Testcafe Initial Set up

I get the error Safari can't open the page "https://localhost:52169/browser/connect/r5cJvcm" because Safari can't establish a secure connection to the server "localhost"

When I try to execute this

testcafe safari TestFile2.js --hostname localhost

The above command does work with chrome however if I try to execute without specifying the --hostname localhost it throws the error ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT.

How do I get the initial setup properly done to execute testcafe tests

And yes I need to execute the tests while I am connected to VPN

I did try to enable the TestCafe Browser Tools in System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Privacy -> Automation and screenrecording. But that did not help.