diff --git a/api/netclient.py b/api/netclient.py
index f68c2a2..00ffebe 100644
--- a/api/netclient.py
+++ b/api/netclient.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import os
-import aiohttp
+import httpx
 
 import proxies
 
@@ -9,23 +9,26 @@ from request_manager import Request
 load_dotenv()
 
 async def stream_closedai_request(request: Request):
-    async with aiohttp.ClientSession(
-        connector=await proxies.default_proxy.get_connector(),
-        timeout=aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=request.timeout),
-        raise_for_status=False
-    ) as session:
-        async with session.request(
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(
+        # proxies=proxies.default_proxy.urls_httpx,
+        timeout=httpx.Timeout(request.timeout)
+    ) as client:
+        headers = {
+            'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+            'Authorization': f'Bearer {os.getenv("CLOSEDAI_KEY")}'
+        }
+        response = await client.request(
             method=request.method,
             url=request.url,
             json=request.payload,
-            headers={
-                'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-                'Authorization': f'Bearer {os.getenv("CLOSEDAI_KEY")}'
-            }
-        ) as response:
-            async for chunk in response.content.iter_any():
-                chunk = f'{chunk.decode("utf8")}\n\n'
-                yield chunk
+            headers=headers
+        )
+
+        response.raise_for_status()
+
+        async for chunk in response.aiter_bytes():
+            chunk = f'{chunk.decode("utf8")}\n\n'
+            yield chunk
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     pass
diff --git a/api/proxies.py b/api/proxies.py
index dd96d73..9c2cacf 100644
--- a/api/proxies.py
+++ b/api/proxies.py
@@ -15,19 +15,27 @@ class Proxy:
 
     def __init__(self,
         proxy_type: str='http',
-        host: str='127.0.0.1',
+        host_or_ip: str='127.0.0.1',
         port: int=8080,
         username: str=None,
         password: str=None
     ):
         self.proxy_type = proxy_type
-        self.ip_address = host
-        self.host = socket.gethostbyname(host)
+        self.host_or_ip = host_or_ip
+        self.ip_address = socket.gethostbyname(self.host_or_ip) if host_or_ip[0].isdigit() else host_or_ip
+        self.host = self.host_or_ip
         self.port = port
         self.username = username
         self.password = password
 
-        self.url = f'socks5://{self.username}:{self.password}@{self.ip_address}:{self.port}'
+        self.url = f'{self.proxy_type}://{self.username}:{self.password}@{self.host}:{self.port}'
+        self.urls = {
+            'http': self.url,
+            'https': self.url
+        }
+
+        self.urls_httpx = {k + '://' :v for k, v in self.urls.items()}
+        self.proxies = self.url
 
     async def initialize_connector(self, connector):
         async with aiohttp.ClientSession(
@@ -54,7 +62,7 @@ class Proxy:
 
         connector = aiohttp_socks.ProxyConnector(
             proxy_type=proxy_types[self.proxy_type],
-            host=self.ip_address,
+            host=self.host,
             port=self.port,
             rdns=False,
             username=self.username,
@@ -67,23 +75,32 @@ class Proxy:
 
 default_proxy = Proxy(
     proxy_type=os.getenv('PROXY_TYPE', 'http'),
-    host=os.getenv('PROXY_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
+    host_or_ip=os.getenv('PROXY_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
     port=int(os.getenv('PROXY_PORT', '8080')),
     username=os.getenv('PROXY_USER'),
     password=os.getenv('PROXY_PASS')
 )
 
-if __name__ == '__main__':
+def test_requests():
     import requests
 
-    print(default_proxy.url)
+    # return requests.get(
+    #     'https://checkip.amazonaws.com',
+    #     timeout=5,
+    #     proxies=default_proxy.urls
+    # ).text.strip()
 
-    received_ip = requests.get(
-        'https://checkip.amazonaws.com',
-        timeout=5,
-        proxies={
-            'https': default_proxy.url
-        }   
+
+def test_httpx():
+    import httpx
+
+    print(default_proxy.proxies)
+
+    with httpx.Client(proxies=default_proxy.proxies, headers={'Host': 'checkip.amazonaws.com'}) as client:
+        return client.get(
+        f'http://{socket.gethostbyname("checkip.amazonaws.com")}/',
     ).text.strip()
 
-    print(received_ip)
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    print(test_requests())
+    print(test_httpx())