diff --git a/config-local.yaml b/config-local.yaml
index 5ea8d5b..1b15eb0 100644
--- a/config-local.yaml
+++ b/config-local.yaml
@@ -22,3 +22,6 @@ ssl_insecure: true
 # Allow the console to use older TLS versions
 tls_version_client_min: UNBOUNDED
 tls_version_server_min: UNBOUNDED
+
+# Allow connections to URLs that do not exist upstream (see https://github.com/MatthewL246/pretendo-docker/issues/243)
+connection_strategy: lazy