diff --git a/src/backend/extension/streams.ts b/src/backend/extension/streams.ts
index daa7a54c..2afb900d 100644
--- a/src/backend/extension/streams.ts
+++ b/src/backend/extension/streams.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function buildHeadersFromStream(stream: Stream): Record<string, string> {
 
 export async function prepareStream(stream: Stream) {
   await setDomainRule({
-    ruleId: 2,
+    ruleId: 1,
     targetDomains: extractDomainsFromStream(stream),
     requestHeaders: buildHeadersFromStream(stream),
   });
diff --git a/src/backend/providers/fetchers.ts b/src/backend/providers/fetchers.ts
index 83e42835..95267595 100644
--- a/src/backend/providers/fetchers.ts
+++ b/src/backend/providers/fetchers.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 import { Fetcher, makeSimpleProxyFetcher } from "@movie-web/providers";
 
-import { setDomainRule } from "@/backend/extension/messaging";
+import { sendExtensionRequest } from "@/backend/extension/messaging";
 import { getApiToken, setApiToken } from "@/backend/helpers/providerApi";
 import { getProviderApiUrls, getProxyUrls } from "@/utils/proxyUrls";
 
-import { makeFullUrl } from "./utils";
-
 function makeLoadbalancedList(getter: () => string[]) {
   let listIndex = -1;
   return () => {
@@ -69,31 +67,17 @@ function makeFinalHeaders(
 
 export function makeExtensionFetcher() {
   const fetcher: Fetcher = async (url, ops) => {
-    const fullUrl = makeFullUrl(url, ops);
-    const res = await setDomainRule({
-      ruleId: 1,
-      targetDomains: [fullUrl],
-      requestHeaders: ops.headers,
-    });
-    console.log(res, fullUrl);
-    const response = await fetch(fullUrl, {
-      method: ops.method,
-      headers: ops.headers,
-      body: ops.body as any,
-    });
-    const contentType = response.headers.get("content-type");
-    const body = contentType?.includes("application/json")
-      ? await response.json()
-      : await response.text();
-
+    const result = (await sendExtensionRequest<any>({
+      url,
+      ...ops,
+    })) as any;
+    if (!result?.success) throw new Error(`extension error: ${result?.error}`);
+    const res = result.response;
     return {
-      body,
-      finalUrl: response.url,
-      statusCode: response.status,
-      headers: makeFinalHeaders(
-        ops.readHeaders,
-        Object.fromEntries(response.headers.entries()),
-      ),
+      body: res.body,
+      finalUrl: res.finalUrl,
+      statusCode: res.statusCode,
+      headers: makeFinalHeaders(ops.readHeaders, res.headers),
     };
   };
   return fetcher;
diff --git a/src/backend/providers/utils.ts b/src/backend/providers/utils.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 7149046c..00000000
--- a/src/backend/providers/utils.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-import { DefaultedFetcherOptions } from "@movie-web/providers";
-
-export function makeFullUrl(
-  url: string,
-  ops?: DefaultedFetcherOptions,
-): string {
-  // glue baseUrl and rest of url together
-  let leftSide = ops?.baseUrl ?? "";
-  let rightSide = url;
-
-  // left side should always end with slash, if its set
-  if (leftSide.length > 0 && !leftSide.endsWith("/")) leftSide += "/";
-
-  // right side should never start with slash
-  if (rightSide.startsWith("/")) rightSide = rightSide.slice(1);
-
-  const fullUrl = leftSide + rightSide;
-  if (!fullUrl.startsWith("http://") && !fullUrl.startsWith("https://"))
-    throw new Error(
-      `Invald URL -- URL doesn't start with a http scheme: '${fullUrl}'`,
-    );
-
-  const parsedUrl = new URL(fullUrl);
-  Object.entries(ops?.query ?? {}).forEach(([k, v]) => {
-    parsedUrl.searchParams.set(k, v as string);
-  });
-
-  return parsedUrl.toString();
-}