diff --git a/proxies/live/apiproxy/targets/target.xml b/proxies/live/apiproxy/targets/target.xml
index 586cc055e..1483eac1b 100644
--- a/proxies/live/apiproxy/targets/target.xml
+++ b/proxies/live/apiproxy/targets/target.xml
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@
         <SSLInfo>
             <Enabled>true</Enabled>
         </SSLInfo>
-        <LoadBalancer>
-            <Server name="communications-manager-target" />
-        </LoadBalancer>
-        <Path>{requestpath}</Path>
+	<URL>https://comms-apim.de-rake4.communications.national.nhs.uk</URL>
+	<Path>{requestpath}</Path>
         <Properties>
             <Property name="io.timeout.millis">29000</Property>
         </Properties>
diff --git a/proxies/shared/policies/AssignMessage.MessageBatches.Create.Request.xml b/proxies/shared/policies/AssignMessage.MessageBatches.Create.Request.xml
index 3dfbc673b..4f282d92a 100644
--- a/proxies/shared/policies/AssignMessage.MessageBatches.Create.Request.xml
+++ b/proxies/shared/policies/AssignMessage.MessageBatches.Create.Request.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
         <Name>requestpath</Name>
         <Value>/api/v1/send</Value>
     </AssignVariable>
+    {% if ENVIRONMENT_TYPE != 'sandbox' %}
+        <AssignVariable>
+            <Name>target.url</Name>
+            <Value>https://comms-apim.de-rake4.communications.national.nhs.uk/api/v1/send</Value>
+        </AssignVariable>
+    {% endif %}
     <Set>
         <Payload contentType="application/json" variablePrefix="%" variableSuffix="#">%data.payload#</Payload>
         <Headers>
diff --git a/proxies/shared/policies/AssignMessage.Messages.GetSingle.Request.xml b/proxies/shared/policies/AssignMessage.Messages.GetSingle.Request.xml
index ce54ec959..e9a34142f 100644
--- a/proxies/shared/policies/AssignMessage.Messages.GetSingle.Request.xml
+++ b/proxies/shared/policies/AssignMessage.Messages.GetSingle.Request.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
         <Name>requestpath</Name>
         <Template>/api/v1/messages/{data.messageId}</Template>
     </AssignVariable>
+    {% if ENVIRONMENT_TYPE != 'sandbox' %}
+    <AssignVariable>
+        <Name>target.url</Name>
+        <Value>https://comms-apim.de-rake4.communications.national.nhs.uk/api/v1/messages/{data.messageId}</Value>
+    </AssignVariable>
+    {% endif %}
     <Set>
         <Headers>
             <Header name="X-Correlation-Id">{backendCorrelationId}</Header>
diff --git a/proxies/shared/policies/AssignMessage.NhsAppAccounts.Get.Request.xml b/proxies/shared/policies/AssignMessage.NhsAppAccounts.Get.Request.xml
index 6d71f721a..3855da508 100644
--- a/proxies/shared/policies/AssignMessage.NhsAppAccounts.Get.Request.xml
+++ b/proxies/shared/policies/AssignMessage.NhsAppAccounts.Get.Request.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
         <Name>requestpath</Name>
         <Value>/api/channels/nhsapp/accounts</Value>
     </AssignVariable>
+    {% if ENVIRONMENT_TYPE != 'sandbox' %}
+        <AssignVariable>
+            <Name>target.url</Name>
+            <Value>https://comms-apim.de-rake4.communications.national.nhs.uk/api/channels/nhsapp/accounts</Value>
+        </AssignVariable>
+    {% endif %}
     <Set>
         <Headers>
             <Header name="X-Correlation-Id">{backendCorrelationId}</Header>