diff --git a/bridgehead b/bridgehead
index b937635..8db9735 100755
--- a/bridgehead
+++ b/bridgehead
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ loadVars() {
 	fi
 	detectCompose
 	setHostname
+	setupProxy
 }
 
 case "$ACTION" in
diff --git a/lib/functions.sh b/lib/functions.sh
index 82a501d..4d2bb2f 100644
--- a/lib/functions.sh
+++ b/lib/functions.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,33 @@ detectCompose() {
 	fi
 }
 
+setupProxy() {
+	### Note: As the current data protection concepts do not allow communication via HTTP,
+	### we are not setting a proxy for HTTP requests.
+
+	local http="no"
+	local https="no"
+	if [ $HTTPS_PROXY_URL ]; then
+		local proto="$(echo $HTTPS_PROXY_URL | grep :// | sed -e 's,^\(.*://\).*,\1,g')"
+		local fqdn="$(echo ${HTTPS_PROXY_URL/$proto/})"
+		local hostport=$(echo $HTTPS_PROXY_URL | sed -e "s,$proto,,g" | cut -d/ -f1)
+		HTTPS_PROXY_HOST="$(echo $hostport | sed -e 's,:.*,,g')"
+		HTTPS_PROXY_PORT="$(echo $hostport | sed -e 's,^.*:,:,g' -e 's,.*:\([0-9]*\).*,\1,g' -e 's,[^0-9],,g')"
+		if [[ ! -z "$HTTPS_PROXY_USERNAME" && ! -z "$HTTPS_PROXY_PASSWORD" ]]; then
+			local proto="$(echo $HTTPS_PROXY_URL | grep :// | sed -e 's,^\(.*://\).*,\1,g')"
+			local fqdn="$(echo ${HTTPS_PROXY_URL/$proto/})"
+			HTTPS_PROXY_FULL_URL="$(echo $proto$HTTPS_PROXY_USERNAME:$HTTPS_PROXY_PASSWORD@$fqdn)"
+			https="authenticated"
+		else
+			HTTPS_PROXY_FULL_URL=$HTTPS_PROXY_URL
+			https="unauthenticated"
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	log INFO "Configuring proxy servers: $http http proxy (we're not supporting unencrypted comms), $https https proxy"
+	export HTTPS_PROXY_HOST HTTPS_PROXY_PORT HTTPS_PROXY_FULL_URL
+}
+
 exitIfNotRoot() {
   if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]; then
     log "ERROR" "Please run as root"
diff --git a/lib/monitoring.sh b/lib/monitoring.sh
index c3eb9fc..b5466a5 100755
--- a/lib/monitoring.sh
+++ b/lib/monitoring.sh
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ function hc_send(){
 
     if [ -n "$2" ]; then
         MSG="$2\n\nDocker stats:\n$UPTIME"
-        echo -e "$MSG" | https_proxy=$HTTPS_PROXY_URL curl --max-time 5 -A "$USER_AGENT" -s -o /dev/null -X POST --data-binary @- "$HCURL"/"$1" || log WARN "Monitoring failed: Unable to send data to $HCURL/$1"
+        echo -e "$MSG" | https_proxy=$HTTPS_PROXY_FULL_URL curl --max-time 5 -A "$USER_AGENT" -s -o /dev/null -X POST --data-binary @- "$HCURL"/"$1" || log WARN "Monitoring failed: Unable to send data to $HCURL/$1"
     else
-        https_proxy=$HTTPS_PROXY_URL curl --max-time 5 -A "$USER_AGENT" -s -o /dev/null "$HCURL"/"$1" || log WARN "Monitoring failed: Unable to send data to $HCURL/$1"
+        https_proxy=$HTTPS_PROXY_FULL_URL curl --max-time 5 -A "$USER_AGENT" -s -o /dev/null "$HCURL"/"$1" || log WARN "Monitoring failed: Unable to send data to $HCURL/$1"
     fi
 }
diff --git a/lib/prerequisites.sh b/lib/prerequisites.sh
index 2665b95..10166e0 100755
--- a/lib/prerequisites.sh
+++ b/lib/prerequisites.sh
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ source /etc/bridgehead/${PROJECT}.conf
 source ${PROJECT}/vars
 
 set +e
-SERVERTIME="$(https_proxy=$HTTPS_PROXY_URL curl -m 5 -s -I $BROKER_URL_FOR_PREREQ 2>&1 | grep -i -e '^Date: ' | sed -e 's/^Date: //i')"
+SERVERTIME="$(https_proxy=$HTTPS_PROXY_FULL_URL curl -m 5 -s -I $BROKER_URL_FOR_PREREQ 2>&1 | grep -i -e '^Date: ' | sed -e 's/^Date: //i')"
 RET=$?
 set -e
 if [ $RET -ne 0 ]; then
diff --git a/lib/update-bridgehead.sh b/lib/update-bridgehead.sh
index 9958eb5..bc6a5f6 100755
--- a/lib/update-bridgehead.sh
+++ b/lib/update-bridgehead.sh
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@ for DIR in /etc/bridgehead $(pwd); do
     git -C $DIR config credential.helper "$CREDHELPER"
   fi
   old_git_hash="$(git -C $DIR rev-parse --verify HEAD)"
-  if [ -z "$HTTP_PROXY_URL" ]; then
+  if [ -z "$HTTPS_PROXY_FULL_URL" ]; then
     log "INFO" "Git is using no proxy!"
     OUT=$(retry 5 git -C $DIR fetch 2>&1 && retry 5 git -C $DIR pull 2>&1)
   else
-    log "INFO" "Git is using proxy ${HTTP_PROXY_URL} from ${CONFFILE}"
-    OUT=$(retry 5 git -c http.proxy=$HTTP_PROXY_URL -c https.proxy=$HTTPS_PROXY_URL -C $DIR fetch 2>&1 && retry 5 git -c http.proxy=$HTTP_PROXY_URL -c https.proxy=$HTTPS_PROXY_URL -C $DIR pull 2>&1)
+    log "INFO" "Git is using proxy ${HTTPS_PROXY_URL} from ${CONFFILE}"
+    OUT=$(retry 5 git -c https.proxy=$HTTPS_PROXY_FULL_URL -C $DIR fetch 2>&1 && retry 5 git -c https.proxy=$HTTPS_PROXY_FULL_URL -C $DIR pull 2>&1)
   fi
   if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     report_error log "Unable to update git $DIR: $OUT"