diff --git a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js
index f95340229..b08344b1f 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js
@@ -493,7 +493,8 @@ const registerNetworkIpc = (mainWindow) => {
   ipcMain.handle('fetch-gql-schema', async (event, endpoint, environment, request, collection) => {
     try {
       const envVars = getEnvVars(environment);
-      const preparedRequest = prepareGqlIntrospectionRequest(endpoint, envVars, request);
+      const collectionRoot = get(collection, 'root', {});
+      const preparedRequest = prepareGqlIntrospectionRequest(endpoint, envVars, request, collectionRoot);
 
       const preferences = getPreferences();
       const sslVerification = get(preferences, 'request.sslVerification', true);
@@ -711,14 +712,14 @@ const registerNetworkIpc = (mainWindow) => {
 
               if (socksEnabled) {
                 const socksProxyAgent = new SocksProxyAgent(proxyUri);
-      
+
                 request.httpsAgent = socksProxyAgent;
                 request.httpAgent = socksProxyAgent;
               } else {
                 request.httpsAgent = new HttpsProxyAgent(proxyUri, {
                   rejectUnauthorized: sslVerification
                 });
-  
+
                 request.httpAgent = new HttpProxyAgent(proxyUri);
               }
             } else if (!sslVerification) {
diff --git a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/prepare-gql-introspection-request.js b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/prepare-gql-introspection-request.js
index 4a1e41c88..a448d9106 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/prepare-gql-introspection-request.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/prepare-gql-introspection-request.js
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 const Handlebars = require('handlebars');
 const { getIntrospectionQuery } = require('graphql');
-const { get } = require('lodash');
+const { setAuthHeaders } = require('./prepare-request');
 
-const prepareGqlIntrospectionRequest = (endpoint, envVars, request) => {
+const prepareGqlIntrospectionRequest = (endpoint, envVars, request, collectionRoot) => {
   if (endpoint && endpoint.length) {
     endpoint = Handlebars.compile(endpoint, { noEscape: true })(envVars);
   }
 
-  const introspectionQuery = getIntrospectionQuery();
   const queryParams = {
-    query: introspectionQuery
+    query: getIntrospectionQuery()
   };
 
   let axiosRequest = {
@@ -23,20 +22,7 @@ const prepareGqlIntrospectionRequest = (endpoint, envVars, request) => {
     data: JSON.stringify(queryParams)
   };
 
-  if (request.auth) {
-    if (request.auth.mode === 'basic') {
-      axiosRequest.auth = {
-        username: get(request, 'auth.basic.username'),
-        password: get(request, 'auth.basic.password')
-      };
-    }
-
-    if (request.auth.mode === 'bearer') {
-      axiosRequest.headers.authorization = `Bearer ${get(request, 'auth.bearer.token')}`;
-    }
-  }
-
-  return axiosRequest;
+  return setAuthHeaders(axiosRequest, request, collectionRoot);
 };
 
 const mapHeaders = (headers) => {
diff --git a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/prepare-request.js b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/prepare-request.js
index 42f4b39f8..06f84e75d 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/prepare-request.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/prepare-request.js
@@ -1,6 +1,41 @@
 const { get, each, filter } = require('lodash');
 const decomment = require('decomment');
 
+// Authentication
+// A request can override the collection auth with another auth
+// But it cannot override the collection auth with no auth
+// We will provide support for disabling the auth via scripting in the future
+const setAuthHeaders = (axiosRequest, request, collectionRoot) => {
+  const collectionAuth = get(collectionRoot, 'request.auth');
+  if (collectionAuth) {
+    if (collectionAuth.mode === 'basic') {
+      axiosRequest.auth = {
+        username: get(collectionAuth, 'basic.username'),
+        password: get(collectionAuth, 'basic.password')
+      };
+    }
+
+    if (collectionAuth.mode === 'bearer') {
+      axiosRequest.headers['authorization'] = `Bearer ${get(collectionAuth, 'bearer.token')}`;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (request.auth) {
+    if (request.auth.mode === 'basic') {
+      axiosRequest.auth = {
+        username: get(request, 'auth.basic.username'),
+        password: get(request, 'auth.basic.password')
+      };
+    }
+
+    if (request.auth.mode === 'bearer') {
+      axiosRequest.headers['authorization'] = `Bearer ${get(request, 'auth.bearer.token')}`;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return axiosRequest;
+};
+
 const prepareRequest = (request, collectionRoot) => {
   const headers = {};
   let contentTypeDefined = false;
@@ -30,36 +65,7 @@ const prepareRequest = (request, collectionRoot) => {
     headers: headers
   };
 
-  // Authentication
-  // A request can override the collection auth with another auth
-  // But it cannot override the collection auth with no auth
-  // We will provide support for disabling the auth via scripting in the future
-  const collectionAuth = get(collectionRoot, 'request.auth');
-  if (collectionAuth) {
-    if (collectionAuth.mode === 'basic') {
-      axiosRequest.auth = {
-        username: get(collectionAuth, 'basic.username'),
-        password: get(collectionAuth, 'basic.password')
-      };
-    }
-
-    if (collectionAuth.mode === 'bearer') {
-      axiosRequest.headers['authorization'] = `Bearer ${get(collectionAuth, 'bearer.token')}`;
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (request.auth) {
-    if (request.auth.mode === 'basic') {
-      axiosRequest.auth = {
-        username: get(request, 'auth.basic.username'),
-        password: get(request, 'auth.basic.password')
-      };
-    }
-
-    if (request.auth.mode === 'bearer') {
-      axiosRequest.headers['authorization'] = `Bearer ${get(request, 'auth.bearer.token')}`;
-    }
-  }
+  axiosRequest = setAuthHeaders(axiosRequest, request, collectionRoot);
 
   if (request.body.mode === 'json') {
     if (!contentTypeDefined) {
@@ -125,3 +131,4 @@ const prepareRequest = (request, collectionRoot) => {
 };
 
 module.exports = prepareRequest;
+module.exports.setAuthHeaders = setAuthHeaders;