diff --git a/api/app/clients/OpenAIClient.js b/api/app/clients/OpenAIClient.js
index c7c973e482..115cb26432 100644
--- a/api/app/clients/OpenAIClient.js
+++ b/api/app/clients/OpenAIClient.js
@@ -145,10 +145,6 @@ class OpenAIClient extends BaseClient {
     if (reverseProxy) {
       this.completionsUrl = reverseProxy;
       this.langchainProxy = extractBaseURL(reverseProxy);
-      !this.langchainProxy &&
-        console.warn(`The reverse proxy URL ${reverseProxy} is not valid for Plugins.
-The url must follow OpenAI specs, for example: https://localhost:8080/v1/chat/completions
-If your reverse proxy is compatible to OpenAI specs in every other way, it may still work without plugins enabled.`);
     } else if (isChatGptModel) {
       this.completionsUrl = 'https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions';
     } else {
diff --git a/api/app/clients/PluginsClient.js b/api/app/clients/PluginsClient.js
index 801219c842..585cf05742 100644
--- a/api/app/clients/PluginsClient.js
+++ b/api/app/clients/PluginsClient.js
@@ -36,10 +36,6 @@ class PluginsClient extends OpenAIClient {
 
     if (this.options.reverseProxyUrl) {
       this.langchainProxy = extractBaseURL(this.options.reverseProxyUrl);
-      !this.langchainProxy &&
-        console.warn(`The reverse proxy URL ${this.options.reverseProxyUrl} is not valid for Plugins.
-The url must follow OpenAI specs, for example: https://localhost:8080/v1/chat/completions
-If your reverse proxy is compatible to OpenAI specs in every other way, it may still work without plugins enabled.`);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/api/app/clients/specs/OpenAIClient.test.js b/api/app/clients/specs/OpenAIClient.test.js
index ff7ab2f6de..3fbf75f574 100644
--- a/api/app/clients/specs/OpenAIClient.test.js
+++ b/api/app/clients/specs/OpenAIClient.test.js
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ describe('OpenAIClient', () => {
 
       client.setOptions({ reverseProxyUrl: 'https://example.com/completions' });
       expect(client.completionsUrl).toBe('https://example.com/completions');
-      expect(client.langchainProxy).toBe(null);
+      expect(client.langchainProxy).toBe('https://example.com/completions');
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/api/server/services/ModelService.js b/api/server/services/ModelService.js
index 4dbc780693..7a2917832a 100644
--- a/api/server/services/ModelService.js
+++ b/api/server/services/ModelService.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-const Keyv = require('keyv');
+const HttpsProxyAgent = require('https-proxy-agent');
 const axios = require('axios');
+const Keyv = require('keyv');
 const { isEnabled } = require('../utils');
 const { extractBaseURL } = require('../../utils');
 const keyvRedis = require('../../cache/keyvRedis');
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ const modelsCache = isEnabled(process.env.USE_REDIS)
   ? new Keyv({ store: keyvRedis })
   : new Keyv({ namespace: 'models' });
 
-const { OPENROUTER_API_KEY, OPENAI_REVERSE_PROXY, CHATGPT_MODELS, ANTHROPIC_MODELS } =
+const { OPENROUTER_API_KEY, OPENAI_REVERSE_PROXY, CHATGPT_MODELS, ANTHROPIC_MODELS, PROXY } =
   process.env ?? {};
 
 const fetchOpenAIModels = async (opts = { azure: false, plugins: false }, _models = []) => {
@@ -39,13 +40,18 @@ const fetchOpenAIModels = async (opts = { azure: false, plugins: false }, _model
     return cachedModels;
   }
 
-  if (basePath?.includes('v1') || opts.azure) {
+  if (basePath || opts.azure) {
     try {
-      const res = await axios.get(`${basePath}${opts.azure ? '' : '/models'}`, {
+      const payload = {
         headers: {
           Authorization: `Bearer ${apiKey}`,
         },
-      });
+      };
+
+      if (PROXY) {
+        payload.httpsAgent = new HttpsProxyAgent(PROXY);
+      }
+      const res = await axios.get(`${basePath}${opts.azure ? '' : '/models'}`, payload);
 
       models = res.data.data.map((item) => item.id);
       // console.log(`Fetched ${models.length} models from ${opts.azure ? 'Azure ' : ''}OpenAI API`);
diff --git a/api/utils/extractBaseURL.js b/api/utils/extractBaseURL.js
index 83565a4caf..cc95f4481d 100644
--- a/api/utils/extractBaseURL.js
+++ b/api/utils/extractBaseURL.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * Extracts a valid OpenAI baseURL from a given string, matching "url/v1," also an added suffix,
  * ending with "/openai" (to allow the Cloudflare, LiteLLM pattern).
+ * Returns the original URL if no match is found.
  *
  * Examples:
  * - `https://open.ai/v1/chat` -> `https://open.ai/v1`
@@ -9,12 +10,11 @@
  * - `https://open.ai/v1/hi/openai` -> `https://open.ai/v1/hi/openai`
  *
  * @param {string} url - The URL to be processed.
- * @returns {string|null} The matched pattern or null if no match is found.
+ * @returns {string} The matched pattern or input if no match is found.
  */
 function extractBaseURL(url) {
-  // First, let's make sure the URL contains '/v1'.
   if (!url.includes('/v1')) {
-    return null;
+    return url;
   }
 
   // Find the index of '/v1' to use it as a reference point.
diff --git a/api/utils/extractBaseURL.spec.js b/api/utils/extractBaseURL.spec.js
index 1403ac9968..299b9c1397 100644
--- a/api/utils/extractBaseURL.spec.js
+++ b/api/utils/extractBaseURL.spec.js
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ describe('extractBaseURL', () => {
     );
   });
 
-  test('should return null if the URL does not match the expected pattern', () => {
+  test('should return input if the URL does not match the expected pattern', () => {
     const url = 'https://someotherdomain.com/notv1';
-    expect(extractBaseURL(url)).toBeNull();
+    expect(extractBaseURL(url)).toBe(url);
   });
 
   // Test our JSDoc examples.