diff --git a/kit/stub/option.go b/kit/stub/option.go
index e29508c0..7f4a5959 100644
--- a/kit/stub/option.go
+++ b/kit/stub/option.go
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 package stub
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/clubpay/ronykit/kit"
@@ -25,7 +23,7 @@ type config struct {
 	tp            kit.TracePropagator
 
 	readTimeout, writeTimeout, dialTimeout time.Duration
-	httpProxyConfig                        *httpproxy.Config
+	proxy                                  *httpproxy.Config
 	dialFunc                               fasthttp.DialFunc
 }
 
@@ -87,29 +85,25 @@ func WithTracePropagator(tp kit.TracePropagator) Option {
 // WithHTTPProxy returns an Option that sets the dialer to the provided HTTP proxy.
 // example formats:
 //
-//	http://localhost:9050
-//	http://username:password@localhost:9050
-//	https://localhost:9050
-func WithHTTPProxy(url string, timeout time.Duration) Option {
+//	localhost:9050
+//	username:password@localhost:9050
+//	localhost:9050
+func WithHTTPProxy(proxyURL string, timeout time.Duration) Option {
 	return func(cfg *config) {
-		cfg.httpProxyConfig = httpproxy.FromEnvironment()
-		switch {
-		default:
-			panic(fmt.Errorf("unsupported proxy scheme: %s", url))
-		case strings.HasPrefix(url, "https://"):
-			cfg.httpProxyConfig.HTTPSProxy = url
-		case strings.HasPrefix(url, "http://"):
-			cfg.httpProxyConfig.HTTPProxy = url
-		}
-
-		cfg.dialFunc = fasthttpproxy.FasthttpHTTPDialerTimeout(url, timeout)
+		cfg.proxy = httpproxy.FromEnvironment()
+		cfg.proxy.HTTPProxy = proxyURL
+		cfg.proxy.HTTPSProxy = proxyURL
+		cfg.dialFunc = fasthttpproxy.FasthttpHTTPDialerTimeout(proxyURL, timeout)
 	}
 }
 
 // WithSocksProxy returns an Option that sets the dialer to the provided SOCKS5 proxy.
-// example format: socks5://localhost:9050
-func WithSocksProxy(url string) Option {
+// example format: localhost:9050
+func WithSocksProxy(proxyURL string) Option {
 	return func(cfg *config) {
-		cfg.dialFunc = fasthttpproxy.FasthttpSocksDialer(url)
+		cfg.proxy = httpproxy.FromEnvironment()
+		cfg.proxy.HTTPProxy = proxyURL
+		cfg.proxy.HTTPSProxy = proxyURL
+		cfg.dialFunc = fasthttpproxy.FasthttpSocksDialer(proxyURL)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/kit/stub/stub.go b/kit/stub/stub.go
index df814179..55383665 100644
--- a/kit/stub/stub.go
+++ b/kit/stub/stub.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ type Stub struct {
 	cfg config
 	r   *reflector.Reflector
 
-	httpC fasthttp.Client
+	httpC *fasthttp.Client
 }
 
 func New(hostPort string, opts ...Option) *Stub {
@@ -37,19 +37,24 @@ func New(hostPort string, opts ...Option) *Stub {
 		opt(&cfg)
 	}
 
-	return &Stub{
-		cfg: cfg,
-		r:   reflector.New(),
-		httpC: fasthttp.Client{
-			Name:         cfg.name,
-			ReadTimeout:  cfg.readTimeout,
-			WriteTimeout: cfg.writeTimeout,
-			Dial:         cfg.dialFunc,
-			TLSConfig: &tls.Config{
-				InsecureSkipVerify: cfg.skipVerifyTLS, //nolint:gosec
-			},
+	httpC := &fasthttp.Client{
+		Name:         cfg.name,
+		ReadTimeout:  cfg.readTimeout,
+		WriteTimeout: cfg.writeTimeout,
+		TLSConfig: &tls.Config{
+			InsecureSkipVerify: cfg.skipVerifyTLS, //nolint:gosec
 		},
 	}
+
+	if cfg.dialFunc != nil {
+		httpC.Dial = cfg.dialFunc
+	}
+
+	return &Stub{
+		cfg:   cfg,
+		r:     reflector.New(),
+		httpC: httpC,
+	}
 }
 
 func HTTP(rawURL string, opts ...Option) (*RESTCtx, error) {
@@ -79,7 +84,7 @@ func HTTP(rawURL string, opts ...Option) (*RESTCtx, error) {
 
 func (s *Stub) REST(opt ...RESTOption) *RESTCtx {
 	ctx := &RESTCtx{
-		c:        &s.httpC,
+		c:        s.httpC,
 		r:        s.r,
 		handlers: map[int]RESTResponseHandler{},
 		uri:      fasthttp.AcquireURI(),
@@ -108,28 +113,29 @@ func (s *Stub) REST(opt ...RESTOption) *RESTCtx {
 }
 
 func (s *Stub) Websocket(opts ...WebsocketOption) *WebsocketCtx {
-	var proxyFunc func(req *http.Request) (*url.URL, error)
-	if s.cfg.httpProxyConfig != nil {
-		fn := s.cfg.httpProxyConfig.ProxyFunc()
-		proxyFunc = func(req *http.Request) (*url.URL, error) {
-			return fn(req.URL)
+	defaultProxy := http.ProxyFromEnvironment
+	if s.cfg.proxy != nil {
+		defaultProxy = func(req *http.Request) (*url.URL, error) {
+			return s.cfg.proxy.ProxyFunc()(req.URL)
+		}
+	}
+
+	defaultDialerBuilder := func() *websocket.Dialer {
+		return &websocket.Dialer{
+			Proxy:            defaultProxy,
+			HandshakeTimeout: s.cfg.dialTimeout,
 		}
 	}
 	ctx := &WebsocketCtx{
 		cfg: wsConfig{
-			autoReconnect: true,
-			pingTime:      time.Second * 30,
-			dialTimeout:   s.cfg.dialTimeout,
-			writeTimeout:  s.cfg.writeTimeout,
-			ratelimitChan: make(chan struct{}, defaultConcurrency),
-			rpcInFactory:  common.SimpleIncomingJSONRPC,
-			rpcOutFactory: common.SimpleOutgoingJSONRPC,
-			dialerBuilder: func() *websocket.Dialer {
-				return &websocket.Dialer{
-					Proxy:            proxyFunc,
-					HandshakeTimeout: s.cfg.dialTimeout,
-				}
-			},
+			autoReconnect:   true,
+			pingTime:        time.Second * 30,
+			dialTimeout:     s.cfg.dialTimeout,
+			writeTimeout:    s.cfg.writeTimeout,
+			ratelimitChan:   make(chan struct{}, defaultConcurrency),
+			rpcInFactory:    common.SimpleIncomingJSONRPC,
+			rpcOutFactory:   common.SimpleOutgoingJSONRPC,
+			dialerBuilder:   defaultDialerBuilder,
 			tracePropagator: s.cfg.tp,
 		},
 		r:       s.r,