diff --git a/src/common/axios.js b/src/common/axios.js
index 61705539..81cc0602 100644
--- a/src/common/axios.js
+++ b/src/common/axios.js
@@ -2,7 +2,26 @@ import axios from 'axios';
 import { getBaseURL } from './utils';
 import { bigIntJSON } from './bigIntJSON';
 
-function setupAxios({ apiKey }) {
+export const axiosInstance = axios.create({
+  baseURL: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' ? 'http://localhost:6333' : getBaseURL(),
+  transformRequest: [
+    function (data, headers) {
+      if (data instanceof FormData) {
+        return data;
+      }
+      headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/json';
+      headers['x-inference-proxy'] = 'true';
+      return bigIntJSON.stringify(data);
+    },
+  ],
+  transformResponse: [
+    function (data) {
+      return bigIntJSON.parse(data);
+    },
+  ],
+});
+
+export function setupAxios(axios, { apiKey }) {
   if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
     axios.defaults.baseURL = 'http://localhost:6333';
   } else {
@@ -27,5 +46,3 @@ function setupAxios({ apiKey }) {
     },
   ];
 }
-
-export default setupAxios;
diff --git a/src/components/CodeEditorWindow/config/RequesFromCode.js b/src/components/CodeEditorWindow/config/RequesFromCode.js
index a79dd098..a1c7c263 100644
--- a/src/components/CodeEditorWindow/config/RequesFromCode.js
+++ b/src/components/CodeEditorWindow/config/RequesFromCode.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import axios from 'axios';
+import { axiosInstance as axios } from '../../../common/axios';
 import { stripComments } from 'jsonc-parser';
 import { updateHistory } from '../../../lib/update-history';
 import { bigIntJSON } from '../../../common/bigIntJSON';
diff --git a/src/components/Notifications.jsx b/src/components/Notifications.jsx
index a4f2a760..0e51eff3 100644
--- a/src/components/Notifications.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Notifications.jsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import CheckCircleOutlineIcon from '@mui/icons-material/CheckCircleOutline';
 import List from '@mui/material/List';
 import MuiListItem from '@mui/material/ListItem';
 import MuiDivider from '@mui/material/Divider';
-import axios from 'axios';
+import { axiosInstance as axios } from '../common/axios';
 import { CodeBlock } from './Common/CodeBlock';
 import { Box, Button, Chip, Drawer, useMediaQuery } from '@mui/material';
 import { requestFromCode } from './CodeEditorWindow/config/RequesFromCode';
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ export default function Notifications() {
   React.useEffect(() => {
     setLoading(true);
     fetchNotifications().then((data) => {
+      if (!data || data.length === 0) {
+        setLoading(false);
+        return;
+      }
       setIssuesCount(data.length);
       setIssues(data);
       setLoading(false);
diff --git a/src/context/client-context.jsx b/src/context/client-context.jsx
index c59b80c7..c2a4c795 100644
--- a/src/context/client-context.jsx
+++ b/src/context/client-context.jsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React, { useContext, createContext, useState, useEffect } from 'react';
-import setupAxios from '../common/axios';
+import { axiosInstance, setupAxios } from '../common/axios';
 import qdrantClient from '../common/client';
 import { bigIntJSON } from '../common/bigIntJSON';
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export const ClientProvider = (props) => {
   const client = qdrantClient(settings);
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    setupAxios(settings);
+    setupAxios(axiosInstance, settings);
     persistSettings(settings);
   }, [settings]);