diff --git a/website/src/theme/Root.tsx b/website/src/theme/Root.tsx
index a8b597b62a..d89436590a 100644
--- a/website/src/theme/Root.tsx
+++ b/website/src/theme/Root.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import UserFeedback from '@site/src/components/UserFeedback';
 import { UnleashClient } from 'unleash-proxy-client';
 import useDocusaurusContext from '@docusaurus/useDocusaurusContext';
+import nodeFetch from 'node-fetch'
 
 // Default implementation, that you can customize
 function Root({ children }) {
@@ -10,11 +11,17 @@ function Root({ children }) {
     } = useDocusaurusContext();
 
 
+    const unleashSsrOptions = {
+        disableMetrics: true,
+        fetch: nodeFetch
+    }
+
     const unleashConfig = {
         clientKey: customFields.unleashProxyClientKey as string,
         url: customFields.unleashProxyUrl as string,
         disableRefresh: true,
         appName: `docs.getunleash.io-${customFields.environment}`,
+        ...(typeof fetch === "undefined" ? unleashSsrOptions : {})
     };
 
     const [showFeedback, setShowFeedback] = React.useState(false);