diff --git a/scrapegraphai/utils/proxy_rotation.py b/scrapegraphai/utils/proxy_rotation.py
index 9938f168..07e04d0f 100644
--- a/scrapegraphai/utils/proxy_rotation.py
+++ b/scrapegraphai/utils/proxy_rotation.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 import ipaddress
 import random
+import re
 from typing import List, Optional, Set, TypedDict
 
 import requests
@@ -230,7 +231,7 @@ def parse_or_search_proxy(proxy: Proxy) -> ProxySettings:
     """
     assert "server" in proxy, "missing server in the proxy configuration"
 
-    server_address = proxy["server"].split(":", maxsplit=1)[0]
+    server_address = re.sub(r'^\w+://', '', proxy["server"]).split(":", maxsplit=1)[0]
 
     if is_ipv4_address(server_address):
         return _parse_proxy(proxy)