diff --git a/src/apiutils.nim b/src/apiutils.nim
index ddb5027ca..b65962ca1 100644
--- a/src/apiutils.nim
+++ b/src/apiutils.nim
@@ -197,7 +197,10 @@ proc fetchRaw*(req: ApiReq): Future[string] {.async.} =
     var session = await getAndValidateSession(req)
     let url = req.toUrl(session.kind)
 
+    echo "fetchRaw url: ", url
+
     fetchImpl result:
+      echo "fetchRaw result: ", result
       if not (result.startsWith('{') or result.startsWith('[')):
         echo resp.status, ": ", result, " --- url: ", url
         result.setLen(0)
diff --git a/src/http_pool.nim b/src/http_pool.nim
index 664e9a6e1..82be8537e 100644
--- a/src/http_pool.nim
+++ b/src/http_pool.nim
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ proc setHttpProxy*(url: string; auth: string) =
   else:
     proxy = nil
 
+proc getHttpProxy*(): Proxy =
+  return proxy
+
 proc release*(pool: HttpPool; client: AsyncHttpClient; badClient=false) =
   if pool.conns.len >= maxConns or badClient:
     try: client.close()
diff --git a/src/redis_cache.nim b/src/redis_cache.nim
index 559d29951..c8f3f6224 100644
--- a/src/redis_cache.nim
+++ b/src/redis_cache.nim
@@ -142,7 +142,10 @@ proc getCachedUsername*(userId: string): Future[string] {.async.} =
   if username != redisNil:
     result = username
   else:
+    echo "getGraphUserById: ", userId
     let user = await getGraphUserById(userId)
+    echo "user: ", user
+
     result = user.username
     await setEx(key, baseCacheTime, result)
     if result.len > 0 and user.id.len > 0:
diff --git a/src/tid.nim b/src/tid.nim
index 7b453fb9a..b7cc91546 100644
--- a/src/tid.nim
+++ b/src/tid.nim
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import std/[asyncdispatch, base64, httpclient, random, strutils, sequtils, times]
 import nimcrypto
 import experimental/parser/tid
+import http_pool
 
 randomize()
 
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ proc getPair(): Future[TidPair] {.async.} =
   if cachedPairs.len == 0 or int(epochTime()) - lastCached > ttlSec:
     lastCached = int(epochTime())
 
-    let client = newAsyncHttpClient()
+    let client = newAsyncHttpClient(proxy=getHttpProxy())
     defer: client.close()
 
     let resp = await client.get(pairsUrl)