diff --git a/surfsense_backend/app/connectors/linear_connector.py b/surfsense_backend/app/connectors/linear_connector.py
index a32fff5e7..16115c159 100644
--- a/surfsense_backend/app/connectors/linear_connector.py
+++ b/surfsense_backend/app/connectors/linear_connector.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ from datetime import datetime
 from typing import Any
 
 import httpx
-import requests
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 from sqlalchemy.future import select
 
@@ -274,7 +273,10 @@ class LinearConnector:
         if variables:
             payload["variables"] = variables
 
-        response = requests.post(self.api_url, headers=headers, json=payload)
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+            response = await client.post(
+                self.api_url, headers=headers, json=payload, timeout=30.0
+            )
 
         if response.status_code == 200:
             return response.json()
diff --git a/surfsense_web/app/dashboard/[search_space_id]/new-chat/[[...chat_id]]/page.tsx b/surfsense_web/app/dashboard/[search_space_id]/new-chat/[[...chat_id]]/page.tsx
index 975aac4cc..dd11382a8 100644
--- a/surfsense_web/app/dashboard/[search_space_id]/new-chat/[[...chat_id]]/page.tsx
+++ b/surfsense_web/app/dashboard/[search_space_id]/new-chat/[[...chat_id]]/page.tsx
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ const TOOLS_WITH_UI = new Set([
 	"scrape_webpage",
 	"create_notion_page",
 	"update_notion_page",
+	"create_linear_issue",
+	"update_linear_issue",
+	"delete_linear_issue",
 	// "write_todos", // Disabled for now
 ]);