diff --git a/packages/hoppscotch-app/components/http/Request.vue b/packages/hoppscotch-app/components/http/Request.vue
index 353eda679..4759408f0 100644
--- a/packages/hoppscotch-app/components/http/Request.vue
+++ b/packages/hoppscotch-app/components/http/Request.vue
@@ -348,7 +348,10 @@ const newSendRequest = async () => {
 }
 
 const ensureMethodInEndpoint = () => {
-  if (!/^http[s]?:\/\//.test(newEndpoint.value)) {
+  if (
+    !/^http[s]?:\/\//.test(newEndpoint.value) &&
+    !newEndpoint.value.startsWith("<<")
+  ) {
     const domain = newEndpoint.value.split(/[/:#?]+/)[0]
     if (domain === "localhost" || /([0-9]+\.)*[0-9]/.test(domain)) {
       setRESTEndpoint("http://" + newEndpoint.value)
diff --git a/packages/hoppscotch-app/vue2-shim.d.ts b/packages/hoppscotch-app/vue2-shim.d.ts
index 43b634e13..6ccc01e58 100644
--- a/packages/hoppscotch-app/vue2-shim.d.ts
+++ b/packages/hoppscotch-app/vue2-shim.d.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* eslint-disable import/export */
 // workaround for Volar to infer the ref type in <template>
 // https://github.com/johnsoncodehk/volar/issues/404
 declare module "@vue/runtime-dom" {