Axios throws self signed certificate error in asyncData (nuxt) - ssl

Question

I am working on a project and I am using nuxt for it. API calls are being made to node.js server over https, and since everything is in my local development, I am using self signed certificates.
When I try to make axios call from asyncData, I receive
ERROR self signed certificate 15:08:11
at TLSSocket.onConnectSecure (_tls_wrap.js:1049:34)
at TLSSocket.emit (events.js:182:13)
at TLSSocket.EventEmitter.emit (domain.js:442:20)
at TLSSocket._finishInit (_tls_wrap.js:631:8)
Same error shows when i try to make axios call from nuxtServerInit .
Identical call made from methods and called with #click gets the data and works. Also, other calls in store actions also work without issues.
Is there a reason why this calls don't work, and also, is there a way to make axios calls as described above?
this doesn't work:
async asyncData(context) {
let result = await context.app.$axios.$get("/item", {
headers: {
"x-auth": context.store.getters["login/getToken"]
}
});
console.log("item: ", result.item);
}
and this does work without problems:
methods: {
async getItem() {
try {
let result = await this.$axios.$get("/item", {
headers: {
"x-auth": this.$store.getters["login/getToken"]
}
});
console.log("item : ", result.item);
} catch (e) {
console.log(e);
}
}
}
Thank you for help