Add to Adobe Media Encoder Queue not working (After Effects to Media Encoder)

Hey there, 

Have had a look through the forms and couldn't find any solve for this but I'm having troubles adding files to the Media Encoder Queue. I don't get an error or any signs of loading, it just seems like both programs fail to connect.

Mac system: 15.6 (24G84)
After Effects version: 25.5.0

Media Encoder Version: 25.5

Trial and error log: 
-Reinstalled both applications
-started Media Encoder and AE after

-Adding an AE file manually using the "+" icon results in an endless loading loop, as if the 2 can not connect
-Saved AE file under different name and location
-Uninstalled any bet

Things to consider:
-AE render queue is working as intended
-Im viewing the queue tab in Media Encoder
-Adding to Media Encoder through Premiere works fine.

Any help would be appreciated as this is needed for a current project where I need to dynamically render different versions of the same comp and doing it through the render queue has proven to be quite tedious.