diff --git a/bot/chatgpt/chat_gpt_bot.py b/bot/chatgpt/chat_gpt_bot.py
index 1898d05..685514f 100644
--- a/bot/chatgpt/chat_gpt_bot.py
+++ b/bot/chatgpt/chat_gpt_bot.py
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ else:
 class ChatGPTBot(Bot):
     def __init__(self):
         openai.api_key = conf().get('open_ai_api_key')
-        openai.api_base = conf().get('open_ai_api_base')
+        if conf().get('open_ai_api_base'):
+            openai.api_base = conf().get('open_ai_api_base')
         proxy = conf().get('proxy')
         if proxy:
             openai.proxy = proxy
diff --git a/bot/openai/open_ai_bot.py b/bot/openai/open_ai_bot.py
index 1c12989..7822bae 100644
--- a/bot/openai/open_ai_bot.py
+++ b/bot/openai/open_ai_bot.py
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@ user_session = dict()
 class OpenAIBot(Bot):
     def __init__(self):
         openai.api_key = conf().get('open_ai_api_key')
-        openai.api_base = conf().get('open_ai_api_base')
-
+        if conf().get('open_ai_api_base'):
+            openai.api_base = conf().get('open_ai_api_base')
+        proxy = conf().get('proxy')
+        if proxy:
+            openai.proxy = proxy
 
     def reply(self, query, context=None):
         # acquire reply content
diff --git a/config-template.json b/config-template.json
index 87fbc00..9ad9f5d 100644
--- a/config-template.json
+++ b/config-template.json
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {
   "open_ai_api_key": "YOUR API KEY",
-  "open_ai_api_base":"",
   "proxy": "",
   "single_chat_prefix": ["bot", "@bot"],
   "single_chat_reply_prefix": "[bot] ",