diff --git a/scrapy_proxies/randomproxy.py b/scrapy_proxies/randomproxy.py
index 06a21ff..b5e37b3 100644
--- a/scrapy_proxies/randomproxy.py
+++ b/scrapy_proxies/randomproxy.py
@@ -94,11 +94,11 @@ def process_request(self, request, spider):
         proxy_user_pass = self.proxies[proxy_address]
 
         if proxy_user_pass:
-            request.meta['proxy'] = proxy_address
             basic_auth = 'Basic ' + base64.b64encode(proxy_user_pass.encode()).decode()
             request.headers['Proxy-Authorization'] = basic_auth
         else:
             log.debug('Proxy user pass not found')
+        request.meta['proxy'] = proxy_address
         log.debug('Using proxy <%s>, %d proxies left' % (
                 proxy_address, len(self.proxies)))