diff --git a/searx/poolrequests.py b/searx/poolrequests.py
index f268df20..628fd5df 100644
--- a/searx/poolrequests.py
+++ b/searx/poolrequests.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class SessionSinglePool(requests.Session):
 def request(method, url, **kwargs):
     """same as requests/requests/api.py request(...) except it use SessionSinglePool and force proxies"""
     session = SessionSinglePool()
-    kwargs['proxies'] = settings['outgoing'].get('proxies', None)
+    kwargs['proxies'] = settings['outgoing'].get('proxies') or None
     response = session.request(method=method, url=url, **kwargs)
     session.close()
     return response
diff --git a/searx/webapp.py b/searx/webapp.py
index 1e66590c..3afdbefd 100644
--- a/searx/webapp.py
+++ b/searx/webapp.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ _category_names = (gettext('files'),
                    gettext('map'),
                    gettext('science'))
 
-outgoing_proxies = settings['outgoing'].get('proxies', None)
+outgoing_proxies = settings['outgoing'].get('proxies') or None
 
 
 @babel.localeselector
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ def render(template_name, override_theme=None, **kwargs):
 
     kwargs['image_proxify'] = image_proxify
 
-    kwargs['proxify'] = proxify if settings.get('result_proxy') else None
+    kwargs['proxify'] = proxify if settings.get('result_proxy', {}).get('url') else None
 
     kwargs['get_result_template'] = get_result_template