diff --git a/admin/src/pages/HomePage.tsx b/admin/src/pages/HomePage.tsx
index 0ea1a26d4..f07c52f28 100644
--- a/admin/src/pages/HomePage.tsx
+++ b/admin/src/pages/HomePage.tsx
@@ -100,7 +100,15 @@ export const HomePage = () => {
         pluginsSocket!.on('results:search', (data: {
             results: PluginDef[]
         }) => {
-            setPlugins(data.results)
+            if (Array.isArray(data.results) && data.results.length === 0) {
+                setPlugins(data.results)
+            } else {
+                useStore.getState().setToastState({
+                    open: true,
+                    title: "Error retrieving plugins",
+                    success: false
+                })
+            }
         })
 
 
diff --git a/src/node/server.ts b/src/node/server.ts
index df6d21ffb..f96db3ab1 100755
--- a/src/node/server.ts
+++ b/src/node/server.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import {ErrorCaused} from "./types/ErrorCaused";
 import log4js from 'log4js';
 import pkg from '../package.json';
 import {checkForMigration} from "../static/js/pluginfw/installer";
+import axios from "axios";
 
 const settings = require('./utils/Settings');
 
@@ -37,6 +38,28 @@ if (settings.dumpOnUncleanExit) {
   wtfnode = require('wtfnode');
 }
 
+
+const addProxyToAxios = (url: URL) => {
+  axios.defaults.proxy = {
+    host: url.hostname,
+    port: Number(url.port),
+    protocol: url.protocol,
+  }
+}
+
+if(process.env['http_proxy']) {
+  console.log("Using proxy: " + process.env['http_proxy'])
+  addProxyToAxios(new URL(process.env['http_proxy']));
+}
+
+
+if (process.env['https_proxy']) {
+  console.log("Using proxy: " + process.env['https_proxy'])
+  addProxyToAxios(new URL(process.env['https_proxy']));
+}
+
+
+
 /*
  * early check for version compatibility before calling
  * any modules that require newer versions of NodeJS
diff --git a/src/node/utils/UpdateCheck.ts b/src/node/utils/UpdateCheck.ts
index f4c10182a..534c5c640 100644
--- a/src/node/utils/UpdateCheck.ts
+++ b/src/node/utils/UpdateCheck.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 const semver = require('semver');
 const settings = require('./Settings');
-const axios = require('axios');
+import axios from 'axios';
 const headers = {
   'User-Agent': 'Etherpad/' + settings.getEpVersion(),
 }
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ let lastLoadingTime: number | null = null;
 
 const loadEtherpadInformations = () => {
   if (lastLoadingTime !== null && Date.now() - lastLoadingTime < updateInterval) {
-    return Promise.resolve(infos);
+    return infos;
   }
 
   return axios.get('https://static.etherpad.org/info.json', {headers: headers})
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ const loadEtherpadInformations = () => {
     }
 
     lastLoadingTime = Date.now();
-    return await Promise.resolve(infos);
+    return infos;
   })
   .catch(async (err: Error) => {
-    return await Promise.reject(err);
+    throw err;
   });
 }
 
@@ -43,15 +43,15 @@ exports.getLatestVersion = () => {
 };
 
 exports.needsUpdate = async (cb?: Function) => {
-  await loadEtherpadInformations()
-      .then((info:Infos) => {
-    if (semver.gt(info.latestVersion, settings.getEpVersion())) {
+  try {
+    const info = await loadEtherpadInformations()
+    if (semver.gt(info!.latestVersion, settings.getEpVersion())) {
       if (cb) return cb(true);
     }
-  }).catch((err: Error) => {
+  } catch (err) {
     console.error(`Can not perform Etherpad update check: ${err}`);
     if (cb) return cb(false);
-  });
+  }
 };
 
 exports.check = () => {