diff --git a/main/index.js b/main/index.js
index 159c34892..c95b2d454 100644
--- a/main/index.js
+++ b/main/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Native
 const { join } = require('path');
 const { format } = require('url');
+const axios = require('axios');
 
 // Packages
 const { BrowserWindow, app, ipcMain } = require('electron');
@@ -15,7 +16,8 @@ app.on('ready', async () => {
     width: 1280,
     height: 768,
     webPreferences: {
-      nodeIntegration: false,
+      nodeIntegration: true,
+      contextIsolation: false,
       preload: join(__dirname, 'preload.js'),
     },
   });
@@ -38,3 +40,9 @@ app.on('window-all-closed', app.quit);
 ipcMain.on('message', (event, message) => {
   event.sender.send('message', message);
 });
+
+// handler for all request related to a user's grafnode account
+ipcMain.handle('grafnode-account-request', async (_, request) => {
+  const result = await axios(request)
+  return { data: result.data, status: result.status }
+})
diff --git a/renderer/api/auth.js b/renderer/api/auth.js
index 077a04028..78a02cd63 100644
--- a/renderer/api/auth.js
+++ b/renderer/api/auth.js
@@ -1,13 +1,25 @@
 import { get, post, put } from './base';
 
 const AuthApi = {
-  whoami: () =>get('auth/v1/user/whoami'),
-  signup: (params) =>post('auth/v1/user/signup', params),
-  login: (params) =>post('auth/v1/user/login', params),
+  whoami: () => get('auth/v1/user/whoami'),
+  signup: (params) => post('auth/v1/user/signup', params),
+  login: (params) => {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      const { ipcRenderer } = window.require("electron");
+
+      ipcRenderer.invoke('grafnode-account-request', {
+        data: params,
+        method: 'POST',
+        url: `${process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_GRAFNODE_SERVER_API}/auth/v1/user/login`,
+      })
+      .then(resolve)
+      .catch(reject);
+    });
+  },
   signout: () => post('auth/v1/user/logout'),
-  getProfile: () =>get('auth/v1/user/profile'),
-  updateProfile: (params) =>put('auth/v1/user/profile', params),
-  updateUsername: (params) =>put('auth/v1/user/username', params)
+  getProfile: () => get('auth/v1/user/profile'),
+  updateProfile: (params) => put('auth/v1/user/profile', params),
+  updateUsername: (params) => put('auth/v1/user/username', params)
 };
 
 export default AuthApi;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/renderer/next.config.js b/renderer/next.config.js
index 0d6071006..eb8ca162b 100644
--- a/renderer/next.config.js
+++ b/renderer/next.config.js
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
 module.exports = {
   reactStrictMode: true,
-}
+  webpack: (config, { isServer }) => {
+    // Fixes npm packages that depend on `fs` module
+    if (!isServer) {
+      config.resolve.fallback.fs = false;
+    }
+    return config;
+  },
+};