diff --git a/lyricsgenius/api/api.py b/lyricsgenius/api/api.py
index 5692741..38ddf48 100644
--- a/lyricsgenius/api/api.py
+++ b/lyricsgenius/api/api.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class API(Sender):
         retries (:obj:`int`, optional): Number of retries in case of timeouts and
             errors with a >= 500 response code. By default, requests are only made once.
         user_agent (:obj:`str`, optional): User agent for the request header.
+        proxy (:obj:`dict[str, str]`, optional): Proxy settings.
 
     Attributes:
         response_format (:obj:`str`, optional): API response format (dom, plain, html).
@@ -52,21 +53,21 @@ class API(Sender):
 
     def __init__(self,
                  access_token,
-                 proxy=None,
                  response_format='plain',
                  timeout=5,
                  sleep_time=0.2,
                  retries=0,
                  user_agent='',
+                 proxy=None,
                  ):
         super().__init__(
             access_token=access_token,
-            proxy=proxy,
             response_format=response_format,
             timeout=timeout,
             sleep_time=sleep_time,
             retries=retries,
             user_agent=user_agent,
+            proxy=proxy,
         )
 
     def account(self, text_format=None):
diff --git a/lyricsgenius/api/base.py b/lyricsgenius/api/base.py
index b2e8abe..60a395a 100644
--- a/lyricsgenius/api/base.py
+++ b/lyricsgenius/api/base.py
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ class Sender(object):
     def __init__(
         self,
         access_token=None,
-        proxy=None,
         response_format='plain',
         timeout=5,
         sleep_time=0.2,
         retries=0,
         public_api_constructor=False,
         user_agent='',
+        proxy=None,
     ):
         self._session = requests.Session()
         user_agent_root = f'{platform.system()} {platform.release()}; Python {platform.python_version()}'
diff --git a/lyricsgenius/genius.py b/lyricsgenius/genius.py
index 3cb7221..556f0bb 100644
--- a/lyricsgenius/genius.py
+++ b/lyricsgenius/genius.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class Genius(API, PublicAPI):
         retries (:obj:`int`, optional): Number of retries in case of timeouts and
             errors with a >= 500 response code. By default, requests are only made once.
         user_agent (:obj:`str`, optional): User agent for the request header.
+        proxy (:obj:`dict[str, str]`, optional): Proxy settings.
 
     Attributes:
         verbose (:obj:`bool`, optional): Turn printed messages on or off.
@@ -67,23 +68,23 @@ class Genius(API, PublicAPI):
                      'instrumental', 'setlist']
 
     def __init__(self, access_token=None,
-                 proxy=None,
                  response_format='plain', timeout=5, sleep_time=0.2,
                  verbose=True, remove_section_headers=False,
                  skip_non_songs=True, excluded_terms=None,
                  replace_default_terms=False,
                  retries=0,
                  user_agent='',
+                 proxy=None,
                  ):
         # Genius Client Constructor
         super().__init__(
             access_token=access_token,
-            proxy=proxy,
             response_format=response_format,
             timeout=timeout,
             sleep_time=sleep_time,
             retries=retries,
             user_agent=user_agent,
+            proxy=proxy,
         )
 
         self.verbose = verbose