diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/android/http/androidRequests.ts b/materialious/src/lib/android/http/androidRequests.ts
index 57a18259..d2ef206b 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/android/http/androidRequests.ts
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/android/http/androidRequests.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
-import { timeout } from '$lib/misc';
 import { Capacitor } from '@capacitor/core';
 
 const originalFetch = window.fetch;
 const corsProxyUrl: string = 'http://localhost:3000/';
 
-let nodejsStarted = false;
-
 function needsProxying(target: string): boolean {
 	if (!target.startsWith('http')) return false;
 	return true;
@@ -15,19 +12,6 @@ export const androidFetch = async (
 	requestInput: string | URL | Request,
 	requestOptions?: RequestInit
 ): Promise<Response> => {
-	// On initial request pause until OPTIONS request passes on local proxy, only reliable way
-	// to ensure proxy is working on android.
-	if (!nodejsStarted) {
-		let testResp: Response | undefined = undefined;
-		while (typeof testResp === 'undefined' || !testResp.ok) {
-			try {
-				testResp = await originalFetch(corsProxyUrl, { method: 'OPTIONS' });
-			} catch (error) {}
-			await timeout(100);
-		}
-		nodejsStarted = true;
-	}
-
 	const uri = requestInput instanceof Request ? requestInput.url : requestInput.toString();
 
 	if (needsProxying(uri)) {
diff --git a/materialious/src/routes/(app)/+layout.svelte b/materialious/src/routes/(app)/+layout.svelte
index 00440956..80fe00bc 100644
--- a/materialious/src/routes/(app)/+layout.svelte
+++ b/materialious/src/routes/(app)/+layout.svelte
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 	import { goto } from '$app/navigation';
 
 	import { navigating, page } from '$app/stores';
-	import '$lib/android/http/androidRequests';
 	import colorTheme, { convertToHexColorCode } from '$lib/android/plugins/colorTheme';
 	import { getFeed } from '$lib/api/index';
 	import type { Notification } from '$lib/api/model';
diff --git a/materialious/src/routes/+layout.ts b/materialious/src/routes/+layout.ts
index c6aacfbf..5243903b 100644
--- a/materialious/src/routes/+layout.ts
+++ b/materialious/src/routes/+layout.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { initI18n } from '$lib/i18n';
 import { getPages } from '$lib/navPages';
 import { authStore, interfaceDefaultPage, isAndroidTvStore } from '$lib/store';
 import { get } from 'svelte/store';
+import '$lib/android/http/androidRequests';
 
 export const ssr = false;