diff --git a/appmgr/src/bin/embassyd.rs b/appmgr/src/bin/embassyd.rs
index f89583886..dd43aec43 100644
--- a/appmgr/src/bin/embassyd.rs
+++ b/appmgr/src/bin/embassyd.rs
@@ -194,8 +194,8 @@ async fn inner_main(
     let tor_health_ctx = rpc_ctx.clone();
     let tor_client = Client::builder()
         .proxy(
-            Proxy::all(format!(
-                "socks5h://{}:{}",
+            Proxy::http(format!(
+                "socks5://{}:{}",
                 rpc_ctx.tor_socks.ip(),
                 rpc_ctx.tor_socks.port()
             ))
diff --git a/appmgr/src/net/tor.rs b/appmgr/src/net/tor.rs
index ba332339b..cf71161d4 100644
--- a/appmgr/src/net/tor.rs
+++ b/appmgr/src/net/tor.rs
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ impl TorControllerInner {
 }
 
 pub async fn tor_health_check(client: &Client, tor_controller: &TorController) {
+    log::debug!("Attempting to self-check tor address");
     let onion = tor_controller.embassyd_onion().await;
     let result = client
         .post(format!("http://{}/rpc/v1", onion))