diff --git a/packages/apps-config/src/settings/endpoints.ts b/packages/apps-config/src/settings/endpoints.ts
index b7796c18ed..b7f5d90aee 100644
--- a/packages/apps-config/src/settings/endpoints.ts
+++ b/packages/apps-config/src/settings/endpoints.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ interface LinkOption extends Option {
 function createDev (t: <T= string> (key: string, text: string, options: { ns: string }) => T): LinkOption[] {
   return [
     {
+      dnslink: 'local',
       info: 'local',
       text: t<string>('rpc.local', 'Local Node (Own, 127.0.0.1:9944)', { ns: 'apps-config' }),
       value: 'ws://127.0.0.1:9944/'
diff --git a/packages/react-hooks/src/useIpfs.ts b/packages/react-hooks/src/useIpfs.ts
index 3ee96f16b9..8238ac9912 100644
--- a/packages/react-hooks/src/useIpfs.ts
+++ b/packages/react-hooks/src/useIpfs.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import { useState } from 'react';
 
 const KNOWN = ['ipfs', 'ipns'];
 const SECTIONS = KNOWN.map((part) => `/${part}/`);
+const LOCAL_IPFS = '.ipfs.localhost';
+const LOCAL_IPNS = '.ipns.localhost';
 
 interface State {
   ipnsChain: string | null;
@@ -16,9 +18,47 @@ interface State {
   isIpns: boolean;
 }
 
-export function extractIpfsDetails (): State {
-  // get url and check to see if we are ipfs/ipns
-  const [url] = window.location.href.split('#');
+function extractLocalIpfs (url: string): State {
+  const [,, _ipfsPath] = url.split('/');
+  const ipfsPath = _ipfsPath.split(':')[0];
+
+  return {
+    ipfsHash: ipfsPath.replace(LOCAL_IPFS, ''),
+    ipfsPath,
+    ipnsChain: null,
+    ipnsDomain: null,
+    isIpfs: true,
+    isIpns: false
+  };
+}
+
+function extractLocalIpns (url: string): State {
+  const [,, _ipfsPath] = url.split('/');
+  const ipfsPath = _ipfsPath.split(':')[0];
+
+  const dnsLink = ipfsPath.replace(LOCAL_IPNS, '');
+  const linkParts = dnsLink.split('.');
+  let ipnsChain: string | null = null;
+  let ipnsDomain: string | null = null;
+
+  if (linkParts.length > 2) {
+    ipnsChain = linkParts[0];
+    ipnsDomain = linkParts.slice(1).join('.');
+  } else {
+    ipnsDomain = dnsLink;
+  }
+
+  return {
+    ipfsHash: null,
+    ipfsPath,
+    ipnsChain,
+    ipnsDomain,
+    isIpfs: true,
+    isIpns: true
+  };
+}
+
+function extractOther (url: string): State {
   const isIpfs = SECTIONS.some((part) => url.includes(part));
   const isIpns = url.includes(SECTIONS[1]);
 
@@ -61,6 +101,17 @@ export function extractIpfsDetails (): State {
   };
 }
 
+export function extractIpfsDetails (): State {
+  // get url and check to see if we are ipfs/ipns
+  const [url] = window.location.href.split('#');
+
+  return url.includes(LOCAL_IPFS)
+    ? extractLocalIpfs(url)
+    : url.includes(LOCAL_IPNS)
+      ? extractLocalIpns(url)
+      : extractOther(url);
+}
+
 export default function useIpfs (): State {
   const [state] = useState(extractIpfsDetails());