diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b925f35..6b99784 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -121,35 +121,38 @@ module.exports = (argv) => {
 
 ## Http proxy
 
-#### Enabling proxy
-
 The server contains a simple http proxy.
 The proxy must be configured in the config file.
-To enable this proxy:
-
-```sh
-angular-http-server --config configs/angular-http-server.config.js --useProxy true
-```
 
-#### configuring proxy
+### Configuring proxy
 
+#### Basic proxy config
 To configure the proxy add a proxy object to your config file.
-The proxy should be an array of configs with two required properties: a forward property which must be a string array listing url parts which should trigger the proxy, and a target property which should define the target to proxy to.
-The config can also contain an optional protocol option, when this is absent the server will default to https
+The proxy should be an array of configs with two required properties: a `forward` property which must be a string array listing url parts which should trigger the proxy, and a `target` property which should define the target to proxy to.
+The config can also contain an optional `protocol` option, when this is absent the server will default to https.
+
+#### Additional proxy options
+
+For more advanced configurations you can add properties from the [node-http-proxy](https://github.com/http-party/node-http-proxy#options) options. For example a `secure: false` option to disable ssl verification.
 
-simple example:
+#### Example
 
 ```js
 module.exports = {
     proxy: [
         {
+            // Basic config
             forward: ["api/example-api", "api-proxy/example"],
             target: "localhost:5000",
             protocol: "http",
         },
         {
+            // Advanced config
             forward: ["api/example-api-2", "api-proxy-2/example"],
             target: "localhost:6000",
+            secure: false,
+            auth: "admin:secretPW",
+            proxyTimeout: 8000,
         },
     ],
 };
diff --git a/lib/proxy.js b/lib/proxy.js
index aad5daf..97824a8 100644
--- a/lib/proxy.js
+++ b/lib/proxy.js
@@ -35,22 +35,27 @@ function proxyHandler(req, res, configs) {
                 (url) => req.url.indexOf(url) !== -1
             );
             if (proxyHit) {
+                // Clone the proxy config in order to make changes without affecting the original config object
+                const proxyConfig = { ...config };
+                
                 const protocol = config.protocol ? config.protocol : "https";
+                proxyConfig.target = `${protocol}://${proxyConfig.target}`;                
                 console.log(
-                    `Proxying request ${req.method}, ${req.url} to ${protocol}://${config.target}`
+                    `Proxying request ${req.method}, ${req.url} to ${proxyConfig.target}`
                 );
 
+                // Remove "forward" property since we've already handled the forwarding logic
+                delete proxyConfig["forward"];
+                
                 if (proxyServer === null) {
-                    proxyServer = httpProxy.createProxyServer({});
+                    proxyServer = httpProxy.createProxyServer(proxyConfig);
                 }
 
-                proxyServer.web(req, res, {
-                    target: `${protocol}://${config.target}`,
-                }, (e, req, res) => {
+                proxyServer.web(req, res, (e, req, res) => {
                     console.error(`Proxy error: ${e.code}`);
                     res.writeHead(502);
                     res.end();
-                 });
+                });
             }
         }
     });
diff --git a/lib/proxy.spec.js b/lib/proxy.spec.js
index f9c114a..30fadba 100644
--- a/lib/proxy.spec.js
+++ b/lib/proxy.spec.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ describe("proxyHandler", () => {
         });
 
         expect(() => proxyHandler(req, {}, null, false)).to.throw(
-            "no proxyConfig present, please configure in your config file"
+            "no proxy configs present, please configure in your config file"
         );
     });
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 511d42c..16c5404 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "Johan Vromans"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "tomtucker18"
         }
     ],
     "engines": {