diff --git a/examples/basic-example/components/Table.tsx b/examples/basic-example/components/Table.tsx
index 15c5cee9..6abf7cf1 100644
--- a/examples/basic-example/components/Table.tsx
+++ b/examples/basic-example/components/Table.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import React, { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 
 import parseCsv from "../lib/parseCsv";
 import DebouncedInput from "./DebouncedInput";
-import loadUrlProxied from "../lib/loadUrlProxied";
+import loadData from "../lib/loadData";
 
 const Table = ({
   data: ogData = [],
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ const Table = ({
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (url) {
-      loadUrlProxied(url).then((data) => {
+      loadData(url).then((data) => {
         const { rows, fields } = parseCsv(data);
         setData(rows);
         setCols(fields);
diff --git a/examples/basic-example/lib/loadData.tsx b/examples/basic-example/lib/loadData.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ff9f35e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/basic-example/lib/loadData.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export default async function loadData(url: string) {
+  const response = await fetch(url)
+  const data = await response.text()
+  return data
+}
diff --git a/examples/basic-example/lib/loadUrlProxied.tsx b/examples/basic-example/lib/loadUrlProxied.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 8682e327..00000000
--- a/examples/basic-example/lib/loadUrlProxied.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-export default async function loadUrlProxied(url: string) {
-  // HACK: duplicate of Excel code - maybe refactor
-  // if url is external may have CORS issue so we proxy it ...
-  if (url.startsWith("http")) {
-    const PROXY_URL = "/api/proxy";
-    url = PROXY_URL + "?url=" + encodeURIComponent(url);
-  }
-  const response = await fetch(url)
-  const data = await response.text()
-  return data
-}
diff --git a/examples/basic-example/middleware.ts b/examples/basic-example/middleware.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 434a3151..00000000
--- a/examples/basic-example/middleware.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-// middleware.ts
-import { NextResponse } from 'next/server'
-import type { NextRequest } from 'next/server'
-
-// This function can be marked `async` if using `await` inside
-export async function middleware(req: NextRequest, res: NextResponse) {
-  const urlPaths = req.nextUrl.pathname.split('/')
-  const fileName = urlPaths[urlPaths.length - 1]
-  return NextResponse.rewrite(new URL(`/api/get-data-file?fileName=${fileName}`, req.url))
-}
-
-// See "Matching Paths" below to learn more
-export const config = {
-  matcher: ['/:file*.csv'],
-}
diff --git a/examples/basic-example/content/my-dataset/data_1.csv b/examples/basic-example/public/data_1.csv
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/basic-example/content/my-dataset/data_1.csv
rename to examples/basic-example/public/data_1.csv
diff --git a/examples/basic-example/content/my-dataset/data_2.csv b/examples/basic-example/public/data_2.csv
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/basic-example/content/my-dataset/data_2.csv
rename to examples/basic-example/public/data_2.csv