diff --git a/src/lib/adapters/NextcloudBookmarks.ts b/src/lib/adapters/NextcloudBookmarks.ts
index 406ff70b57..af38857d00 100644
--- a/src/lib/adapters/NextcloudBookmarks.ts
+++ b/src/lib/adapters/NextcloudBookmarks.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Nextcloud ADAPTER
 // All owncloud specifc stuff goes in here
-import { Capacitor } from '@capacitor/core'
+import { Capacitor, CapacitorHttp as Http } from '@capacitor/core'
 import Adapter from '../interfaces/Adapter'
 import HtmlSerializer from '../serializers/Html'
 import Logger from '../Logger'
@@ -867,9 +867,6 @@ export default class NextcloudBookmarksAdapter implements Adapter, BulkImportRes
     const url = this.normalizeServerURL(this.server.url) + relUrl
     let res
     let timedOut = false
-    const authString = Base64.encode(
-      this.server.username + ':' + this.server.password
-    )
 
     if (type && type.includes('application/json')) {
       body = JSON.stringify(body)
@@ -881,6 +878,14 @@ export default class NextcloudBookmarksAdapter implements Adapter, BulkImportRes
       body = params.toString()
     }
 
+    if (Capacitor.getPlatform() !== 'web') {
+      return this.sendRequestNative(verb, url, type, body, returnRawResponse)
+    }
+
+    const authString = Base64.encode(
+      this.server.username + ':' + this.server.password
+    )
+
     try {
       res = await this.fetchQueue.add(() =>
         Promise.race([
@@ -964,4 +969,60 @@ export default class NextcloudBookmarksAdapter implements Adapter, BulkImportRes
 
     return res.status === 200
   }
+
+  private async sendRequestNative(verb: string, url: string, type: string, body: any, returnRawResponse: boolean) {
+    let res
+    let timedOut = false
+    const authString = Base64.encode(
+      this.server.username + ':' + this.server.password
+    )
+    try {
+      res = await this.fetchQueue.add(() =>
+        Promise.race([
+          Http.request({
+            url,
+            method: verb,
+            disableRedirects: !this.server.allowRedirects,
+            headers: {
+              ...(type && type !== 'multipart/form-data' && { 'Content-type': type }),
+              Authorization: 'Basic ' + authString,
+            },
+            responseType: 'json',
+            ...(body && !['get', 'head'].includes(verb.toLowerCase()) && { data: body }),
+          }),
+          new Promise((resolve, reject) =>
+            setTimeout(() => {
+              timedOut = true
+              reject(new RequestTimeoutError())
+            }, TIMEOUT)
+          ),
+        ])
+      )
+    } catch (e) {
+      if (timedOut) throw e
+      console.log(e)
+      throw new NetworkError()
+    }
+
+    if (res.status < 400 && res.status >= 300) {
+      throw new RedirectError()
+    }
+
+    if (returnRawResponse) {
+      return res
+    }
+
+    if (res.status === 401 || res.status === 403) {
+      throw new AuthenticationError()
+    }
+    if (res.status === 503 || res.status > 400) {
+      throw new HttpError(res.status, verb)
+    }
+    const json = res.data
+    if (json.status !== 'success') {
+      throw new Error('Nextcloud API error: \n' + JSON.stringify(json))
+    }
+
+    return json
+  }
 }