diff --git a/src/common/ArIO.ts b/src/common/ArIO.ts
index f988f673..a7aa9404 100644
--- a/src/common/ArIO.ts
+++ b/src/common/ArIO.ts
@@ -14,13 +14,12 @@
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
  * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
-import { ContractStateProvider, HTTPServiceInterface } from '../types.js';
-import { AxiosHTTPService } from './http.js';
+import { ContractStateProvider, HTTPClient } from '../types.js';
 import { DefaultLogger } from './logger.js';
 
 export class ArIO implements ContractStateProvider {
   private contractStateProvider: ContractStateProvider;
-  http: HTTPServiceInterface;
+  http: HTTPClient;
   logger: DefaultLogger;
 
   constructor({
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ export class ArIO implements ContractStateProvider {
   }) {
     this.contractStateProvider = contractStateProvider;
     this.logger = logger;
-    this.http = new AxiosHTTPService({ url: '', logger }); // empty url allows for full url to be passed in get and post requests instead of the endpoint
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/common/ContractStateProviders/ArNSRemoteCache.ts b/src/common/ContractStateProviders/ArNSRemoteCache.ts
index ac7a7863..ece2b8ca 100644
--- a/src/common/ContractStateProviders/ArNSRemoteCache.ts
+++ b/src/common/ContractStateProviders/ArNSRemoteCache.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
  * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
-import { ContractStateProvider, HTTPServiceInterface } from '../../types.js';
+import { ContractStateProvider, HTTPClient } from '../../types.js';
 import { validateArweaveId } from '../../utils/index.js';
 import { BadRequest } from '../error.js';
 import { AxiosHTTPService } from '../http.js';
@@ -22,24 +22,22 @@ import { DefaultLogger } from '../logger.js';
 
 export class ArNSRemoteCache implements ContractStateProvider {
   protected logger: DefaultLogger;
-  http: HTTPServiceInterface;
+  http: HTTPClient;
   constructor({
-    url = 'api.arns.app',
-    protocol = 'https',
+    url = 'https://api.arns.app',
     logger = new DefaultLogger({
       level: 'debug',
       logFormat: 'simple',
     }),
     version = 'v1',
   }: {
-    protocol?: 'http' | 'https' | 'ws';
     url?: string;
     logger?: DefaultLogger;
     version?: string;
   }) {
     this.logger = logger;
     this.http = new AxiosHTTPService({
-      url: `${protocol}://${url}/${version}`,
+      url: `${url}/${version}`,
       logger,
     });
   }
@@ -54,24 +52,10 @@ export class ArNSRemoteCache implements ContractStateProvider {
     }
     this.logger.debug(`Fetching contract state`);
 
-    const response = await this.http
-      .get<ContractState>({ endpoint: `/contract/${contractTxId}` })
-      .catch((error) => {
-        this.logger.debug(`Failed to fetch contract state: ${error}`);
-        return error;
-      });
-
-    if (!response) {
-      throw new BadRequest(
-        `Failed to fetch contract state. ${response?.status} ${response?.statusText()}`,
-      );
-    }
-    const result = await response.json();
-
-    this.logger.debug(
-      `Fetched contract state. Size: ${response?.headers?.get('content-length')} bytes.`,
-    );
+    const state = await this.http.get<ContractState>({
+      endpoint: `/contract/${contractTxId}`,
+    });
 
-    return result;
+    return state;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/common/http.ts b/src/common/http.ts
index 927ac5f4..fbb56cf5 100644
--- a/src/common/http.ts
+++ b/src/common/http.ts
@@ -18,22 +18,21 @@ import { AxiosInstance } from 'axios';
 import { Readable } from 'stream';
 import { ReadableStream } from 'stream/web';
 
-import { HTTPServiceInterface, Logger } from '../types.js';
+import { HTTPClient, Logger } from '../types.js';
 import { createAxiosInstance } from '../utils/httpClient.js';
 import { FailedRequestError } from './error.js';
 
-export class AxiosHTTPService implements HTTPServiceInterface {
+export class AxiosHTTPService implements HTTPClient {
   protected axios: AxiosInstance;
   protected logger: Logger;
 
   // TODO: re-implement axios-retry. Currently that package is broken for nodenext.
   constructor({
     url,
-    // retryConfig,
     logger,
   }: {
     url: string;
-    // retryConfig?: IAxiosRetryConfig;
+
     logger: Logger;
   }) {
     this.logger = logger;
@@ -52,8 +51,6 @@ export class AxiosHTTPService implements HTTPServiceInterface {
           }
         },
       },
-      // retryConfig,
-      // logger: this.logger,
     });
   }
   async get<T>({
diff --git a/src/common/logger.ts b/src/common/logger.ts
index af085173..b757d065 100644
--- a/src/common/logger.ts
+++ b/src/common/logger.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { Logger } from '../types.js';
 import { version } from '../version.js';
 
 export class DefaultLogger implements Logger {
-  logger: winston.Logger;
+  private logger: winston.Logger;
   constructor({
     level = 'info',
     logFormat = 'simple',
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 2f9834eb..ef09a2e8 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export interface Logger {
 }
 /* eslint-enable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
 
-export interface HTTPServiceInterface {
+export interface HTTPClient {
   get<T>({
     endpoint,
     signal,
diff --git a/src/utils/httpClient.ts b/src/utils/httpClient.ts
index cb9c9cc6..7b7155cb 100644
--- a/src/utils/httpClient.ts
+++ b/src/utils/httpClient.ts
@@ -16,34 +16,13 @@
  */
 import axios, { AxiosInstance, AxiosRequestConfig } from 'axios';
 
-// import { DefaultLogger } from '../common/logger.js';
-// import { Logger } from '../types.js';
-
-// import { version } from '../version.js';
-
 // TODO: re-implement axios-retry. Currently latest version of axios-retry is broken for node-next builds on v4.0.0
 export interface AxiosInstanceParameters {
   axiosConfig?: Omit<AxiosRequestConfig, 'validateStatus'>;
-  // retryConfig?: Record<string, string>;
-  // logger?: Logger;
 }
 
 export const createAxiosInstance = ({
-  //logger = new DefaultLogger(),
   axiosConfig = {},
-  // retryConfig = {
-  //   retryDelay: axiosRetry.exponentialDelay,
-  //   retries: 3,
-  //   retryCondition: (error) => {
-  //     return (
-  //       !(error instanceof CanceledError) &&
-  //       axiosRetry.isNetworkOrIdempotentRequestError(error)
-  //     );
-  //   },
-  //   onRetry: (retryCount, error) => {
-  //     logger.debug(`Request failed, ${error}. Retry attempt #${retryCount}...`);
-  //   },
-  // },
 }: AxiosInstanceParameters = {}): AxiosInstance => {
   const axiosInstance = axios.create({
     ...axiosConfig,
@@ -53,9 +32,5 @@ export const createAxiosInstance = ({
     validateStatus: () => true, // don't throw on non-200 status codes
   });
 
-  // eslint-disable-next-line
-  // if (retryConfig.retries && retryConfig.retries > 0) {
-  //   axiosRetry(axiosInstance, retryConfig);
-  // }
   return axiosInstance;
 };
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 2d7d0657..0140d12c 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "target": "es2021",
+    "target": "esnext",
     "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
     "lib": ["esnext", "dom"],
     "outDir": "./lib/esm",