diff --git a/.devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer.json
index 5d24c42a..a716070e 100644
--- a/.devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer.json
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@
         "onAutoForward": "silent"
       }
   },
-  "postStartCommand": "/bin/bash ./make_ports_public.sh 5173 1317 26657"
+  "postStartCommand": "bash -i -c 'nvm install 18.20 && nvm alias default 18.20' && bash ./make_ports_public.sh 5173 1317 26657"
 }
diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f33a02cd..00000000
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
-# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
-# Please see the documentation for more information:
-# https://docs.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
-# https://containers.dev/guide/dependabot
-
-version: 2
-updates:
- - package-ecosystem: "devcontainers"
-   directory: "/"
-   schedule:
-     interval: weekly
diff --git a/contract/tools/ui-kit-goals/makeHttpClient.js b/contract/tools/ui-kit-goals/makeHttpClient.js
index 4228d74e..7033d83c 100644
--- a/contract/tools/ui-kit-goals/makeHttpClient.js
+++ b/contract/tools/ui-kit-goals/makeHttpClient.js
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ export const makeHttpClient = (url, fetch) => {
     execute: async request => {
       const settings = {
         method: 'POST',
-        mode: 'no-cors',
         body: request ? JSON.stringify(request) : undefined,
         headers: { ...jsonType, ...headers },
       };