
 })
diff --git a/server/utils/helpers.js b/server/utils/helpers.js
index 4019859e..5a3425e4 100644
--- a/server/utils/helpers.js
+++ b/server/utils/helpers.js
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-import axios from 'axios'
-import querystring from 'querystring'
-import consts from '../utils/consts'
-import jwtDecode from 'jwt-decode'
+const axios = require('axios')
+const querystring = require('querystring')
+const consts = require('../utils/consts')
+const jwtDecode = require('jwt-decode')
 
-export const decode = token => {
+const decode = token => {
   return token ? jwtDecode(token) : null
 }
 
 /**
  * Handle possibility where token endpoint, at exp returns seconds instead of µ seconds
  */
-export const handleTokenExp = exp => {
+const handleTokenExp = exp => {
   let out = exp
 
   const milliseconds = new Date().getTime()
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export const handleTokenExp = exp => {
  * All of this is done when you set your own LB_ADDR environment setup
  * to point to your own API.
  */
-export const createRequest = async (method, url, requestConfig) => {
+const createRequest = async (method, url, requestConfig) => {
   const {
     payload = null,
     ...restOfRequestConfig
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export const createRequest = async (method, url, requestConfig) => {
   return Promise.resolve(data)
 }
 
-export const getUserData = async (token) => {
+const getUserData = async (token) => {
   const userinfo = [
     'DisplayName',
     'PreferredLanguage',
@@ -93,3 +93,10 @@ export const getUserData = async (token) => {
 
   return Promise.resolve(body)
 }
+
+module.exports = {
+  decode,
+  handleTokenExp,
+  createRequest,
+  getUserData
+}
diff --git a/server/utils/translator.js b/server/utils/translator.js
index e5b153bb..606286a9 100644
--- a/server/utils/translator.js
+++ b/server/utils/translator.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class Translator {
   }
 }
 
-export default (locale) => {
+module.exports = (locale) => {
   let fallbackLocale = 'en'
   let messages = {}
   try {