diff --git a/NetTelegramBotApi/NetTelegramBotApi.csproj b/NetTelegramBotApi/NetTelegramBotApi.csproj
index 82238e9..a78982c 100644
--- a/NetTelegramBotApi/NetTelegramBotApi.csproj
+++ b/NetTelegramBotApi/NetTelegramBotApi.csproj
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=7.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.7.0.1\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
+      <HintPath>..\..\..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.7.0.1\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
       <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System" />
diff --git a/NetTelegramBotApi/TelegramBot.cs b/NetTelegramBotApi/TelegramBot.cs
index f4afd37..49a1e19 100644
--- a/NetTelegramBotApi/TelegramBot.cs
+++ b/NetTelegramBotApi/TelegramBot.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using NetTelegramBotApi.Requests;
@@ -10,6 +11,8 @@ namespace NetTelegramBotApi
 {
     public class TelegramBot
     {
+        private readonly string _proxyUrl;
+
         public static readonly JsonSerializerSettings JsonSettings = new JsonSerializerSettings
         {
             ContractResolver = new Util.JsonLowerCaseUnderscoreContractResolver()
@@ -23,19 +26,26 @@ static TelegramBot()
             JsonSettings.Converters.Add(new UnixDateTimeConverter());
         }
 
-        public TelegramBot(string accessToken)
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initialisiert eine neue Instanz des <see cref="TelegramBot"/>
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="accessToken"></param>
+        /// <param name="proxyUrl">optional: URL like </param>
+        public TelegramBot(string accessToken, string proxyUrl = null)
         {
+            _proxyUrl = proxyUrl;
             if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(accessToken))
             {
                 throw new ArgumentNullException("accessToken");
             }
 
+
             this.baseAddress = new Uri("https://api.telegram.org/bot" + accessToken + "/");
         }
 
         public async Task<T> MakeRequestAsync<T>(RequestBase<T> request)
         {
-            using (var client = new HttpClient())
+            using (var client = new HttpClient(getHttpDefaultHandler()))
             {
                 client.BaseAddress = baseAddress;
                 using (var httpMessage = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, request.MethodName))
@@ -64,6 +74,20 @@ public async Task<T> MakeRequestAsync<T>(RequestBase<T> request)
             }
         }
 
+        private HttpClientHandler getHttpDefaultHandler()
+        {
+            if (_proxyUrl != null)
+            {
+                return new HttpClientHandler
+                {
+                    Proxy = new WebProxy(_proxyUrl, true),
+                    UseProxy = true
+                };
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Use this method to deserialize <see cref="Update">Update</see> object, sent to <see cref="SetWebhook">your webhook</see> by Telegram server.
         /// </summary>