diff --git a/GoogleScraper/http_mode.py b/GoogleScraper/http_mode.py
index fab1ec3d..533a3f68 100644
--- a/GoogleScraper/http_mode.py
+++ b/GoogleScraper/http_mode.py
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ def proxy_check(self, proxy):
                                              'the proxy check.'
 
         online = False
-        status = 'Proxy check failed: {host}:{port} is not used while requesting'.format(**self.proxy.__dict__)
+        status = 'Proxy check failed: {host}:{port} is not used while requesting'.format(host=self.proxy.host, port=self.proxy.port)
         ipinfo = {}
 
         try: