diff --git a/packages/http-client/package.json b/packages/http-client/package.json
index 42d6e31228..bb0e953424 100644
--- a/packages/http-client/package.json
+++ b/packages/http-client/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   },
   "peerDependencies": {},
   "dependencies": {
-    "isomorphic-unfetch": "^3.1.0"
+    "node-fetch": "^3.2.10"
   },
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "types": "lib/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/packages/http-client/src/fetch-polyfill.ts b/packages/http-client/src/fetch-polyfill.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2a7307ea8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/http-client/src/fetch-polyfill.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import fetch from "node-fetch";
+
+if (globalThis.fetch === undefined) {
+  // @ts-expect-error node-fetch doesn't implement a complete spec
+  globalThis.fetch = fetch;
+}
diff --git a/packages/http-client/src/index.ts b/packages/http-client/src/index.ts
index 27b85cdd65..acebfe2724 100644
--- a/packages/http-client/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/http-client/src/index.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,8 @@
-import isoMorphicFetch from "isomorphic-unfetch";
+import "./fetch-polyfill";
 import type { Includes, Project } from "./index.d";
 
 const protocol = process.env.NODE_ENV === "production" ? "https" : "http";
 
-const fetch = async (url: string, options?: RequestInit) => {
-  const response = await isoMorphicFetch(url, options);
-  if (response.ok) {
-    const contentType = response.headers.get("content-type");
-    if (contentType && contentType.indexOf("application/json") !== -1) {
-      return response.json();
-    } else {
-      return response.text();
-    }
-  } else {
-    throw new Error(response.statusText);
-  }
-};
-
 const loadProject = async ({
   projectId,
   host = process.env.DESIGNER_HOST || "localhost:3000",
@@ -26,11 +12,15 @@ const loadProject = async ({
   host?: string;
   include?: Includes<boolean>;
 }): Promise<Project> => {
-  const domain = `${protocol}://${host}`;
+  const baseUrl = new URL("/", `${protocol}://${host}`);
+  const treeUrl = new URL(`/rest/tree/${projectId}`, baseUrl);
+  const propsUrl = new URL(`/rest/props/${projectId}`, baseUrl);
+  const breakpointsUrl = new URL(`/rest/breakpoints/${projectId}`, baseUrl);
+
   const [tree, props, breakpoints] = await Promise.all([
-    include.tree && fetch(`${domain}/rest/tree/${projectId}`),
-    include.props && fetch(`${domain}/rest/props/${projectId}`),
-    include.breakpoints && fetch(`${domain}/rest/breakpoints/${projectId}`),
+    include.tree && (await fetch(treeUrl)).json(),
+    include.props && (await fetch(propsUrl)).json(),
+    include.breakpoints && (await fetch(breakpointsUrl)).json(),
   ]);
   return {
     tree,
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ed5b477038..3ac831866e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7762,6 +7762,11 @@ data-uri-to-buffer@^3.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/data-uri-to-buffer/-/data-uri-to-buffer-3.0.1.tgz#594b8973938c5bc2c33046535785341abc4f3636"
   integrity sha512-WboRycPNsVw3B3TL559F7kuBUM4d8CgMEvk6xEJlOp7OBPjt6G7z8WMWlD2rOFZLk6OYfFIUGsCOWzcQH9K2og==
 
+data-uri-to-buffer@^4.0.0:
+  version "4.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/data-uri-to-buffer/-/data-uri-to-buffer-4.0.0.tgz#b5db46aea50f6176428ac05b73be39a57701a64b"
+  integrity sha512-Vr3mLBA8qWmcuschSLAOogKgQ/Jwxulv3RNE4FXnYWRGujzrRWQI4m12fQqRkwX06C0KanhLr4hK+GydchZsaA==
+
 data-urls@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/data-urls/-/data-urls-2.0.0.tgz#156485a72963a970f5d5821aaf642bef2bf2db9b"
@@ -9468,6 +9473,14 @@ fb-watchman@^2.0.0:
   dependencies:
     bser "2.1.1"
 
