diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Http/Http.cs b/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Http/Http.cs
index e8cf39880..c9b2a6877 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Http/Http.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Http/Http.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ using Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.UserSettings;
 using System;
 using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Threading;
+using System.Windows.Interop;
+using Flow.Launcher.Plugin;
 
 namespace Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.Http
 {
@@ -18,6 +20,8 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.Http
 
         private static HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
 
+        public static IPublicAPI _api { get; set; }
+
         static Http()
         {
             // need to be added so it would work on a win10 machine
@@ -77,7 +81,9 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.Http
             }
             catch(UriFormatException e)
             {
-                Log.Exception("Http", "Unable to parse Uri", e);
+                _api.ShowMsg("Please try again", "Unable to parse Http Proxy");
+                Log.Exception("Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.Http", "Unable to parse Uri", e);
+
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher/App.xaml.cs b/Flow.Launcher/App.xaml.cs
index 7c4c6a367..54ede7ff7 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher/App.xaml.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher/App.xaml.cs
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher
                 _settingsVM = new SettingWindowViewModel(_updater, _portable);
                 _settings = _settingsVM.Settings;
 
-                Http.Proxy = _settings.Proxy;
 
                 _alphabet.Initialize(_settings);
                 _stringMatcher = new StringMatcher(_alphabet);
@@ -74,6 +73,10 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher
                 await PluginManager.InitializePlugins(API);
                 var window = new MainWindow(_settings, _mainVM);
 
+                Http._api = API;
+                Http.Proxy = _settings.Proxy;
+
+
                 Log.Info($"|App.OnStartup|Dependencies Info:{ErrorReporting.DependenciesInfo()}");
 
                 Current.MainWindow = window;