diff --git a/app/constants/urls.js b/app/constants/urls.js
index cfeac3f5..c5563ea9 100644
--- a/app/constants/urls.js
+++ b/app/constants/urls.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ const APP_URLS = {
     IDENTITY: `${SCHEME}staging-my.${DOMAIN}/identity`,
     MY_STATUS: `${SCHEME}staging-my.${DOMAIN}`,
     DASHBOARD: `${SCHEME}staging-dashboard.${DOMAIN}`,
-    API_BACKEND: `${SCHEME}staging-api.${DOMAIN}`,
+    API_BACKEND: `http://localhost:3000`,
   },
   test: {
     HOME: `${SCHEME}${DOMAIN}`,
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ const APP_URLS = {
     TASKS: `${SCHEME}my.${DOMAIN}/tasks`,
     IDENTITY: `${SCHEME}my.${DOMAIN}/identity`,
     MY_STATUS: `${SCHEME}my.${DOMAIN}`,
-    API_BACKEND: `${SCHEME}staging-api.${DOMAIN}`,
+    API_BACKEND: `http://localhost:3000`,
     DASHBOARD: `${SCHEME}staging-dashboard.${DOMAIN}`,
   },
 };
diff --git a/app/controllers/status.js b/app/controllers/status.js
index 0ad9b90f..5e6930d4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/status.js
+++ b/app/controllers/status.js
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ export default class StatusController extends Controller {
       type: 'OOO',
       from: getUTCMidnightTimestampFromDate(from),
       until: getUTCMidnightTimestampFromDate(until),
-      message,
-      state: OOO_STATUS.PENDING,
+      reason: message,
+      status: OOO_STATUS.PENDING,
     };
     try {
       const response = await fetch(UPDATE_USER_STATUS_FOR_DEV, {