diff --git a/docs/troubleshooting/index.md b/docs/troubleshooting/index.md
index 815504390..0825eb0b2 100644
--- a/docs/troubleshooting/index.md
+++ b/docs/troubleshooting/index.md
@@ -81,3 +81,15 @@ services:
     sysctls:
       - net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=1
 ```
+
+## Running homepage behind a proxy
+
+If you are running homepage behind e.g. squid proxy, you can set the environment variable `HOMEPAGE_HTTP_PROXY_URL` to the URL of your proxy. This will allow homepage to use the proxy for all outgoing requests.
+
+```yaml
+services:
+  homepage:
+    ...
+    environment:
+      - HOMEPAGE_HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy.local:3128
+```
diff --git a/src/utils/proxy/http.js b/src/utils/proxy/http.js
index c5fa51183..1feaf5780 100644
--- a/src/utils/proxy/http.js
+++ b/src/utils/proxy/http.js
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export async function cachedRequest(url, duration = 5, ua = "homepage") {
 
 export async function httpProxy(url, params = {}) {
   const constructedUrl = new URL(url);
-  const proxyUrl = process.env.HOMEPAGE_HTTP_PROXY_URL; // e.g., http://proxy.local:3128
+  const proxyUrl = process.env.HOMEPAGE_HTTP_PROX; // e.g. http://proxy.local:3128
   const disableIpv6 = process.env.HOMEPAGE_PROXY_DISABLE_IPV6 === "true";
   const agentOptions = disableIpv6 ? { family: 4, autoSelectFamily: false } : {};