diff --git a/scripts/version-fetcher.js b/scripts/version-fetcher.js
index a1b263f..cfe82e3 100644
--- a/scripts/version-fetcher.js
+++ b/scripts/version-fetcher.js
@@ -5,49 +5,39 @@
 
 (function() {
     'use strict';
-    const RELEASES_URL = 'https://git.pyserve.org/Shifty/pyserveX/releases/latest';
+    const API_URL = 'https://git.pyserve.org/api/v1/repos/Shifty/pyserveX/releases/latest';
     const VERSION_ELEMENT_ID = 'current-version';
     const CACHE_KEY = 'pyserve_version_cache';
     const CACHE_DURATION = 3600000; // 1 hour
-    const FALLBACK_VERSION = 'offline';
-    
+    const FALLBACK_VERSION = '0.9.10';
+
     async function fetchLatestVersion() {
         try {
-            const response = await fetch(RELEASES_URL, {
+            const response = await fetch(API_URL, {
                 method: 'GET',
-                mode: 'cors',
                 headers: {
-                    'Accept': 'text/html'
+                    'Accept': 'application/json'
                 }
             });
             
             if (!response.ok) {
-                console.warn(`Failed to fetch: ${response.status}`);
+                console.warn(`API request failed: ${response.status}`);
                 return null;
             }
 
-            const html = await response.text();
-
-            const patterns = [
-                /<title>PyServeX\s+v([\d.]+)/i,
-                /releases\/tag\/v([\d.]+)/,
-                /aria-label="PyServeX\s+v([\d.]+)/i,
-                /<h4[^>]*>.*?v([\d.]+).*?<\/h4>/i
-            ];
-
-            for (const pattern of patterns) {
-                const match = html.match(pattern);
-                if (match && match[1]) {
-                    console.log(`✓ Version found: ${match[1]}`);
-                    return match[1];
-                }
+            const data = await response.json();
+            
+            if (data.tag_name) {
+                const version = data.tag_name.replace(/^v/, '');
+                console.log(`✓ Version fetched from Gitea API: ${version}`);
+                return version;
             }
             
-            console.warn('Version not found in HTML');
+            console.warn('tag_name not found in API response');
             return null;
             
         } catch (error) {
-            console.warn('Fetch error:', error.message);
+            console.warn('API fetch error:', error.message);
             return null;
         }
     }