diff --git a/brozzler/worker.py b/brozzler/worker.py
index 05d260b..ec3f6dc 100644
--- a/brozzler/worker.py
+++ b/brozzler/worker.py
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ class BrozzlerWorker:
                     verify=False)
         except requests.exceptions.ProxyError as e:
             raise brozzler.ProxyError(
-                    'proxy error fetching %s' % page.url) from e
+                    'proxy error fetching %s' % url) from e
 
     def _needs_browsing(self, page, ydl_fetches):
         if ydl_fetches:
diff --git a/tests/test_units.py b/tests/test_units.py
index a9fdb0e..4a91e0c 100644
--- a/tests/test_units.py
+++ b/tests/test_units.py
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ def test_proxy_down():
 
         # raw fetch
         with pytest.raises(brozzler.ProxyError):
-            worker._fetch_url(site, page)
+            worker._fetch_url(site, page.url)
 
         # WARCPROX_WRITE_RECORD
         with pytest.raises(brozzler.ProxyError):