diff --git a/muxplex/frontend/app.js b/muxplex/frontend/app.js
index 44fa0ed..d17bf3e 100644
--- a/muxplex/frontend/app.js
+++ b/muxplex/frontend/app.js
@@ -157,13 +157,18 @@ function isMobile() {
 }
 
 // ─── Fetch wrapper ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-async function api(method, path, body) {
+async function api(method, path, body, baseUrl) {
   const opts = { method, headers: {} };
   if (body !== undefined) {
     opts.headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/json';
     opts.body = JSON.stringify(body);
   }
-  const res = await fetch(path, opts);
+  let url = path;
+  if (baseUrl) {
+    url = baseUrl.replace(/\/+$/, '') + path;
+    opts.credentials = 'include';
+  }
+  const res = await fetch(url, opts);
   if (!res.ok) {
     throw new Error(`HTTP ${res.status}: ${res.statusText}`);
   }
@@ -1711,6 +1716,8 @@ if (typeof module !== 'undefined' && module.exports) {
     // Server settings
     loadServerSettings,
     patchServerSetting,
+    // Fetch wrapper
+    api,
     // Header + button with inline name input
     showNewSessionInput,
     showFabSessionInput,
diff --git a/muxplex/frontend/tests/test_app.mjs b/muxplex/frontend/tests/test_app.mjs
index de0d8a2..a49acec 100644
--- a/muxplex/frontend/tests/test_app.mjs
+++ b/muxplex/frontend/tests/test_app.mjs
@@ -1928,6 +1928,58 @@ test('buildSidebarHTML includes sidebar-delete button with data-session attribut
   assert.ok(html.includes('data-session="my-session"'), 'sidebar-delete button must have data-session attribute');
 });
 
+// --- api ---
+
+test('api with no baseUrl uses relative path', async () => {
+  const calls = [];
+  const origFetch = globalThis.fetch;
+  globalThis.fetch = async (url, opts) => {
+    calls.push({ url, opts });
+    return { ok: true };
+  };
+
+  await app.api('GET', '/api/sessions');
+
+  assert.strictEqual(calls.length, 1, 'should call fetch once');
+  assert.strictEqual(calls[0].url, '/api/sessions', 'url should be relative path');
+  assert.ok(!calls[0].opts.credentials, 'credentials should not be set without baseUrl');
+
+  globalThis.fetch = origFetch;
+});
+
+test('api with baseUrl prepends it to path and sets credentials include', async () => {
+  const calls = [];
+  const origFetch = globalThis.fetch;
+  globalThis.fetch = async (url, opts) => {
+    calls.push({ url, opts });
+    return { ok: true };
+  };
+
+  await app.api('GET', '/api/sessions', undefined, 'https://remote.example.com');
+
+  assert.strictEqual(calls.length, 1, 'should call fetch once');
+  assert.strictEqual(calls[0].url, 'https://remote.example.com/api/sessions', 'url should prepend baseUrl');
+  assert.strictEqual(calls[0].opts.credentials, 'include', 'credentials should be include for cross-origin');
+
+  globalThis.fetch = origFetch;
+});
+
+test('api with baseUrl and trailing slash does not double-slash', async () => {
+  const calls = [];
+  const origFetch = globalThis.fetch;
+  globalThis.fetch = async (url, opts) => {
+    calls.push({ url, opts });
+    return { ok: true };
+  };
+
+  await app.api('GET', '/api/sessions', undefined, 'https://remote.example.com/');
+
+  assert.strictEqual(calls.length, 1, 'should call fetch once');
+  assert.strictEqual(calls[0].url, 'https://remote.example.com/api/sessions', 'trailing slash on baseUrl should not create double-slash');
+
+  globalThis.fetch = origFetch;
+});
+
 test('createNewSession polls for session before auto-opening (not immediate setTimeout openSession)', () => {
   // The old behavior was: setTimeout(() => openSession(...), 500) immediately after POST.
   // The new behavior must use a polling interval to wait for the session to appear in