diff --git a/mercury_frontend/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/mercury_frontend/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 9954a7b..a315814 100644
--- a/mercury_frontend/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/mercury_frontend/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
          https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent#ACTION_PROCESS_TEXT.
 
          In particular, this is used by the Flutter engine in io.flutter.plugin.text.ProcessTextPlugin. -->
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
     <queries>
         <intent>
             <action android:name="android.intent.action.PROCESS_TEXT"/>