diff --git a/packages/block-brokers/src/trustless-gateway/broker.ts b/packages/block-brokers/src/trustless-gateway/broker.ts
index ec566a90f..310adbf5c 100644
--- a/packages/block-brokers/src/trustless-gateway/broker.ts
+++ b/packages/block-brokers/src/trustless-gateway/broker.ts
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ export class TrustlessGatewayBlockBroker implements BlockBroker<TrustlessGateway
     return createTrustlessGatewaySession({
       logger: this.logger,
       routing: this.routing
-    }, options)
+    }, {
+      ...options,
+      allowLocal: this.allowLocal,
+      allowInsecure: this.allowInsecure
+    })
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/block-brokers/test/trustless-gateway-utils.spec.ts b/packages/block-brokers/test/trustless-gateway-utils.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a2a42130
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/block-brokers/test/trustless-gateway-utils.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { uriToMultiaddr } from '@multiformats/uri-to-multiaddr'
+import { expect } from 'aegir/chai'
+import { filterNonHTTPMultiaddrs } from '../src/trustless-gateway/utils.js'
+
+describe('trustless-gateway-block-broker-utils', () => {
+  it('filterNonHTTPMultiaddrs respects allowInsecure multiaddrs correctly', async function () {
+    const nonSecureMaddr = uriToMultiaddr('http://mygw.com')
+    const secureMaddr = uriToMultiaddr('https://mygw.com')
+
+    const filtered = filterNonHTTPMultiaddrs([nonSecureMaddr, secureMaddr], true, true)
+
+    expect(filtered.length).to.deep.equal(2)
+  })
+
+  it('filterNonHTTPMultiaddrs filters local multiaddrs correctly', async function () {
+    const localMaddr = uriToMultiaddr('http://localhost')
+
+    const filtered = filterNonHTTPMultiaddrs([localMaddr], true, true)
+
+    expect(filtered.length).to.deep.equal(1)
+  })
+
+  it('filterNonHTTPMultiaddrs filters multiaddrs correctly', async function () {
+    const localMaddr = uriToMultiaddr('http://localhost')
+
+    const filtered = filterNonHTTPMultiaddrs([localMaddr], false, false)
+
+    expect(filtered.length).to.deep.equal(0)
+  })
+})