diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tasks.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tasks.c
index 9f3694578..b73dfe926 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tasks.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tasks.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ int is_proxy(void)
 	{
 		// search in the command line for the "proxy" hint
 		char* found = strstr((char*) (size_t) mb_info->cmdline, "-proxy");
-		if (!found)
+		if (found)
 			return 1;
 	}
 	return 0;
diff --git a/kernel/main.c b/kernel/main.c
index a238a7f33..1b8d151be 100644
--- a/kernel/main.c
+++ b/kernel/main.c
@@ -253,10 +253,10 @@ success:
 
 			ip_counter++;
 		}
-	}
 
-	if (!ip_2_ip4(&default_netif.ip_addr)->addr)
-		return -ENODEV;
+		if (!ip_2_ip4(&default_netif.ip_addr)->addr)
+			return -ENODEV;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ static int initd(void* arg)
 	// initialize network
 	err = init_netifs();
 
-	if ((err != 0) || is_proxy())
+	if ((err != 0) || !is_proxy())
 	{
 		char* dummy[] = {"app_name", NULL};