diff --git a/mailpoet/assets/js/src/automation/editor/store/api.ts b/mailpoet/assets/js/src/automation/editor/store/api.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30620c04e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mailpoet/assets/js/src/automation/editor/store/api.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import apiFetch from '@wordpress/api-fetch';
+import { api } from '../../config';
+
+const apiUrl = `${api.root}/mailpoet/v1/automation/`;
+
+export const initializeApi = () => {
+  apiFetch.use(apiFetch.createRootURLMiddleware(apiUrl));
+  apiFetch.use(apiFetch.createNonceMiddleware(api.nonce));
+};
diff --git a/mailpoet/assets/js/src/automation/editor/store/index.ts b/mailpoet/assets/js/src/automation/editor/store/index.ts
index d4d19cb4c0..611e34d682 100644
--- a/mailpoet/assets/js/src/automation/editor/store/index.ts
+++ b/mailpoet/assets/js/src/automation/editor/store/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { createReduxStore, register, StoreDescriptor } from '@wordpress/data';
 import * as actions from './actions';
+import { initializeApi } from './api';
 import { storeName } from './constants';
 import { initialState } from './initial_state';
 import { reducer } from './reducer';
@@ -13,6 +14,8 @@ type StoreType = Omit<StoreDescriptor, 'name'> & {
   name: typeof storeName;
 };
 
+initializeApi();
+
 export const store = createReduxStore<State>(storeName, {
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any -- the "Action" type is missing thunks with "dispatch"
   actions: actions as any,