diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
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-<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
-  Options +FollowSymlinks
-  Options +Indexes
-  RewriteEngine on
-
-  # set directory to FSL Install if your app is in a subfolder else set this to /
-    RewriteBase /gitprojects/dad-jokes_microservice
-
-  # test string is a valid files
-  RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f
-  # test string is a valid directory
-  RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d
-
-  RewriteRule ^(.*)$   index.php?uri=/$1    [NC,L,QSA]
-  # with QSA flag (query string append),
-  # forces the rewrite engine to append a query string part of the
-  # substitution string to the existing string, instead of replacing it.
-</IfModule>