diff --git a/backend/btrixcloud/basecrawls.py b/backend/btrixcloud/basecrawls.py
index 2cf09a0f85..75f47a9d74 100644
--- a/backend/btrixcloud/basecrawls.py
+++ b/backend/btrixcloud/basecrawls.py
@@ -464,9 +464,11 @@ async def _resolve_crawl_refs(
                 raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="missing_org")
 
         if hasattr(crawl, "profileid") and crawl.profileid:
-            crawl.profileName = await self.crawl_configs.profiles.get_profile_name(
+            profile = await self.crawl_configs.profiles.get_profile(
                 crawl.profileid, org
             )
+            if profile:
+                crawl.profileName = profile.name
 
         if (
             files
diff --git a/backend/btrixcloud/crawlconfigs.py b/backend/btrixcloud/crawlconfigs.py
index 552493f170..d014d7b315 100644
--- a/backend/btrixcloud/crawlconfigs.py
+++ b/backend/btrixcloud/crawlconfigs.py
@@ -265,13 +265,10 @@ async def add_crawl_config(
         proxy_id = config_in.proxyId
 
         profileid = None
+        # ensure profile is valid, get proxy_id from profile
         if isinstance(config_in.profileid, UUID):
             profileid = config_in.profileid
-
-        # ensure profile is valid, get proxy_id from profile
-        if profileid:
-            profile = await self.profiles.get_profile(profileid, org)
-            proxy_id = profile.proxyId
+            proxy_id = None
         else:
             if config_in.config and config_in.config.failOnContentCheck:
                 raise HTTPException(
@@ -280,8 +277,7 @@ async def add_crawl_config(
 
         # ensure proxy_id is valid and available for org
         if proxy_id:
-            if not self.can_org_use_proxy(org, proxy_id):
-                raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="proxy_not_found")
+            self.assert_can_org_use_proxy(org, proxy_id)
 
         if config_in.config.exclude:
             exclude = config_in.config.exclude
@@ -602,7 +598,15 @@ async def update_crawl_config(
             and ((not update.profileid) != (not orig_crawl_config.profileid))
         )
 
-        changed = changed or (orig_crawl_config.proxyId != update.proxyId)
+        # either unsetting profile or no profile set on current config
+        no_profile = update.profileid == "" or not orig_crawl_config.profileid
+
+        changed = changed or (
+            no_profile
+            and update.proxyId is not None
+            and orig_crawl_config.proxyId != update.proxyId
+            and ((not update.proxyId) != (not orig_crawl_config.proxyId))
+        )
 
         metadata_changed = self.check_attr_changed(orig_crawl_config, update, "name")
         metadata_changed = metadata_changed or self.check_attr_changed(
@@ -633,8 +637,6 @@ async def update_crawl_config(
             last_rev = ConfigRevision(**orig_dict)
             last_rev = await self.config_revs.insert_one(last_rev.to_dict())
 
-        proxy_id = update.proxyId
-
         # set update query
         query = update.dict(exclude_unset=True)
         query["modifiedBy"] = user.id
@@ -646,15 +648,15 @@ async def update_crawl_config(
             query["profileid"] = None
         # else, ensure its a valid profile
         elif update.profileid:
-            profile = await self.profiles.get_profile(cast(UUID, update.profileid), org)
+            await self.profiles.get_profile(cast(UUID, update.profileid), org)
             query["profileid"] = update.profileid
-            proxy_id = profile.proxyId
-        # don't change the proxy if profile is set, as it should match the profile proxy
-        elif orig_crawl_config.profileid:
-            proxy_id = None
 
-        if proxy_id is not None:
-            query["proxyId"] = proxy_id
+        if no_profile:
+            if update.proxyId == "":
+                query["proxyId"] = None
+            elif update.proxyId:
+                self.assert_can_org_use_proxy(org, update.proxyId)
+                query["proxyId"] = update.proxyId
 
         if update.config is not None:
             query["config"] = update.config.dict()
@@ -1025,9 +1027,10 @@ async def get_crawl_config_out(self, cid: UUID, org: Organization):
             await self._add_running_curr_crawl_stats(crawlconfig)
 
         if crawlconfig.profileid:
-            crawlconfig.profileName = await self.profiles.get_profile_name(
-                crawlconfig.profileid, org
-            )
+            profile = await self.profiles.get_profile(crawlconfig.profileid, org)
+            if profile:
+                crawlconfig.profileName = profile.name
+                crawlconfig.proxyId = profile.proxyId
 
         crawlconfig.config.seeds = None
 
@@ -1241,8 +1244,8 @@ async def run_now_internal(
         else:
             profile_filename = ""
 
