diff --git a/apps/marketing/next.config.js b/apps/marketing/next.config.js
index b8c8684..31c272c 100644
--- a/apps/marketing/next.config.js
+++ b/apps/marketing/next.config.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /** @type {import("next").NextConfig} */
 const config = {
-  // Static export for marketing site
-  output: "export",
+  // Use static export in production by default; keep dev server dynamic
+  output: process.env.NEXT_OUTPUT ?? (process.env.NODE_ENV === "production" ? "export" : undefined),
   images: {
     // Required for static export if using images
     unoptimized: true,
@@ -9,4 +9,3 @@ const config = {
 };
 
 export default config;
-
diff --git a/apps/marketing/src/app/api/status/route.ts b/apps/marketing/src/app/api/status/route.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..904211d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/marketing/src/app/api/status/route.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+import type { NextRequest } from "next/server";
+
+export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
+
+type StatusState = "operational" | "degraded" | "down" | "unknown";
+
+function normalizeStatus(data: any): StatusState {
+  const overall = (data?.overallStatus || data?.status || "")
+    .toString()
+    .toLowerCase();
+  if (
+    overall.includes("up") ||
+    overall.includes("ok") ||
+    overall.includes("oper")
+  )
+    return "operational";
+  if (overall.includes("degrad") || overall.includes("partial"))
+    return "degraded";
+  if (
+    overall.includes("down") ||
+    overall.includes("outage") ||
+    overall.includes("incident")
+  )
+    return "down";
+
+  // Status page incidents (default endpoint)
+  const sp = (data?.statusPage || data?.status_page || {}) as any;
+  const incidentRaw = sp?.incident ?? sp?.incidents ?? data?.incident ?? data?.incidents;
+  if (incidentRaw) {
+    const incidents: any[] = Array.isArray(incidentRaw)
+      ? incidentRaw
+      : [incidentRaw];
+    const hasActive = incidents.some((i) => {
+      const resolved =
+        i?.resolved === true ||
+        (typeof i?.status === "string" && i.status.toLowerCase().includes("resolv")) ||
+        !!i?.endAt ||
+        !!i?.end_at ||
+        !!i?.endTime ||
+        !!i?.end_time;
+      return !resolved;
+    });
+    if (hasActive) return "down";
+  }
+
+  // Heartbeat map shape: { [monitorId: string]: Heartbeat[] }
+  if (data?.heartbeatList && typeof data.heartbeatList === "object") {
+    const lists = Object.values<any>(data.heartbeatList);
+    const isAnyDown = lists.some(
+      (arr: any) => Array.isArray(arr) && arr.some((hb) => hb?.status === 0)
+    );
+    if (isAnyDown) return "down";
+    return "operational";
+  }
+
+  if (typeof data?.allUp === "boolean")
+    return data.allUp ? "operational" : "down";
+
+  return "unknown";
+}
+
+export async function GET(_req: NextRequest) {
+  const base = (
+    process.env.STATUS_BASE_URL || "https://status.usesend.com"
+  ).replace(/\/$/, "");
+  const candidates = [
+    "/api/status-page/default",
+    "/api/status-page/heartbeat/default",
+  ];
+  let status = "unknown";
+
+  for (const path of candidates) {
+    try {
+      const res = await fetch(`${base}${path}`, { cache: "no-store" });
+      if (!res.ok) continue;
+      const data = await res.json().catch(() => null);
+      if (!data) continue;
+      status = normalizeStatus(data);
+      if (status !== "unknown") break;
+    } catch {
+      // try next candidate
+      continue;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return Response.json(
+    { status },
+    {
+      headers: { "Cache-Control": "s-maxage=30, stale-while-revalidate=300" },
+    }
+  );
+}
diff --git a/apps/marketing/src/components/StatusBadge.tsx b/apps/marketing/src/components/StatusBadge.tsx
index e7650ae..1f8e114 100644
--- a/apps/marketing/src/components/StatusBadge.tsx
+++ b/apps/marketing/src/components/StatusBadge.tsx
@@ -4,66 +4,20 @@ import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 
 type StatusState = "operational" | "degraded" | "down" | "unknown";
 
-// Best-effort fetcher for Uptime Kuma public status page JSON.
-// Falls back gracefully if the endpoint or CORS is not available.
-async function fetchUptimeStatus(baseUrl: string): Promise<StatusState> {
-  const candidates = [
-    "/api/status-page/heartbeat/default", // specific uptime-kuma status page slug
-  ];
-
-  for (const path of candidates) {
-    try {
-      const res = await fetch(baseUrl.replace(/\/$/, "") + path, {
-        // Always fetch from the browser; avoid caching too aggressively
-        cache: "no-store",
-      });
-      if (!res.ok) continue;
-      const data: any = await res.json().catch(() => null);
-      if (!data) continue;
-
-      // Heuristics across possible Kuma payloads
-      // 1) overallStatus or status fields
-      const overall = (data.overallStatus || data.status || "")
-        .toString()
-        .toLowerCase();
-      if (
-        overall.includes("up") ||
-        overall.includes("ok") ||
-        overall.includes("oper")
-      )
-        return "operational";
-      if (overall.includes("degrad") || overall.includes("partial"))
-        return "degraded";
-      if (
-        overall.includes("down") ||
-        overall.includes("outage") ||
-        overall.includes("incident")
-      )
-        return "down";
-
-      // 2) heartbeat style: if any monitor is down
-      if (Array.isArray(data.monitors) && Array.isArray(data.heartbeatList)) {
-        // If any lastHeartbeatStatus === 0 (down) => down
-        const isAnyDown = Object.values<any>(data.heartbeatList).some(
-          (arr: any[]) =>
-            Array.isArray(arr) && arr.some((hb) => hb?.status === 0)
-        );
-        if (isAnyDown) return "down";
-        return "operational";
-      }
-
-      // 3) Generic boolean hints
-      if (typeof data.allUp === "boolean")
-        return data.allUp ? "operational" : "down";
-
-      // Unknown but successful response
-      return "unknown";
-    } catch {
-      // Try next candidate
-      continue;
-    }
+// Fetch normalized status from the app's server API to bypass CORS.
+async function fetchUptimeStatus(): Promise<StatusState> {
+  try {
+    const res = await fetch("/api/status", { cache: "no-store" });
+    if (!res.ok) return "unknown";
+    const data: any = await res.json().catch(() => null);
+    const s = (data?.status || "").toString().toLowerCase();
+    console.log(data);
+    if (s === "operational" || s === "degraded" || s === "down")
+      return s as StatusState;
+    return "unknown";
+  } catch {
+    return "unknown";
   }
-  return "unknown";
 }
 
 export function StatusBadge({
@@ -76,7 +30,8 @@ export function StatusBadge({
   useEffect(() => {
     let mounted = true;
     const load = async () => {
-      const s = await fetchUptimeStatus(baseUrl);
+      const s = await fetchUptimeStatus();
+
       if (mounted) setStatus(s);
     };
     load();
@@ -85,7 +40,7 @@ export function StatusBadge({
       mounted = false;
       clearInterval(id);
     };
-  }, [baseUrl]);
+  }, []);
 
   const dotClass = useMemo(() => {
     switch (status) {