diff --git a/config/config.sample.php b/config/config.sample.php
index c915a87729..78dfe17ea7 100644
--- a/config/config.sample.php
+++ b/config/config.sample.php
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ $CONFIG = array(
 "enhancedauthtime" => 15 * 60,
 
 /* A proxy to use to connect to the internet. For example "myproxy.org:88" */
-"curlproxy" => "",
+"proxy" => "",
 
 /* The optional authentication for the proxy to use to connect to the internet. The format is: [username]:[password] */
-"curlproxyuserpwd" => "",
+"proxyuserpwd" => "",
 
 /* Theme to use for ownCloud */
 "theme" => "",
diff --git a/lib/util.php b/lib/util.php
index 61b327d0b8..f2044625b4 100755
--- a/lib/util.php
+++ b/lib/util.php
@@ -696,11 +696,11 @@ class OC_Util {
                 curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 10);
                 curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
 		curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "ownCloud Server Crawler");
-                if(OC_Config::getValue('curlproxy','')=='') {
-			curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_PROXY, OC_Config::getValue('curlproxy'));
+                if(OC_Config::getValue('proxy','')<>'') {
+			curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_PROXY, OC_Config::getValue('proxy'));
 		}
-                if(OC_Config::getValue('curlproxyuserpwd','')=='') {
-			curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD, OC_Config::getValue('curlproxyuserpwd'));
+                if(OC_Config::getValue('proxyuserpwd','')<>'') {
+			curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD, OC_Config::getValue('proxyuserpwd'));
 		}
                 $data = curl_exec($curl);
                 curl_close($curl);