diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 95ed833c..85a5229d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@
   
 ## Changelog
   
-### **HEAD -> main** 2022/01/16 mandic00@live.com
+### **2.6.1** 2022/01/20 mandic00@live.com
 
 
-### **origin/main** 2022/01/15 mandic00@live.com
+### **origin/main** 2022/01/17 mandic00@live.com
 
+- prototype global fetch handler
 - fix face box and hand tracking when in front of face
 
 ### **2.5.8** 2022/01/14 mandic00@live.com
diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 822ca080..4d946379 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -29,19 +29,22 @@ Feature is automatically disabled in NodeJS without user impact
 
 <br><hr><br>
 
-## Pending Release Notes
+## Human 2.6 Release Notes
 
-- Add global model cache hander using indexdb in browser environments  
+- Add model cache hander using **IndexDB** in *browser* environments  
   see `config.cacheModels` setting for details  
 - Add additional demos  
   `human-motion` and `human-avatar`  
 - Updated samples image gallery  
-- Fix face box detections when face is partially occluded  
-- Fix face box scaling  
-- Fix hand tracking when hand is in front of face  
-- Fix compatibility with `ElectronJS`  
-- Fix interpolation for some body keypoints  
-- Updated blazepose calculations  
-- Changes to blazepose and handlandmarks annotations  
+- Allow monkey-patching `fetch` in NodeJS  
+  If `fetch` function is defined, it can be used to load models  
+  from HTTP/HTTPS URLs regardless of `tfjs` platform support  
+- Fix `BlazeFace` detections when face is partially occluded  
+- Fix `BlazeFace` box scaling  
+- Fix `HandTrack` tracking when hand is in front of face  
+- Fix `ElectronJS` compatibility issues
+- Fix body keypoints interpolation algorithm
+- Updated `BlazePose` calculations  
+- Changes to `BlazePose` and `HandLandmark` annotations  
 - Strong typing for string enums  
 - Updated `TFJS`  
diff --git a/src/tfjs/load.ts b/src/tfjs/load.ts
index 956ade02..c905bee9 100644
--- a/src/tfjs/load.ts
+++ b/src/tfjs/load.ts
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ const options = {
 
 async function httpHandler(url, init?): Promise<Response | null> {
   if (options.debug) log('load model fetch:', url, init);
-  if (typeof fetch === 'undefined') {
-    log('error loading model: fetch function is not defined:');
-    return null;
-  }
   return fetch(url, init);
 }
 
@@ -31,8 +27,8 @@ export async function loadModel(modelPath: string | undefined): Promise<GraphMod
   const cachedModelName = 'indexeddb://' + modelPathSegments[modelPathSegments.length - 1].replace('.json', ''); // generate short model name for cache
   const cachedModels = await tf.io.listModels(); // list all models already in cache
   const modelCached = options.cacheModels && Object.keys(cachedModels).includes(cachedModelName); // is model found in cache
-  // create model prototype and decide if load from cache or from original modelurl
-  const model: GraphModel = new tf.GraphModel(modelCached ? cachedModelName : modelUrl, { fetchFunc: (url, init?) => httpHandler(url, init) }) as unknown as GraphModel;
+  const tfLoadOptions = typeof fetch === 'undefined' ? {} : { fetchFunc: (url, init?) => httpHandler(url, init) };
+  const model: GraphModel = new tf.GraphModel(modelCached ? cachedModelName : modelUrl, tfLoadOptions) as unknown as GraphModel; // create model prototype and decide if load from cache or from original modelurl
   try {
     // @ts-ignore private function
     model.findIOHandler(); // decide how to actually load a model
diff --git a/wiki b/wiki
index 811b06ec..af424150 160000
--- a/wiki
+++ b/wiki
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 811b06ec406bfea770d2a548e7c69575d9cb9232
+Subproject commit af424150fe3dd66dae9d952989f60eb9ad87e5e4