diff --git a/bootstrap/src/uri/mvd-uri.ts b/bootstrap/src/uri/mvd-uri.ts
index ae1a347c2..1082cb637 100644
--- a/bootstrap/src/uri/mvd-uri.ts
+++ b/bootstrap/src/uri/mvd-uri.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 import { PluginManager } from 'zlux-base/plugin-manager/plugin-manager'
 
 const uri_prefix = window.location.pathname.split('ZLUX/plugins/')[0];
-// const proxy_mode = (uri_prefix !== '/') ? true : false; // Tells whether we're behind API layer (true) or not (false)
+const proxy_mode = (uri_prefix !== '/') ? true : false; // Tells whether we're behind API layer (true) or not (false)
 
 export class MvdUri implements ZLUX.UriBroker {
   rasUri(uri: string): string {
@@ -108,8 +108,11 @@ export class MvdUri implements ZLUX.UriBroker {
     }
     const protocol = window.location.protocol;
     const wsProtocol = (protocol === 'https:') ? 'wss:' : 'ws:';
-    return `${wsProtocol}//${window.location.host}${this.pluginRootUri(plugin)}`
+    const uri = `${wsProtocol}//${window.location.host}${this.pluginRootUri(plugin)}`
         + `services/${serviceName}/${version}/${relativePath}`;
+    // This is a workaround for the mediation layer not having a dynamic way to get the websocket uri for zlux
+    // Since we know our uri is /ui/v1/zlux/ behind the api-layer we replace the ui with ws to get /ws/v1/zlux/
+    return proxy_mode ? uri.replace('/ui/', '/ws/') : uri;
   }
 
   /**