diff --git a/app/Api/V1/Requests/Models/Webhook/UpdateRequest.php b/app/Api/V1/Requests/Models/Webhook/UpdateRequest.php
index 0cff3d42c4..157c2f5716 100644
--- a/app/Api/V1/Requests/Models/Webhook/UpdateRequest.php
+++ b/app/Api/V1/Requests/Models/Webhook/UpdateRequest.php
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class UpdateRequest extends FormRequest
             'trigger'  => sprintf('in:%s', $triggers),
             'response' => sprintf('in:%s', $responses),
             'delivery' => sprintf('in:%s', $deliveries),
-            'url'      => ['url', 'starts_with:https://', sprintf('uniqueExistingWebhook:%d', $webhook->id)],
+            'url'      => ['url', sprintf('uniqueExistingWebhook:%d', $webhook->id)],
         ];
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Services/Webhook/StandardWebhookSender.php b/app/Services/Webhook/StandardWebhookSender.php
index ba99c844d8..5711b1e2cf 100644
--- a/app/Services/Webhook/StandardWebhookSender.php
+++ b/app/Services/Webhook/StandardWebhookSender.php
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Helpers\Webhook\SignatureGeneratorInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Models\WebhookAttempt;
 use FireflyIII\Models\WebhookMessage;
 use GuzzleHttp\Client;
+use GuzzleHttp\Exception\ConnectException;
 use GuzzleHttp\Exception\RequestException;
 use JsonException;
 use Log;
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ class StandardWebhookSender implements WebhookSenderInterface
         $client  = new Client();
         try {
             $res                 = $client->request('POST', $this->message->webhook->url, $options);
-        } catch (RequestException $e) {
+        } catch (RequestException|ConnectException $e) {
             Log::error($e->getMessage());
             Log::error($e->getTraceAsString());