Hopefully fix

main.js

@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
  */
 
 console.log("Starting up...");
-import sdk from 'matrix-js-sdk';
+import * as sdk from 'matrix-js-sdk';
+import matrixcs from 'matrix-js-sdk'
 import fs from 'fs';
 import log4js from 'log4js';
 import https from 'https';
@@ -30,6 +31,10 @@ var logger = log4js.getLogger();
 logger.level = settings.loglevel;
 logger.info("Log initialized.");
 var initialsynccomplete = false;
+
+// https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/issues/2415#issuecomment-1188812401
+matrixcs.request(request);
+
 /**
  * From https://github.com/stevekinney/node-phone-formatter
  * @param {string} phoneNumber
@@ -462,6 +467,7 @@ var httpserver = express();
 var jsonParser = bodyParser.json();
 client.startClient({initialSyncLimit: 10});
 logger.info("Plugged into the matrix.");
+
 client.once('sync', function (state, prevState, res) {
     logger.debug("Initial sync complete (" + state + ")");
     initialsynccomplete = true;