diff --git a/sickbeard/__init__.py b/sickbeard/__init__.py
index 17a7945a..40b69343 100755
--- a/sickbeard/__init__.py
+++ b/sickbeard/__init__.py
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ def initialize(consoleLogging=True):
 
         ANON_REDIRECT = check_setting_str(CFG, 'General', 'anon_redirect', 'http://dereferer.org/?')
         PROXY_SETTING = check_setting_str(CFG, 'General', 'proxy_setting', '')
-        PROXY_INDEXERS = bool(check_setting_str(CFG, 'General', 'proxy_indexers', 1))
+        PROXY_INDEXERS = bool(check_setting_int(CFG, 'General', 'proxy_indexers', 1))
         # attempt to help prevent users from breaking links by using a bad url 
         if not ANON_REDIRECT.endswith('?'):
             ANON_REDIRECT = ''