diff --git a/cmd/rdpgw/protocol/process.go b/cmd/rdpgw/protocol/process.go
index ceaf16e..9c4e54d 100644
--- a/cmd/rdpgw/protocol/process.go
+++ b/cmd/rdpgw/protocol/process.go
@@ -12,9 +12,17 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
+	"golang.org/x/net/proxy"
+	"github.com/wrouesnel/go.connect-proxy-scheme"
+
 	"github.com/bolkedebruin/rdpgw/cmd/rdpgw/identity"
 )
 
+func init() {
+	proxy.RegisterDialerType("http", connect_proxy_scheme.ConnectProxy)
+	proxy.RegisterDialerType("https", connect_proxy_scheme.ConnectProxy)
+}
+
 type Processor struct {
 	// gw is the gateway instance on which the connection arrived
 	// Immutable; never nil.
@@ -139,7 +147,9 @@ func (p *Processor) Process(ctx context.Context) error {
 					}
 				}
 				log.Printf("Establishing connection to RDP server: %s", host)
-				p.tunnel.rwc, err = net.DialTimeout("tcp", host, time.Second*15)
+				ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second*15)
+				defer cancel()
+				p.tunnel.rwc, err = proxy.Dial(ctx, "tcp", host)
 				if err != nil {
 					log.Printf("Error connecting to %s, %s", host, err)
 					msg := p.channelResponse(E_PROXY_INTERNALERROR)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ca53951..fe39fbe 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.19.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 	github.com/thought-machine/go-flags v1.6.3
+	github.com/wrouesnel/go.connect-proxy-scheme v0.0.0-20240822095422-f6d0c8f327b9
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.36.0
+	golang.org/x/net v0.38.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.18.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.1
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0
@@ -37,23 +39,31 @@ require (
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/dsnet/compress v0.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v3 v3.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4 // indirect
+	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/gorilla/securecookie v1.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-uuid v1.0.3 // indirect
+	github.com/integralist/go-findroot v0.0.0-20160518114804-ac90681525dc // indirect
 	github.com/jcmturner/aescts/v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jcmturner/dnsutils/v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jcmturner/rpc/v2 v2.0.3 // indirect
 	github.com/knadh/koanf/maps v0.1.1 // indirect
-	github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/magefile/mage v1.15.0 // indirect
+	github.com/mholt/archiver v3.1.1+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/nwaples/rardecode v1.1.3 // indirect
+	github.com/pierrec/lz4 v2.6.1+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.50.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.13.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.38.0 // indirect
+	github.com/ulikunitz/xz v0.5.12 // indirect
+	github.com/xi2/xz v0.0.0-20171230120015-48954b6210f8 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.31.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.23.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.8 // indirect