diff --git a/apps/api/package.json b/apps/api/package.json
index bb4ea268..aebd90a5 100644
--- a/apps/api/package.json
+++ b/apps/api/package.json
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@
     "escape-html": "^1.0.3",
     "express-rate-limit": "^7.3.1",
     "express-ws": "^5.0.2",
-    "form-data": "^4.0.0",
     "glob": "^10.4.2",
     "gpt3-tokenizer": "^1.1.5",
     "ioredis": "^5.4.1",
diff --git a/apps/api/pnpm-lock.yaml b/apps/api/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 3350c74e..f98055fb 100644
--- a/apps/api/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/apps/api/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -101,9 +101,6 @@ importers:
       express-ws:
         specifier: ^5.0.2
         version: 5.0.2(express@4.19.2)
-      form-data:
-        specifier: ^4.0.0
-        version: 4.0.0
       glob:
         specifier: ^10.4.2
         version: 10.4.2
@@ -3932,8 +3929,8 @@ packages:
     engines: {node: '>=14.17'}
     hasBin: true
 
-  typescript@5.6.2:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-NW8ByodCSNCwZeghjN3o+JX5OFH0Ojg6sadjEKY4huZ52TqbJTJnDo5+Tw98lSy63NZvi4n+ez5m2u5d4PkZyw==}
+  typescript@5.6.3:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-hjcS1mhfuyi4WW8IWtjP7brDrG2cuDZukyrYrSauoXGNgx0S7zceP07adYkJycEr56BOUTNPzbInooiN3fn1qw==}
     engines: {node: '>=14.17'}
     hasBin: true
 
@@ -7742,7 +7739,7 @@ snapshots:
       csv-parse: 5.5.6
       gpt3-tokenizer: 1.1.5
       openai: 3.3.0
-      typescript: 5.6.2
+      typescript: 5.6.3
       uuid: 9.0.1
       zod: 3.23.8
     transitivePeerDependencies:
@@ -8320,7 +8317,7 @@ snapshots:
 
   typescript@5.4.5: {}
 
-  typescript@5.6.2: {}
+  typescript@5.6.3: {}
 
   typesense@1.8.2(@babel/runtime@7.24.6):
     dependencies:
diff --git a/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/engines/pdf/index.ts b/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/engines/pdf/index.ts
index ea44b051..8b42ee71 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/engines/pdf/index.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/engines/pdf/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { createReadStream, promises as fs } from "node:fs";
-import FormData from "form-data";
 import { Meta } from "../..";
 import { EngineScrapeResult } from "..";
 import * as marked from "marked";
@@ -16,10 +15,26 @@ async function scrapePDFWithLlamaParse(meta: Meta, tempFilePath: string): Promis
     meta.logger.debug("Processing PDF document with LlamaIndex", { tempFilePath });
 
     const uploadForm = new FormData();
-    uploadForm.append("file", createReadStream(tempFilePath), {
-        filename: tempFilePath,
-        contentType: "application/pdf", // NOTE: request.headers["Content-Type"]?
-    });
+
+    // This is utterly stupid but it works! - mogery
+    uploadForm.append("file", {
+        [Symbol.toStringTag]: "Blob",
+        name: tempFilePath,
+        stream() {
+            return createReadStream(tempFilePath) as unknown as ReadableStream<Uint8Array>
+        },
+        arrayBuffer() {
+            throw Error("Unimplemented in mock Blob: arrayBuffer")
+        },
+        size: (await fs.stat(tempFilePath)).size,
+        text() {
+            throw Error("Unimplemented in mock Blob: text")
+        },
+        slice(start, end, contentType) {
+            throw Error("Unimplemented in mock Blob: slice")
+        },
+        type: "application/pdf",
+    } as Blob);
 
     const upload = await robustFetch({
         url: "https://api.cloud.llamaindex.ai/api/parsing/upload",
diff --git a/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/lib/fetch.ts b/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/lib/fetch.ts
index 03bbd80c..738e240e 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/lib/fetch.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/lib/fetch.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { Logger } from "winston";
 import { z, ZodError } from "zod";
 import { v4 as uuid } from "uuid";
 import * as Sentry from "@sentry/node";
-import FormData from "form-data";
 
 export type RobustFetchParams<Schema extends z.Schema<any>> = {
     url: string;
@@ -38,14 +37,14 @@ export async function robustFetch<Schema extends z.Schema<any>, Output = z.infer
             method,
             headers: {
                 ...(body instanceof FormData
-                ? body.getHeaders()
+                ? ({})
                 : body !== undefined ? ({
                     "Content-Type": "application/json",
                 }) : {}),
                 ...(headers !== undefined ? headers : {}),
             },
             ...(body instanceof FormData ? ({
-                body: body.getBuffer(),
+                body,
             }) : body !== undefined ? ({
                 body: JSON.stringify(body),
             }) : {}),