diff --git a/app/Data/ItemsCollection.php b/app/Data/ItemsCollection.php
index 7d363be..0f51aa0 100644
--- a/app/Data/ItemsCollection.php
+++ b/app/Data/ItemsCollection.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ namespace App\Data;
 use App\Exceptions\ItemNotFoundException;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use App\Config\GiteaConfig;
 
@@ -37,7 +38,8 @@ class ItemsCollection
         $rawLocalesGlobalBaseUrl = GiteaConfig::RAW_LOCALES_GLOBAL_BASE_URL;
 
         // Getting all locales in project/assets/database/locales/global from the Server development branch repository
-        $localesList = collect(json_decode(file_get_contents(GiteaConfig::LOCALES_GLOBAL_URL), true));
+
+        $localesList = collect(Http::withOptions(['verify' => false])->get(GiteaConfig::LOCALES_GLOBAL_URL)->json());
         foreach ($localesList as $item) {
             // Extract the json name for the locale
             preg_match('/([a-z]{2}(-[a-z]{2})?).json/', $item['name'], $currentLocaleName, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE);
@@ -46,7 +48,8 @@ class ItemsCollection
             if (empty($currentLocaleName) || !$currentLocaleName[1][0]) continue;
 
             $trimmedCurrentLocaleName = trim($currentLocaleName[1][0]);
-            $currentLocaleJson = json_decode(file_get_contents("${rawLocalesGlobalBaseUrl}/${trimmedCurrentLocaleName}.json"), true);
+            $currentLocaleJson = Http::withOptions(['verify' => false])
+                ->get("${rawLocalesGlobalBaseUrl}/${trimmedCurrentLocaleName}.json")->json();
             $templateLocale = collect($currentLocaleJson['templates']);
             $customizationLocale = collect($currentLocaleJson['customization']);
             $this->locales = $this->locales->merge([$trimmedCurrentLocaleName => $templateLocale->concat($customizationLocale)]);
@@ -59,8 +62,9 @@ class ItemsCollection
      */
     public function refreshItemsCache(): void
     {
-        $this->items = collect(json_decode(file_get_contents(GiteaConfig::RAW_ITEMS_URL), true));
-        $this->items = $this->items->merge(collect(json_decode(file_get_contents(GiteaConfig::RAW_CUSTOMIZATION_URL), true)));
+        $this->items = collect(Http::withOptions(['verify' => false])->get(GiteaConfig::RAW_ITEMS_URL)->json());
+        $this->items = $this->items->merge(collect(Http::withOptions(['verify' => false])
+            ->get(GiteaConfig::RAW_CUSTOMIZATION_URL)->json()));
         Cache::put($this->items_cache_key, $this->items);
     }