diff --git a/src/pages/downloads/index.js b/src/pages/downloads/index.js
index 2b7bff16..cf4dcea6 100644
--- a/src/pages/downloads/index.js
+++ b/src/pages/downloads/index.js
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ const renderReleaseCell = (release, columnKey, isNightly, isSelected) => {
   }
 };
 
-let baseApiUrl = "https://api.pcsx2.net/v1";
+let baseApiUrl = "https://apinew.pcsx2.net/v1";
+let backupBaseApiUrl = "https://api.pcsx2.net/v1";
 
 export default function Downloads() {
   const isBrowser = useIsBrowser();
@@ -84,7 +85,11 @@ export default function Downloads() {
 
   const fetchLatestReleases = async () => {
     try {
-      const resp = await fetch(`${baseApiUrl}/latestReleasesAndPullRequests`);
+      let resp = await fetch(`${baseApiUrl}/latestReleasesAndPullRequests`);
+      // TODO: potentially retry with old URL, just temp code to ease migration
+      if (resp.status !== 200) {
+        resp = await fetch(`${backupBaseApiUrl}/latestReleasesAndPullRequests`);
+      }
       if (resp.status === 429) {
         setApiErrorMsg("You are Being Rate-Limited. Try Again Later!");
       } else if (resp.status !== 200) {
@@ -249,9 +254,16 @@ export default function Downloads() {
                         tableColumns={releaseTableColumns}
                         renderRowFunc={renderReleaseCell}
                         fetchMoreFunc={async (offset) => {
-                          return await fetch(
+                          let resp = await fetch(
                             `${baseApiUrl}/stableReleases?offset=${offset}`,
                           );
+                          // TODO: potentially retry with old URL, just temp code to ease migration
+                          if (resp.status !== 200) {
+                            resp = await fetch(
+                              `${backupBaseApiUrl}/stableReleases?offset=${offset}`,
+                            );
+                          }
+                          return resp;
                         }}
                         tableType={"stable"}
                       />
@@ -348,9 +360,16 @@ export default function Downloads() {
                         tableColumns={releaseTableColumns}
                         renderRowFunc={renderReleaseCell}
                         fetchMoreFunc={async (offset) => {
-                          return await fetch(
+                          let resp = await fetch(
                             `${baseApiUrl}/nightlyReleases?offset=${offset}`,
                           );
+                          // TODO: potentially retry with old URL, just temp code to ease migration
+                          if (resp.status !== 200) {
+                            resp = await fetch(
+                              `${backupBaseApiUrl}/nightlyReleases?offset=${offset}`,
+                            );
+                          }
+                          return resp;
                         }}
                         tableType={"nightly"}
                       />
diff --git a/src/pages/index.js b/src/pages/index.js
index 305ec41a..05e2ad53 100644
--- a/src/pages/index.js
+++ b/src/pages/index.js
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ import {
 
 import useIsBrowser from "@docusaurus/useIsBrowser";
 
-let baseApiUrl = "https://api.pcsx2.net/v1";
+let baseApiUrl = "https://apinew.pcsx2.net/v1";
+let backupBaseApiUrl = "https://api.pcsx2.net/v1";
 
 export default function Home() {
   const { theme, setTheme } = useTheme();
@@ -61,7 +62,12 @@ export default function Home() {
 
   const fetchLatestReleases = async () => {
     try {
-      const resp = await fetch(`${baseApiUrl}/latestReleasesAndPullRequests`);
+      let resp = await fetch(`${baseApiUrl}/latestReleasesAndPullRequests`);
+      // TODO: potentially retry with old URL, just temp code to ease migration
+      if (resp.status !== 200) {
+        resp = await fetch(`${backupBaseApiUrl}/latestReleasesAndPullRequests`);
+      }
+
       if (resp.status === 429) {
         setApiErrorMsg("You are Being Rate-Limited. Try Again Later!");
       } else if (resp.status !== 200) {