diff --git a/config.xml b/config.xml
index f845f8713..a17dee05c 100644
--- a/config.xml
+++ b/config.xml
@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@
         <preference name="GradlePluginKotlinEnabled" value="true" />
         <preference name="android-targetSdkVersion" value="36" />
 
-
+        <!-- Cordova does not merge this unless both of these are present -->
         <edit-config file="AndroidManifest.xml" mode="merge" target="/manifest/application">
             <application 
+                android:usesCleartextTraffic="true"
                 android:networkSecurityConfig="@xml/network_security_config"
                 android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
                 android:largeHeap="true"
@@ -48,11 +49,20 @@
                 android:enableOnBackInvokedCallback="false" />
         </edit-config>
 
+        <!-- Cordova does not merge this unless both of these are present -->
+        <edit-config file="app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml" mode="merge" target="/manifest/application">
+            <application android:networkSecurityConfig="@xml/network_security_config" />
+            <application android:usesCleartextTraffic="true" />
+            <application android:hardwareAccelerated="true" />
+            <application android:largeHeap="true" />
+            <application android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true"/>
+            <application android:enableOnBackInvokedCallback="false" />
+        </edit-config>
+
         <edit-config file="app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml" mode="merge" target="/manifest/application/activity[@android:name='MainActivity']">
             <activity android:resizeableActivity="true" />
         </edit-config>
 
-
         <config-file parent="./application/activity" target="AndroidManifest.xml">
             <intent-filter>
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
diff --git a/res/android/xml/network_security_config.xml b/res/android/xml/network_security_config.xml
index 855a5e4c7..bac920830 100644
--- a/res/android/xml/network_security_config.xml
+++ b/res/android/xml/network_security_config.xml
@@ -5,11 +5,4 @@
       <certificates src="system" />
     </trust-anchors>
   </base-config>
-
-  <domain-config cleartextTrafficPermitted="true">
-    <domain includeSubdomains="true">*</domain>
-    <domain includeSubdomains="true">localhost</domain>
-  </domain-config>
-</network-security-config>
-
-<!-- This file is used to allow the app to load http://localhost in in-app browser, used to run project. DO NOT remove-->
+</network-security-config>
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