diff --git a/extension.json b/extension.json
index 92c74477..5dfaf340 100644
--- a/extension.json
+++ b/extension.json
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 				{
 					"name": "data.json",
 					"config": {
+						"searchUrl": "RelatedArticlesUseCirrusSearchApiUrl",
 						"useCirrusSearch": "RelatedArticlesUseCirrusSearch",
 						"onlyUseCirrusSearch": "RelatedArticlesOnlyUseCirrusSearch",
 						"descriptionSource": "RelatedArticlesDescriptionSource"
@@ -121,6 +122,10 @@
 		]
 	},
 	"config": {
+		"RelatedArticlesUseCirrusSearchApiUrl": {
+			"description": "During development use a different API for sourcing related articles.",
+			"value": "/w/api.php"
+		},
 		"RelatedArticlesCardLimit": {
 			"description": "Maximum number of articles that should be shown in RelatedArticles widget. This limit is derived from limits in TextExtracts and PageImages extensions. Number should be between 1 and 20.",
 			"value": 3
diff --git a/resources/ext.relatedArticles.readMore.bootstrap/RelatedPagesGateway.js b/resources/ext.relatedArticles.readMore.bootstrap/RelatedPagesGateway.js
index 33c6df70..7cf04cf6 100644
--- a/resources/ext.relatedArticles.readMore.bootstrap/RelatedPagesGateway.js
+++ b/resources/ext.relatedArticles.readMore.bootstrap/RelatedPagesGateway.js
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ RelatedPagesGateway.prototype.getForCurrentPage = function ( limit ) {
 	var parameters = {
 			action: 'query',
 			formatversion: 2,
+			origin: '*',
 			prop: 'pageimages',
 			piprop: 'thumbnail',
 			pithumbsize: 160 // FIXME: Revert to 80 once pithumbmode is implemented
diff --git a/resources/ext.relatedArticles.readMore.bootstrap/index.js b/resources/ext.relatedArticles.readMore.bootstrap/index.js
index 560eea06..fe48c814 100644
--- a/resources/ext.relatedArticles.readMore.bootstrap/index.js
+++ b/resources/ext.relatedArticles.readMore.bootstrap/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@
 	var data = require( './data.json' ),
 		RelatedPagesGateway = require( './RelatedPagesGateway.js' ),
 		relatedPages = new RelatedPagesGateway(
-			new mw.Api(),
+			new mw.Api( {
+				ajax: {
+					url: data.searchUrl
+				}
+			} ),
 			mw.config.get( 'wgPageName' ),
 			mw.config.get( 'wgRelatedArticles' ),
 			data.useCirrusSearch,