diff --git a/src/pakfire/lib/functions.pl b/src/pakfire/lib/functions.pl
index bbc580ad2..291a111b9 100644
--- a/src/pakfire/lib/functions.pl
+++ b/src/pakfire/lib/functions.pl
@@ -157,10 +157,12 @@ sub fetchfile {
 		if ($proxysettings{'UPSTREAM_PROXY'}) {
 			logger("DOWNLOAD INFO: Upstream proxy: \"$proxysettings{'UPSTREAM_PROXY'}\"");
 			if ($proxysettings{'UPSTREAM_USER'}) {
-				$ua->proxy([["http", "https"] => "http://$proxysettings{'UPSTREAM_USER'}:$proxysettings{'UPSTREAM_PASSWORD'}@"."$proxysettings{'UPSTREAM_PROXY'}/"]);
+				$ua->proxy("http" => "http://$proxysettings{'UPSTREAM_USER'}:$proxysettings{'UPSTREAM_PASSWORD'}\@$proxysettings{'UPSTREAM_PROXY'}/");
+				$ua->proxy("https" => "http://$proxysettings{'UPSTREAM_USER'}:$proxysettings{'UPSTREAM_PASSWORD'}\@$proxysettings{'UPSTREAM_PROXY'}/");
 				logger("DOWNLOAD INFO: Logging in with: \"$proxysettings{'UPSTREAM_USER'}\" - \"$proxysettings{'UPSTREAM_PASSWORD'}\"");
 			} else {
-				$ua->proxy([["http", "https"] => "http://$proxysettings{'UPSTREAM_PROXY'}/"]);
+				$ua->proxy("http" => "http://$proxysettings{'UPSTREAM_PROXY'}/");
+				$ua->proxy("https" => "http://$proxysettings{'UPSTREAM_PROXY'}/");
 			}
 		}