diff --git a/src/api/crawler.ts b/src/api/crawler.ts
index db15643..c741e5c 100644
--- a/src/api/crawler.ts
+++ b/src/api/crawler.ts
@@ -794,6 +794,8 @@ export class CrawlerHost extends RPCHost {
                     throw err;
                 }
             }
+        } else if (crawlOpts?.allocProxy && crawlOpts.allocProxy !== 'none' && !crawlOpts.proxyUrl) {
+            crawlOpts.proxyUrl = (await this.proxyProvider.alloc(crawlOpts.allocProxy)).href;
         }
 
         try {