diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 56767585..2e40e769 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -103,4 +103,9 @@ dependencies {
 
     annotationProcessor 'org.androidannotations:androidannotations:4.8.0'
     annotationProcessor 'org.androidannotations:ormlite:4.8.0'
+
+    // Copied From androidSdkPath/platforms/android-31/optional/org.apache.http.legacy.jar
+    // Using it as a compileOnly so this helps while developing, but is not compiled into the final
+    // app, see https://developer.android.com/studio/build/dependencies#dependency_configurations
+    compileOnly files('libs/org.apache.http.legacy.jar')
 }
diff --git a/app/libs/org.apache.http.legacy.jar b/app/libs/org.apache.http.legacy.jar
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6d54f6d4
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/libs/org.apache.http.legacy.jar differ