--- /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nectar/downloaders/threaded.py     2014-08-21 13:30:10.000000000 -0400
+++ threaded.py 2015-06-04 17:08:13.895987873 -0400
@@ -338,7 +338,11 @@
 
     # Set session.proxies according to given url and port
     protocol, remainder = urllib.splittype(config.proxy_url)
-    host, remainder = urllib.splithost(remainder)
+    # if protocol wasn't parsed, the url is most likely reduced to a host name
+    if protocol is None:
+        host = config.proxy_url
+    else:
+        host, remainder = urllib.splithost(remainder)
     url = ':'.join((host, str(config.proxy_port)))
 
     if config.proxy_username is not None:
@@ -346,8 +350,12 @@
         auth = config.proxy_username + password_part
         url = '@'.join((auth, url))
 
-    session.proxies['https'] = '://'.join((protocol, url))
-    session.proxies['http'] = '://'.join((protocol, url))
+    if protocol is not None:
+        session.proxies['https'] = '://'.join((protocol, url))
+        session.proxies['http'] = '://'.join((protocol, url))
+    else:
+        session.proxies['http'] = 'http://' + url
+        session.proxies['https'] = 'https://' + url
 
     # Set session.auth if proxy username is specified
     if config.proxy_username is not None: