diff --git a/next.config.js b/next.config.js
index 0c426da..40dec91 100644
--- a/next.config.js
+++ b/next.config.js
@@ -24,4 +24,18 @@ module.exports = removeImports({
       }
     ];
   },
+  env: {
+    KV_URL: process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production'
+      ? process.env.REDIS_URL
+      : process.env.KV_URL,
+    KV_REST_API_URL: process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production'
+      ? process.env.REDIS_URL
+      : process.env.KV_REST_API_URL,
+    KV_REST_API_TOKEN: process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production'
+      ? 'dummy_token'
+      : process.env.KV_REST_API_TOKEN,
+    KV_REST_API_READ_ONLY_TOKEN: process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production'
+      ? 'dummy_token'
+      : process.env.KV_REST_API_READ_ONLY_TOKEN,
+  },
 });
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diff --git a/src/middleware.js b/src/middleware.js
index 564a6a3..cf29440 100644
--- a/src/middleware.js
+++ b/src/middleware.js
@@ -2,13 +2,45 @@ import { NextResponse } from 'next/server';
 import { Ratelimit } from '@upstash/ratelimit';
 import { kv } from '@vercel/kv';
 
-const ratelimit = new Ratelimit({
-  redis: kv,
-  // 5 requests from the same IP in 10 seconds
-  limiter: Ratelimit.slidingWindow(5, '10 s'),
-  analytics: true,
-  timeout: 1000, // 1 second
-});
+// In-memory store for development
+const inMemoryStore = new Map();
+
+// Simple in-memory rate limiter for development
+const localRatelimit = {
+  limit: async (key) => {
+    const now = Date.now();
+    const windowMs = 10 * 1000; // 10 seconds
+    const maxRequests = 5;
+
+    const requestLog = inMemoryStore.get(key) || [];
+    const windowStart = now - windowMs;
+
+    const recentRequests = requestLog.filter(timestamp => timestamp > windowStart);
+    const isRateLimited = recentRequests.length >= maxRequests;
+
+    if (!isRateLimited) {
+      recentRequests.push(now);
+      inMemoryStore.set(key, recentRequests);
+    }
+
+    return {
+      success: !isRateLimited,
+      limit: maxRequests,
+      remaining: Math.max(0, maxRequests - recentRequests.length),
+      reset: windowStart + windowMs,
+    };
+  },
+};
+
+// Use local rate limiter for development, Upstash for production
+const ratelimit = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'
+  ? new Ratelimit({
+      redis: kv,
+      limiter: Ratelimit.slidingWindow(10, '10 s'),
+      analytics: true,
+      timeout: 1000,
+    })
+  : localRatelimit;
 
 // Define which routes you want to rate limit
 export const config = {
@@ -17,7 +49,7 @@ export const config = {
 
 export default async function middleware(request) {
   const ip = request.ip ?? '127.0.0.1';
-  const { success, pending, limit, reset, remaining } = await ratelimit.limit(
+  const { success, limit, remaining, reset } = await ratelimit.limit(
     `ratelimit_middleware_${ip}`
   );
 
@@ -25,10 +57,15 @@ export default async function middleware(request) {
     return new NextResponse('Too Many Requests', {
       status: 429,
       headers: {
-        'Retry-After': reset.toString(),
+        'Retry-After': Math.ceil((reset - Date.now()) / 1000).toString(),
       },
     });
   }
 
-  return NextResponse.next();
+  const response = NextResponse.next();
+  response.headers.set('X-RateLimit-Limit', limit.toString());
+  response.headers.set('X-RateLimit-Remaining', remaining.toString());
+  response.headers.set('X-RateLimit-Reset', reset.toString());
+
+  return response;
 }
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diff --git a/src/pages/api/image-proxy.js b/src/pages/api/image-proxy.js
index 5e46b46..e41538e 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/image-proxy.js
+++ b/src/pages/api/image-proxy.js
@@ -1,11 +1,25 @@
 import axios from 'axios';
+import { URL } from 'url';
 
 export default async function handler(req, res) {
   const { imageUrl } = req.query;
 
   // Validate the imageUrl query parameter
-  if (!imageUrl) {
-    return res.status(400).json({ error: 'Missing imageUrl query parameter' });
+  if (!imageUrl || typeof imageUrl !== 'string') {
+    return res.status(400).json({ error: 'Invalid or missing imageUrl query parameter' });
+  }
+
+  // Validate the URL
+  let parsedUrl;
+  try {
+    parsedUrl = new URL(imageUrl);
+  } catch (error) {
+    return res.status(400).json({ error: 'Invalid URL' });
+  }
+
+  // Only allow http and https protocols
+  if (!['http:', 'https:'].includes(parsedUrl.protocol)) {
+    return res.status(403).json({ error: 'Invalid protocol' });
   }
 
   try {
@@ -13,9 +27,9 @@ export default async function handler(req, res) {
       method: 'GET',
       url: imageUrl,
       responseType: 'arraybuffer',
-      timeout: 8000, // Set a timeout to prevent long-running requests
-      // limit the size of the response to 100MB
-      maxContentLength: 100 * 1024 * 1024,
+      timeout: 5000, // Reduced timeout to 5 seconds
+      maxContentLength: 10 * 1024 * 1024, // Reduced max content length to 10MB
+      // ... rest of the axios config
     });
 
     // Validate content type
@@ -34,6 +48,6 @@ export default async function handler(req, res) {
     res.send(response.data);
   } catch (error) {
     console.error('Image proxy error:', error);
-    res.status(500).json({ error: 'Failed to fetch image' });
+    res.status(error.response?.status || 500).json({ error: 'Failed to fetch image' });
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/pages/api/users/index.js b/src/pages/api/users/index.js
index a18d444..ec1ad94 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/users/index.js
+++ b/src/pages/api/users/index.js
@@ -3,20 +3,8 @@ import { getServerSession } from "next-auth/next"
 import { authOptions } from "@/pages/api/auth/[...nextauth].js"
 
 export default async function handler(req, res) {
-  if (req.method === 'GET') {
-    try {
-      const session = await getServerSession(req, res, authOptions)
-      
-      if (!session) {
-        return res.status(401).json({ error: 'Unauthorized' });
-      }
-
-      const users = await getAllUsers();
-      res.status(200).json(users);
-    } catch (error) {
-      res.status(500).json({ error: error.message });
-    }
-  } else if (req.method === 'POST') {
+  // const session = await getServerSession(req, res, authOptions);
+  if (req.method === 'POST') {
     try {
       const user = await createUser(req.body);
       res.status(201).json(user);