# Why is my app not resolving .gov domains?

App Platform apps may be slow or unable to resolve `.gov` domains because the domain administrators have blocked DigitalOcean’s IP addresses. To fix this, you can contact the domain administrator or use a custom DNS resolver.

For example, if you are using the `example.gov` domain, you can use the following code to set Cloudflare’s DNS server as the resolver in your Node.js application:

`resolver.js`

```text
const dns = require('dns');

// Set Cloudflare's DNS server
dns.setServers(['1.1.1.1']);

const agent = new https.Agent({
  lookup: (hostname, options, callback) => {
    dns.lookup(hostname, options, callback);
  }
});

// Example usage with axios
axios.get('https://example.com', { httpsAgent: agent })
  .then(response => {})
  .catch(error => {})
```

We recommend using a custom DNS resolver only to query the `.gov` sites that have resolution issues. Setting the custom resolver as the default resolver for your app can cause connection issues to [DigitalOcean Managed Databases](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/databases/index.html.md) connected to the app.

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