diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Http/Http.cs b/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Http/Http.cs
index 34665217c..8fe910c0c 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Http/Http.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Http/Http.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using JetBrains.Annotations;
 using Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.Logger;
 using Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.UserSettings;
 using System;
+using System.ComponentModel;
 
 namespace Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.Http
 {
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.Http
         private const string UserAgent = @"Mozilla/5.0 (Trident/7.0; rv:11.0) like Gecko";
 
         private static HttpClient client;
+
         private static SocketsHttpHandler socketsHttpHandler = new SocketsHttpHandler()
         {
             UseProxy = true,
@@ -31,56 +33,58 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.Http
 
             client = new HttpClient(socketsHttpHandler, false);
             client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("User-Agent", UserAgent);
-
         }
+
         private static HttpProxy proxy;
+
         public static HttpProxy Proxy
         {
-            private get
-            {
-                return proxy;
-            }
+            private get { return proxy; }
             set
             {
                 proxy = value;
-                UpdateProxy();
+                proxy.PropertyChanged += UpdateProxy;
             }
         }
 
-        public static WebProxy WebProxy { get; private set; } = new WebProxy();
+        private static readonly WebProxy _proxy = new WebProxy();
+
+        public static WebProxy WebProxy
+        {
+            get { return _proxy; }
+        }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Update the Address of the Proxy to modify the client Proxy
         /// </summary>
-        public static void UpdateProxy()
-        // TODO: need test with a proxy
+        public static void UpdateProxy(ProxyProperty property)
         {
-            if (Proxy != null && Proxy.Enabled && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(Proxy.Server))
+            (_proxy.Address, _proxy.Credentials) = property switch
             {
-                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(Proxy.UserName) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(Proxy.Password))
+                ProxyProperty.Enabled => (Proxy.Enabled) switch
                 {
-                    WebProxy.Address = new Uri($"http://{Proxy.Server}:{Proxy.Port}");
-                    WebProxy.Credentials = null;
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    WebProxy.Address = new Uri($"http://{Proxy.Server}:{Proxy.Port}");
-                    WebProxy.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(Proxy.UserName, Proxy.Password);
-                }
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                WebProxy.Address = new WebProxy().Address;
-                WebProxy.Credentials = null;
-            }
+                    true => Proxy.UserName switch
+                    {
+                        var userName when !string.IsNullOrEmpty(userName) =>
+                            (new Uri($"http://{Proxy.Server}:{Proxy.Port}"), null),
+                        _ => (new Uri($"http://{Proxy.Server}:{Proxy.Port}"),
+                            new NetworkCredential(Proxy.UserName, Proxy.Password))
+                    },
+                    false => (null, null)
+                },
+                ProxyProperty.Server => (new Uri($"http://{Proxy.Server}:{Proxy.Port}"), _proxy.Credentials),
+                ProxyProperty.Port => (new Uri($"http://{Proxy.Server}:{Proxy.Port}"), _proxy.Credentials),
+                ProxyProperty.UserName => (_proxy.Address, new NetworkCredential(Proxy.UserName, Proxy.Password)),
+                ProxyProperty.Password => (_proxy.Address, new NetworkCredential(Proxy.UserName, Proxy.Password))
+            };
         }
 
-        public async static Task Download([NotNull] string url, [NotNull] string filePath)
+        public static async Task Download([NotNull] string url, [NotNull] string filePath)
         {
             using var response = await client.GetAsync(url);
             if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
             {
-                using var fileStream = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.CreateNew);
+                await using var fileStream = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.CreateNew);
                 await response.Content.CopyToAsync(fileStream);
             }
             else
@@ -93,7 +97,7 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.Http
         {
             Log.Debug($"|Http.Get|Url <{url}>");
             var response = await client.GetAsync(url);
-            using var stream = await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync();
+            await using var stream = await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync();
             using var reader = new StreamReader(stream, Encoding.GetEncoding(encoding));
             var content = await reader.ReadToEndAsync();
             if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
@@ -102,7 +106,8 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.Http
             }
             else
             {
-                throw new HttpRequestException($"Error code <{response.StatusCode}> with content <{content}> returned from <{url}>");
+                throw new HttpRequestException(
+                    $"Error code <{response.StatusCode}> with content <{content}> returned from <{url}>");
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/UserSettings/HttpProxy.cs b/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/UserSettings/HttpProxy.cs
index c1b0c1dd7..213193526 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/UserSettings/HttpProxy.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/UserSettings/HttpProxy.cs
@@ -1,11 +1,80 @@
-namespace Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.UserSettings
+using System.ComponentModel;
+
+namespace Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.UserSettings
 {
+    public enum ProxyProperty
+    {
+        Enabled,
+        Server,
+        Port,
+        UserName,
+        Password
+    }
+
     public class HttpProxy
     {
-        public bool Enabled { get; set; } = false;
-        public string Server { get; set; }
-        public int Port { get; set; }
-        public string UserName { get; set; }
-        public string Password { get; set; }
+        private bool _enabled = false;
+        private string _server;
+        private int _port;
+        private string _userName;
+        private string _password;
+
+        public bool Enabled
+        {
+            get => _enabled;
+            set
+            {
+                _enabled = value;
+                OnPropertyChanged(ProxyProperty.Enabled);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public string Server
+        {
+            get => _server;
+            set
+            {
+                _server = value;
+                OnPropertyChanged(ProxyProperty.Server);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public int Port
+        {
+            get => _port;
+            set
+            {
+                _port = value;
+                OnPropertyChanged(ProxyProperty.Port);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public string UserName
+        {
+            get => _userName;
+            set
+            {
+                _userName = value;
+                OnPropertyChanged(ProxyProperty.UserName);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public string Password
+        {
+            get => _password;
+            set
+            {
+                _password = value;
+                OnPropertyChanged(ProxyProperty.Password);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public delegate void ProxyPropertyChangedHandler(ProxyProperty property);
+        public event ProxyPropertyChangedHandler PropertyChanged;
+
+        private void OnPropertyChanged(ProxyProperty property)
+        {
+            PropertyChanged?.Invoke(property);
+        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginsManager/Models/PluginsManifest.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginsManager/Models/PluginsManifest.cs
index 290221710..13a5ae2ca 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginsManager/Models/PluginsManifest.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginsManager/Models/PluginsManifest.cs
@@ -10,21 +10,19 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginsManager.Models
     internal class PluginsManifest
     {
         internal List<UserPlugin> UserPlugins { get; private set; }
+
         internal PluginsManifest()
         {
-            DownloadManifest();
+            DownloadManifest().Wait();
         }
 
-        private void DownloadManifest()
+        private async Task DownloadManifest()
         {
             var json = string.Empty;
             try
             {
-                var t = Task.Run(
-                            async () => 
-                                json = await Http.Get("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher.PluginsManifest/main/plugins.json"));
-
-                t.Wait();
+                json = await Http.Get(
+                    "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher.PluginsManifest/main/plugins.json");
 
                 UserPlugins = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<UserPlugin>>(json);
             }
@@ -34,7 +32,6 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginsManager.Models
 
                 UserPlugins = new List<UserPlugin>();
             }
-
         }
     }
-}
+}
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