diff --git a/netbox/core/plugins.py b/netbox/core/plugins.py
index f2af3bf78..328aedf2a 100644
--- a/netbox/core/plugins.py
+++ b/netbox/core/plugins.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class Plugin:
     installed_version: str = ''
 
 
-def get_local_plugins(plugins):
+def get_local_plugins(plugins={}):
     """
     Return a dictionary of all locally-installed plugins, mapped by name.
     """
diff --git a/netbox/netbox/settings.py b/netbox/netbox/settings.py
index 6271a5287..aa0acbd91 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/settings.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/settings.py
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ STRAWBERRY_DJANGO = {
 # Plugins
 #
 
-PLUGIN_CATALOG_URL = 'httpxs://api.netbox.oss.netboxlabs.com/v1/plugins'
+PLUGIN_CATALOG_URL = 'https://api.netbox.oss.netboxlabs.com/v1/plugins'
 
 # Register any configured plugins
 for plugin_name in PLUGINS: