diff --git a/frontend/src/components/SettingsForm/index.tsx b/frontend/src/components/SettingsForm/index.tsx
index 90f96981f..0c81dbe1b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/SettingsForm/index.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/SettingsForm/index.tsx
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import { TorIcon } from '../Icons';
 import SwapCalls from '@mui/icons-material/SwapCalls';
 import { FederationContext, type UseFederationStoreType } from '../../contexts/FederationContext';
 import { GarageContext, UseGarageStoreType } from '../../contexts/GarageContext';
+import { apiClient } from '../../services/api';
 
 interface SettingsFormProps {
   dense?: boolean;
@@ -252,6 +253,7 @@ const SettingsForm = ({ dense = false }: SettingsFormProps): JSX.Element => {
                 onChange={(_e, useProxy) => {
                   setSettings({ ...settings, useProxy });
                   systemClient.setItem('settings_use_proxy', String(useProxy));
+                  apiClient.useProxy = useProxy
                 }}
               >
                 <ToggleButton value={true} color='primary'>
diff --git a/frontend/src/services/api/ApiNativeClient/index.ts b/frontend/src/services/api/ApiNativeClient/index.ts
index 93f8ba396..afc1b51ac 100644
--- a/frontend/src/services/api/ApiNativeClient/index.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/services/api/ApiNativeClient/index.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class ApiNativeClient implements ApiClient {
 
   public delete: (baseUrl: string, path: string, auth?: Auth) => Promise<object | undefined> =
     async (baseUrl, path, auth) => {
-      if (!this.proxy) this.webClient.delete(baseUrl, path, auth);
+      if (!this.useProxy) return this.webClient.delete(baseUrl, path, auth);
       return await window.NativeRobosats?.postMessage({
         category: 'http',
         type: 'delete',
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class ApiNativeClient implements ApiClient {
     body: object,
     auth?: Auth,
   ) => Promise<object | undefined> = async (baseUrl, path, body, auth) => {
-    if (!this.proxy) this.webClient.post(baseUrl, path, body, auth);
+    if (!this.useProxy) return this.webClient.post(baseUrl, path, body, auth);
     return await window.NativeRobosats?.postMessage({
       category: 'http',
       type: 'post',
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class ApiNativeClient implements ApiClient {
     path,
     auth,
   ) => {
-    if (!this.proxy) this.webClient.get(baseUrl, path, auth);
+    if (!this.useProxy) return this.webClient.get(baseUrl, path, auth);
     return await window.NativeRobosats?.postMessage({
       category: 'http',
       type: 'get',