diff --git a/src/excmds.ts b/src/excmds.ts
index 90abf425..682a50ac 100644
--- a/src/excmds.ts
+++ b/src/excmds.ts
@@ -4701,7 +4701,7 @@ export function autocmd(event: string, url: string, ...excmd: string[]) {
  * Pass an optional space-separated list of proxy names to assign a proxy (followed by failover proxies) to a URL and open in a specified container.
  * For example: `autocontain [-{u,s}] pattern container proxy1 proxy2`
  *
- * To assign a proxy and open in no container, use "firefox-default" or "none" as a container name.
+ * To assign a proxy and open in no container, use "firefox-default" or "none" as a container name. To override [[proxy]] and use no proxy, use the special proxy 'none' e.g. `autocontain -s whatismyipaddress\.com none none`
  * See also:
  *  - [[proxyadd]]
  *  - [[proxyremove]]
diff --git a/src/lib/proxy.ts b/src/lib/proxy.ts
index 961f282f..3e808546 100644
--- a/src/lib/proxy.ts
+++ b/src/lib/proxy.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export const proxyFromUrl = (proxyUrl: string): ProxyInfo => {
 
 export function exists(names: string[]) {
     const currProxies = Object.keys(config.get("proxies"))
-    const missingProxies = names.filter(name => !currProxies.includes(name))
+    const missingProxies = names.filter(name => !currProxies.includes(name) && name !== "none")
     if (missingProxies.length) {
         throw new Error(
             `${
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ const getProxies = (): { [key: string]: ProxyInfo } => {
 const getProxiesForUrl = async (url: string): Promise<ProxyInfo[]> => {
     const aucon = new AutoContain()
     const [, containerProxies] = await aucon.getAuconAndProxiesForUrl(url)
+    if (containerProxies[0] === "none") {
+        return []
+    }
     const proxies = getProxies()
     const filteredProxies = Object.entries(proxies)
         .filter(([name, ]) => containerProxies.includes(name))