diff --git a/src/FrontOffice.Main/FrontOffice.Main.csproj b/src/FrontOffice.Main/FrontOffice.Main.csproj
index 7ef57ee..812bdb9 100644
--- a/src/FrontOffice.Main/FrontOffice.Main.csproj
+++ b/src/FrontOffice.Main/FrontOffice.Main.csproj
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="DateTimeConverterCL" Version="1.0.0" />
-    <!-- Local protobuf until 0.0.212 is published to Nexus -->
-    <PackageReference Include="Foursat.CMSMicroservice.Protobuf" Version="0.0.213" />
+
     <PackageReference Include="MudBlazor" Version="8.14.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Blazored.LocalStorage" Version="4.5.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Mapster" Version="7.4.0" />
@@ -23,9 +22,18 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client" Version="9.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <!-- <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\CMS\src\CMSMicroservice.Protobuf\CMSMicroservice.Protobuf.csproj" /> -->
-  </ItemGroup>
+    <!-- ============================================================ -->
+    <!-- Proto References: Direct reference to CMS Protobuf project   -->
+    <!-- This enables direct communication with CMS (no BFF needed)   -->
+    <!-- ============================================================ -->
+    
+    <!-- CMS Protobuf: NuGet in CI/Docker; ProjectReference for local monorepo dev -->
+    <ItemGroup Condition="Exists('../../../CMS/src/CMSMicroservice.Protobuf/CMSMicroservice.Protobuf.csproj')">
+        <ProjectReference Include="../../../CMS/src/CMSMicroservice.Protobuf/CMSMicroservice.Protobuf.csproj" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+    <ItemGroup Condition="!Exists('../../../CMS/src/CMSMicroservice.Protobuf/CMSMicroservice.Protobuf.csproj')">
+        <PackageReference Include="Foursat.CMSMicroservice.Protobuf" Version="0.0.213" />
+    </ItemGroup>
 
   <!-- Local Proto Project Reference for development -->
 <!--  <ItemGroup>-->