diff --git a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/prepare-request.js b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/prepare-request.js
index bd5f7a8d..c5ec9564 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/prepare-request.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/prepare-request.js
@@ -70,9 +70,16 @@ const setAuthHeaders = (axiosRequest, request, collectionRoot) => {
   return axiosRequest;
 };
 
+const protocolRegex = /([a-zA-Z]{2,20}:\/\/)(.*)/;
+
 const prepareRequest = (request, collectionRoot) => {
   const headers = {};
   let contentTypeDefined = false;
+  let url = request.url;
+
+  if (!protocolRegex.test(url)) {
+    url = `http://${url}`;
+  }
 
   // collection headers
   each(get(collectionRoot, 'request.headers', []), (h) => {
@@ -95,8 +102,8 @@ const prepareRequest = (request, collectionRoot) => {
 
   let axiosRequest = {
     method: request.method,
-    url: request.url,
-    headers: headers,
+    url,
+    headers,
     responseType: 'arraybuffer'
   };
 
diff --git a/packages/bruno-electron/tests/network/prepare-request.spec.js b/packages/bruno-electron/tests/network/prepare-request.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5c97f23a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bruno-electron/tests/network/prepare-request.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+const prepareRequest = require('../../src/ipc/network/prepare-request');
+
+describe('prepare-request: prepareRequest', () => {
+  it("Should add 'http://' to the URL if no protocol is specified", () => {
+    const request = prepareRequest({ method: 'GET', url: 'test', body: {} });
+    expect(request.url).toEqual('http://test');
+  });
+
+  it("Should NOT add 'http://' to the URL if a protocol is specified", () => {
+    const request = prepareRequest({ method: 'GET', url: 'ftp://test', body: {} });
+    expect(request.url).toEqual('ftp://test');
+  });
+});