diff --git a/crawl4ai/async_configs.py b/crawl4ai/async_configs.py
index 985f6a63..53f4aaed 100644
--- a/crawl4ai/async_configs.py
+++ b/crawl4ai/async_configs.py
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ class BrowserConfig:
             chrome_channel=kwargs.get("chrome_channel", "chromium"),
             channel=kwargs.get("channel", "chromium"),
             proxy=kwargs.get("proxy"),
-            proxy_config=kwargs.get("proxy_config", None),
+            proxy_config=ProxyConfig.from_dict(kwargs.get("proxy_config")) if isinstance(kwargs.get("proxy_config"), dict) else kwargs.get("proxy_config", None),
             viewport_width=kwargs.get("viewport_width", 1080),
             viewport_height=kwargs.get("viewport_height", 600),
             accept_downloads=kwargs.get("accept_downloads", False),
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ class BrowserConfig:
             "chrome_channel": self.chrome_channel,
             "channel": self.channel,
             "proxy": self.proxy,
-            "proxy_config": self.proxy_config.to_dict() if self.proxy_config else None,
+            "proxy_config": self.proxy_config.to_dict() if hasattr(self.proxy_config, 'to_dict') else self.proxy_config,
             "viewport_width": self.viewport_width,
             "viewport_height": self.viewport_height,
             "accept_downloads": self.accept_downloads,
@@ -1788,7 +1788,7 @@ class CrawlerRunConfig():
             prettiify=kwargs.get("prettiify", False),
             parser_type=kwargs.get("parser_type", "lxml"),
             scraping_strategy=kwargs.get("scraping_strategy"),
-            proxy_config=kwargs.get("proxy_config"),
+            proxy_config=ProxyConfig.from_dict(kwargs.get("proxy_config")) if isinstance(kwargs.get("proxy_config"), dict) else kwargs.get("proxy_config"),
             proxy_rotation_strategy=kwargs.get("proxy_rotation_strategy"),
             # Sticky Proxy Session Parameters
             proxy_session_id=kwargs.get("proxy_session_id"),
@@ -1918,7 +1918,7 @@ class CrawlerRunConfig():
             "prettiify": self.prettiify,
             "parser_type": self.parser_type,
             "scraping_strategy": self.scraping_strategy,
-            "proxy_config": self.proxy_config,
+            "proxy_config": self.proxy_config.to_dict() if hasattr(self.proxy_config, 'to_dict') else self.proxy_config,
             "proxy_rotation_strategy": self.proxy_rotation_strategy,
             "proxy_session_id": self.proxy_session_id,
             "proxy_session_ttl": self.proxy_session_ttl,
diff --git a/crawl4ai/browser_manager.py b/crawl4ai/browser_manager.py
index 90337c02..4737610e 100644
--- a/crawl4ai/browser_manager.py
+++ b/crawl4ai/browser_manager.py
@@ -1202,14 +1202,12 @@ class BrowserManager:
         if crawlerRunConfig:
             # Check if there is value for crawlerRunConfig.proxy_config set add that to context
             if crawlerRunConfig.proxy_config:
-                proxy_settings = {
-                    "server": crawlerRunConfig.proxy_config.server,
-                }
-                if crawlerRunConfig.proxy_config.username:
-                    proxy_settings.update({
-                        "username": crawlerRunConfig.proxy_config.username,
-                        "password": crawlerRunConfig.proxy_config.password,
-                    })
+                from playwright.async_api import ProxySettings
+                proxy_settings = ProxySettings(
+                    server=crawlerRunConfig.proxy_config.server,
+                    username=crawlerRunConfig.proxy_config.username,
+                    password=crawlerRunConfig.proxy_config.password,
+                )
                 context_settings["proxy"] = proxy_settings
 
         if self.config.text_mode: