diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 61f347e..c9f5cd8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ help:  ## display this help
 
 .PHONY: run
 run: build ## run application
-	@LOG_LEVEL=debug PURGE_METRICS_ON_CRAWL=true BLOCK_SCHEMA_INTROSPECTION=false CACHE_TTL=10 JWT_ROLE_RATE_LIMIT=false JWT_ROLE_CLAIM_PATH="Hasura.x-hasura-default-role" JWT_USER_CLAIM_PATH="Hasura.x-hasura-user-id" HOST_GRAPHQL=https://hasura8.lan/ HEALTHCHECK_GRAPHQL_URL=https://hasura8.lan/v1/graphql ./graphql-proxy
+	@LOG_LEVEL=debug PURGE_METRICS_ON_CRAWL=true BLOCK_SCHEMA_INTROSPECTION=true CACHE_TTL=10 JWT_ROLE_RATE_LIMIT=false JWT_ROLE_CLAIM_PATH="Hasura.x-hasura-default-role" JWT_USER_CLAIM_PATH="Hasura.x-hasura-user-id" HOST_GRAPHQL=https://hasura8.lan/ HEALTHCHECK_GRAPHQL_URL=https://hasura8.lan/v1/graphql PORT_GRAPHQL=8111 ./graphql-proxy
 
 .PHONY: build
 build: ## build the binary
diff --git a/graphql.go b/graphql.go
index 07525d5..a3d8dc7 100644
--- a/graphql.go
+++ b/graphql.go
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ func prepareQueriesAndExemptions() {
 
 	// Process allowed introspection queries
 	for _, q := range cfg.Security.IntrospectionAllowed {
-			introspectionAllowedQueries[strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(q))] = struct{}{}
+		cleanQuery := strings.Trim(strings.TrimSpace(q), `"`)
+		introspectionAllowedQueries[strings.ToLower(cleanQuery)] = struct{}{}
 	}
 
 	// Process allowed URLs