diff --git a/src/freedombone b/src/freedombone
index de751dfd..9ddaad89 100755
--- a/src/freedombone
+++ b/src/freedombone
@@ -8307,6 +8307,13 @@ function install_rss_reader {
                 cd $RSS_READER_PATH
                 git_pull $RSS_READER_REPO $RSS_READER_COMMIT
                 sed -i "s/RSS reader commit.*/RSS reader commit:$RSS_READER_COMMIT/g" $COMPLETION_FILE
+                # ensure that socks5 proxy is used
+                if ! grep -q "CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE" $RSS_READER_PATH/plugins/af_unburn/init.php; then
+                    sed -i '/curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXY, _CURL_HTTP_PROXY);/a \\t\t\t\t\tcurl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE, CURLPROXY_SOCKS5);' $RSS_READER_PATH/plugins/af_unburn/init.php
+                fi
+                if ! grep -q "CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE" $RSS_READER_PATH/include/functions.php; then
+                    sed -i '/curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXY, _CURL_HTTP_PROXY);/a \\t\t\t\tcurl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE, CURLPROXY_SOCKS5);' $RSS_READER_PATH/include/functions.php
+                fi
                 chown -R www-data:www-data $RSS_READER_PATH
             fi
         else
@@ -8460,6 +8467,14 @@ function install_rss_reader {
         echo "  define('CONFIG_VERSION', 26);" >> $RSS_READER_PATH/config.php
     fi
 
+    # ensure that socks5 proxy is used
+    if ! grep -q "CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE" $RSS_READER_PATH/plugins/af_unburn/init.php; then
+        sed -i '/curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXY, _CURL_HTTP_PROXY);/a \\t\t\t\t\tcurl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE, CURLPROXY_SOCKS5);' $RSS_READER_PATH/plugins/af_unburn/init.php
+    fi
+    if ! grep -q "CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE" $RSS_READER_PATH/include/functions.php; then
+        sed -i '/curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXY, _CURL_HTTP_PROXY);/a \\t\t\t\tcurl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE, CURLPROXY_SOCKS5);' $RSS_READER_PATH/include/functions.php
+    fi
+
     chown -R www-data:www-data $RSS_READER_PATH
     chmod a+x $RSS_READER_PATH