diff --git a/cmd/bluepages/server.go b/cmd/bluepages/server.go
index b7ac746f..b2b26d5b 100644
--- a/cmd/bluepages/server.go
+++ b/cmd/bluepages/server.go
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ func NewServer(config Config) (*Server, error) {
 		HTTPClient: http.Client{
 			Timeout: time.Second * 10,
 			Transport: &http.Transport{
+				Proxy: http.ProxyFromEnvironment,
 				// would want this around 100ms for services doing lots of handle resolution (to reduce number of idle connections). Impacts PLC connections as well, but not too bad.
 				IdleConnTimeout: time.Millisecond * 100,
 				MaxIdleConns:    1000,
diff --git a/cmd/palomar/main.go b/cmd/palomar/main.go
index 28c3c8d0..213ae2ee 100644
--- a/cmd/palomar/main.go
+++ b/cmd/palomar/main.go
@@ -490,6 +490,7 @@ func createEsClient(cmd *cli.Command) (*es.Client, error) {
 		Password:  cmd.String("elastic-password"),
 		CACert:    cert,
 		Transport: &http.Transport{
+			Proxy: http.ProxyFromEnvironment,
 			MaxIdleConnsPerHost: 20,
 			TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{
 				InsecureSkipVerify: insecure,