diff --git a/devuan-beowulf-live-e17.blend b/devuan-beowulf-live-e17.blend
index f66147b..4661e6c 100644
--- a/devuan-beowulf-live-e17.blend
+++ b/devuan-beowulf-live-e17.blend
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ blend_preinst() {
 	else
 		notice "no blend-specific scripts found in ${blend_release_path}/automate"
 	fi
+
+	enable_apt-proxy
 }
 
 blend_postinst() {
@@ -66,18 +68,8 @@ blend_postinst() {
 	install-custdebs || zerr
 	install-custscripts || zerr
 
-	## remove the apt-proxy if present
-	#if [ -f ${strapdir}/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02proxy ]; then
-	#	rm ${strapdir}/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02proxy
-	#fi
-
-	## When changes are done to /root and we want those changes transfered 
-	# to the live default user but not all future users we use a tmp skel 
-	# with system skel copied in.
-#        rsync -avzP --no-o --no-g /etc/skel ${strapdir}/tmp/skel
-#        rsync -avzP --no-o --no-g ${strapdir}/root/ ${strapdir}/tmp/skel
-
 	blend_finalize || zerr
+	disable_apt-proxy
 }
 
 iso_write_isolinux_cfg() {
@@ -529,7 +521,10 @@ disable_apt-proxy() {
 
 	cat << EOF | sudo tee ${strapdir}/delproxy
 #!/bin/sh
-sed '/^${apt_proxy}/d' /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02proxy
+#sed '/^${apt_proxy}/d' /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02proxy
+if [ -f /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02proxy ]; then
+	rm /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02proxy
+fi
 EOF
 	chroot-script delproxy || zerr
 }