diff --git a/comfy_extras/nodes/nodes_open_api.py b/comfy_extras/nodes/nodes_open_api.py
index 628916abb..32501dfb2 100644
--- a/comfy_extras/nodes/nodes_open_api.py
+++ b/comfy_extras/nodes/nodes_open_api.py
@@ -6,12 +6,15 @@ import logging
 import os
 import posixpath
 import re
+import ssl
 import sys
 import uuid
 from datetime import datetime
 from typing import Sequence, Optional, TypedDict, Dict, List, Literal, Callable, Tuple
 
 import PIL
+import aiohttp
+import certifi
 import fsspec
 import numpy as np
 import torch
@@ -54,6 +57,17 @@ def is_null_uri(local_uri):
     return local_uri == _null_uri or local_uri == "NUL"
 
 
+async def get_client(**kwargs):
+    """
+    workaround for issues with fsspec on Windows
+    :param kwargs:
+    :return:
+    """
+    ssl_context = ssl.create_default_context(cafile=certifi.where())
+    conn = aiohttp.TCPConnector(ssl=ssl_context)
+    return aiohttp.ClientSession(connector=conn, **kwargs)
+
+
 class FsSpecComfyMetadata(TypedDict, total=True):
     prompt_json_str: str
     batch_number_str: str
@@ -587,8 +601,14 @@ class SaveImagesResponse(CustomNode):
             if not uri_is_remote and not os.path.isabs(uri):
                 uri = os.path.join(output_directory, uri)
             abs_path = uri
+            fsspec_kwargs = {}
+            if not uri_is_remote:
+                fsspec_kwargs["auto_mkdir"] = True
+            # todo: this might need special handling for s3 URLs too
+            if uri.startswith("http"):
+                fsspec_kwargs['get_client'] = get_client
             try:
-                with fsspec.open(uri, mode="wb", auto_mkdir=True) as f:
+                with fsspec.open(uri, mode="wb", **fsspec_kwargs) as f:
                     image_as_pil.save(f, format=pil_save_format, **additional_args)
                 if metadata_uri is not None:
                     # all values are stringified for the metadata
@@ -646,18 +666,18 @@ class ImageRequestParameter(CustomNode):
 
     def execute(self, value: str = "", *args, **kwargs) -> ValidatedNodeResult:
         output_images = []
-
         f: OpenFile
-        kwargs_for_fsspec = {}
+        fsspec_kwargs = {}
         if value.startswith('http'):
-            kwargs_for_fsspec.update({
+            fsspec_kwargs.update({
                 "headers": {
                     'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/113.0.5672.64 Safari/537.36'
-                }
+                },
+                'get_client': get_client
             })
         # todo: additional security is needed here to prevent users from accessing local paths
         # however this generally needs to be done with user accounts on all OSes
-        with fsspec.open(value, mode="rb", **kwargs_for_fsspec) as f:
+        with fsspec.open(value, mode="rb", **fsspec_kwargs) as f:
             # from LoadImage
             img = Image.open(f)
             for i in ImageSequence.Iterator(img):
@@ -677,12 +697,10 @@ class ImageRequestParameter(CustomNode):
                     image = np.array(image).astype(np.float32) / 255.0
                     image = torch.from_numpy(image)[None,]
                     output_images.append(image)
-
         if len(output_images) > 1:
             output_image = torch.cat(output_images, dim=0)
         else:
             output_image = output_images[0]
-
         return (output_image,)
 
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d1a1c1c6e..445b09d32 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -49,4 +49,5 @@ opentelemetry-util-http
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests
 opentelemetry-semantic-conventions
-wrapt>=1.16.0
\ No newline at end of file
+wrapt>=1.16.0
+certifi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_openapi_nodes.py b/tests/unit/test_openapi_nodes.py
index 6f558aa00..423ca98b7 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_openapi_nodes.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_openapi_nodes.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import pathlib
 import re
-import sys
 import uuid
 from datetime import datetime
 
@@ -275,3 +274,12 @@ def test_file_request_parameter(use_temporary_input_directory):
 
     assert loaded_image.shape == load_image_node_rgb.shape
     assert torch.allclose(loaded_image, load_image_node_rgb)
+
+
+def test_file_request_to_http_url_no_exceptions():
+    n = ImageRequestParameter()
+    loaded_image, = n.execute(value="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/A_rainbow_at_sunset_after_rain_in_Gaziantep%2C_Turkey.IMG_2448.jpg/484px-A_rainbow_at_sunset_after_rain_in_Gaziantep%2C_Turkey.IMG_2448.jpg")
+    _, height, width, channels = loaded_image.shape
+    assert width == 484
+    assert height == 480
+    assert channels == 3