diff --git a/client-v2/src/main/java/com/clickhouse/client/api/Client.java b/client-v2/src/main/java/com/clickhouse/client/api/Client.java
index 384904789..9f67559fa 100644
--- a/client-v2/src/main/java/com/clickhouse/client/api/Client.java
+++ b/client-v2/src/main/java/com/clickhouse/client/api/Client.java
@@ -385,9 +385,9 @@ public Builder addProxy(ProxyType type, String host, int port) {
             ValidationUtils.checkNonBlank(host, "host");
             ValidationUtils.checkRange(port, 1, ValidationUtils.TCP_PORT_NUMBER_MAX, "port");
 
-            this.configuration.put(String.valueOf(ClickHouseClientOption.PROXY_TYPE), type.toString());
-            this.configuration.put(String.valueOf(ClickHouseClientOption.PROXY_HOST), host);
-            this.configuration.put(String.valueOf(ClickHouseClientOption.PROXY_PORT), String.valueOf(port));
+            this.configuration.put(ClickHouseClientOption.PROXY_TYPE.getKey(), type.toString());
+            this.configuration.put(ClickHouseClientOption.PROXY_HOST.getKey(), host);
+            this.configuration.put(ClickHouseClientOption.PROXY_PORT.getKey(), String.valueOf(port));
             return this;
         }
 
diff --git a/client-v2/src/test/java/com/clickhouse/client/ProxyTests.java b/client-v2/src/test/java/com/clickhouse/client/ProxyTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a8cda37d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client-v2/src/test/java/com/clickhouse/client/ProxyTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+package com.clickhouse.client;
+
+import com.clickhouse.client.api.Client;
+import com.clickhouse.client.api.ClientException;
+import com.clickhouse.client.api.enums.Protocol;
+import com.clickhouse.client.api.enums.ProxyType;
+import com.clickhouse.client.api.insert.InsertResponse;
+import com.clickhouse.client.api.insert.InsertSettings;
+import com.clickhouse.client.api.metrics.ClientMetrics;
+import com.clickhouse.client.api.metrics.OperationMetrics;
+import com.clickhouse.client.api.metrics.ServerMetrics;
+import com.clickhouse.client.insert.SamplePOJO;
+import eu.rekawek.toxiproxy.Proxy;
+import eu.rekawek.toxiproxy.ToxiproxyClient;
+import org.testcontainers.containers.ToxiproxyContainer;
+import org.testng.annotations.AfterMethod;
+import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertThrows;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+public class ProxyTests extends BaseIntegrationTest{
+    private Client client;
+    ToxiproxyContainer toxiproxy = null;
+    ToxiproxyClient toxiproxyClient = null;
+    Proxy proxy = null;
+
+    @BeforeMethod(groups = { "integration" }, enabled = true)
+    public void setUp() throws IOException {
+        ClickHouseNode node = getServer(ClickHouseProtocol.HTTP);
+        toxiproxy = new ToxiproxyContainer(ClickHouseServerForTest.getProxyImage())
+                .withNetwork(ClickHouseServerForTest.getNetwork());
+        toxiproxy.start();
+
+        toxiproxyClient = new ToxiproxyClient(toxiproxy.getHost(), toxiproxy.getControlPort());
+        proxy = toxiproxyClient.createProxy("clickhouse", "0.0.0.0:8666",
+                ClickHouseServerForTest.hasClickHouseContainer()
+                        ? "clickhouse:" + ClickHouseProtocol.HTTP.getDefaultPort()
+                        : ClickHouseServerForTest.getClickHouseAddress(ClickHouseProtocol.HTTP, true));
+
+        client = new Client.Builder()
+                .addEndpoint(Protocol.HTTP, node.getHost(), node.getPort(), false)
+                .setUsername("default")
+                .setPassword("")
+                .addProxy(ProxyType.HTTP, toxiproxy.getHost(), toxiproxy.getMappedPort(8666))
+                .build();
+    }
+
+    @AfterMethod(groups = { "integration" }, enabled = true)
+    public void teardown() {
+        if (toxiproxy != null) {
+            toxiproxy.stop();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void createTable(String tableQuery) throws ClickHouseException {
+        try (ClickHouseClient client = ClickHouseClient.builder().config(new ClickHouseConfig())
+                .nodeSelector(ClickHouseNodeSelector.of(ClickHouseProtocol.HTTP))
+                .build()) {
+            client.read(getServer(ClickHouseProtocol.HTTP)).query(tableQuery).executeAndWait().close();
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    @Test(groups = { "integration" }, enabled = false)
+    public void simpleProxyTest() throws Exception {
+        String tableName = "simple_pojo_proxy_table";
+        String createSQL = SamplePOJO.generateTableCreateSQL(tableName);
+        System.out.println(createSQL);
+        createTable(createSQL);
+
+        client.register(SamplePOJO.class, SamplePOJO.generateTableSchema(tableName));
+        List<Object> simplePOJOs = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
+            simplePOJOs.add(new SamplePOJO());
+        }
+        proxy.enable();
+        InsertResponse response = client.insert(tableName, simplePOJOs).get(120, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+
+        OperationMetrics metrics = response.getMetrics();
+        assertEquals(simplePOJOs.size(), metrics.getMetric(ServerMetrics.NUM_ROWS_WRITTEN).getLong());
+        assertEquals(simplePOJOs.size(), response.getWrittenRows());
+        assertTrue(metrics.getMetric(ClientMetrics.OP_DURATION).getLong() > 0);
+        assertTrue(metrics.getMetric(ClientMetrics.OP_SERIALIZATION).getLong() > 0);
+    }
+
+    @Test(groups = { "integration" }, enabled = true)
+    public void simpleDisabledProxyTest() throws Exception {
+        String tableName = "simple_pojo_proxy_table";
+        String createSQL = SamplePOJO.generateTableCreateSQL(tableName);
+        System.out.println(createSQL);
+        createTable(createSQL);
+
+        client.register(SamplePOJO.class, SamplePOJO.generateTableSchema(tableName));
+        List<Object> simplePOJOs = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
+            simplePOJOs.add(new SamplePOJO());
+        }
+        //proxy.disable();
+        try {
+            InsertResponse response = client.insert(tableName, simplePOJOs).get(120, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            //FOR NOW THIS WILL FAIL
+            //IF IT SUCCEEDS (meaning the test fails), YAY PROXY WORKS WE SHOULD REIMPLEMENT THE TESTS!
+            assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains("Operation has likely timed out."));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/client-v2/src/test/java/com/clickhouse/client/insert/InsertTests.java b/client-v2/src/test/java/com/clickhouse/client/insert/InsertTests.java
index 8f8011832..41a23a1e6 100644
--- a/client-v2/src/test/java/com/clickhouse/client/insert/InsertTests.java
+++ b/client-v2/src/test/java/com/clickhouse/client/insert/InsertTests.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.UUID;
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ public class InsertTests extends BaseIntegrationTest {
     private InsertSettings settings;
 
     @BeforeMethod(groups = { "integration" }, enabled = true)
-    public void setUp() {
+    public void setUp() throws IOException {
         ClickHouseNode node = getServer(ClickHouseProtocol.HTTP);
         client = new Client.Builder()
                 .addEndpoint(Protocol.HTTP, node.getHost(), node.getPort(), false)