diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index b18de15c6..c0c9210b2 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "trilium",
-  "version": "0.33.7",
+  "version": "0.34.0-beta",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/src/services/request.js b/src/services/request.js
index 20633820d..69d8c1f0a 100644
--- a/src/services/request.js
+++ b/src/services/request.js
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ function getClient(opts) {
         return require('electron').net;
     }
     else {
+        // hack for cases where electron.net does not work but we don't want to set proxy
+        if (opts.proxy === 'noproxy') {
+            opts.proxy = null;
+        }
+
         // in case there's explicit proxy then we need to use protocol of the proxy since we're actually
         // connecting to the proxy server and not to the end-target server
         const {protocol} = url.parse(opts.proxy || opts.url);