diff --git a/contents/winrm-exec.py b/contents/winrm-exec.py
index af5ce97..1d45053 100755
--- a/contents/winrm-exec.py
+++ b/contents/winrm-exec.py
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ def httpclient_log(*args):
 
 if "RD_CONFIG_WINRMPROXY" in os.environ:
     winrmproxy = os.getenv("RD_CONFIG_WINRMPROXY")
+    log.debug("winrmproxy: " + str(winrmproxy))
 
 if "RD_CONFIG_ENABLEDHTTPDEBUG" in os.environ:
     if os.getenv("RD_CONFIG_ENABLEDHTTPDEBUG") == "true":
@@ -264,7 +265,6 @@ def httpclient_log(*args):
 log.debug("operationtimeout:" + str(operationtimeout))
 log.debug("exit Behaviour:" + exitBehaviour)
 log.debug("cleanescapingflg: " + str(cleanescapingflg))
-log.debug("winrmproxy: " + str(winrmproxy))
 log.debug("enabledHttpDebug: " + str(enabledHttpDebug))
 log.debug("retryConnection: " + str(retryconnection))
 log.debug("retryConnectionDelay: " + str(retryconnectiondelay))
diff --git a/plugin.yaml b/plugin.yaml
index 7c7c781..d2f5334 100644
--- a/plugin.yaml
+++ b/plugin.yaml
@@ -375,6 +375,8 @@ providers:
         title: Proxy
         description: "Specify a proxy address for communicating with Windows nodes. Example HTTP proxy strings are http://server:port and http://user:pass@server:port. An example SOCKS5 proxy string is socks5://user:pass@server:port."
         type: String
+        required: false
+        scope: Instance
         renderingOptions:
           groupName: Connection
           instance-scope-node-attribute: "winrm-proxy"