diff --git a/api/server/services/Files/Audio/STTService.js b/api/server/services/Files/Audio/STTService.js
index 16f806de4e..fb4ffd4858 100644
--- a/api/server/services/Files/Audio/STTService.js
+++ b/api/server/services/Files/Audio/STTService.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const FormData = require('form-data');
 const { Readable } = require('stream');
 const { logger } = require('@librechat/data-schemas');
 const { genAzureEndpoint } = require('@librechat/api');
+const { HttpsProxyAgent } = require('https-proxy-agent');
 const { extractEnvVariable, STTProviders } = require('librechat-data-provider');
 const { getAppConfig } = require('~/server/services/Config');
 
@@ -266,8 +267,14 @@ class STTService {
       language,
     );
 
+    const options = { headers };
+
+    if (process.env.PROXY) {
+      options.httpsAgent = new HttpsProxyAgent(process.env.PROXY);
+    }
+
     try {
-      const response = await axios.post(url, data, { headers });
+      const response = await axios.post(url, data, options);
 
       if (response.status !== 200) {
         throw new Error('Invalid response from the STT API');
diff --git a/api/server/services/Files/Audio/TTSService.js b/api/server/services/Files/Audio/TTSService.js
index 2f36c4b9c6..e147b057f4 100644
--- a/api/server/services/Files/Audio/TTSService.js
+++ b/api/server/services/Files/Audio/TTSService.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const axios = require('axios');
 const { logger } = require('@librechat/data-schemas');
 const { genAzureEndpoint } = require('@librechat/api');
+const { HttpsProxyAgent } = require('https-proxy-agent');
 const { extractEnvVariable, TTSProviders } = require('librechat-data-provider');
 const { getRandomVoiceId, createChunkProcessor, splitTextIntoChunks } = require('./streamAudio');
 const { getAppConfig } = require('~/server/services/Config');
@@ -266,6 +267,10 @@ class TTSService {
 
     const options = { headers, responseType: stream ? 'stream' : 'arraybuffer' };
 
+    if (process.env.PROXY) {
+      options.httpsAgent = new HttpsProxyAgent(process.env.PROXY);
+    }
+
     try {
       return await axios.post(url, data, options);
     } catch (error) {