diff --git a/app/logical/downloads/file.rb b/app/logical/downloads/file.rb
index e3607cc83..a53d10f40 100644
--- a/app/logical/downloads/file.rb
+++ b/app/logical/downloads/file.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ module Downloads
       }
       @source, headers, @data = before_download(@source, headers, @data)
       url = URI.parse(@source)
-      res = HTTParty.head(url, timeout: 3)
+      res = HTTParty.head(url, Danbooru.config.httparty_options.reverse_merge(timeout: 3))
       res.content_length
     end
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ module Downloads
         validate_local_hosts(url)
 
         begin
-          res = HTTParty.get(url, timeout: 10, headers: headers)
+          res = HTTParty.get(url, Danbooru.config.httparty_options.reverse_merge(timeout: 10, headers: headers))
           if res.success?
             if max_size
               len = res["Content-Length"]
diff --git a/app/logical/downloads/rewrite_strategies/base.rb b/app/logical/downloads/rewrite_strategies/base.rb
index 8c2ff3300..578b4fec9 100644
--- a/app/logical/downloads/rewrite_strategies/base.rb
+++ b/app/logical/downloads/rewrite_strategies/base.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module Downloads
 
     protected
       def http_head_request(url, headers)
-        HTTParty.head(url, headers: headers)
+        HTTParty.head(url, Danbooru.config.httparty_options.merge(headers: headers))
       end
 
       def http_exists?(url, headers)
diff --git a/app/logical/image_proxy.rb b/app/logical/image_proxy.rb
index 9432803a4..5c2094511 100644
--- a/app/logical/image_proxy.rb
+++ b/app/logical/image_proxy.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class ImageProxy
       "Referer" => fake_referer_for(url),
       "User-Agent" => "#{Danbooru.config.safe_app_name}/#{Danbooru.config.version}"
     }
-    response = HTTParty.get(url, headers: headers)
+    response = HTTParty.get(url, Danbooru.config.httparty_options.merge(headers: headers))
     if response.success?
       return response
     else
diff --git a/app/logical/iqdb/download.rb b/app/logical/iqdb/download.rb
index f3205ca51..e77f4d1eb 100644
--- a/app/logical/iqdb/download.rb
+++ b/app/logical/iqdb/download.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ module Iqdb
         uri = URI.parse("#{Danbooru.config.iqdbs_server}/similar")
         uri.query = URI.encode_www_form(params)
 
-        resp = HTTParty.get(uri)
+        resp = HTTParty.get(uri, Danbooru.config.httparty_options)
         if resp.success?
           json = JSON.parse(resp.body)
           if json.is_a?(Array)
diff --git a/app/logical/missed_search_service.rb b/app/logical/missed_search_service.rb
index 778d717bc..f98e3d395 100644
--- a/app/logical/missed_search_service.rb
+++ b/app/logical/missed_search_service.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class MissedSearchService
   def fetch_data
     Cache.get("ms", 1.minute) do
       url = URI.parse("#{Danbooru.config.reportbooru_server}/missed_searches")
-      response = HTTParty.get(url, timeout: 6)
+      response = HTTParty.get(url, Danbooru.config.httparty_options.reverse_merge(timeout: 6))
       if response.success?
         response = response.body
       else
diff --git a/app/logical/nico_seiga_api_client.rb b/app/logical/nico_seiga_api_client.rb
index b1312df3d..a29b0b5f7 100644
--- a/app/logical/nico_seiga_api_client.rb
+++ b/app/logical/nico_seiga_api_client.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class NicoSeigaApiClient
 
   def get_illust(id)
     uri = "#{BASE_URL}/illust/info?id=#{id}"
-    resp = HTTParty.get(uri)
+    resp = HTTParty.get(uri, Danbooru.config.httparty_options)
     if resp.success?
       parse_illust_xml_response(resp.body)
     end
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class NicoSeigaApiClient
 
   def get_artist(id)
     uri = "#{BASE_URL}/user/info?id=#{id}"
-    resp = HTTParty.get(uri)
+    resp = HTTParty.get(uri, Danbooru.config.httparty_options)
     if resp.success?
       parse_artist_xml_response(resp.body)
     end
diff --git a/app/logical/pixiv_api_client.rb b/app/logical/pixiv_api_client.rb
index b70097eda..d6be3673d 100644
--- a/app/logical/pixiv_api_client.rb
+++ b/app/logical/pixiv_api_client.rb
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class PixivApiClient
     url.query = URI.encode_www_form(params)
     json = nil
 
-    resp = HTTParty.get(url)
+    resp = HTTParty.get(url, Danbooru.config.httparty_options)
     if resp.success?
       json = parse_api_json(resp.body)
     else
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ private
       }
       url = "https://oauth.secure.pixiv.net/auth/token"
 
-      resp = HTTParty.post(url, body: params, headers: headers)
+      resp = HTTParty.post(url, Danbooru.config.httparty_options.merge(body: params, headers: headers))
       if resp.success?
         json = JSON.parse(resp.body)
         access_token = json["response"]["access_token"]
diff --git a/app/logical/popular_search_service.rb b/app/logical/popular_search_service.rb
index c7b1a6e67..c18c6703f 100644
--- a/app/logical/popular_search_service.rb
+++ b/app/logical/popular_search_service.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class PopularSearchService
 
     Cache.get("ps-#{scale}-#{dates}", 1.minute) do
       url = "#{Danbooru.config.reportbooru_server}/hits/#{scale}?date=#{dates}"
-      response = HTTParty.get(url, timeout: 3)
+      response = HTTParty.get(url, Danbooru.config.httparty_options.reverse_merge(timeout: 3))
       if response.success?
         response = response.body
       else
diff --git a/app/logical/reports/user_similarity.rb b/app/logical/reports/user_similarity.rb
index 48c45a8a9..6f439aff4 100644
--- a/app/logical/reports/user_similarity.rb
+++ b/app/logical/reports/user_similarity.rb
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ module Reports
       uri = URI.parse("#{Danbooru.config.reportbooru_server}/reports/#{endpoint}")
       uri.query = URI.encode_www_form(params)
 
-      resp = HTTParty.get(uri)
+      resp = HTTParty.get(uri, Danbooru.config.httparty_options)
       if resp.success?
         resp.body
       else
diff --git a/app/logical/sources/strategies/art_station.rb b/app/logical/sources/strategies/art_station.rb
index bf1ea1dd7..b697a06f3 100644
--- a/app/logical/sources/strategies/art_station.rb
+++ b/app/logical/sources/strategies/art_station.rb
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ module Sources::Strategies
     end
 
     def get
-      resp = HTTParty.get(api_url)
+      resp = HTTParty.get(api_url, Danbooru.config.httparty_options)
       image_url_rewriter = Downloads::RewriteStrategies::ArtStation.new
       if resp.success?
         @json = JSON.parse(resp.body)
diff --git a/app/logical/tag_alias_correction.rb b/app/logical/tag_alias_correction.rb
index d7a395cdc..5ce1c7a6f 100644
--- a/app/logical/tag_alias_correction.rb
+++ b/app/logical/tag_alias_correction.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class TagAliasCorrection
   end
 
   def fill_hash!
-    res = HTTParty.get("http://#{hostname}/tag_aliases/#{tag_alias_id}/correction.json")
+    res = HTTParty.get("http://#{hostname}/tag_aliases/#{tag_alias_id}/correction.json", Danbooru.config.httparty_options)
     if res.success?
       json = JSON.parse(res.body)
       statistics_hash["antecedent_cache"] = json["antecedent_cache"]
diff --git a/app/logical/tag_correction.rb b/app/logical/tag_correction.rb
index 0c33c3d56..618457b32 100644
--- a/app/logical/tag_correction.rb
+++ b/app/logical/tag_correction.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class TagCorrection
   end
 
   def fill_hash!
-    res = HTTParty.get("http://#{hostname}/tags/#{tag_id}/correction.json")
+    res = HTTParty.get("http://#{hostname}/tags/#{tag_id}/correction.json", Danbooru.config.httparty_options)
     if res.success?
       json = JSON.parse(res.body)
       statistics_hash["category_cache"] = json["category_cache"]
diff --git a/app/logical/tumblr_api_client.rb b/app/logical/tumblr_api_client.rb
index 61b0892ee..118ae4c3c 100644
--- a/app/logical/tumblr_api_client.rb
+++ b/app/logical/tumblr_api_client.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ class TumblrApiClient < Struct.new(:api_key)
   base_uri "https://api.tumblr.com/v2/blog/"
 
   def posts(blog_name, post_id)
-    response = self.class.get("/#{blog_name}/posts", query: { id: post_id, api_key: api_key })
+    response = self.class.get("/#{blog_name}/posts", Danbooru.config.httparty_options.merge(query: { id: post_id, api_key: api_key }))
     response.parsed_response.with_indifferent_access[:response]
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/logical/twitter_service.rb b/app/logical/twitter_service.rb
index e16a9ef5e..b65e854d0 100644
--- a/app/logical/twitter_service.rb
+++ b/app/logical/twitter_service.rb
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class TwitterService
   end
 
   def extract_og_image_from_page(url)
-    resp = HTTParty.get(url)
+    resp = HTTParty.get(url, Danbooru.config.httparty_options)
     if resp.success?
       doc = Nokogiri::HTML(resp.body)
       images = doc.css("meta[property='og:image']")
diff --git a/app/models/saved_search.rb b/app/models/saved_search.rb
index 09bb4530b..2a0077454 100644
--- a/app/models/saved_search.rb
+++ b/app/models/saved_search.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class SavedSearch < ApplicationRecord
 
           uri = "#{Danbooru.config.listbooru_server}/v2/search"
 
-          resp = HTTParty.post(uri, body: json)
+          resp = HTTParty.post(uri, Danbooru.config.httparty_options.merge(body: json))
           if resp.success?
             resp.body.to_s.scan(/\d+/).map(&:to_i)
           else
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 54979f2f5..1b642ad72 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
     def update_remote_cache
       if name_changed?
         Danbooru.config.other_server_hosts.each do |server|
-          HTTParty.delete("http://#{server}/users/#{id}/cache")
+          HTTParty.delete("http://#{server}/users/#{id}/cache", Danbooru.config.httparty_options)
         end
       end
     rescue Exception
diff --git a/config/danbooru_default_config.rb b/config/danbooru_default_config.rb
index 7dec2c060..ca6862920 100644
--- a/config/danbooru_default_config.rb
+++ b/config/danbooru_default_config.rb
@@ -417,10 +417,10 @@ module Danbooru
       false
     end
 
-    # for outgoing http requests, use these proxy settings:
-    def http_proxy_settings
+    def httparty_options
+      # proxy example:
       # {http_proxyaddr: "", http_proxyport: "", http_proxyuser: nil, http_proxypass: nil}
-      nil
+      {}
     end
 
     # you should override this