diff --git a/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php b/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
index 5729adfcd0..7eea049fb2 100644
--- a/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
+++ b/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
     'OCA\\Richdocuments\\Service\\FileTargetService' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Service/FileTargetService.php',
     'OCA\\Richdocuments\\Service\\FontService' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Service/FontService.php',
     'OCA\\Richdocuments\\Service\\InitialStateService' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Service/InitialStateService.php',
+    'OCA\\Richdocuments\\Service\\RemoteOptionsService' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Service/RemoteOptionsService.php',
     'OCA\\Richdocuments\\Service\\RemoteService' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Service/RemoteService.php',
     'OCA\\Richdocuments\\Service\\UserScopeService' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Service/UserScopeService.php',
     'OCA\\Richdocuments\\Settings\\Admin' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Settings/Admin.php',
diff --git a/composer/composer/autoload_static.php b/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
index 534ce764ff..f2ee2a14f1 100644
--- a/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
+++ b/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ class ComposerStaticInitRichdocuments
         'OCA\\Richdocuments\\Service\\FileTargetService' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Service/FileTargetService.php',
         'OCA\\Richdocuments\\Service\\FontService' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Service/FontService.php',
         'OCA\\Richdocuments\\Service\\InitialStateService' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Service/InitialStateService.php',
+        'OCA\\Richdocuments\\Service\\RemoteOptionsService' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Service/RemoteOptionsService.php',
         'OCA\\Richdocuments\\Service\\RemoteService' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Service/RemoteService.php',
         'OCA\\Richdocuments\\Service\\UserScopeService' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Service/UserScopeService.php',
         'OCA\\Richdocuments\\Settings\\Admin' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Settings/Admin.php',
diff --git a/lib/Preview/Office.php b/lib/Preview/Office.php
index 747b082b9f..4ec6ab7a21 100644
--- a/lib/Preview/Office.php
+++ b/lib/Preview/Office.php
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 
 use OC\Preview\Provider;
 use OCA\Richdocuments\Capabilities;
+use OCA\Richdocuments\Service\RemoteOptionsService;
+use OCP\Files\FileInfo;
 use OCP\Http\Client\IClientService;
 use OCP\IConfig;
 use OCP\ILogger;
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ private function getWopiURL() {
 		return $this->config->getAppValue('richdocuments', 'wopi_url');
 	}
 
-	public function isAvailable(\OCP\Files\FileInfo $file) {
+	public function isAvailable(FileInfo $file) {
 		if (isset($this->capabilitites['collabora']['convert-to']['available'])) {
 			return (bool)$this->capabilitites['collabora']['convert-to']['available'];
 		}
@@ -78,11 +80,9 @@ public function getThumbnail($path, $maxX, $maxY, $scalingup, $fileview) {
 		}
 
 		$client = $this->clientService->newClient();
-		$options = [
-			'timeout' => 25,
-			// FIXME: Can be removed once https://github.com/CollaboraOnline/online/issues/6983 is fixed upstream
-			'expect' => false,
-		];
+		$options = RemoteOptionsService::getDefaultOptions();
+		// FIXME: can be removed once https://github.com/CollaboraOnline/online/issues/6983 is fixed upstream
+		$options['expect'] = false;
 
 		if ($this->config->getAppValue('richdocuments', 'disable_certificate_verification') === 'yes') {
 			$options['verify'] = false;
diff --git a/lib/Service/RemoteOptionsService.php b/lib/Service/RemoteOptionsService.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..860e832f56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Service/RemoteOptionsService.php
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+namespace OCA\Richdocuments\Service;
+
+class RemoteOptionsService {
+	public const REMOTE_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT = 5;
+
+	public static function getDefaultOptions(int $timeout = self::REMOTE_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT): array {
+		return [
+			'timeout' => $timeout,
+			'nextcloud' => [
+				'allow_local_address' => true,
+			]
+		];
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/lib/Service/RemoteService.php b/lib/Service/RemoteService.php
index fff74edb6f..2b1d2490d7 100644
--- a/lib/Service/RemoteService.php
+++ b/lib/Service/RemoteService.php
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
 
 class RemoteService {
-
-	public const REMOTE_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT = 25;
-
 	public function __construct(
 		private AppConfig $appConfig,
 		private IClientService $clientService,
@@ -66,12 +63,10 @@ private function getRequestOptionsForFile(File $file, ?string $target = null): a
 			$stream = $file->fopen('rb');
 		}
 
-		$options = [
-			'timeout' => self::REMOTE_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT,
-			'multipart' => [
-				['name' => $file->getName(), 'contents' => $stream],
-				['name' => 'target', 'contents' => $target]
-			]
+		$options = RemoteOptionsService::getDefaultOptions(25);
+		$options['multipart'] = [
+			['name' => $file->getName(), 'contents' => $stream],
+			['name' => 'target', 'contents' => $target]
 		];
 
 		if ($this->appConfig->getDisableCertificateValidation()) {