diff --git a/quickfixj-core/src/main/java/quickfix/mina/ProtocolFactory.java b/quickfixj-core/src/main/java/quickfix/mina/ProtocolFactory.java
index 204631557..0e9bfaf6d 100644
--- a/quickfixj-core/src/main/java/quickfix/mina/ProtocolFactory.java
+++ b/quickfixj-core/src/main/java/quickfix/mina/ProtocolFactory.java
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ private static ProxyRequest createHttpProxyRequest(InetSocketAddress address,
                                                        String proxyPassword,
                                                        String proxyDomain,
                                                        String proxyWorkstation) {
-        String uri = "http://" + address.getAddress().getHostAddress() + ":" + address.getPort();
         HashMap<String, String> props = new HashMap<>();
         props.put(HttpProxyConstants.USER_PROPERTY, proxyUser);
         props.put(HttpProxyConstants.PWD_PROPERTY, proxyPassword);
@@ -169,7 +168,7 @@ private static ProxyRequest createHttpProxyRequest(InetSocketAddress address,
             props.put(HttpProxyConstants.WORKSTATION_PROPERTY, proxyWorkstation);
         }
 
-        HttpProxyRequest req = new HttpProxyRequest(uri);
+        HttpProxyRequest req = new HttpProxyRequest(address);
         req.setProperties(props);
         if (proxyVersion != null && proxyVersion.equalsIgnoreCase("1.1")) {
             req.setHttpVersion(HttpProxyConstants.HTTP_1_1);
diff --git a/quickfixj-core/src/main/java/quickfix/mina/initiator/IoSessionInitiator.java b/quickfixj-core/src/main/java/quickfix/mina/initiator/IoSessionInitiator.java
index 71f1a8bf0..b2ad31721 100644
--- a/quickfixj-core/src/main/java/quickfix/mina/initiator/IoSessionInitiator.java
+++ b/quickfixj-core/src/main/java/quickfix/mina/initiator/IoSessionInitiator.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 import org.apache.mina.core.service.IoConnector;
 import org.apache.mina.core.session.IoSession;
 import org.apache.mina.filter.codec.ProtocolCodecFilter;
-import org.apache.mina.filter.logging.LoggingFilter;
 import org.apache.mina.proxy.ProxyConnector;
 import org.apache.mina.transport.socket.SocketConnector;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -145,7 +144,7 @@ public ConnectTask(boolean sslEnabled, SocketAddress[] socketAddresses,
         private void setupIoConnector() throws ConfigError, GeneralSecurityException {
             final CompositeIoFilterChainBuilder ioFilterChainBuilder = new CompositeIoFilterChainBuilder(userIoFilterChainBuilder);
 
-            boolean hasProxy = proxyType != null && proxyPort > 0 && socketAddresses[0] instanceof InetSocketAddress;
+            boolean hasProxy = proxyType != null && proxyPort > 0 && socketAddresses[nextSocketAddressIndex] instanceof InetSocketAddress;
 
             SSLFilter sslFilter = null;
             if (sslEnabled) {
@@ -155,14 +154,14 @@ private void setupIoConnector() throws ConfigError, GeneralSecurityException {
             ioFilterChainBuilder.addLast(FIXProtocolCodecFactory.FILTER_NAME, new ProtocolCodecFilter(new FIXProtocolCodecFactory()));
 
             IoConnector newConnector;
-            newConnector = ProtocolFactory.createIoConnector(socketAddresses[0]);
+            newConnector = ProtocolFactory.createIoConnector(socketAddresses[nextSocketAddressIndex]);
             newConnector.setHandler(new InitiatorIoHandler(fixSession, networkingOptions, eventHandlingStrategy));
             newConnector.setFilterChainBuilder(ioFilterChainBuilder);
 
             if (hasProxy) {
                 ProxyConnector proxyConnector = ProtocolFactory.createIoProxyConnector(
                         (SocketConnector) newConnector,
-                        (InetSocketAddress) socketAddresses[0],
+                        (InetSocketAddress) socketAddresses[nextSocketAddressIndex],
                         new InetSocketAddress(proxyHost, proxyPort),
                         proxyType, proxyVersion, proxyUser, proxyPassword, proxyDomain, proxyWorkstation
                 );