diff --git a/interactions/api/http/http_client.py b/interactions/api/http/http_client.py
index c3d5f3eb0..f208f642f 100644
--- a/interactions/api/http/http_client.py
+++ b/interactions/api/http/http_client.py
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ def __init__(
         connector: BaseConnector | None = None,
         logger: Logger = MISSING,
         show_ratelimit_tracebacks: bool = False,
-        proxy: tuple[str, BasicAuth] | None = None,
+        proxy: tuple[str | None, BasicAuth | None] | None = None,
     ) -> None:
         self.connector: BaseConnector | None = connector
         self.__session: ClientSession | None = None
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.user_agent: str = (
             f"DiscordBot ({__repo_url__} {__version__} Python/{__py_version__}) aiohttp/{aiohttp.__version__}"
         )
-        self.proxy: tuple[str, BasicAuth] | None = proxy
+        self.proxy: tuple[str | None, BasicAuth | None] | None = proxy
         self.__proxy_validated: bool = False
 
         if logger is MISSING:
diff --git a/interactions/client/client.py b/interactions/client/client.py
index cd18afd54..9ce1d7d30 100644
--- a/interactions/client/client.py
+++ b/interactions/client/client.py
@@ -348,8 +348,9 @@ def __init__(
         if isinstance(proxy_auth, tuple):
             proxy_auth = BasicAuth(*proxy_auth)
 
+        proxy = (proxy_url, proxy_auth) if proxy_url or proxy_auth else None
         self.http: HTTPClient = HTTPClient(
-            logger=self.logger, show_ratelimit_tracebacks=show_ratelimit_tracebacks, proxy=(proxy_url, proxy_auth)
+            logger=self.logger, show_ratelimit_tracebacks=show_ratelimit_tracebacks, proxy=proxy
         )
         """The HTTP client to use when interacting with discord endpoints"""