# Why do some sites take forever to load when using Pi-hole? (for versions \< v4.0)

**URL:** <https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/why-do-some-sites-take-forever-to-load-when-using-pi-hole-for-versions-v4-0/3654>\
**Category:** FAQs\
**Tags:** v3-3, v3-3-1, v3-2-1\
**Created:** [June 13, 2017, 2:42am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/why-do-some-sites-take-forever-to-load-when-using-pi-hole-for-versions-v4-0/3654 "2017-06-13T02:42:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Loki2043](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/5fc32e/32.png) [@Loki2043](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Loki2043)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/why-do-some-sites-take-forever-to-load-when-using-pi-hole-for-versions-v4-0/3654/4 "2017-09-22T23:08:24Z")

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Please help me understand why DNS would be requesting over HTTPS? In what scenarios does DNS skip TCP 53 and request over 443?

Regards.

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