diff --git a/theHarvester/lib/core.py b/theHarvester/lib/core.py
index ee3ff556..0f646bac 100644
--- a/theHarvester/lib/core.py
+++ b/theHarvester/lib/core.py
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ def proxy_list() -> List:
             with open('/etc/theHarvester/proxies.yaml', 'r') as api_keys:
                 keys = yaml.safe_load(api_keys)
         except FileNotFoundError:
-            return []
             with open('proxies.yaml', 'r') as api_keys:
                 keys = yaml.safe_load(api_keys)
                 http_list = [f'http://{proxy}' for proxy in keys['http']] if keys['http'] is not None else []