diff --git a/backend/src/monitor.rs b/backend/src/monitor.rs
index 2b9cd80ec4..ff95e9b1b3 100644
--- a/backend/src/monitor.rs
+++ b/backend/src/monitor.rs
@@ -638,6 +638,7 @@ async fn handle_zombie_jobs<R: rsmq_async::RsmqConnection + Send + Sync + Clone>
             base_internal_url: base_internal_url.to_string(),
             token,
             workspace: job.workspace_id.to_string(),
+            force_client: None,
         };
 
         let last_ping = job.last_ping.clone();
diff --git a/backend/windmill-worker/src/js_eval.rs b/backend/windmill-worker/src/js_eval.rs
index e5217e50fe..1535bbb7f4 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-worker/src/js_eval.rs
+++ b/backend/windmill-worker/src/js_eval.rs
@@ -173,7 +173,14 @@ pub async fn eval_timeout(
             {
                 let op_state = js_runtime.op_state();
                 let mut op_state = op_state.borrow_mut();
-                op_state.put(OptAuthedClient(authed_client.clone()));
+                let mut client = authed_client.clone();
+                if let Some(client) = client.as_mut() {
+                    client.force_client = Some(reqwest::ClientBuilder::new()
+                    .user_agent("windmill/beta")
+                    .danger_accept_invalid_certs(std::env::var("ACCEPT_INVALID_CERTS").is_ok())
+                    .build().unwrap());
+                }
+                op_state.put(OptAuthedClient(client));
                 op_state.put(TransformContext {
                     flow_input: if has_flow_input { flow_input } else { None },
                     envs: transform_context
diff --git a/backend/windmill-worker/src/worker.rs b/backend/windmill-worker/src/worker.rs
index 38325dc621..5efffc307d 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-worker/src/worker.rs
+++ b/backend/windmill-worker/src/worker.rs
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ impl AuthedClientBackgroundTask {
             base_internal_url: self.base_internal_url.clone(),
             workspace: self.workspace.clone(),
             token: self.get_token().await,
+            force_client: None,
         };
     }
     pub async fn get_token(&self) -> String {
@@ -311,11 +312,15 @@ pub struct AuthedClient {
     pub base_internal_url: String,
     pub workspace: String,
     pub token: String,
+    pub force_client: Option<reqwest::Client>,
 }
 
 impl AuthedClient {
     pub async fn get(&self, url: &str, query: Vec<(&str, String)>) -> anyhow::Result<Response> {
-        Ok(HTTP_CLIENT
+        Ok(self
+            .force_client
+            .as_ref()
+            .unwrap_or(&HTTP_CLIENT)
             .get(url)
             .query(&query)
             .header(
@@ -450,8 +455,12 @@ async fn handle_receive_completed_job<
     let metrics = build_language_metrics(&worker_execution_failed.clone(), &jc.job.language);
     let token = jc.token.clone();
     let workspace = jc.job.workspace_id.clone();
-    let client =
-        AuthedClient { base_internal_url: base_internal_url.to_string(), workspace, token };
+    let client = AuthedClient {
+        base_internal_url: base_internal_url.to_string(),
+        workspace,
+        token,
+        force_client: None,
+    };
     let job = jc.job.clone();
     let mem_peak = jc.mem_peak.clone();
     if let Err(err) = process_completed_job(