diff --git a/dnscrypt-proxy/plugin_forward.go b/dnscrypt-proxy/plugin_forward.go
index faec6e12..e9cdda58 100644
--- a/dnscrypt-proxy/plugin_forward.go
+++ b/dnscrypt-proxy/plugin_forward.go
@@ -49,9 +49,16 @@ func (plugin *PluginForward) Init(proxy *Proxy) error {
 		var servers []string
 		for _, server := range strings.Split(serversStr, ",") {
 			server = strings.TrimSpace(server)
-			if net.ParseIP(server) != nil {
-				server = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", server, 53)
+			server = strings.TrimPrefix(server, "[")
+			server = strings.TrimSuffix(server, "]")
+			if ip := net.ParseIP(server); ip != nil {
+				if ip.To4() != nil {
+					server = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", server, 53)
+				} else {
+					server = fmt.Sprintf("[%s]:%d", server, 53)
+				}
 			}
+			dlog.Infof("Forwarding [%s] to %s", domain, server)
 			servers = append(servers, server)
 		}
 		if len(servers) == 0 {