diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f846c68..a4aee7e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 node_modules
 package-lock.json
 yarn.lock
+.env
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d5799c0..3ec5c61 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
         "body-parser": "^1.18.3",
         "cors": "^2.8.4",
         "express": "^4.16.3",
-        "http-proxy-middleware": "^0.18.0",
         "request": "^2.85.0",
         "webtask-tools": "^3.2.0"
     },
diff --git a/webtask-zoho.js b/webtask-zoho.js
index 8d8c49f..e28767f 100644
--- a/webtask-zoho.js
+++ b/webtask-zoho.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 const express = require('express')
 const Webtask = require('webtask-tools')
 const cors = require('cors')
-const proxy = require('http-proxy-middleware')
 const bodyParser = require('body-parser')
 const request = require('request')
 
@@ -11,6 +10,9 @@ server.use(cors())
 server.listen(4430)
 server.use(bodyParser.json())
 
+//
+// Zoho API urls
+//
 const apiUrlZohoCampaigns = 'https://campaigns.zoho.com/api/'
 const apiUrlZohoCRM = 'https://www.zohoapis.com/crm/v2/'
 
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ server.get('/newsletter/:data', (req, res) => {
         url: `${apiUrlZohoCampaigns}json/listsubscribe?authtoken=${ZOHO_CAMPAIGNS_TOKEN}&scope=CampaignsAPI&resfmt=JSON&listkey=${ZOHO_CAMPAIGNS_LIST_KEY}&contactinfo=${data}` // eslint-disable-line max-len
     }
 
-    request(options, (error, response, body) => { // eslint-disable-line consistent-return
+    request(options, (error, response, body) => {
         if (error) {
             res.send(error)
         }
@@ -36,19 +38,29 @@ server.get('/newsletter/:data', (req, res) => {
     })
 })
 
-const onProxyReqZohoCRM = (proxyReq, req) => {
+//
+// Create a new lead via Zoho CRM API
+// https://www.zoho.com/crm/help/api/v2/#create-specify-records
+//
+server.get('/crm/:data', (req, res) => {
     const { ZOHO_CRM_TOKEN } = req.webtaskContext.secrets
+    const { data } = req.params
 
-    proxyReq.setHeader('Authorization', `Zoho-oauthtoken ${ZOHO_CRM_TOKEN}`)
-}
+    const options = {
+        url: `${apiUrlZohoCRM}Leads`, // eslint-disable-line max-len
+        headers: { 'Authorization': `Zoho-oauthtoken ${ZOHO_CRM_TOKEN}` },
+        method: 'POST',
+        formData: data
+    }
 
-const configZohoCRM = {
-    target: apiUrlZohoCRM,
-    pathRewrite: { '^/zoho/crm/': '/' },
-    changeOrigin: true,
-    onProxyReq: onProxyReqZohoCRM
-}
+    request(options, (error, response, body) => {
+        if (error) {
+            res.send(error)
+        }
 
-server.use(proxy('/zoho/crm/**', configZohoCRM))
+        res.send(body)
+        res.sendStatus(200)
+    })
+})
 
 module.exports = Webtask.fromExpress(server)