diff --git a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_general.tmpl b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_general.tmpl
index 919e91e8..afd01d09 100644
--- a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_general.tmpl
+++ b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_general.tmpl
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@
                             </label>
                             <label class="nocheck clearfix">
                                 <span class="component-title">&nbsp;</span>
-                                <span class="component-desc">Proxy to use for connecting to providers</b></span>
+                                <span class="component-desc">Proxy to use for connecting to providers.  Leave empty to not use proxy</b></span>
                             </label>
                         </div>
                         <input type="submit" class="btn config_submitter" value="Save Changes" />
diff --git a/sickbeard/__init__.py b/sickbeard/__init__.py
index 79ff342c..ae6c4d1f 100644
--- a/sickbeard/__init__.py
+++ b/sickbeard/__init__.py
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ def initialize(consoleLogging=True):
             METADATA_WDTV, METADATA_TIVO, IGNORE_WORDS, CALENDAR_UNPROTECTED, CREATE_MISSING_SHOW_DIRS, \
             ADD_SHOWS_WO_DIR, USE_SUBTITLES, SUBTITLES_LANGUAGES, SUBTITLES_DIR, SUBTITLES_SERVICES_LIST, SUBTITLES_SERVICES_ENABLED, SUBTITLES_HISTORY, SUBTITLES_FINDER_FREQUENCY, subtitlesFinderScheduler, \
             USE_FAILED_DOWNLOADS, DELETE_FAILED, ANON_REDIRECT, LOCALHOST_IP, TMDB_API_KEY, \
-	    PROXY_SETTING 
+            PROXY_SETTING 
 
         if __INITIALIZED__:
             return False
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ def initialize(consoleLogging=True):
 
         LOCALHOST_IP = check_setting_str(CFG, 'General', 'localhost_ip', '')
         ANON_REDIRECT = check_setting_str(CFG, 'General', 'anon_redirect', 'http://dereferer.org/?')
-        PROXY_SETTING = check_setting_str(CFG, 'General', 'proxy_setting', 'http://192.168.1.11:8118')
+        PROXY_SETTING = check_setting_str(CFG, 'General', 'proxy_setting', '')
         # attempt to help prevent users from breaking links by using a bad url 
         if not ANON_REDIRECT.endswith('?'):
             ANON_REDIRECT = ''