diff --git a/zefie_wtvp_minisrv/app.js b/zefie_wtvp_minisrv/app.js
index 3207fd08..c178a774 100644
--- a/zefie_wtvp_minisrv/app.js
+++ b/zefie_wtvp_minisrv/app.js
@@ -1263,7 +1263,7 @@ async function doHTTPProxy(socket, request_headers) {
             // configure connection to an external proxy
             if (minisrv_config.services[request_type].external_proxy_is_socks) {
                 // configure connection to remote socks proxy
-                var ProxyAgent = require('proxy-agent');
+                const { ProxyAgent }= require('proxy-agent');
                 options.agent = new ProxyAgent("socks://" + (minisrv_config.services[request_type].external_proxy_host || "127.0.0.1") + ":" + minisrv_config.services[request_type].external_proxy_port);
             } else {
                 // configure connection to remote http proxy