diff --git a/spec/mainApiHandler.spec.ts b/spec/mainApiHandler.spec.ts
index 4473cb62..91f56389 100644
--- a/spec/mainApiHandler.spec.ts
+++ b/spec/mainApiHandler.spec.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ jest.mock('../src/app/window-handler', () => {
             createScreenSharingIndicatorWindow: jest.fn(),
             isOnline: false,
             updateVersionInfo: jest.fn(),
+            isMana: false,
         },
     };
 });
@@ -405,5 +406,15 @@ describe('main api handler', () => {
             ipcMain.send(apiName.symphonyApi, value);
             expect(spy).toBeCalledWith(...expectedValue);
         });
+
+        it('should call `setIsMana` correctly', () => {
+            const value = {
+                cmd: apiCmds.setIsMana,
+                isMana: true,
+            };
+            expect(windowHandler.isMana).toBe(false);
+            ipcMain.send(apiName.symphonyApi, value);
+            expect(windowHandler.isMana).toBe(true);
+        });
     });
 });
diff --git a/src/app/main-api-handler.ts b/src/app/main-api-handler.ts
index b9a97f04..491f8e5e 100644
--- a/src/app/main-api-handler.ts
+++ b/src/app/main-api-handler.ts
@@ -201,7 +201,15 @@ ipcMain.on(apiName.symphonyApi, async (event: Electron.IpcMainEvent, arg: IApiAr
             if (windowHandler.appMenu) {
                 windowHandler.appMenu.buildMenu();
             }
+            break;
+        case apiCmds.setIsMana:
+            if (typeof arg.isMana === 'boolean') {
+                windowHandler.isMana = arg.isMana;
+                logger.info('window-handler: isMana: ' + windowHandler.isMana);
+            }
+            break;
         default:
+            break;
     }
 
 });
diff --git a/src/app/window-handler.ts b/src/app/window-handler.ts
index 77c6e762..6b9723cc 100644
--- a/src/app/window-handler.ts
+++ b/src/app/window-handler.ts
@@ -425,6 +425,8 @@ export class WindowHandler {
     });
 
     this.mainWindow.webContents.on('did-finish-load', async () => {
+      // reset to false when the client reloads
+      this.isMana = false;
       logger.info(`window-handler: main window web contents finished loading!`);
       // early exit if the window has already been destroyed
       if (!this.mainWindow || !windowExists(this.mainWindow)) {
@@ -435,13 +437,6 @@ export class WindowHandler {
       }
       this.url = this.mainWindow.webContents.getURL();
       logger.info('window-handler: did-finish-load, url: ' + this.url);
-      const manaPath = 'client-bff';
-      if (this.url.includes(manaPath)) {
-        this.isMana = true;
-      } else {
-        this.isMana = false;
-      }
-      logger.info('window-handler: isMana: ' + this.isMana);
 
       // Injects custom title bar and snack bar css into the webContents
       await injectStyles(this.mainWindow, this.isCustomTitleBar);
diff --git a/src/app/window-utils.ts b/src/app/window-utils.ts
index 6d706a77..f1e657fd 100644
--- a/src/app/window-utils.ts
+++ b/src/app/window-utils.ts
@@ -669,9 +669,7 @@ export const monitorNetworkInterception = (url: string) => {
             if (!mainWindow || !windowExists(mainWindow)) {
                 return;
             }
-            const manaUrl: string = await mainWindow.webContents.executeJavaScript('document.location.href');
-            const isMana = manaUrl && manaUrl.includes('client-bff');
-            if (!isMana && windowHandler.isWebPageLoading
+            if (!windowHandler.isMana && windowHandler.isWebPageLoading
                 && (details.error === 'net::ERR_INTERNET_DISCONNECTED'
                     || details.error === 'net::ERR_NETWORK_CHANGED'
                     || details.error === 'net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED')) {
diff --git a/src/common/api-interface.ts b/src/common/api-interface.ts
index ebc65a7b..835d15d3 100644
--- a/src/common/api-interface.ts
+++ b/src/common/api-interface.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ export enum apiCmds {
     showDownloadedItem = 'show-downloaded-item',
     clearDownloadedItems = 'clear-downloaded-items',
     restartApp = 'restart-app',
+    setIsMana = 'set-is-mana',
 }
 
 export enum apiName {
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ export interface IApiArgs {
     logName: string;
     logs: ILogs;
     cloudConfig: object;
+    isMana: boolean;
 }
 
 export type WindowTypes = 'screen-picker' | 'screen-sharing-indicator' | 'notification-settings';
diff --git a/src/renderer/preload-main.ts b/src/renderer/preload-main.ts
index 580dce83..c7aec3d5 100644
--- a/src/renderer/preload-main.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/preload-main.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ createAPI();
 if (ssfWindow.ssf) {
     // New context bridge api that exposes all the methods on to window object
     contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('manaSSF', {
+        setIsMana: ssfWindow.ssf.setIsMana,
         CryptoLib: ssfWindow.ssf.CryptoLib,
         Search: ssfWindow.ssf.Search,
         Notification: ssfWindow.ssf.Notification,
diff --git a/src/renderer/ssf-api.ts b/src/renderer/ssf-api.ts
index 94594499..c884f3a6 100644
--- a/src/renderer/ssf-api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/ssf-api.ts
@@ -579,6 +579,17 @@ export class SSFApi {
         });
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets whether the client is running on mana
+     * @param isMana
+     */
+    public setIsMana(isMana: boolean): void {
+        ipcRenderer.send(apiName.symphonyApi, {
+            cmd: apiCmds.setIsMana,
+            isMana,
+        });
+    }
+
 }
 
 /**