diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/net/ElectrumServer.java b/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/net/ElectrumServer.java
index 34a7236b..a1cdd655 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/net/ElectrumServer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/net/ElectrumServer.java
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ public class ElectrumServer {
                 previousServer = electrumServer;
 
                 HostAndPort hostAndPort = electrumServer.getHostAndPort();
-                boolean localNetworkAddress = !protocol.isOnionAddress(hostAndPort) && IpAddressMatcher.isLocalNetworkAddress(hostAndPort.getHost());
+                boolean localNetworkAddress = !Protocol.isOnionAddress(hostAndPort) && !PublicElectrumServer.isPublicServer(hostAndPort)
+                        && IpAddressMatcher.isLocalNetworkAddress(hostAndPort.getHost());
 
                 if(!localNetworkAddress && Config.get().isUseProxy() && proxyServer != null && !proxyServer.isBlank()) {
                     HostAndPort proxy = HostAndPort.fromString(proxyServer);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/net/IpAddressMatcher.java b/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/net/IpAddressMatcher.java
index 654770a6..157ca832 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/net/IpAddressMatcher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/net/IpAddressMatcher.java
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ package com.sparrowwallet.sparrow.net;
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import com.sparrowwallet.sparrow.AppServices;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 
@@ -32,6 +36,8 @@ import java.net.UnknownHostException;
  * Slightly modified by omidzk to have zero dependency to any frameworks other than the JRE.
  */
 public final class IpAddressMatcher {
+    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(IpAddressMatcher.class);
+
     private static final IpAddressMatcher LOCAL_RANGE_1 = new IpAddressMatcher("10.0.0.0/8");
     private static final IpAddressMatcher LOCAL_RANGE_2 = new IpAddressMatcher("172.16.0.0/12");
     private static final IpAddressMatcher LOCAL_RANGE_3 = new IpAddressMatcher("192.168.0.0/16");
@@ -102,6 +108,15 @@ public final class IpAddressMatcher {
     }
 
     public static boolean isLocalNetworkAddress(String address) {
-        return "localhost".equals(address) || "127.0.0.1".equals(address) || LOCAL_RANGE_1.matches(address) || LOCAL_RANGE_2.matches(address) || LOCAL_RANGE_3.matches(address) || LOCAL_RANGE_4.matches(address);
+        try {
+            return "localhost".equals(address) || "127.0.0.1".equals(address) || LOCAL_RANGE_1.matches(address) || LOCAL_RANGE_2.matches(address) || LOCAL_RANGE_3.matches(address) || LOCAL_RANGE_4.matches(address);
+        } catch(IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            if(AppServices.isUsingProxy()) {
+                log.info(e.getMessage() + ", assuming it is a non-local address to be resolved by the configured proxy");
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            throw e;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/net/PublicElectrumServer.java b/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/net/PublicElectrumServer.java
index f28d342a..ff5fef4f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/net/PublicElectrumServer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/net/PublicElectrumServer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.sparrowwallet.sparrow.net;
 
+import com.google.common.net.HostAndPort;
 import com.sparrowwallet.drongo.Network;
 import com.sparrowwallet.sparrow.io.Server;
 
@@ -61,6 +62,16 @@ public enum PublicElectrumServer {
         return null;
     }
 
+    public static boolean isPublicServer(HostAndPort hostAndPort) {
+        for(PublicElectrumServer publicServer : values()) {
+            if(publicServer.getServer().getHostAndPort().equals(hostAndPort)) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         return server.getAlias();