diff --git a/homeharvest/core/scrapers/__init__.py b/homeharvest/core/scrapers/__init__.py
index 2bdf972..2f14381 100644
--- a/homeharvest/core/scrapers/__init__.py
+++ b/homeharvest/core/scrapers/__init__.py
@@ -16,7 +16,14 @@ class Scraper:
         self.location = scraper_input.location
         self.listing_type = scraper_input.listing_type
 
-        self.session = requests.Session(proxies=scraper_input.proxy)
+        self.session = requests.Session()
+        if scraper_input.proxy:
+            proxy_url = scraper_input.proxy
+            proxies = {
+                "http": proxy_url,
+                "https": proxy_url
+            }
+            self.session.proxies.update(proxies)
         self.listing_type = scraper_input.listing_type
         self.site_name = scraper_input.site_name