+fetch-blob@^3.1.2, fetch-blob@^3.1.4:
+  version "3.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fetch-blob/-/fetch-blob-3.2.0.tgz#f09b8d4bbd45adc6f0c20b7e787e793e309dcce9"
+  integrity sha512-7yAQpD2UMJzLi1Dqv7qFYnPbaPx7ZfFK6PiIxQ4PfkGPyNyl2Ugx+a/umUonmKqjhM4DnfbMvdX6otXq83soQQ==
+  dependencies:
+    node-domexception "^1.0.0"
+    web-streams-polyfill "^3.0.3"
+
 fetch-retry@^5.0.2:
   version "5.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fetch-retry/-/fetch-retry-5.0.3.tgz#edfa3641892995f9afee94f25b168827aa97fe3d"
@@ -9704,6 +9717,13 @@ format@^0.2.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/format/-/format-0.2.2.tgz#d6170107e9efdc4ed30c9dc39016df942b5cb58b"
   integrity sha512-wzsgA6WOq+09wrU1tsJ09udeR/YZRaeArL9e1wPbFg3GG2yDnC2ldKpxs4xunpFF9DgqCqOIra3bc1HWrJ37Ww==
 
+formdata-polyfill@^4.0.10:
+  version "4.0.10"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/formdata-polyfill/-/formdata-polyfill-4.0.10.tgz#24807c31c9d402e002ab3d8c720144ceb8848423"
+  integrity sha512-buewHzMvYL29jdeQTVILecSaZKnt/RJWjoZCF5OW60Z67/GmSLBkOFM7qh1PI3zFNtJbaZL5eQu1vLfazOwj4g==
+  dependencies:
+    fetch-blob "^3.1.2"
+
 forwarded@0.2.0:
   version "0.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/forwarded/-/forwarded-0.2.0.tgz#2269936428aad4c15c7ebe9779a84bf0b2a81811"
@@ -13316,6 +13336,11 @@ node-dir@^0.1.10, node-dir@^0.1.17:
   dependencies:
     minimatch "^3.0.2"
 
+node-domexception@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-domexception/-/node-domexception-1.0.0.tgz#6888db46a1f71c0b76b3f7555016b63fe64766e5"
+  integrity sha512-/jKZoMpw0F8GRwl4/eLROPA3cfcXtLApP0QzLmUT/HuPCZWyB7IY9ZrMeKw2O/nFIqPQB3PVM9aYm0F312AXDQ==
+
 node-fetch@2.6.1:
   version "2.6.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.1.tgz#045bd323631f76ed2e2b55573394416b639a0052"
@@ -13328,6 +13353,15 @@ node-fetch@^2.6.1, node-fetch@^2.6.7:
   dependencies:
     whatwg-url "^5.0.0"
 
+node-fetch@^3.2.10:
+  version "3.2.10"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-3.2.10.tgz#e8347f94b54ae18b57c9c049ef641cef398a85c8"
+  integrity sha512-MhuzNwdURnZ1Cp4XTazr69K0BTizsBroX7Zx3UgDSVcZYKF/6p0CBe4EUb/hLqmzVhl0UpYfgRljQ4yxE+iCxA==
+  dependencies:
+    data-uri-to-buffer "^4.0.0"
+    fetch-blob "^3.1.4"
+    formdata-polyfill "^4.0.10"
+
 node-int64@^0.4.0:
   version "0.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-int64/-/node-int64-0.4.0.tgz#87a9065cdb355d3182d8f94ce11188b825c68a3b"
@@ -17583,7 +17617,7 @@ web-namespaces@^1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/web-namespaces/-/web-namespaces-1.1.4.tgz#bc98a3de60dadd7faefc403d1076d529f5e030ec"
   integrity sha512-wYxSGajtmoP4WxfejAPIr4l0fVh+jeMXZb08wNc0tMg6xsfZXj3cECqIK0G7ZAqUq0PP8WlMDtaOGVBTAWztNw==
 
-web-streams-polyfill@^3.1.1:
+web-streams-polyfill@^3.0.3, web-streams-polyfill@^3.1.1:
   version "3.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/web-streams-polyfill/-/web-streams-polyfill-3.2.1.tgz#71c2718c52b45fd49dbeee88634b3a60ceab42a6"
   integrity sha512-e0MO3wdXWKrLbL0DgGnUV7WHVuw9OUvL4hjgnPkIeEvESk74gAITi5G606JtZPp39cd8HA9VQzCIvA49LpPN5Q==