diff --git a/servers/fastapi/services/image_generation_service.py b/servers/fastapi/services/image_generation_service.py
index a0159b68..33af29b8 100644
--- a/servers/fastapi/services/image_generation_service.py
+++ b/servers/fastapi/services/image_generation_service.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class ImageGenerationService:
         return image_path
 
     async def get_image_from_pexels(self, prompt: str) -> str:
-        async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
+        async with aiohttp.ClientSession(trust_env=True) as session:
             response = await session.get(
                 f"https://api.pexels.com/v1/search?query={prompt}&per_page=1",
                 headers={"Authorization": f"{get_pexels_api_key_env()}"},
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class ImageGenerationService:
             return image_url
 
     async def get_image_from_pixabay(self, prompt: str) -> str:
-        async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
+        async with aiohttp.ClientSession(trust_env=True) as session:
             response = await session.get(
                 f"https://pixabay.com/api/?key={get_pixabay_api_key_env()}&q={prompt}&image_type=photo&per_page=3"
             )
diff --git a/servers/fastapi/utils/download_helpers.py b/servers/fastapi/utils/download_helpers.py
index ef040af0..697a9394 100644
--- a/servers/fastapi/utils/download_helpers.py
+++ b/servers/fastapi/utils/download_helpers.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ async def download_file(
         filename = os.path.basename(parsed_url.path)
 
         if not filename or "." not in filename:
-            async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
+            async with aiohttp.ClientSession(trust_env=True) as session:
                 async with session.head(url, headers=headers) as response:
                     if response.status == 200:
                         content_disposition = response.headers.get(
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ async def download_file(
         filename = filename or get_random_uuid()
         save_path = os.path.join(save_directory, filename)
 
-        async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
+        async with aiohttp.ClientSession(trust_env=True) as session:
             async with session.get(url, headers=headers) as response:
                 if response.status == 200:
                     with open(save_path, "wb") as file: