# Proxies and Jabref
**URL:** https://discourse.jabref.org/t/proxies-and-jabref/5286
**Category:** Help
**Tags:** proxy
**Created:** [October 27, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/proxies-and-jabref/5286 "2024-10-27T20:40:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@dtbecker](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/dtbecker)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/proxies-and-jabref/5286/1 "2024-10-27T20:40:37Z")
Hi - Jabref is great, but I can only use it to a limited extent on my employer’s network. The problem is that Jabref does not inherit the proxy settings of the Windows operating system. Unfortunately, I cannot make a manual configuration. Other programmes obtain the proxy configuration automatically. Is there a trick for this?
Thanks for hints and ideas.
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### Author:  [@Siedlerchr](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Siedlerchr)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2024, 9:18am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/proxies-and-jabref/5286/2 "2024-10-28T09:18:09Z")
Hi,
you can try to modify the java options by specifying it should use a SystemProxy
```auto
-Djava.net.useSystemProxies=true
```
In the installation dir of Jabref there is Jabref.cfg
add a line:
```auto
java-options=-Djava.net.useSystemProxies=true
```
If you cannot modify the cfg file you can copy it and place it another directory:
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### Author:  [@dtbecker](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/dtbecker)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/proxies-and-jabref/5286/3 "2024-12-03T14:04:01Z")
Sorry for the very late feedback. This solution worked for me. Thanks! (wouldn’t it be easier to have this as a setting?)