diff --git a/src/gui/networksettings.cpp b/src/gui/networksettings.cpp
index 74ee54f0294da..16bb1ad50b72a 100644
--- a/src/gui/networksettings.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/networksettings.cpp
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ void NetworkSettings::saveProxySettings()
         _account->setProxyPassword(password);
 
         if (useGlobalProxy) {
-            _account->networkAccessManager()->setProxy(QNetworkProxy(QNetworkProxy::DefaultProxy));
+            _account->networkAccessManager()->setProxy(QNetworkProxy::applicationProxy());
         } else {
             const auto proxy = QNetworkProxy(proxyType, host, port, user, password);
             _account->networkAccessManager()->setProxy(proxy);