diff --git a/materialious/android/app/build.gradle b/materialious/android/app/build.gradle
index 63e2f67d..6c15b051 100644
--- a/materialious/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/materialious/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ android {
         applicationId "us.materialio.app"
         minSdkVersion rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion
         targetSdkVersion rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion
-        versionCode 82
-        versionName "1.7.0"
+        versionCode 83
+        versionName "1.7.1"
         testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
         aaptOptions {
              // Files and dirs to omit from the packaged assets dir, modified to accommodate modern web apps.
diff --git a/materialious/electron/package.json b/materialious/electron/package.json
index 6840beff..8a65ccb1 100644
--- a/materialious/electron/package.json
+++ b/materialious/electron/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "Materialious",
-	"version": "1.7.0",
+	"version": "1.7.1",
 	"description": "Modern material design for Invidious.",
 	"author": {
 		"name": "Ward Pearce",
diff --git a/materialious/package.json b/materialious/package.json
index 582dbe11..c3831ac7 100644
--- a/materialious/package.json
+++ b/materialious/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "materialious",
-	"version": "1.7.0",
+	"version": "1.7.1",
 	"private": true,
 	"scripts": {
 		"dev": "vite dev",
diff --git a/materialious/static/nodejs-android/index.js b/materialious/static/nodejs-android/index.js
index 41465795..d4e20363 100644
--- a/materialious/static/nodejs-android/index.js
+++ b/materialious/static/nodejs-android/index.js
@@ -23,36 +23,22 @@ function fetchWithRedirects(targetUrl, options, redirectCount = 0) {
                     return reject(new Error('Too many redirects'));
                 }
 
-                let redirectHeaderLocation = res.headers.location;
-
-                // Handle relative URLs
-                if (redirectHeaderLocation.startsWith('/')) {
-                    redirectHeaderLocation = targetUrl.host + redirectHeaderLocation;
-                }
-
-                // Add http:// if missing from the Location header
-                if (!redirectHeaderLocation.startsWith('http')) {
-                    redirectHeaderLocation = 'http://' + redirectHeaderLocation;
-                }
-
                 try {
                     // Attempt to create the redirect URL
-                    let redirectUrl = new URL(redirectHeaderLocation);
+                    const redirectUrl = new URL(res.headers.location, targetUrl);
                     return resolve(fetchWithRedirects(redirectUrl, options, redirectCount + 1));
                 } catch (error) {
-                    // Catch invalid URL errors
                     return reject(new Error(`Invalid URL in redirect: ${error.message}`));
                 }
             }
             resolve(res); // Resolve with the final response if not a redirect
         });
 
-        req.on('error', reject);
+        req.on('error', (error) => reject(error)); // Better error handling for request
         req.end();
     });
 }
 
-
 const server = http.createServer(async (req, res) => {
     setCorsHeaders(res);
 
@@ -66,10 +52,11 @@ const server = http.createServer(async (req, res) => {
         return res.end('No URL provided to fetch.');
     }
 
-    const targetUrl = req.url.slice(1); // Remove leading '/'
+    let targetUrl = req.url.slice(1); // Remove leading '/'
     let parsedTarget;
     try {
-        if (!targetUrl.startsWith('http')) {
+        // Ensure protocol (http) is added if missing
+        if (!targetUrl.startsWith('http://') && !targetUrl.startsWith('https://')) {
             targetUrl = 'http://' + targetUrl;
         }
         parsedTarget = new URL(targetUrl);
diff --git a/update_versions.py b/update_versions.py
index a68d8ac8..59b811d1 100644
--- a/update_versions.py
+++ b/update_versions.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import json
 import os
 import re
 
-LATEST_VERSION = "1.7.0"
+LATEST_VERSION = "1.7.1"
 WORKING_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), "materialious")
 
 ROOT_PACKAGE = os.path.join(WORKING_DIR, "package.json")