diff --git a/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/components/collections/Collection.vue b/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/components/collections/Collection.vue
index 41600319..8a7364d6 100644
--- a/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/components/collections/Collection.vue
+++ b/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/components/collections/Collection.vue
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@
             @click="emit('add-folder')"
           />
           <HoppButtonSecondary
-            v-if="!isEmpty"
             v-tippy="{ theme: 'tooltip' }"
             :icon="IconPlaySquare"
             :title="t('collection_runner.run_collection')"
@@ -145,7 +144,6 @@
                     "
                   />
                   <HoppSmartItem
-                    v-if="!isEmpty"
                     ref="runCollectionAction"
                     :icon="IconPlaySquare"
                     :label="t('collection_runner.run_collection')"
@@ -372,28 +370,6 @@ const ordering = ref(false)
 const orderingLastItem = ref(false)
 const dropItemID = ref("")
 
-/**
- * Determines if the collection/folder is empty.
- * A collection/folder is considered empty if it has no requests and no child folders.
- */
-const isEmpty = computed(() => {
-  if (!props.data) return true
-
-  if (props.collectionsType === "my-collections") {
-    const collection = props.data as HoppCollection
-    const req = collection.requests.length
-    const fol = collection.folders.length
-
-    return req === 0 && fol === 0
-  }
-
-  const teamCollection = props.data as TeamCollection
-  const req = teamCollection.requests?.length ?? 0
-  const child = teamCollection.children?.length ?? 0
-
-  return req === 0 && child === 0
-})
-
 /**
  * Determines if the collection/folder is sortable.
  * A collection/folder is sortable if it has more than one request or more than one child folder.
diff --git a/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/helpers/RequestRunner.ts b/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/helpers/RequestRunner.ts
index da914d1d..9c06f737 100644
--- a/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/helpers/RequestRunner.ts
+++ b/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/helpers/RequestRunner.ts
@@ -397,8 +397,30 @@ export function runRESTRequest$(
 
   const cookieJarEntries = getCookieJarEntries()
 
+  const { request, inheritedProperties } = tab.value.document
+
+  const requestAuth =
+    request.auth.authType === "inherit" && request.auth.authActive
+      ? inheritedProperties?.auth.inheritedAuth
+      : request.auth
+
+  const inheritedHeaders = inheritedProperties?.headers
+    ?.filter((header) => header.inheritedHeader)
+    .map((header) => header.inheritedHeader!)
+
+  const requestHeaders: HoppRESTHeaders = [
+    ...(inheritedHeaders ?? []),
+    ...request.headers,
+  ]
+
+  const resolvedRequest = {
+    ...tab.value.document.request,
+    auth: requestAuth ?? { authType: "none", authActive: false },
+    headers: requestHeaders,
+  }
+
   const res = delegatePreRequestScriptRunner(
-    tab.value.document.request,
+    resolvedRequest,
     getCombinedEnvVariables(),
     cookieJarEntries
   ).then(async (preRequestScriptResult) => {
@@ -409,31 +431,6 @@ export function runRESTRequest$(
       return E.left("script_fail" as const)
     }
 
-    const requestAuth =
-      tab.value.document.request.auth.authType === "inherit" &&
-      tab.value.document.request.auth.authActive
-        ? tab.value.document.inheritedProperties?.auth.inheritedAuth
-        : tab.value.document.request.auth
-
-    let requestHeaders
-
-    const inheritedHeaders =
-      tab.value.document.inheritedProperties?.headers.map((header) => {
-        if (header.inheritedHeader) {
-          return header.inheritedHeader
-        }
-        return []
-      })
-
-    if (inheritedHeaders) {
-      requestHeaders = [
-        ...inheritedHeaders,
-        ...tab.value.document.request.headers,
-      ]
-    } else {
-      requestHeaders = [...tab.value.document.request.headers]
-    }
-
     const finalRequestVariables =
       tab.value.document.request.requestVariables.map(
         (v: HoppRESTRequestVariable) => {
@@ -460,9 +457,7 @@ export function runRESTRequest$(
       }))
 
     const finalRequest = {
-      ...tab.value.document.request,
-      auth: requestAuth ?? { authType: "none", authActive: false },
-      headers: requestHeaders as HoppRESTHeaders,
+      ...resolvedRequest,
       ...(preRequestScriptResult.right.updatedRequest ?? {}),
     }