diff --git a/backend/backend/urls.py b/backend/backend/urls.py
index 107481ed..7db6798b 100644
--- a/backend/backend/urls.py
+++ b/backend/backend/urls.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def get_schema(self, request=None, public=False):
     path("voiceover/", include("voiceover.urls")),
     path("youtube/", include("youtube.urls")),
     path(
-        "api/generic/transliteration/<str:target_language>/<str:data>/",
+        "xlit-api/generic/transliteration/<str:target_language>/<str:data>",
         TransliterationAPIView.as_view(),
         name="transliteration-api",
     ),
diff --git a/backend/video/urls.py b/backend/video/urls.py
index 32789a86..c9e82354 100644
--- a/backend/video/urls.py
+++ b/backend/video/urls.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 urlpatterns = [
     path("", views.get_video, name="get_video"),
     path(
-        "api/generic/transliteration/<str:target_language>/<str:data>/",
+        "xlit-api/generic/transliteration/<str:target_language>/<str:data>",
         TransliterationAPIView.as_view(),
         name="transliteration-api",
     ),
diff --git a/backend/video/views.py b/backend/video/views.py
index b2d2c0e6..8cbeaa1c 100644
--- a/backend/video/views.py
+++ b/backend/video/views.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 from collections import Counter
 from rest_framework.views import APIView
 import config
+from rest_framework.permissions import IsAuthenticated
 
 accepted_languages = [
     "as",
@@ -96,25 +97,16 @@
 
 
 class TransliterationAPIView(APIView):
+    permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated]
+    
     def get(self, request, target_language, data, *args, **kwargs):
-        json_data = {
-            "input": [{"source": data}],
-            "config": {
-                "language": {
-                    "sourceLanguage": "en",
-                    "targetLanguage": target_language,
-                },
-                "isSentence": False,
-                "numSuggestions": 5,
-            },
-        }
-        logging.info("Calling Transliteration API")
-        response_transliteration = requests.post(
-            config.transliteration_url,
-            headers={"authorization": config.dhruva_key},
-            json=json_data,
+        response_transliteration = requests.get(
+            os.getenv("TRANSLITERATION_URL") + target_language + "/" + data,
+            headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + os.getenv("TRANSLITERATION_KEY")},
         )
 
+        print(response_transliteration)
+
         transliteration_output = response_transliteration.json()
         return Response(transliteration_output, status=status.HTTP_200_OK)