diff --git a/src/contentProviders/baseProvider.ts b/src/contentProviders/baseProvider.ts
index 55f7154..eeae7e9 100644
--- a/src/contentProviders/baseProvider.ts
+++ b/src/contentProviders/baseProvider.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import WebEngine from "../webEngine.js";
 import { getTld, isDomain, isIp, normalizeDomain } from "../util.js";
 import tldEnum from "@lumeweb/tld-enum";
 import { resolve } from "@lumeweb/kernel-dns-client";
+import { getAuthStatus } from "../main/vars.js";
 
 export default abstract class BaseProvider {
   private engine: WebEngine;
@@ -48,6 +49,10 @@ export default abstract class BaseProvider {
     const originalUrl = new URL(details.url);
     const hostname = normalizeDomain(originalUrl.hostname);
 
+    if (getAuthStatus().loginComplete !== true) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
     if (tldEnum.list.includes(getTld(hostname))) {
       return false;
     }
diff --git a/src/webEngine.ts b/src/webEngine.ts
index afd85c5..fef55a1 100644
--- a/src/webEngine.ts
+++ b/src/webEngine.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { getTld, isDomain, isIp, normalizeDomain } from "./util.js";
 import tldEnum from "@lumeweb/tld-enum";
 import { resolve } from "@lumeweb/kernel-dns-client";
 import { blake2b, bufToHex } from "libskynet";
-import { authStatus } from "./main/background.js";
+import { getAuthStatus } from "./main/vars.js";
 
 export default class WebEngine {
   private contentProviders: BaseProvider[] = [];
@@ -70,9 +70,6 @@ export default class WebEngine {
   }
 
   private async proxyHandler(details: OnRequestDetailsType): Promise<any> {
-    if (authStatus.loginComplete !== true) {
-      return {};
-    }
     let handle = null;
     for (const provider of this.contentProviders) {
       if (await provider.shouldHandleRequest(details)) {
@@ -217,6 +214,13 @@ export default class WebEngine {
       }
     }
 
+    if ("kernel.skynet" === hostname) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (getAuthStatus().loginComplete !== true) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     let resolveRequest: any, rejectRequest: any;
 
     let promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {