diff --git a/src/components/sidebar/buttons.tsx b/src/components/sidebar/buttons.tsx
index 0d0675f..a7c2f12 100644
--- a/src/components/sidebar/buttons.tsx
+++ b/src/components/sidebar/buttons.tsx
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ import React, { FC } from "react";
 import { Button } from "react-bulma-components";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { useAppContext } from "~/appContext";
+import { fetchNodeDataFromBackend } from "~/backend";
 import { OSM_DOMAIN } from "~/constants";
 import { ModalType, initialModalState } from "~/model/modal";
 import SidebarAction from "~/model/sidebarAction";
-import { fetchNodeDataFromOsm } from "~/osm";
 
 type OsmId = string;
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export function EditButton({ osmId }: { osmId: OsmId }) {
 		authState: { auth },
 	} = useAppContext();
 	const startEdit = () => {
-		fetchNodeDataFromOsm(osmId).then((data) => {
+		fetchNodeDataFromBackend(osmId).then((data) => {
 			setSidebarData(data);
 			if (auth === null || !auth.authenticated()) {
 				setModalState({
diff --git a/src/osm.ts b/src/osm.ts
index 25623a6..4de50ed 100644
--- a/src/osm.ts
+++ b/src/osm.ts
@@ -36,19 +36,6 @@ export async function fetchNodeData(
 		});
 }
 
-export async function fetchNodeDataFromOsm(
-	nodeId: string,
-): Promise<DefibrillatorData | null> {
-	const url = `https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/node/${nodeId}.json`;
-	console.log(
-		"Request object info for node with osm id:",
-		nodeId,
-		" via url: ",
-		url,
-	);
-	return fetchNodeData(url);
-}
-
 export function updateOsmUsernameState(
 	auth: OSMAuth.osmAuth,
 	setOsmUsername: (username: string) => void,