diff --git a/apps/api/src/lib/validateUrl.ts b/apps/api/src/lib/validateUrl.ts
index a73c06f0db..3dcdd7119b 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/lib/validateUrl.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/lib/validateUrl.ts
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ export async function resolveRedirects(
   const targetUrl = protocolIncluded(url) ? url : `http://${url}`;
 
   const methods = ["HEAD", "GET"] as const;
+  const dispatcher = getSecureDispatcher(false);
 
   for (const method of methods) {
     const signal = abort
@@ -210,7 +211,7 @@ export async function resolveRedirects(
       const response = await undici.fetch(targetUrl, {
         method,
         redirect: "follow",
-        dispatcher: getSecureDispatcher(false),
+        dispatcher,
         signal,
       });
 
diff --git a/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/engines/utils/safeFetch.ts b/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/engines/utils/safeFetch.ts
index 3b0ad57e5c..4ef7ca8ad3 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/engines/utils/safeFetch.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/engines/utils/safeFetch.ts
@@ -60,11 +60,8 @@ function attachSecurityCheck(agent: undici.Dispatcher) {
   });
 }
 
-// Dispatcher WITH cookie handling (for scraping - needs cookies for auth flows)
 function makeSecureDispatcher(skipTlsVerification: boolean) {
-  const baseAgent = createBaseAgent(skipTlsVerification);
-  const cookieJar = new CookieJar();
-  const agent = baseAgent.compose(cookie({ jar: cookieJar }));
+  const agent = createBaseAgent(skipTlsVerification);
   attachSecurityCheck(agent);
   return agent;
 }
@@ -82,8 +79,13 @@ const secureDispatcherNoCookies = makeSecureDispatcherNoCookies(false);
 const secureDispatcherNoCookiesSkipTlsVerification =
   makeSecureDispatcherNoCookies(true);
 
-export const getSecureDispatcher = (skipTlsVerification: boolean = false) =>
-  skipTlsVerification ? secureDispatcherSkipTlsVerification : secureDispatcher;
+export const getSecureDispatcher = (skipTlsVerification: boolean = false) => {
+  const dispatcher = skipTlsVerification
+    ? secureDispatcherSkipTlsVerification
+    : secureDispatcher;
+
+  return dispatcher.compose(cookie({ jar: new CookieJar() }));
+};
 
 // Use this for webhook delivery to avoid sending empty cookie headers
 export const getSecureDispatcherNoCookies = (
diff --git a/apps/api/src/search/v2/ddgsearch.ts b/apps/api/src/search/v2/ddgsearch.ts
index 9838423acb..9b2571f4f7 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/search/v2/ddgsearch.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/search/v2/ddgsearch.ts
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ export async function ddgSearch(
 
     const results: WebSearchResult[] = [];
     const seenUrls = new Set<string>();
+    const dispatcher = getSecureDispatcher(false);
     let isFirstPage = true;
     let nextPageData: URLSearchParams | null = params;
 
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ export async function ddgSearch(
           response = await undici.fetch(
             `https://html.duckduckgo.com/html?${params.toString()}`,
             {
-              dispatcher: getSecureDispatcher(false),
+              dispatcher,
               redirect: "follow",
               headers: {
                 "User-Agent": userAgent,
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@ export async function ddgSearch(
           response = await undici.fetch(`https://html.duckduckgo.com/html`, {
             method: "POST",
             body: nextPageData.toString(),
-            dispatcher: getSecureDispatcher(false),
+            dispatcher,
             redirect: "follow",
             headers: {
               "User-Agent": userAgent,