diff --git a/app/helpers/fetchWrapper.js b/app/helpers/fetchWrapper.js
index c303ddf..5fc6a81 100644
--- a/app/helpers/fetchWrapper.js
+++ b/app/helpers/fetchWrapper.js
@@ -13,8 +13,13 @@ const fetch = async (url, options = {}) => {
   }
   newOptions["headers"]["User-Agent"] = USER_AGENT;
 
+  let urlToFetchThroughAPI = Buffer.from(url).toString('base64'); 
+  if (SCRAPER_API_BASE_URL.includes('scraperapi')) { 
+    urlToFetchThroughAPI = url; 
+  }
+
   const urlAdaptedForScraping = USE_SCRAPER_API
-    ? `${SCRAPER_API_BASE_URL}?api_key=${SCRAPER_API_KEY}&url=${Buffer.from(url).toString('base64')}`
+    ? `${SCRAPER_API_BASE_URL}?api_key=${SCRAPER_API_KEY}&url=${urlToFetchThroughAPI}`
     : url;
 
   return nodeFetch(urlAdaptedForScraping, newOptions);