diff --git a/mealie/app.py b/mealie/app.py
index 22b03ed8d..a8ba8a0fe 100644
--- a/mealie/app.py
+++ b/mealie/app.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import uvicorn
 from fastapi import FastAPI
+from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 from fastapi.middleware.gzip import GZipMiddleware
 from fastapi.routing import APIRoute
 
@@ -48,6 +49,17 @@ app = FastAPI(
 
 app.add_middleware(GZipMiddleware, minimum_size=1000)
 
+if not settings.PRODUCTION:
+    allowed_origins = ["http://localhost:3000"]
+
+    app.add_middleware(
+        CORSMiddleware,
+        allow_origins=allowed_origins,
+        allow_credentials=True,
+        allow_methods=["*"],
+        allow_headers=["*"],
+    )
+
 register_debug_handler(app)