diff --git a/plugins/dspace/lib/dspace/resource.rb b/plugins/dspace/lib/dspace/resource.rb
index 36d8613..eb3ddf5 100644
--- a/plugins/dspace/lib/dspace/resource.rb
+++ b/plugins/dspace/lib/dspace/resource.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 class Dspace::Resource < ActiveResource::Base
 
   class << self
+    def proxy
+      ENV['HTTPS_PROXY'] ||= nil
+    end
+
     def element_path(id, prefix_options = {}, query_options = nil)
       prefix_options, query_options = split_options(prefix_options) if query_options.nil?
       "#{prefix(prefix_options)}#{collection_name}/#{id}#{query_string(query_options)}"
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