diff --git a/src/utils/GitAskPass.js b/src/utils/GitAskPass.js
index 2e8ae1f..dcf0d0c 100644
--- a/src/utils/GitAskPass.js
+++ b/src/utils/GitAskPass.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ if (!request.property) {
 const client = net.createConnection(
   {
     port: NODEGIT_LFS_ASKPASS_PORT,
-    host: 'localhost'
+    host: '127.0.0.1'
   },
   () => {
     client.pipe(process.stdout);
diff --git a/src/utils/authService.js b/src/utils/authService.js
index 9360b6a..83ea250 100644
--- a/src/utils/authService.js
+++ b/src/utils/authService.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export const ensureAuthServer = () => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 
   tcpServer = net.createServer(socketListener);
   tcpServer.on('error', reject);
-  tcpServer.listen({ port: 0, host: 'localhost' }, resolve);
+  tcpServer.listen({ port: 0, host: '127.0.0.1' }, resolve);
 });
 
 export const getAuthServerPort = () => (
diff --git a/src/utils/spawnHelper.js b/src/utils/spawnHelper.js
index abd0f7c..3e56303 100644
--- a/src/utils/spawnHelper.js
+++ b/src/utils/spawnHelper.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const parseUrlFromErrorMessage = (errorMessage) => {
   let url = null;
   const matches = regex.CREDENTIALS_NOT_FOUND.exec(errorMessage);
   if (matches && matches.length > 1) {
-    ([url] = matches);
+    ([, url] = matches);
   }
   return url;
 };
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ const spawn = async (command, stdin, opts = {}, credentialsCallback, repoPath =
           opts,
           {
             env: {
+              ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE: 1,
               GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT: 0,
               GIT_ASKPASS: getGitAskPassPath(),
               NODEGIT_LFS_ASKPASS_STATE: credRequestId,