diff --git a/src/abort-controller.ts b/src/abort-controller.ts
index ed11d79a..a0882fc3 100644
--- a/src/abort-controller.ts
+++ b/src/abort-controller.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const browserGlobal =
     typeof window !== 'undefined' ? window : typeof self !== 'undefined' ? self : null; // self is the global in web workers
 if (!browserGlobal) {
     AbortController = require('abort-controller');
-} else if ('signal' in new Request('')) {
+} else if ('signal' in new Request('https://airtable.com')) {
     AbortController = browserGlobal.AbortController;
 } else {
     /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires */