Localhost refused to connect

Hey Folks,

been playing for a while, however, my session expired and when i tried logging back in via browser, it refuses to connect to localhost and generates the below error:

Client Version: 2023.6.1
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not extract value with pattern 'code=([^ &]+)' from: �s��,����^n���������R���R� ���J���s4s���3#M�#�4I��� ���+�/�,�0̨̩����/5����+��
at com.faforever.client.login.OAuthValuesReceiver.extractValue(OAuthValuesReceiver.java:148)
at com.faforever.client.login.OAuthValuesReceiver.readValues(OAuthValuesReceiver.java:140)
at com.faforever.client.login.OAuthValuesReceiver.readWithUri(OAuthValuesReceiver.java:102)
at com.faforever.client.login.OAuthValuesReceiver.lambda$receiveValues$1(OAuthValuesReceiver.java:64)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$AsyncSupply.run(CompletableFuture.java:1768)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$AsyncSupply.exec(CompletableFuture.java:1760)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask.doExec(ForkJoinTask.java:373)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool$WorkQueue.topLevelExec(ForkJoinPool.java:1182)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool.scan(ForkJoinPool.java:1655)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool.runWorker(ForkJoinPool.java:1622)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinWorkerThread.run(ForkJoinWorkerThread.java:165)

Try to change default browser; Or/and maybe security settings interfering with it.