diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 494250b3..c5765e17 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 * Other small UI tweaks
 * Fix keyerrors on backlog overview preventing the page to load
 * Fix exception raised when converting 12pm to 24hr format and handle 12am when setting file modify time (e.g. used during PP)
+* Fix proxy_indexers setting not loading from config file
 
 [develop changelog]
 * Improve display of progress bars in the Downloads columns of the show list page
diff --git a/sickbeard/__init__.py b/sickbeard/__init__.py
index 17a7945a..40b69343 100755
--- a/sickbeard/__init__.py
+++ b/sickbeard/__init__.py
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ def initialize(consoleLogging=True):
 
         ANON_REDIRECT = check_setting_str(CFG, 'General', 'anon_redirect', 'http://dereferer.org/?')
         PROXY_SETTING = check_setting_str(CFG, 'General', 'proxy_setting', '')
-        PROXY_INDEXERS = bool(check_setting_str(CFG, 'General', 'proxy_indexers', 1))
+        PROXY_INDEXERS = bool(check_setting_int(CFG, 'General', 'proxy_indexers', 1))
         # attempt to help prevent users from breaking links by using a bad url 
         if not ANON_REDIRECT.endswith('?'):
             ANON_REDIRECT = ''