diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ui/select-crawler-proxy.ts b/frontend/src/components/ui/select-crawler-proxy.ts
index 0b94c26daa..12362a179b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ui/select-crawler-proxy.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ui/select-crawler-proxy.ts
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ export type SelectCrawlerProxyUpdateEvent =
  * Usage example:
  * ```ts
  * <btrix-select-crawler-proxy
- *   orgId=${orgId}
- *   on-change=${({value}) => selectedcrawlerProxy = value}
+ *   .proxyServers=${proxyServers}
+ *   btrix-change=${({value}) => selectedcrawlerProxy = value}
  * ></btrix-select-crawler-proxy>
  * ```
  *
- * @event on-change
+ * @fires btrix-change
  */
 @customElement("btrix-select-crawler-proxy")
 @localized()
@@ -55,8 +55,12 @@ export class SelectCrawlerProxy extends BtrixElement {
   @state()
   private defaultProxy?: Proxy;
 
+  public get value() {
+    return this.selectedProxy?.id || "";
+  }
+
   protected firstUpdated() {
-    void this.fetchOrgProxies();
+    void this.initProxies();
   }
   // credit: https://dev.to/jorik/country-code-to-flag-emoji-a21
   private countryCodeToFlagEmoji(countryCode: String): String {
@@ -68,10 +72,6 @@ export class SelectCrawlerProxy extends BtrixElement {
   }
 
   render() {
-    /*if (this.crawlerProxys && this.crawlerProxys.length < 2) {
-      return html``;
-    }*/
-
     return html`
       <sl-select
         name="proxyId"
@@ -84,10 +84,6 @@ export class SelectCrawlerProxy extends BtrixElement {
         clearable
         size=${ifDefined(this.size)}
         @sl-change=${this.onChange}
-        @sl-focus=${() => {
-          // Refetch to keep list up to date
-          void this.fetchOrgProxies();
-        }}
         @sl-hide=${this.stopProp}
         @sl-after-hide=${this.stopProp}
       >
@@ -138,7 +134,7 @@ export class SelectCrawlerProxy extends BtrixElement {
     }
 
     this.dispatchEvent(
-      new CustomEvent<SelectCrawlerProxyChangeDetail>("on-change", {
+      new CustomEvent<SelectCrawlerProxyChangeDetail>("btrix-change", {
         detail: {
           value: this.selectedProxy ? this.selectedProxy.id : null,
         },
@@ -146,50 +142,23 @@ export class SelectCrawlerProxy extends BtrixElement {
     );
   }
 
