diff --git a/src/api/PolarisDataContext.tsx b/src/api/PolarisDataContext.tsx
index 7d510ad..d943a98 100644
--- a/src/api/PolarisDataContext.tsx
+++ b/src/api/PolarisDataContext.tsx
@@ -35,8 +35,20 @@ const PolarisDataContext = React.createContext<PolarisDataContextValue | null>(n
  * ```
  */
 export function PolarisDataProvider(props: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
-  const interval = getRefreshInterval();
-  const state = usePolarisData(interval);
+  // Re-read interval on every render to pick up changes from settings
+  const [refreshInterval, setRefreshInterval] = React.useState(getRefreshInterval());
+
+  // Poll for interval changes (localStorage changes from settings)
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    const intervalId = window.setInterval(() => {
+      const newInterval = getRefreshInterval();
+      setRefreshInterval(prev => (prev !== newInterval ? newInterval : prev));
+    }, 1000); // Check every second
+
+    return () => window.clearInterval(intervalId);
+  }, []);
+
+  const state = usePolarisData(refreshInterval);
 
   // Rename triggerRefresh to refresh for consistency
   const value = React.useMemo(
diff --git a/src/api/polaris.ts b/src/api/polaris.ts
index 12bb833..5bf8656 100644
--- a/src/api/polaris.ts
+++ b/src/api/polaris.ts
@@ -373,7 +373,9 @@ export function usePolarisData(refreshIntervalSeconds: number): PolarisDataState
           result = await response.json();
         } else {
           // Kubernetes proxy for relative URLs
-          result = await ApiProxy.request(apiPath);
+          result = await ApiProxy.request(apiPath, {
+            method: 'GET',
+          });
         }
 
         if (!cancelled) {
diff --git a/src/components/PolarisSettings.tsx b/src/components/PolarisSettings.tsx
index 907d8c3..445c5a9 100644
--- a/src/components/PolarisSettings.tsx
+++ b/src/components/PolarisSettings.tsx
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ export default function PolarisSettings(props: PluginSettingsProps) {
         }
         result = await response.json();
       } else {
-        result = await ApiProxy.request(apiPath);
+        result = await ApiProxy.request(apiPath, {
+          method: 'GET',
+        });
       }
 
       setTestResult({