diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/account/session.ts b/packages/insomnia/src/account/session.ts
index 0ee95e55b0..e70c6333c0 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/account/session.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/account/session.ts
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export async function changePasswordWithToken(rawNewPassphrase: string, confirma
   return window.main.insomniaFetch({
     method: 'POST',
     path: '/auth/change-password',
-    obj: {
+    data: {
       code: confirmationCode,
       newEmail: newEmail,
       encSymmetricKey: encSymmetricKey,
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ function _getAuthSalts(email: string) {
   return window.main.insomniaFetch({
     method: 'POST',
     path: '/auth/login-s',
-    obj: { email },
+    data: { email },
     sessionId: getCurrentSessionId(),
   });
 }
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/main/insomniaFetch.ts b/packages/insomnia/src/main/insomniaFetch.ts
index 6b0fd09c0f..d024fd8822 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/main/insomniaFetch.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/main/insomniaFetch.ts
@@ -1,75 +1,65 @@
-import { parse as urlParse } from 'url';
+import { BrowserWindow, net } from 'electron';
 
 import { getApiBaseURL, getClientString } from '../common/constants';
 import { delay } from '../common/misc';
-import { invariant } from '../utils/invariant';
 
-const _commandListeners: Function[] = [];
-export function onCommand(callback: Function) {
-  _commandListeners.push(callback);
-}
-
-let _userAgent = getClientString();
-let _baseUrl = getApiBaseURL();
-
-export function setup(userAgent: string, baseUrl: string) {
-  _userAgent = userAgent;
-  _baseUrl = baseUrl;
-}
 interface FetchConfig {
   method: 'POST' | 'PUT' | 'GET';
   path: string;
   sessionId: string | null;
-  obj?: unknown;
+  data?: unknown;
   retries?: number;
+  origin?: string;
 }
-export async function insomniaFetch<T = any>({ method, path, obj, sessionId, retries = 0 }: FetchConfig): Promise<T | string> {
-  const config: {
-    method: string;
-    headers: Record<string, string>;
-    body?: string | Buffer;
-  } = {
-    method: method,
+// internal request (insomniaFetch)
+// should validate ssl certs on our server
+// should only go to insomnia API
+// should be able to listen for specific messages in headers
+// should be able to retry on 502
+
+// external request (axiosRequest)
+// should respect settings for proxy and ssl validation
+// should be for all third party APIs, github, gitlab, isometric-git
+
+const exponentialBackOff = async (url: string, init: RequestInit, retries = 0): Promise<Response> => {
+  try {
+    const response = await net.fetch(url, init);
+    if (response.status === 502 && retries < 5) {
+      retries++;
+      await delay(retries * 200);
+      return exponentialBackOff(url, init, retries);
+    }
+    if (!response.ok) {
+      const err = new Error(`Response ${response.status} for ${url}`);
+      err.message = await response.text();
+      throw err;
+    }
+    return response;
+  } catch (err) {
+    throw new Error(`Failed to fetch ${url}: ${err.message}`);
+  }
+};
+
+export async function insomniaFetch<T = any>({ method, path, data, sessionId, origin }: FetchConfig): Promise<T | string> {
+  const config: RequestInit = {
+    method,
     headers: {
+      'X-Insomnia-Client': getClientString(),
       ...(sessionId ? { 'X-Session-Id': sessionId } : {}),
-      ...(_userAgent ? { 'X-Insomnia-Client': _userAgent } : {}),
-      ...(obj ? { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' } : {}),
-      ...(obj ? { body: JSON.stringify(obj) } : {}),
+      ...(data ? { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' } : {}),
     },
+    ...(data ? { body: JSON.stringify(data) } : {}),
   };
   if (sessionId === undefined) {
     throw new Error(`No session ID provided to ${method}:${path}`);
   }
-
-  invariant(_baseUrl, 'API base URL not configured!');
-  const url = `${_baseUrl}${path}`;
-  let response: Response | undefined;
-  try {
-    response = await window.fetch(url, config);
-
-    // Exponential backoff for 502 errors
-    if (response.status === 502 && retries < 5) {
-      retries++;
-      await delay(retries * 200);
-      return insomniaFetch({ method, path, obj, sessionId, retries });
-    }
-  } catch (err) {
-    throw new Error(`Failed to fetch '${url}'`);
-  }
-
+  const response = await exponentialBackOff(`${origin || getApiBaseURL()}${path}`, config);
   const uri = response.headers.get('x-insomnia-command');
   if (uri) {
-    const parsed = urlParse(uri, true);
-    _commandListeners.map(fn => fn(`${parsed.hostname}${parsed.pathname}`, JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(parsed.query))));
+    for (const window of BrowserWindow.getAllWindows()) {
+      window.webContents.send('shell:open', uri);
+    }
   }
-  if (!response.ok) {
-    const err = new Error(`Response ${response.status} for ${path}`);
-    err.message = await response.text();
-    // @ts-expect-error -- TSCONVERSION
-    err.statusCode = response.status;
-    throw err;
-  }
-
   const isJson = response.headers.get('content-type') === 'application/json' || path.match(/\.json$/);
   return isJson ? response.json() : response.text();
 }
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/sync/vcs/vcs.ts b/packages/insomnia/src/sync/vcs/vcs.ts
index 54efd12279..1abf922187 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/sync/vcs/vcs.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/sync/vcs/vcs.ts
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ export class VCS {
     const { data, errors } = await window.main.insomniaFetch({
       method: 'POST',
       path: '/graphql?' + name,
-      obj: { query, variables },
+      data: { query, variables },
       sessionId,
     });
 