-  private async fetchOrgProxies(): Promise<void> {
-    try {
-      const defaultProxyId = this.defaultProxyId;
-
-      if (!this.defaultProxy) {
-        this.defaultProxy = this.proxyServers.find(
-          ({ id }) => id === defaultProxyId,
-        );
-      }
-
-      if (this.proxyId && !this.selectedProxy?.id) {
-        this.selectedProxy = this.proxyServers.find(
-          ({ id }) => id === this.proxyId,
-        );
-      }
-
-      if (!this.selectedProxy) {
-        this.proxyId = null;
-        this.dispatchEvent(
-          new CustomEvent("on-change", {
-            detail: {
-              value: null,
-            },
-          }),
-        );
-        this.selectedProxy = this.proxyServers.find(
-          ({ id }) => id === this.proxyId,
-        );
-      }
-
-      this.dispatchEvent(
-        new CustomEvent<SelectCrawlerProxyUpdateDetail>("on-update", {
-          detail: {
-            show: this.proxyServers.length > 1,
-          },
-        }),
+  private async initProxies(): Promise<void> {
+    const defaultProxyId = this.defaultProxyId;
+
+    if (!this.defaultProxy) {
+      this.defaultProxy = this.proxyServers.find(
+        ({ id }) => id === defaultProxyId,
       );
-    } catch (e) {
-      this.notify.toast({
-        message: msg("Sorry, couldn't retrieve proxies at this time."),
-        variant: "danger",
-        icon: "exclamation-octagon",
-        id: "proxy-retrieve-status",
-      });
+    }
+
+    if (this.proxyId && !this.selectedProxy) {
+      this.selectedProxy = this.proxyServers.find(
+        ({ id }) => id === this.proxyId,
+      );
+    }
+
+    if (!this.selectedProxy) {
+      this.proxyId = null;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/features/browser-profiles/new-browser-profile-dialog.ts b/frontend/src/features/browser-profiles/new-browser-profile-dialog.ts
index a490cf4674..a399ab29e3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/features/browser-profiles/new-browser-profile-dialog.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/features/browser-profiles/new-browser-profile-dialog.ts
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ export class NewBrowserProfileDialog extends LiteElement {
                   )}
                   .proxyServers=${this.proxies.servers}
                   .proxyId="${this.proxyId || ""}"
-                  @on-change=${(e: SelectCrawlerProxyChangeEvent) =>
-                    (this.proxyId = e.detail.value!)}
+                  @btrix-change=${(e: SelectCrawlerProxyChangeEvent) =>
+                    (this.proxyId = e.detail.value)}
                 ></btrix-select-crawler-proxy>
               </div>
             `
diff --git a/frontend/src/features/crawl-workflows/workflow-editor.ts b/frontend/src/features/crawl-workflows/workflow-editor.ts
index 7f6f081dda..6ac6f4bcda 100644
--- a/frontend/src/features/crawl-workflows/workflow-editor.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/features/crawl-workflows/workflow-editor.ts
@@ -1343,7 +1343,7 @@ https://archiveweb.page/images/${"logo.svg"}`}
                 )}
                 .proxyServers=${this.proxies.servers}
                 .proxyId="${this.formState.proxyId || ""}"
-                @on-change=${(e: SelectCrawlerProxyChangeEvent) =>
+                @btrix-change=${(e: SelectCrawlerProxyChangeEvent) =>
                   this.updateFormState({
                     proxyId: e.detail.value,
                   })}
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/org/settings/components/crawling-defaults.ts b/frontend/src/pages/org/settings/components/crawling-defaults.ts
index 62773204dc..bf4d5ef3e1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/org/settings/components/crawling-defaults.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/org/settings/components/crawling-defaults.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { ifDefined } from "lit/directives/if-defined.js";
 
 import { BtrixElement } from "@/classes/BtrixElement";
 import type { LanguageSelect } from "@/components/ui/language-select";
+import type { SelectCrawlerProxy } from "@/components/ui/select-crawler-proxy";
 import { proxiesContext, type ProxiesContext } from "@/context/org";
 import type { QueueExclusionTable } from "@/features/crawl-workflows/queue-exclusion-table";
 import { columns, type Cols } from "@/layouts/columns";
@@ -65,6 +66,9 @@ export class OrgSettingsCrawlWorkflows extends BtrixElement {
   @query("btrix-language-select")
   languageSelect?: LanguageSelect | null;
 
+  @query("btrix-select-crawler-proxy")
+  proxySelect?: SelectCrawlerProxy | null;
+
   @query('sl-button[type="submit"]')
   submitButton?: SlButton | null;
 
@@ -75,7 +79,6 @@ export class OrgSettingsCrawlWorkflows extends BtrixElement {
   }
 
   render() {
-    console.log("crawling defaults:", this.proxies);
     return html` ${this.renderWorkflowDefaults()} `;
   }
 
@@ -305,7 +308,7 @@ export class OrgSettingsCrawlWorkflows extends BtrixElement {
       blockAds: values.blockAds === "on",
       profileid: values.profileid,
       crawlerChannel: values.crawlerChannel,
-      proxyId: values.proxyId,
+      proxyId: this.proxySelect?.value || undefined,
       userAgent: values.userAgent,
       lang: this.languageSelect?.value || undefined,
       exclude: this.exclusionTable?.exclusions?.filter((v) => v) || [],