diff --git a/src/Learnify.Api/Controllers/CoursesController.cs b/src/Learnify.Api/Controllers/CoursesController.cs
index 97c7823..53e5ebd 100644
--- a/src/Learnify.Api/Controllers/CoursesController.cs
+++ b/src/Learnify.Api/Controllers/CoursesController.cs
@@ -99,17 +99,28 @@ public async Task<IActionResult> Update(int id, [FromForm] UpdateCourseRequest r
                 return Unauthorized("User not authenticated");
             }
 
-            // TODO: Add authorization check to ensure user owns this course
-            // For now, we'll let the command handler deal with authorization
+            // Authorization check: Ensure user is admin or course owner
+            var isAdmin = User.IsInRole("Admin");
+            var course = await _mediator.Send(new GetCourseByIdQuery(id));
+
+            if (course == null)
+            {
+                return NotFound();
+            }
+
+            if (!isAdmin && course.InstructorId != currentUserId)
+            {
+                return Forbid("Only course owners or administrators can update courses");
+            }
 
             var command = new UpdateCourseCommand(
-                id, 
-                request.Title, 
-                request.Description, 
-                request.Price, 
-                request.IsPublished, 
-                request.ThumbnailImageUrl, 
-                request.CategoryId, 
+                id,
+                request.Title,
+                request.Description,
+                request.Price,
+                request.IsPublished,
+                request.ThumbnailImageUrl,
+                request.CategoryId,
                 request.ThumbnailFile);
             await _mediator.Send(command);
 
diff --git a/src/Learnify.Api/Program.cs b/src/Learnify.Api/Program.cs
index 196643b..a35de0f 100644
--- a/src/Learnify.Api/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Learnify.Api/Program.cs
@@ -53,9 +53,21 @@ public static async Task Main(string[] args)
             builder.Services.AddRateLimitingPolicies();
 
             // CORS
+            var allowedOrigins = builder.Configuration.GetSection("AllowedOrigins").Get<string[]>()
+                ?? new[] { "http://localhost:3000", "http://localhost:5173", "https://localhost:3000" };
+
             builder.Services.AddCors(options =>
             {
-                options.AddPolicy("AllowAllOrigins", policy =>
+                options.AddPolicy("ProductionCors", policy =>
+                {
+                    policy.WithOrigins(allowedOrigins)
+                          .AllowAnyMethod()
+                          .AllowAnyHeader()
+                          .AllowCredentials();
+                });
+
+                // Keep development policy for fallback
+                options.AddPolicy("DevelopmentCors", policy =>
                 {
                     policy.AllowAnyOrigin()
                           .AllowAnyMethod()
@@ -137,7 +149,15 @@ public static async Task Main(string[] args)
 
             app.UseStaticFiles();
             app.UseMiddleware<ExceptionHandlerMiddleware>();
-            app.UseCors("AllowAllOrigins");
+
+            // HTTPS redirection (except in development)
+            if (!app.Environment.IsDevelopment())
+            {
+                app.UseHttpsRedirection();
+                app.UseHsts();
+            }
+
+            app.UseCors(builder.Environment.IsDevelopment() ? "DevelopmentCors" : "ProductionCors");
             app.UseRateLimiter();
             app.UseAuthentication();
             app.UseAuthorization();
diff --git a/src/Learnify.Api/appsettings.json b/src/Learnify.Api/appsettings.json
index fac6fcf..d90a69a 100644
--- a/src/Learnify.Api/appsettings.json
+++ b/src/Learnify.Api/appsettings.json
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@
   "App": {
     "BaseUrl": "http://localhost:5279"
   },
+  "AllowedOrigins": [
+    "http://localhost:3000",
+    "http://localhost:5173",
+    "https://localhost:3000",
+    "https://yourdomain.com"
+  ],
   "PerformanceLogging": {
     "SlowThresholdMs": 500,
     "VerySlowThresholdMs": 2000
diff --git a/src/Learnify.Application/Learnify.Application.csproj b/src/Learnify.Application/Learnify.Application.csproj
index 1bee389..ed31932 100644
--- a/src/Learnify.Application/Learnify.Application.csproj
+++ b/src/Learnify.Application/Learnify.Application.csproj
@@ -10,12 +10,11 @@
     <PackageReference Include="FluentValidation" Version="12.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Google.Apis.Auth" Version="1.73.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="MediatR" Version="12.5.0" />
-	<PackageReference Include="FluentValidation" Version="12.0.0" />
-	<PackageReference Include="FluentValidation.DependencyInjectionExtensions" Version="12.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="FluentValidation.DependencyInjectionExtensions" Version="12.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="9.0.5" />
     <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="8.1.2" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt" Version="8.0.1" />
-    
+
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>