diff --git a/src/nitter.nim b/src/nitter.nim
index f81dc1c8f..01b6ec6da 100644
--- a/src/nitter.nim
+++ b/src/nitter.nim
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ setCacheTimes(cfg)
 setHmacKey(cfg.hmacKey)
 setProxyEncoding(cfg.base64Media)
 setMaxHttpConns(cfg.httpMaxConns)
-setHttpProxy(cfg.proxy, cfg.proxyAuth)
+media.setHttpProxy(cfg.proxy, cfg.proxyAuth)
+http_pool.setHttpProxy(cfg.proxy, cfg.proxyAuth)
 initAboutPage(cfg.staticDir)
 
 waitFor initRedisPool(cfg)
diff --git a/src/routes/media.nim b/src/routes/media.nim
index de510616b..6336cc704 100644
--- a/src/routes/media.nim
+++ b/src/routes/media.nim
@@ -14,8 +14,17 @@ const
   m3u8Mime* = "application/vnd.apple.mpegurl"
   maxAge* = "max-age=604800"
 
+var
+  proxy: Proxy
+
+proc setHttpProxy*(url: string; auth: string) =
+  if url.len > 0:
+    proxy = newProxy(url, auth)
+  else:
+    proxy = nil
+
 proc safeFetch*(url: string): Future[string] {.async.} =
-  let client = newAsyncHttpClient()
+  let client = newAsyncHttpClient(proxy=proxy)
   try: result = await client.getContent(url)
   except: discard
   finally: client.close()
@@ -32,7 +41,7 @@ proc proxyMedia*(req: jester.Request; url: string): Future[HttpCode] {.async.} =
   result = Http200
   let
     request = req.getNativeReq()
-    client = newAsyncHttpClient()
+    client = newAsyncHttpClient(proxy=proxy)
 
   try:
     let res = await client.get(url)