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/toast.tsx b/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/toast.tsx
index c26387c226..1f61698de6 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/toast.tsx
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/toast.tsx
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export const Toast: FC = () => {
       const notificationOrEmpty = await window.main.insomniaFetch<ToastNotification>({
         method: 'POST',
         path: '/notification',
-        obj: data,
+        data,
         sessionId: session.getCurrentSessionId(),
       });
       if (notificationOrEmpty && typeof notificationOrEmpty !== 'string') {
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/ui/routes/actions.tsx b/packages/insomnia/src/ui/routes/actions.tsx
index e432344de3..a4d18650ac 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/ui/routes/actions.tsx
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/ui/routes/actions.tsx
@@ -626,13 +626,11 @@ export const generateCollectionAndTestsAction: ActionFunction = async ({ params
 
         const methodInfo = resolveComponentSchemaRefs(spec, getMethodInfo(request));
 
-        const response = await window.main.axiosRequest({
+        const response = await window.main.insomniaFetch({
           method: 'POST',
-          url: 'https://ai.insomnia.rest/v1/generate-test',
-          headers: {
-            'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-            'X-Session-Id': session.getCurrentSessionId(),
-          },
+          origin: 'https://ai.insomnia.rest',
+          path: '/v1/generate-test',
+          sessionId: session.getCurrentSessionId(),
           data: {
             teamId: organizationId,
             request: requests.find(r => r._id === test.requestId),
@@ -709,13 +707,11 @@ export const generateTestsAction: ActionFunction = async ({ params }) => {
   for (const test of tests) {
     async function generateTest() {
       try {
-        const response = await window.main.axiosRequest({
+        const response = await window.main.insomniaFetch({
           method: 'POST',
-          url: 'https://ai.insomnia.rest/v1/generate-test',
-          headers: {
-            'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-            'X-Session-Id': session.getCurrentSessionId(),
-          },
+          origin: 'https://ai.insomnia.rest',
+          path: '/v1/generate-test',
+          sessionId: session.getCurrentSessionId(),
           data: {
             teamId: organizationId,
             request: requests.find(r => r._id === test.requestId),
@@ -753,13 +749,11 @@ export const accessAIApiAction: ActionFunction = async ({ params }) => {
   invariant(typeof workspaceId === 'string', 'Workspace ID is required');
 
   try {
-    const response = await window.main.axiosRequest({
+    const response = await window.main.insomniaFetch({
       method: 'POST',
-      url: 'https://ai.insomnia.rest/v1/access',
-      headers: {
-        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-        'X-Session-Id': session.getCurrentSessionId(),
-      },
+      origin: 'https://ai.insomnia.rest',
+      path: '/v1/access',
+      sessionId: session.getCurrentSessionId(),
       data: {
         teamId: organizationId,
       },
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/ui/routes/root.tsx b/packages/insomnia/src/ui/routes/root.tsx
index 91183aa070..d90c810ab5 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/ui/routes/root.tsx
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/ui/routes/root.tsx
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import { showError, showModal } from '../components/modals';
 import { AlertModal } from '../components/modals/alert-modal';
 import { AskModal } from '../components/modals/ask-modal';
 import { ImportModal } from '../components/modals/import-modal';
+import { LoginModal } from '../components/modals/login-modal';
 import {
   SettingsModal,
   TAB_INDEX_PLUGINS,
@@ -133,6 +134,14 @@ const Root = () => {
             });
             break;
 
+          case 'insomnia://app/auth/login':
+            showModal(LoginModal, {
+              title: params.title,
+              message: params.message,
+              reauth: true,
+            });
+            break;
+
           case 'insomnia://app/import':
             setImportUri(params.uri);
             break;