diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 9045453..bb07a4d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/axios/-/axios-1.18.0.tgz",
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         "form-data": "^4.0.5",
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       "license": "ISC"
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+    "node_modules/https-proxy-agent": {
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/https-proxy-agent/-/https-proxy-agent-5.0.1.tgz",
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+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "agent-base": "6",
+        "debug": "4"
+      },
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c78f6e0..825994b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
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+    "axios": "^1.18.0",
     "bcrypt": "^6.0.0",
     "better-sqlite3": "^12.9.0",
     "dotenv": "^17.4.2",