diff --git a/samples/ReverseProxy.Config.Sample/appsettings.json b/samples/ReverseProxy.Config.Sample/appsettings.json
index 695d9a4ea..b969f2a82 100644
--- a/samples/ReverseProxy.Config.Sample/appsettings.json
+++ b/samples/ReverseProxy.Config.Sample/appsettings.json
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
           "RequestHeaderEncoding": "Latin1", // How to interpret non ASCII characters in proxied request's header values
           "ResponseHeaderEncoding": "Latin1", // How to interpret non ASCII characters in proxied request's response header values
           "WebProxy": { // Optinal proxy configuration for outgoing requests
-            "Address": "127.0.0.1",
+            "Address": "http://127.0.0.1",
             "BypassOnLocal": true,
             "UseDefaultCredentials": false
           }