diff --git a/js/modules/loki_app_dot_net_api.js b/js/modules/loki_app_dot_net_api.js
index eee538a1b..9e4a8299d 100644
--- a/js/modules/loki_app_dot_net_api.js
+++ b/js/modules/loki_app_dot_net_api.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ dcodeIO, Buffer, lokiSnodeAPI, TextDecoder */
 const nodeFetch = require('node-fetch');
 const { URL, URLSearchParams } = require('url');
 const FormData = require('form-data');
+const https = require('https');
 
 // Can't be less than 1200 if we have unauth'd requests
 const PUBLICCHAT_MSG_POLL_EVERY = 1.5 * 1000; // 1.5s
@@ -19,6 +20,10 @@ const MESSAGE_ATTACHMENT_TYPE = 'net.app.core.oembed';
 const LOKI_ATTACHMENT_TYPE = 'attachment';
 const LOKI_PREVIEW_TYPE = 'preview';
 
+const snodeHttpsAgent = new https.Agent({
+  rejectUnauthorized: false,
+});
+
 // the core ADN class that handles all communication with a specific server
 class LokiAppDotNetServerAPI {
   constructor(ourKey, url) {
@@ -396,6 +401,8 @@ class LokiAppDotNetServerAPI {
         'X-Loki-File-Server-Verb': 'POST',
         'X-Loki-File-Server-Headers': JSON.stringify(finalRequestHeader),
       },
+      // we are talking to a snode...
+      agent: snodeHttpsAgent,
     };
     const result = await nodeFetch(url, firstHopOptions);
 
@@ -455,6 +462,11 @@ class LokiAppDotNetServerAPI {
         fetchOptions.body = rawBody;
       }
       fetchOptions.headers = headers;
+
+      // domain ends in .loki
+      if (url.match(/\.loki\//)) {
+        fetchOptions.agent = snodeHttpsAgent;
+      }
     } catch (e) {
       log.info('serverRequest set up error:', JSON.stringify(e));
       return {
diff --git a/js/modules/loki_rpc.js b/js/modules/loki_rpc.js
index 5f78ec07a..7433fc4be 100644
--- a/js/modules/loki_rpc.js
+++ b/js/modules/loki_rpc.js
@@ -2,8 +2,13 @@
   libsignal, window, TextDecoder, TextEncoder, dcodeIO */
 
 const nodeFetch = require('node-fetch');
+const https = require('https');
 const { parse } = require('url');
 
+const snodeHttpsAgent = new https.Agent({
+  rejectUnauthorized: false,
+});
+
 const LOKI_EPHEMKEY_HEADER = 'X-Loki-EphemKey';
 const endpointBase = '/storage_rpc/v1';
 
@@ -115,6 +120,9 @@ const lokiFetch = async (url, options = {}, targetNode = null) => {
     timeout,
     method,
   };
+  if (url.match(/https:\/\//)) {
+    fetchOptions.agent = snodeHttpsAgent;
+  }
 
   try {
     if (window.lokiFeatureFlags.useSnodeProxy && targetNode) {
diff --git a/preload.js b/preload.js
index d28759266..c95f402de 100644
--- a/preload.js
+++ b/preload.js
@@ -75,9 +75,6 @@ window.versionInfo = {
   appInstance: window.getAppInstance(),
 };
 
-// temporary clearnet fix
-process.env.NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED = '0';
-
 window.wrapDeferred = deferredToPromise;
 
 const ipc = electron.ipcRenderer;