diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/defaults/deploy-modules/http/index.ts b/packages/cli/src/lib/defaults/deploy-modules/http/index.ts
index 80b1c9094c..c0ec89af70 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/defaults/deploy-modules/http/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/lib/defaults/deploy-modules/http/index.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import FormData from "form-data";
 import axios from "axios";
 import { readdirSync, readFileSync } from "fs-extra";
 
-const isValidUri = (uri: Uri) => uri.authority === "fs";
-
 const dirToFormData = (baseDirPath: string) => {
   const formData = new FormData();
 
@@ -34,28 +32,43 @@ const dirToFormData = (baseDirPath: string) => {
 };
 
 class HTTPDeployer implements DeployModule {
-  async execute(uri: Uri, config?: { postUrl: string }): Promise<Uri> {
-    if (!isValidUri(uri)) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `HTTP Deployer error: Invalid URI: ${uri.toString()}. Supplied URI needs to be a Filesystem URI, example: fs/./build`
-      );
-    }
-
+  async execute(
+    uri: Uri,
+    config?: { postUrl: string; headers: { name: string; value: string }[] }
+  ): Promise<Uri> {
     if (!config?.postUrl) {
       throw new Error(
         `HTTP Deployer error: No postUrl provided. Please provide a postUrl in the deploy manifest's config object`
       );
     }
 
-    const formData = dirToFormData(uri.path);
+    let response;
+    if (uri.authority === "fs" || uri.authority === "file") {
+      // URI is a FileSystem URI, so we read the directory and publish it
+      const formData = dirToFormData(uri.path);
 
-    const response = await axios.post<{ uri: string; error: string }>(
-      config.postUrl,
-      formData,
-      {
-        headers: formData.getHeaders(),
-      }
-    );
+      response = await axios.post<{ uri: string; error: string }>(
+        config.postUrl,
+        formData,
+        {
+          headers: {
+            ...formData.getHeaders(),
+            ...parseConfigHeaders(config.headers),
+          },
+        }
+      );
+    } else {
+      // URI is of another kind, so we just publish it as a redirect
+      response = await axios.post<{ uri: string; error: string }>(
+        config.postUrl,
+        {
+          uri: uri.toString(),
+        },
+        {
+          headers: parseConfigHeaders(config.headers),
+        }
+      );
+    }
 
     if (response.data.error) {
       throw new Error(response.data.error);
@@ -65,4 +78,14 @@ class HTTPDeployer implements DeployModule {
   }
 }
 
+function parseConfigHeaders(configHeaders: { name: string; value: string }[]) {
+  const headers: { [key: string]: string } = {};
+
+  configHeaders.forEach((header) => {
+    headers[header.name] = header.value;
+  });
+
+  return headers;
+}
+
 export default new HTTPDeployer();
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/defaults/deploy-modules/http/polywrap.deploy.ext.json b/packages/cli/src/lib/defaults/deploy-modules/http/polywrap.deploy.ext.json
index 0ee538d0df..f05e7fbf56 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/defaults/deploy-modules/http/polywrap.deploy.ext.json
+++ b/packages/cli/src/lib/defaults/deploy-modules/http/polywrap.deploy.ext.json
@@ -1,12 +1,24 @@
 {
   "id": "DeployManifest_Deployer_WasmAsExt",
   "type": "object",
-  "required": [
-    "postUrl"
-  ],
+  "required": ["postUrl"],
   "properties": {
     "postUrl": {
       "type": "string"
+    },
+    "headers": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "items": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "properties": {
+          "name": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "value": {
+            "type": "string"
+          }
+        }
+      }
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/defaults/deploy-modules/ipfs/index.ts b/packages/cli/src/lib/defaults/deploy-modules/ipfs/index.ts
index 446d033840..9a9de9c00f 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/defaults/deploy-modules/ipfs/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/lib/defaults/deploy-modules/ipfs/index.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import { Uri } from "@polywrap/core-js";
 const IPFSClient = require("ipfs-http-client");
 const { globSource } = IPFSClient;
 
-const isValidUri = (uri: Uri) => uri.authority === "fs";
+const isValidUri = (uri: Uri) =>
+  uri.authority === "fs" || uri.authority === "file";
 
 class IPFSDeployer implements DeployModule {
   async execute(uri: Uri, config?: { gatewayUri: string }): Promise<Uri> {