diff --git a/scholarly/_proxy_generator.py b/scholarly/_proxy_generator.py
index bea892c..49d5bd5 100644
--- a/scholarly/_proxy_generator.py
+++ b/scholarly/_proxy_generator.py
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ def ScraperAPI(self, API_KEY, country_code=None, premium=False, render=False):
         for _ in range(3):
             proxy_works = self._use_proxy(http=f'{prefix}:{API_KEY}@proxy-server.scraperapi.com:8001')
             if proxy_works:
-                proxies = {'http://': f"http://scraperapi:{API_KEY}@proxy-server.scraperapi.com:8001",}
+                proxies = {'http://': f"{prefix}:{API_KEY}@proxy-server.scraperapi.com:8001",}
                 self.logger.info("ScraperAPI proxy setup successfully")
                 self._new_session(verify=False, proxies=proxies)
                 return proxy_works