Winwget proxy support

I'm pulling out my hair here....

With no proxy defined, my winwget (latest build) gives me a nice error msg - host not resolved.

when I enter the proxy it still goes to error status but adds a blank line to the log file. I can type whatever I like into the proxy setting, but I still just get error and a blank line in the log.

given that I know how to type in the proxy address properly, how am I supposed to fix it when the error log gives me no clue....

Nick