diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d8aca44..efd4682 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.0.11 // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180228061459-e0a39a4cb421 // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/mwitkow/go-http-dialer v0.0.0-20161116154839-378f744fb2b8 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.20.0 // indirect
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2cb773f..c39f9a8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180228061459-e0a39a4cb421 h1:ZqeYNhU3OH
 github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180228061459-e0a39a4cb421/go.mod h1:6dJC0mAP4ikYIbvyc7fijjWJddQyLn8Ig3JB5CqoB9Q=
 github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 h1:xBagoLtFs94CBntxluKeaWgTMpvLxC4ur3nMaC9Gz0M=
 github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2/go.mod h1:yWuevngMOJpCy52FWWMvUC8ws7m/LJsjYzDa0/r8luk=
+github.com/mwitkow/go-http-dialer v0.0.0-20161116154839-378f744fb2b8 h1:BhQQWYKJwXPtAhm12d4gQU4LKS9Yov22yOrDc2QA7ho=
+github.com/mwitkow/go-http-dialer v0.0.0-20161116154839-378f744fb2b8/go.mod h1:ntWhh7pzdiiRKBMxUB5iG+Q2gmZBxGxpX1KyK6N8kX8=
 github.com/orcaman/concurrent-map/v2 v2.0.1 h1:jOJ5Pg2w1oeB6PeDurIYf6k9PQ+aTITr/6lP/L/zp6c=
 github.com/orcaman/concurrent-map/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:9Eq3TG2oBe5FirmYWQfYO5iH1q0Jv47PLaNK++uCdOM=
 github.com/panjf2000/ants/v2 v2.8.2 h1:D1wfANttg8uXhC9149gRt1PDQ+dLVFjNXkCEycMcvQQ=
diff --git a/pkg/http/client.go b/pkg/http/client.go
index e9f0afc..99c30e9 100644
--- a/pkg/http/client.go
+++ b/pkg/http/client.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/debridmediamanager/zurg/internal/config"
 	"github.com/debridmediamanager/zurg/pkg/hosts"
 	"github.com/debridmediamanager/zurg/pkg/logutil"
+	http_dialer "github.com/mwitkow/go-http-dialer"
 	"golang.org/x/net/proxy"
 
 	cmap "github.com/orcaman/concurrent-map/v2"
@@ -119,12 +120,11 @@ func NewHTTPClient(token string, maxRetries int, timeoutSecs int, ensureIPv6Host
 			log.Errorf("Failed to parse proxy URL: %v", err)
 			return nil
 		}
-		proxyDialer, err := proxy.FromURL(proxyURL, dialer)
+		dialer, err = proxyDialer(proxyURL)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Errorf("Failed to create proxy dialer: %v", err)
 			return nil
 		}
-		dialer = proxyDialer
 	}
 
 	if cfg.ShouldForceIPv6() {
@@ -245,3 +245,15 @@ func (r *HTTPClient) replaceHostIfNeeded(req *http.Request) {
 		req.URL.Host = newHost
 	}
 }
+
+func proxyDialer(proxyURL *url.URL) (proxy.Dialer, error) {
+	if proxyURL.Scheme == "http" || proxyURL.Scheme == "https" {
+		// Create a new HTTP proxy dialer
+		httpProxyDialer := http_dialer.New(proxyURL)
+		return httpProxyDialer, nil
+	} else if proxyURL.Scheme == "socks5" {
+		// For SOCKS5 proxies, use the proxy package's FromURL
+		return proxy.FromURL(proxyURL, proxy.Direct)
+	}
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported proxy scheme: %s", proxyURL.Scheme)
+}