diff --git a/dashboard/backend/main.py b/dashboard/backend/main.py
index 52bea23..ace0fc9 100644
--- a/dashboard/backend/main.py
+++ b/dashboard/backend/main.py
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ async def monitor_containers():
                         msg = f"⚠️ *Container Alert* ⚠️\nContainer `{c.name}` just stopped unexpectedly (Status: {current_status})."
                         # Use httpx directly as system.send_notification expects a FastAPI request object usually
                         if TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN and TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID:
-                            async with httpx.AsyncClient() as hc:
+                            proxy_url = os.environ.get("HTTP_PROXY") or os.environ.get("http_proxy")
+                            async with httpx.AsyncClient(proxy=proxy_url) as hc:
                                 await hc.post(
                                     f"https://api.telegram.org/bot{TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN}/sendMessage",
                                     data={"chat_id": TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID, "text": msg, "parse_mode": "Markdown"},
diff --git a/dashboard/backend/routers/system.py b/dashboard/backend/routers/system.py
index 0539b5d..f629054 100644
--- a/dashboard/backend/routers/system.py
+++ b/dashboard/backend/routers/system.py
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ async def send_notification(body: dict):
     msg = body.get("message", "")
     if not msg or not TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN or not TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID:
         return {"ok": False, "error": "missing message or Telegram config"}
-    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+    proxy_url = os.environ.get("HTTP_PROXY") or os.environ.get("http_proxy")
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(proxy=proxy_url) as client:
         r = await client.post(
             f"https://api.telegram.org/bot{TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN}/sendMessage",
             data={"chat_id": TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID, "text": msg, "parse_mode": "Markdown"},
diff --git a/dashboard/docker-compose.yml b/dashboard/docker-compose.yml
index a09d50f..71e5472 100644
--- a/dashboard/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/dashboard/docker-compose.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ services:
       - VPS_SSH_USER=jimmyg
       - TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=${TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN:-}
       - TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID=${TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID:-}
+      - HTTP_PROXY=${HTTP_PROXY:-}
+      - HTTPS_PROXY=${HTTPS_PROXY:-}
     volumes:
       - /volume1:/volume1
       - /volume1/docker/nas-dashboard/ssh/dashboard_terminal:/app/ssh/id_ed25519:ro