diff --git a/cdk/lib/application-layer.ts b/cdk/lib/application-layer.ts
index 1023a1f..8ae23d1 100644
--- a/cdk/lib/application-layer.ts
+++ b/cdk/lib/application-layer.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   RecordTarget,
 } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53';
 import { ApiGatewayDomain } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53-targets';
+import { MealPlannerHttpApi } from './constructs/api';
 
 export interface ApplicationLayerStackProps extends StackProps {
   readonly delegationRole: Role;
@@ -73,31 +74,10 @@ export default class ApplicationLayerStack extends Stack {
       delegationRole: props.delegationRole,
     });
 
-    const domainName = ['api', props.domain].join('.');
-    const certificate = new Certificate(this, 'ApiDomainCertificate', {
-      domainName,
-      validation: CertificateValidation.fromDns(hostedZone),
-    });
-    const api = new LambdaRestApi(this, 'MealPlannerApi', {
-      handler,
-      proxy: true,
-      domainName: {
-        domainName,
-        certificate,
-        basePath: 'mealplanner',
-      },
-      disableExecuteApiEndpoint: true,
-    });
-
-    const apiDomainName = api.domainName || api.addDomainName('ApiDomainName', {
-      domainName,
-      certificate,
-    });
-
-    new ARecord(this, 'ApiAliasRecord', {
-      zone: hostedZone,
-      recordName: 'api',
-      target: RecordTarget.fromAlias(new ApiGatewayDomain(apiDomainName)),
+    new MealPlannerHttpApi(this, 'ApiConstruct', {
+      domain: props.domain,
+      hostedZone,
+      lambda: handler,
     });
   }
 }
diff --git a/cdk/lib/constructs/api.ts b/cdk/lib/constructs/api.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..546556f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdk/lib/constructs/api.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { Construct } from 'constructs';
+import { DomainName, HttpApi } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-apigatewayv2';
+import { HttpLambdaIntegration } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-apigatewayv2-integrations';
+import { IFunction } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-lambda';
+import { ARecord, IHostedZone, RecordTarget } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53';
+import { Certificate, CertificateValidation } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-certificatemanager';
+import { ApiGatewayv2DomainProperties } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53-targets';
+
+export interface MealPlannerHttpApiProps {
+  readonly domain: string;
+  readonly hostedZone: IHostedZone;
+  readonly lambda: IFunction;
+}
+
+/**
+  * Construct for building HttpApi.
+  */
+export class MealPlannerHttpApi extends Construct {
+  /**
+    * Builds an HttpApi.
+    * @param{Construct} scope the parent scope
+    * @param{string} id the logical id
+    * @param{MealPlannerHttpApiProps} props properties
+    */
+  constructor(scope: Construct, id: string, props: MealPlannerHttpApiProps) {
+    super(scope, id);
+    const lambda = new HttpLambdaIntegration('LambdaIntegration', props.lambda);
+    const domainName = ['api', props.domain].join('.');
+    const certificate = new Certificate(this, 'ApiDomainCertificate', {
+      domainName,
+      validation: CertificateValidation.fromDns(props.hostedZone),
+    });
+    const domain = new DomainName(scope, 'Domain', {
+      domainName,
+      certificate,
+    });
+    new ARecord(this, 'ApiAliasRecord', {
+      zone: props.hostedZone,
+      recordName: 'api',
+      target: RecordTarget.fromAlias(new ApiGatewayv2DomainProperties(
+          domain.regionalDomainName,
+          domain.regionalHostedZoneId,
+      )),
+    });
+    new HttpApi(scope, 'Api', {
+      defaultIntegration: lambda,
+      defaultDomainMapping: {
+        domainName: domain,
+        mappingKey: 'mealplanner',
+      },
+      disableExecuteApiEndpoint: true,
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lambda/src/main.rs b/lambda/src/main.rs
index 69a9988..c101b2e 100644
--- a/lambda/src/main.rs
+++ b/lambda/src/main.rs
@@ -43,22 +43,22 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
     let app = Router::new()
         .route("/", get(root))
         .route("/ping", get(ping))
-        .nest("/recipes", recipe_service);
-    let mealplanner = Router::new().nest("/mealplanner", app).layer(
-        TraceLayer::new_for_http()
-            .make_span_with(DefaultMakeSpan::new().include_headers(true))
-            .on_request(DefaultOnRequest::new().level(Level::INFO))
-            .on_response(
-                DefaultOnResponse::new()
-                    .level(Level::INFO)
-                    .latency_unit(LatencyUnit::Micros),
-            )
-            .on_failure(
-                DefaultOnFailure::new()
-                    .level(Level::INFO)
-                    .latency_unit(LatencyUnit::Micros),
-            ),
-    );
+        .nest("/recipes", recipe_service)
+        .layer(
+            TraceLayer::new_for_http()
+                .make_span_with(DefaultMakeSpan::new().include_headers(true))
+                .on_request(DefaultOnRequest::new().level(Level::INFO))
+                .on_response(
+                    DefaultOnResponse::new()
+                        .level(Level::INFO)
+                        .latency_unit(LatencyUnit::Micros),
+                )
+                .on_failure(
+                    DefaultOnFailure::new()
+                        .level(Level::INFO)
+                        .latency_unit(LatencyUnit::Micros),
+                ),
+        );
 
-    run(mealplanner).await
+    run(app).await
 }