diff --git a/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/helpers/teams/TeamsSearch.service.ts b/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/helpers/teams/TeamsSearch.service.ts
index 10bf3cb37..015a611d5 100644
--- a/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/helpers/teams/TeamsSearch.service.ts
+++ b/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/helpers/teams/TeamsSearch.service.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { TeamRequest } from "./TeamRequest"
 import { Service } from "dioc"
 import axios from "axios"
 import { Ref } from "vue"
+import { platform } from "~/platform"
 
 type CollectionSearchMeta = {
   isSearchResult?: boolean
@@ -199,6 +200,8 @@ export class TeamSearchService extends Service {
     this.searchResultsRequests = {}
     this.expandedCollections.value = []
 
+    const axiosPlatformConfig = platform.auth.axiosPlatformConfig?.() ?? {}
+
     try {
       const searchResponse = await axios.get(
         `${
@@ -206,9 +209,7 @@ export class TeamSearchService extends Service {
         }/team-collection/search/${teamID}?searchQuery=${encodeURIComponent(
           query
         )}`,
-        {
-          withCredentials: true,
-        }
+        axiosPlatformConfig
       )
 
       if (searchResponse.status !== 200) {
diff --git a/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/platform/auth.ts b/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/platform/auth.ts
index d2920c46e..d32dce9e2 100644
--- a/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/platform/auth.ts
+++ b/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/platform/auth.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { Observable } from "rxjs"
 import { Component } from "vue"
 import { getI18n } from "~/modules/i18n"
 import * as E from "fp-ts/Either"
+import { AxiosRequestConfig } from "axios"
 
 /**
  * A common (and required) set of fields that describe a user.
@@ -135,6 +136,15 @@ export type AuthPlatformDef = {
    */
   getGQLClientOptions?: () => Partial<ClientOptions>
 
+  /**
+   * called by the platform to provide additional/different config options when
+   * sending requests with axios
+   * eg: SH needs to include cookies in the request, while Central doesn't and throws a cors error if it does
+   *
+   * @returns AxiosRequestConfig
+   */
+  axiosPlatformConfig?: () => AxiosRequestConfig
+
   /**
    * Returns the string content that should be returned when the user selects to
    * copy auth token from Developer Options.
diff --git a/packages/hoppscotch-selfhost-web/src/platform/auth/auth.platform.ts b/packages/hoppscotch-selfhost-web/src/platform/auth/auth.platform.ts
index c6708bc8f..5c43adc00 100644
--- a/packages/hoppscotch-selfhost-web/src/platform/auth/auth.platform.ts
+++ b/packages/hoppscotch-selfhost-web/src/platform/auth/auth.platform.ts
@@ -211,6 +211,13 @@ export const def: AuthPlatformDef = {
     }
   },
 
+  axiosPlatformConfig() {
+    return {
+      // for including cookies in the request
+      withCredentials: true,
+    }
+  },
+
   /**
    * it is not possible for us to know if the current cookie is expired because we cannot access http-only cookies from js
    * hence just returning if the currentUser$ has a value associated with it