diff --git a/backend/stream_providers.py b/backend/stream_providers.py
index d5ca056..a4be185 100755
--- a/backend/stream_providers.py
+++ b/backend/stream_providers.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class StreamProvider():
         self.logger = logger
         proxy = str(proxy)
         if len(proxy) > 5:
-            self.proxy = "socks5://" + proxy
+            self.proxy = proxy
     async def run(self):
         data = None
         try:
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class YoutubeRunner(StreamProvider):
             opts = {}
             opts["logger"] = DummyLogger()
             if isinstance(self.proxy, str):
-                opts["proxy"] = self.proxy
+                opts["proxy"] = f'socks5://{self.proxy}'
             with youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(opts) as ydl:
                 info = ydl.extract_info(self.upstream, download=False)
                 vformats = info.get("formats")