diff --git a/cypress.json b/cypress.json
index 82f61bb79f..2807a91ba0 100644
--- a/cypress.json
+++ b/cypress.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
   "video": false,
-  "baseUrl": "http://localhost:5001/en-US/"
+  "baseUrl": "http://127.0.0.1:5001/en-US/"
 }
diff --git a/cypress/plugins/index.js b/cypress/plugins/index.js
index d89c534e01..95e1093782 100644
--- a/cypress/plugins/index.js
+++ b/cypress/plugins/index.js
@@ -17,7 +17,15 @@
  * @type {Cypress.PluginConfig}
  */
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
-module.exports = (_on, _config) => {
+module.exports = (on, _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
+    }
+  })
   // `on` is used to hook into various events Cypress emits
   // `config` is the resolved Cypress config
 }