diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/aatricks/novelscraper/data/repository/source/BaseJsoupSource.kt b/app/src/main/java/io/aatricks/novelscraper/data/repository/source/BaseJsoupSource.kt
index 3da24ae..d7d1f54 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/aatricks/novelscraper/data/repository/source/BaseJsoupSource.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/aatricks/novelscraper/data/repository/source/BaseJsoupSource.kt
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ abstract class BaseJsoupSource(
             val sslContext = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS")
             sslContext.init(null, trustAllCerts, java.security.SecureRandom())
             connection.sslSocketFactory(sslContext.socketFactory)
-            // Note: setDefaultHostnameVerifier is global and might affect other parts of the app
-            javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultHostnameVerifier { _, _ -> true }
         }
         
         return connection.get()
@@ -86,7 +84,6 @@ abstract class BaseJsoupSource(
             val sslContext = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS")
             sslContext.init(null, trustAllCerts, java.security.SecureRandom())
             connection.sslSocketFactory(sslContext.socketFactory)
-            javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultHostnameVerifier { _, _ -> true }
         }
         
         return connection
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/aatricks/novelscraper/data/repository/source/NovelFireSource.kt b/app/src/main/java/io/aatricks/novelscraper/data/repository/source/NovelFireSource.kt
index 441d1a0..a38b89f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/aatricks/novelscraper/data/repository/source/NovelFireSource.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/aatricks/novelscraper/data/repository/source/NovelFireSource.kt
@@ -76,10 +76,13 @@ class NovelFireSource @Inject constructor(
         val url = "$baseUrl/ajax/searchLive?inputContent=$encodedQuery"
         
         runCatching {
-            val response = connect(url)
-                .ignoreContentType(true)
-                .execute()
-                .body()
+            val request = okhttp3.Request.Builder()
+                .url(url)
+                .header("User-Agent", userAgent)
+                .header("Referer", baseUrl)
+                .build()
+
+            val response = okHttpClient.newCall(request).execute().use { it.body?.string() ?: "" }
             
             val json = JSONObject(response)
             val data = json.getJSONArray("data")
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/io/aatricks/novelscraper/data/repository/source/BaseJsoupSourceSecurityTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/io/aatricks/novelscraper/data/repository/source/BaseJsoupSourceSecurityTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8aa023
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/io/aatricks/novelscraper/data/repository/source/BaseJsoupSourceSecurityTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package io.aatricks.novelscraper.data.repository.source
+
+import io.aatricks.novelscraper.data.local.PreferencesManager
+import io.aatricks.novelscraper.data.model.ExploreItem
+import okhttp3.OkHttpClient
+import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
+import org.junit.Assert.fail
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.mockito.Mockito.mock
+import org.mockito.Mockito.`when`
+import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLSession
+
+class BaseJsoupSourceSecurityTest {
+
+    class TestSource(
+        preferencesManager: PreferencesManager,
+        okHttpClient: OkHttpClient?
+    ) : BaseJsoupSource(preferencesManager, okHttpClient) {
+        override val name = "Test"
+        override val baseUrl = "https://example.com"
+        override suspend fun getPopularNovels(page: Int, tags: List<String>) = emptyList<ExploreItem>()
+        override suspend fun searchNovels(query: String, page: Int) = emptyList<ExploreItem>()
+        override suspend fun getNovelDetails(url: String) = ExploreItem(title = "", url = "", source = "Test")
+
+        fun testConnect(url: String) = connect(url)
+        // Helper to access protected getDocument
+        fun testGetDocument(url: String) = getDocument(url)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `connect does NOT set global hostname verifier when ignoreSslErrors is true`() {
+        val originalVerifier = HttpsURLConnection.getDefaultHostnameVerifier()
+        try {
+            val prefs = mock(PreferencesManager::class.java)
+            `when`(prefs.ignoreSslErrors).thenReturn(true)
+
+            val source = TestSource(prefs, null)
+
+            // Trigger the code path
+            source.testConnect("https://example.com")
+
+            val currentVerifier = HttpsURLConnection.getDefaultHostnameVerifier()
+            val mockSession = mock(SSLSession::class.java)
+
+            // A secure verifier should reject this
+            val accepted = currentVerifier.verify("evil.com", mockSession)
+
+            assertFalse("Global HostnameVerifier was modified to accept invalid hostnames!", accepted)
+
+        } finally {
+            HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultHostnameVerifier(originalVerifier)
+        }
+    }
+}