diff --git a/dotnet-app/APIL/Startup.cs b/dotnet-app/APIL/Startup.cs
index 668a7a4..6f415fe 100644
--- a/dotnet-app/APIL/Startup.cs
+++ b/dotnet-app/APIL/Startup.cs
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ public Startup(IConfiguration configuration)
 
             _appConfig = new AppConfiguration(Configuration);
 
-            IWebProxy proxy = null;
-
             if (_appConfig.UseSocks5)
             {
                 var httpClientHandler = new HttpClientHandler
diff --git a/dotnet-app/Common/WordCounterBot.Common.Logging/TelegramMessengerLogger.cs b/dotnet-app/Common/WordCounterBot.Common.Logging/TelegramMessengerLogger.cs
index 9c090bd..02ec999 100644
--- a/dotnet-app/Common/WordCounterBot.Common.Logging/TelegramMessengerLogger.cs
+++ b/dotnet-app/Common/WordCounterBot.Common.Logging/TelegramMessengerLogger.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Net.Http;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using MihaZupan;
 using Telegram.Bot;
@@ -18,15 +19,19 @@ public TelegramMessengerLogger(string name, TelegramMessengerLoggerConfiguration
             _name = name;
             _config = config;
 
-            HttpToSocks5Proxy proxy = null;
             if (_config.UseSocks5)
             {
-                proxy = new HttpToSocks5Proxy(_config.Socks5Host, _config.Socks5Port);
+                var httpClientHandler = new HttpClientHandler
+                {
+                    Proxy = new HttpToSocks5Proxy(_config.Socks5Host, _config.Socks5Port),
+                    UseProxy = true
+                };
+                var httpClient = new HttpClient(httpClientHandler);
+
+                _botClient = new TelegramBotClient(_config.TelegramToken, httpClient);
             }
 
-            _botClient = new TelegramBotClient(
-                _config.TelegramToken,
-                proxy);
+            _botClient = new TelegramBotClient(_config.TelegramToken);
         }
 
         public IDisposable BeginScope<TState>(TState state) => null;