diff --git a/meshcore/agentcore.c b/meshcore/agentcore.c
index 9c2e62c..8e70807 100644
--- a/meshcore/agentcore.c
+++ b/meshcore/agentcore.c
@@ -2965,8 +2965,7 @@ void MeshServer_ConnectEx(MeshAgentHostContainer *agent)
 		ILibWebClient_Request_SetHTTPS(reqToken, result == ILibParseUriResult_TLS ? ILibWebClient_RequestToken_USE_HTTPS : ILibWebClient_RequestToken_USE_HTTP);
 		ILibWebClient_Request_SetSNI(reqToken, host, (int)strnlen_s(host, serverUrlLen));
 #endif
-
-		if ((len = ILibSimpleDataStore_Get(agent->masterDb, "WebProxy", ILibScratchPad, sizeof(ILibScratchPad))) != 0 || (len = MeshAgent_GetSystemProxy(agent, ILibScratchPad, sizeof(ILibScratchPad))) != 0)
+		if ((ILibSimpleDataStore_GetEx(agent->masterDb, "ignoreProxyFile", 15, ILibScratchPad, sizeof(ILibScratchPad)) == 0) && ((len = ILibSimpleDataStore_Get(agent->masterDb, "WebProxy", ILibScratchPad, sizeof(ILibScratchPad))) != 0 || (len = MeshAgent_GetSystemProxy(agent, ILibScratchPad, sizeof(ILibScratchPad))) != 0))
 		{
 #ifdef MICROSTACK_PROXY
 			unsigned short proxyPort = 80;