diff --git a/lib/remote-storage.js b/lib/remote-storage.js
index 0481539..ef31545 100644
--- a/lib/remote-storage.js
+++ b/lib/remote-storage.js
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ const fs = require('fs-extra')
 const joi = require('joi')
 const klaw = require('klaw')
 const http = require('http')
+import { NodeHttpHandler } from "@smithy/node-http-handler"
+import { ProxyAgent } from "proxy-agent"
+import dotenv from 'dotenv'
 const { codes, logAndThrow } = require('./StorageError')
 
 const fileExtensionPattern = /\*\.[0-9a-zA-Z]+$/
@@ -71,8 +74,16 @@ module.exports = class RemoteStorage {
     }
     this.bucket = creds.params.Bucket
 
+    dotenv.config();
+    const proxyUrl = process.env.HTTPS_PROXY || process.env.HTTP_PROXY; // this means HTTPS proxy takes precedence
+    const agent = proxyUrl ? new ProxyAgent(proxyUrl) : undefined;
+
     // https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSJavaScriptSDK/v3/latest/clients/client-s3/classes/s3.html#constructor
-    this.s3 = new S3({ credentials, region })
+    this.s3 = new S3({requestHandler: new NodeHttpHandler({
+                        httpAgent: agent,
+                        httpsAgent: agent
+                    }), 
+                    credentials, region })
   }
 
   /**