diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 82ec6da..adf452c 100755
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ def load_cfg(dotenv_path=".env"):
     return cfg
 
 
+def get_ip(addr=const.IP_TEST_ADDR):
+    return requests.get(addr, timeout=10).text.strip()
+
+
 def main():
     cfg = load_cfg()
 
@@ -66,6 +70,7 @@ def main():
     logging.info("MODE: %s", cfg.mode)
     logging.info("EXPORT_INTERVAL: %d (seconds)", cfg.export_interval)
     logging.info("IS_EXPORT: %r", cfg.is_export)
+    logging.info("IP: %s", get_ip())
 
     # Information for debugging issues caused by potential version differences
     logging.info("Python version: %s", sys.version)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 64689b9..9b5bf33 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 aioprocessing==2.0.1
 python-dotenv==1.0.1
+Requests==2.32.3
 websockets==12.0
diff --git a/scripts/deploy.sh b/scripts/deploy.sh
index 0de2d18..b153c54 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 
 AUTOREMOVE=false
 VOLUME_PATH="./data" # Local path to the volume's mount point
+IS_PROXIED=false
+PROXY=""
 
-while getopts ":hy" opt
+while getopts ":hyp:" opt
 do
     case "$opt" in
         h)
@@ -14,6 +16,11 @@ do
             echo -e "[+] Automatically removing all containers with the same tag (if any)\n"
             AUTOREMOVE=true
             ;;
+        p)
+            IS_PROXIED=true
+            PROXY=${OPTARG}
+            echo -e "[+] Proxying enabled: $PROXY"
+            ;;
         *)
             exit 1
             ;;
@@ -28,18 +35,27 @@ docker build --no-cache -t chainmapper .
 
 [ ! -d "./data" ] && mkdir data && echo -e "\n[+] Created the default volume directory 'data'"
 
-OLD_ID=$(docker ps -a -q -f name="chainmapper-prod")
+OLD_ID=$(docker ps -a -q -f name="chainmapper")
 
 if [ "$OLD_ID" ] && [ "$AUTOREMOVE" = true ]
 then
     echo -e "\n[+] Removing existing container with the same tag ($OLD_ID)"
+    docker stop "$OLD_ID" &> /dev/null
     docker rm "$OLD_ID" &> /dev/null
 elif [ "$OLD_ID" ]
 then
     read -p "[?] Existing container found with id '$OLD_ID', do you want to remove it? " -n 1 -r
     [[ "$REPLY" =~ ^[Yy]$ ]] || (echo "[!] Exiting..." && exit 0)
+    docker stop "$OLD_ID" &> /dev/null
     docker rm "$OLD_ID" &> /dev/null
 fi
 
 echo -e "\n[+] Deploying the container with 'docker run' ('data' as the volume)..."
-docker run -it --restart unless-stopped -v $VOLUME_PATH:/app/data --name chainmapper-prod -d chainmapper
+
+if [ "$IS_PROXIED" = true ]
+then
+    # Override the default entrypoint to run the connections through the given proxy
+    docker run -it --restart unless-stopped -v $VOLUME_PATH:/app/data --name chainmapper --entrypoint /bin/bash -d chainmapper -c "HTTPS_PROXY=$PROXY python main.py"
+else
+    docker run -it --restart unless-stopped -v $VOLUME_PATH:/app/data --name chainmapper -d chainmapper
+fi