diff --git a/frontend/cypress/plugins/index.js b/frontend/cypress/plugins/index.js
index aa9918d2..662ae65c 100644
--- a/frontend/cypress/plugins/index.js
+++ b/frontend/cypress/plugins/index.js
@@ -18,4 +18,12 @@
 module.exports = (on, config) => {
   // `on` is used to hook into various events Cypress emits
   // `config` is the resolved Cypress config
+  on("before:browser:launch", (browser = {}, args) => {
+    if (browser.name === "chrome") {
+      // ^ make sure this is your browser name, you may
+      // be using 'canary' or 'chromium' for example, so change it to match!
+      args.push("--proxy-bypass-list=<-loopback>");
+      return args;
+    }
+  });
 }