diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 01b0763..9f1cede 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
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+        "form-data": "^4.0.0",
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+      "funding": [
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+          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/RubenVerborgh"
+        }
+      ],
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+        "node": ">=4.0"
+      },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/foreground-child/-/foreground-child-3.3.0.tgz",
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@@ -4588,6 +4612,11 @@
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+    "node_modules/proxy-from-env": {
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/proxy-from-env/-/proxy-from-env-1.1.0.tgz",
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c1882dc..fa17b59 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@mdi/js": "^7.4.47",
     "@vitejs/plugin-vue": "^5.1.2",
+    "axios": "^1.7.9",
     "click-outside-vue3": "^4.0.1",
     "electron-prompt": "^1.7.0",
     "mitt": "^3.0.1",
diff --git a/src/frontend/index.html b/src/frontend/index.html
index 1eb8b36..6484858 100644
--- a/src/frontend/index.html
+++ b/src/frontend/index.html
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     <title>Reticulum MeshChat</title>
 
     <!-- scripts -->
-    <script src="assets/js/axios@1.6.8/dist/axios.min.js"></script>
     <script src="assets/js/micron-parser.js"></script>
 
     <!-- codec2 -->
diff --git a/src/frontend/main.js b/src/frontend/main.js
index b170f13..969efc8 100644
--- a/src/frontend/main.js
+++ b/src/frontend/main.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import axios from 'axios';
 import { createApp, defineAsyncComponent } from 'vue';
 import { createRouter, createWebHashHistory } from 'vue-router';
 import vClickOutside from "click-outside-vue3";
@@ -6,6 +7,9 @@ import "./fonts/RobotoMonoNerdFont/font.css";
 
 import App from './components/App.vue';
 
+// provide axios globally
+window.axios = axios;
+
 const router = createRouter({
     history: createWebHashHistory(),
     routes: [