-        if crawlconfig.proxyId and not self.can_org_use_proxy(org, crawlconfig.proxyId):
-            raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="proxy_not_found")
+        if crawlconfig.proxyId:
+            self.assert_can_org_use_proxy(org, crawlconfig.proxyId)
 
         storage_filename = (
             crawlconfig.crawlFilenameTemplate or self.default_filename_template
@@ -1418,6 +1421,11 @@ def can_org_use_proxy(self, org: Organization, proxy: CrawlerProxy | str) -> boo
             _proxy.shared and org.allowSharedProxies
         ) or _proxy.id in org.allowedProxies
 
+    def assert_can_org_use_proxy(self, org: Organization, proxy: Optional[str]):
+        """assert that proxy can be used or throw error"""
+        if proxy and not self.can_org_use_proxy(org, proxy):
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="proxy_not_found")
+
     def get_warc_prefix(self, org: Organization, crawlconfig: CrawlConfig) -> str:
         """Generate WARC prefix slug from org slug, name or url
         if no name is provided, hostname is used from url, otherwise
diff --git a/backend/btrixcloud/db.py b/backend/btrixcloud/db.py
index c9b403e696..278014deff 100644
--- a/backend/btrixcloud/db.py
+++ b/backend/btrixcloud/db.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     ) = PageOps = BackgroundJobOps = FileUploadOps = CrawlLogOps = CrawlManager = object
 
 
-CURR_DB_VERSION = "0052"
+CURR_DB_VERSION = "0054"
 
 
 # ============================================================================
diff --git a/backend/btrixcloud/migrations/migration_0054_clear_proxyid_when_using_profiles.py b/backend/btrixcloud/migrations/migration_0054_clear_proxyid_when_using_profiles.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..25e8a82c7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/btrixcloud/migrations/migration_0054_clear_proxyid_when_using_profiles.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+"""
+Migration 0054 -- clear proxyId on workflows that have profile set
+using proxyId from profile always
+"""
+
+from btrixcloud.migrations import BaseMigration
+
+
+MIGRATION_VERSION = "0054"
+
+
+class Migration(BaseMigration):
+    """Migration class."""
+
+    # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+    def __init__(self, mdb, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(mdb, migration_version=MIGRATION_VERSION)
+
+    async def migrate_up(self):
+        """Perform migration up.
+
+        Unset proxyId on workflows that have a profileid set
+        """
+        crawl_configs = self.mdb["crawl_configs"]
+
+        # Set non-public collections to private
+        try:
+            await crawl_configs.update_many(
+                {"profileid": {"$ne": None}, "proxyId": {"$ne": None}},
+                {"$set": {"proxyId": None}},
+            )
+        # pylint: disable=broad-exception-caught
+        except Exception as err:
+            print(
+                f"Error update crawl_configs: {err}",
+                flush=True,
+            )
diff --git a/backend/btrixcloud/models.py b/backend/btrixcloud/models.py
index e729730c2b..05c8502daf 100644
--- a/backend/btrixcloud/models.py
+++ b/backend/btrixcloud/models.py
@@ -2428,6 +2428,8 @@ class ProfileFile(BaseFile):
 class Profile(BaseMongoModel):
     """Browser profile"""
 
+    id: UUID
+
     name: str
     description: Optional[str] = ""
 
diff --git a/backend/btrixcloud/orgs.py b/backend/btrixcloud/orgs.py
index 8acb083b73..ea7d5d4f1e 100644
--- a/backend/btrixcloud/orgs.py
+++ b/backend/btrixcloud/orgs.py
@@ -1300,6 +1300,10 @@ async def import_org(
             if not workflow.get("crawlerChannel"):
                 workflow["crawlerChannel"] = "default"
 
+            # Ensure proxyId is unset if profile is set
+            if workflow.get("profileid"):
+                workflow["proxyId"] = None
+
             crawl_config = CrawlConfig.from_dict(workflow)
             await self.crawl_configs_db.insert_one(crawl_config.to_dict())
 
diff --git a/chart/test/test.yaml b/chart/test/test.yaml
index b3f62e86d7..aac4cb2117 100644
--- a/chart/test/test.yaml
+++ b/chart/test/test.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ operator_resync_seconds: 3
 
 qa_scale: 2
 
+# lower storage sizes
+redis_storage: "100Mi"
+profile_browser_workdir_size: "100Mi"
+crawler_storage: "1Gi"
+
+
 # for testing only
 crawler_extra_cpu_per_browser: 300m