diff --git a/src/main/client_context.cpp b/src/main/client_context.cpp
index b1ad53a681c..b6b85ecc8fa 100644
--- a/src/main/client_context.cpp
+++ b/src/main/client_context.cpp
@@ -319,6 +319,8 @@ shared_ptr<PreparedStatementData> ClientContext::CreatePreparedStatement(ClientC
 			planner.parameter_data.emplace_back(value);
 		}
 	}
+
+	client_data->http_state = make_shared<HTTPState>();
 	planner.CreatePlan(std::move(statement));
 	D_ASSERT(planner.plan || !planner.properties.bound_all_parameters);
 	profiler.EndPhase();
diff --git a/tools/nodejs/package.json b/tools/nodejs/package.json
index c5cd43d53b8..a6b866129ca 100644
--- a/tools/nodejs/package.json
+++ b/tools/nodejs/package.json
@@ -28,11 +28,13 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/chai": "^4.3.4",
+    "@types/chai-as-promised": "^7.1.5",
     "@types/mocha": "^10.0.0",
     "@types/node": "^18.11.0",
     "apache-arrow": "^9.0.0",
     "aws-sdk": "^2.790.0",
     "chai": "^4.3.6",
+    "chai-as-promised": "^7.1.1",
     "jsdoc3-parser": "^2.0.0",
     "mocha": "^8.3.0",
     "ts-node": "^10.9.1",
diff --git a/tools/nodejs/test/extension.test.ts b/tools/nodejs/test/extension.test.ts
index 3af8687a409..435622a3bc4 100644
--- a/tools/nodejs/test/extension.test.ts
+++ b/tools/nodejs/test/extension.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ import {Database, DuckDbError, HttpError, TableData} from '..';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as assert from 'assert';
 import * as path from 'path';
+import chaiAsPromised from 'chai-as-promised';
+import chai, {expect} from "chai";
+
+chai.use(chaiAsPromised);
 
 const extension_base_path = "../../../build/release/extension";
 
@@ -26,6 +30,13 @@ function isHTTPException(err: DuckDbError): err is HttpError {
 
 // Note: test will pass on http request failing due to connection issues.
 const test_httpfs = async function (db: duckdb.Database) {
+    const promise = new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) =>
+        db.exec(`SELECT *
+                 FROM parquet_scan('http://localhost:1234/whatever.parquet')`, function (err: DuckDbError | null) {
+            err ? reject(err) : resolve()
+        }));
+    await chai.assert.isRejected(promise, 'IO Error: Connection error for HTTP HEAD');
+
     await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => db.all("SELECT id, first_name, last_name FROM PARQUET_SCAN('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cwida/duckdb/master/data/parquet-testing/userdata1.parquet') LIMIT 3;", function (err: null | Error, rows: TableData) {
         if (err) {
             if (err.message.startsWith("Unable to connect to URL")) {