diff --git a/client/src/main/java/ctbrec/ui/ExternalBrowser.java b/client/src/main/java/ctbrec/ui/ExternalBrowser.java
index b31fc313..79d84997 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/ctbrec/ui/ExternalBrowser.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/ctbrec/ui/ExternalBrowser.java
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ import org.json.JSONObject;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import ctbrec.Config;
 import ctbrec.OS;
+import ctbrec.Settings.ProxyType;
 import ctbrec.io.StreamRedirectThread;
 
-// TODO implement proxy support
 public class ExternalBrowser implements AutoCloseable {
     private static final transient Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ExternalBrowser.class);
     private static final ExternalBrowser INSTANCE = new ExternalBrowser();
@@ -35,22 +36,27 @@ public class ExternalBrowser implements AutoCloseable {
         return INSTANCE;
     }
 
-    public void run(String jsonConfig, Consumer<String> messageListener) throws InterruptedException, IOException {
+    public void run(JSONObject jsonConfig, Consumer<String> messageListener) throws InterruptedException, IOException {
         LOG.debug("Running browser with config {}", jsonConfig);
         lock.lock();
         try {
             stopped = false;
             this.messageListener = messageListener;
 
+            addProxyConfig(jsonConfig.getJSONObject("config"));
+
             p = new ProcessBuilder(OS.getBrowserCommand()).start();
             new StreamRedirectThread(p.getInputStream(), System.err);
             new StreamRedirectThread(p.getErrorStream(), System.err);
             LOG.debug("Browser started");
 
             connectToRemoteControlSocket();
-            LOG.debug("Connected to remote control server. Sending config {}", jsonConfig);
-
-            out.write(jsonConfig.getBytes("utf-8"));
+            if(LOG.isTraceEnabled()) {
+                LOG.debug("Connected to remote control server. Sending config {}", jsonConfig);
+            } else {
+                LOG.debug("Connected to remote control server. Sending config");
+            }
+            out.write(jsonConfig.toString().getBytes("utf-8"));
             out.write('\n');
             out.flush();
 
@@ -140,4 +146,43 @@ public class ExternalBrowser implements AutoCloseable {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    private void addProxyConfig(JSONObject jsonConfig) {
+        ProxyType proxyType = Config.getInstance().getSettings().proxyType;
+        switch (proxyType) {
+        case HTTP:
+            JSONObject proxy = new JSONObject();
+            proxy.put("address",
+                    "http=" + Config.getInstance().getSettings().proxyHost + ':' + Config.getInstance().getSettings().proxyPort
+                    + ";https=" + Config.getInstance().getSettings().proxyHost + ':' + Config.getInstance().getSettings().proxyPort);
+            if(Config.getInstance().getSettings().proxyUser != null && !Config.getInstance().getSettings().proxyUser.isEmpty()) {
+                String username = Config.getInstance().getSettings().proxyUser;
+                String password = Config.getInstance().getSettings().proxyPassword;
+                proxy.put("user", username);
+                proxy.put("password", password);
+            }
+            jsonConfig.put("proxy", proxy);
+            break;
+        case SOCKS4:
+            proxy = new JSONObject();
+            proxy.put("address", "socks4://" + Config.getInstance().getSettings().proxyHost + ':' + Config.getInstance().getSettings().proxyPort);
+            jsonConfig.put("proxy", proxy);
+            break;
+        case SOCKS5:
+            proxy = new JSONObject();
+            proxy.put("address", "socks5://" + Config.getInstance().getSettings().proxyHost + ':' + Config.getInstance().getSettings().proxyPort);
+            if(Config.getInstance().getSettings().proxyUser != null && !Config.getInstance().getSettings().proxyUser.isEmpty()) {
+                String username = Config.getInstance().getSettings().proxyUser;
+                String password = Config.getInstance().getSettings().proxyPassword;
+                proxy.put("user", username);
+                proxy.put("password", password);
+            }
+            jsonConfig.put("proxy", proxy);
+            break;
+        case DIRECT:
+        default:
+            // nothing to do here
+            break;
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/ctbrec/ui/sites/bonga/BongaCamsElectronLoginDialog.java b/client/src/main/java/ctbrec/ui/sites/bonga/BongaCamsElectronLoginDialog.java
index 73146f5f..2ed49de3 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/ctbrec/ui/sites/bonga/BongaCamsElectronLoginDialog.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/ctbrec/ui/sites/bonga/BongaCamsElectronLoginDialog.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class BongaCamsElectronLoginDialog {
             config.put("h", 480);
             JSONObject msg = new JSONObject();
             msg.put("config", config);
-            browser.run(msg.toString(), msgHandler);
+            browser.run(msg, msgHandler);
         } catch (InterruptedException e) {
             throw new IOException("Couldn't wait for login dialog", e);
         } finally {
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/ctbrec/ui/sites/cam4/Cam4ElectronLoginDialog.java b/client/src/main/java/ctbrec/ui/sites/cam4/Cam4ElectronLoginDialog.java
index 5424e2ff..6adc8f0d 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/ctbrec/ui/sites/cam4/Cam4ElectronLoginDialog.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/ctbrec/ui/sites/cam4/Cam4ElectronLoginDialog.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class Cam4ElectronLoginDialog {
             config.put("h", 640);
             JSONObject msg = new JSONObject();
             msg.put("config", config);
-            browser.run(msg.toString(), msgHandler);
+            browser.run(msg, msgHandler);
         } catch (InterruptedException e) {
             throw new IOException("Couldn't wait for login dialog", e);
         } finally {
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/ctbrec/ui/sites/jasmin/LiveJasminElectronLoginDialog.java b/client/src/main/java/ctbrec/ui/sites/jasmin/LiveJasminElectronLoginDialog.java
index b5191dd8..9f260eb0 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/ctbrec/ui/sites/jasmin/LiveJasminElectronLoginDialog.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/ctbrec/ui/sites/jasmin/LiveJasminElectronLoginDialog.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public class LiveJasminElectronLoginDialog {
             config.put("h", 720);
             JSONObject msg = new JSONObject();
             msg.put("config", config);
-            browser.run(msg.toString(), msgHandler);
+            browser.run(msg, msgHandler);
         } catch (InterruptedException e) {
             throw new IOException("Couldn't wait for login dialog", e);
         } catch (IOException e) {