diff --git a/src/schema.mjs b/src/schema.mjs
index a0049a7..248b01e 100644
--- a/src/schema.mjs
+++ b/src/schema.mjs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export const https = {
         url: {
           type: "string",
           format: "uri",
-          pattern: "https://",
+          pattern: "^(https|http)://",
         },
         method: { type: "string" },
         body: { type: "string" },
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export const graphql = {
         url: {
           type: "string",
           format: "uri",
-          pattern: "^https://",
+          pattern: "^(https|http)://",
         },
         body: { type: "string" },
         headers: { type: "object" },
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export const jsonrpc = {
         url: {
           type: "string",
           format: "uri",
-          pattern: "^https://",
+          pattern: "^(https|http)://",
         },
       },
       required: ["url"],
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ export const ipfs = {
         gateway: {
           type: "string",
           format: "uri",
-          pattern: "^https?://[^/]+/(ip[fn]s)/",
+          pattern: "^(https|http)?://[^/]+/(ip[fn]s)/",
           $comment:
             "Must equate to a regular IPFS path gateway. We had initially considered supporting subdomain gateways too, but a lack of expressing their URIs generically lead us ignore their support.",
         },
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ export const arweave = {
         gateway: {
           type: "string",
           format: "uri",
-          pattern: "^https://",
+          pattern: "^(https|http)://",
         },
         headers: { type: "object" },
       },
diff --git a/test/schema_test.mjs b/test/schema_test.mjs
index 853cfff..77806a8 100644
--- a/test/schema_test.mjs
+++ b/test/schema_test.mjs
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ import {
   crawlPath,
   ipfs,
   arweave,
+  graphql,
+  jsonrpc,
+  https,
 } from "../src/schema.mjs";
 
 const ajv = new Ajv();
@@ -388,7 +391,7 @@ test.skip("if crawl path validator throws if transformer.args[0] isn't a string"
   t.is(check.errors[0].message, "must be string");
 });
 
-test("should be a valid ipfs message", async (t) => {
+test("should be a valid ipfs message", (t) => {
   const check = ajv.compile(ipfs);
   const message = {
     options: {
@@ -404,7 +407,7 @@ test("should be a valid ipfs message", async (t) => {
   t.true(valid);
 });
 
-test("ipfs gateway is a https url", async (t) => {
+test("ipfs gateway is a https url", (t) => {
   const check = ajv.compile(ipfs);
   const message = {
     options: {
@@ -421,7 +424,7 @@ test("ipfs gateway is a https url", async (t) => {
   t.true(check.errors[0].instancePath.includes("/options/gateway"));
 });
 
-test("ipfs message url should end with ipfs/", async (t) => {
+test("ipfs message url should end with ipfs/", (t) => {
   const check = ajv.compile(ipfs);
   const message = {
     options: {
@@ -438,7 +441,7 @@ test("ipfs message url should end with ipfs/", async (t) => {
   t.true(check.errors[0].instancePath.includes("/options/gateway"));
 });
 
-test("should be a valid arweave message", async (t) => {
+test("should be a valid arweave message", (t) => {
   const check = ajv.compile(arweave);
   const message = {
     options: {
@@ -454,7 +457,7 @@ test("should be a valid arweave message", async (t) => {
   t.true(valid);
 });
 
-test("arweave gateway should be a https url", async (t) => {
+test("arweave gateway should be a https url", (t) => {
   const check = ajv.compile(arweave);
   const message = {
     options: {
@@ -469,3 +472,75 @@ test("arweave gateway should be a https url", async (t) => {
   const invalid = check(message);
   t.falsy(invalid);
 });
+
+test("that all worker messages allow local (gateway) uris starting with 'http'", (t) => {
+  const c1 = ajv.compile(arweave);
+  const m1 = {
+    options: {
+      uri: "ar://ltmVC0dpe7_KxFHj0-S7mdvXSfmcJOec4_OfjwSzLRk/1",
+      gateway: "http://localhost",
+    },
+    version: "1.0.0",
+    type: "arweave",
+    commissioner: "test",
+  };
+  const r1 = c1(m1);
+  t.true(r1);
+
+  const c2 = ajv.compile(ipfs);
+  const m2 = {
+    options: {
+      uri: "ipfs://Qme7ss3ARVgxv6rXqVPiikMJ8u2NLgmgszg13pYrDKEoiu",
+      gateway: "http://localhost/ipfs/",
+    },
+    version: "1.0.0",
+    type: "ipfs",
+    commissioner: "test",
+  };
+
+  const r2 = c2(m2);
+  t.true(r2);
+
+  const c3 = ajv.compile(graphql);
+  const m3 = {
+    options: {
+      url: "http://localhost",
+      body: "abc",
+    },
+    version: "1.0.0",
+    type: "graphql",
+    commissioner: "test",
+  };
+
+  const r3 = c3(m3);
+  t.true(r3);
+
+  const c4 = ajv.compile(https);
+  const m4 = {
+    options: {
+      url: "http://localhost",
+      method: "GET",
+    },
+    version: "1.0.0",
+    type: "https",
+    commissioner: "test",
+  };
+
+  const r4 = c4(m4);
+  t.true(r4);
+
+  const c5 = ajv.compile(jsonrpc);
+  const m5 = {
+    options: {
+      url: "http://localhost",
+    },
+    method: "eth_call",
+    version: "1.0.0",
+    type: "json-rpc",
+    params: [],
+    commissioner: "test",
+  };
+
+  const r5 = c5(m5);
+  t.true(r5);
+});