diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 34dca4862..151edfab7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -245,6 +245,25 @@ docker-compose overrides:
       BISQ_DATA_PATH: ""
 ```
 
+JSON:
+```
+  "SOCKS5PROXY": {
+    "ENABLED": false,
+    "HOST": "127.0.0.1",
+    "PORT": "9050",
+    "USERNAME": "",
+    "PASSWORD": ""
+  }
+```
+
+docker-compose overrides:
+```
+      SOCKS5PROXY_ENABLED: ""
+      SOCKS5PROXY_HOST: ""
+      SOCKS5PROXY_PORT: ""
+      SOCKS5PROXY_USERNAME: ""
+      SOCKS5PROXY_PASSWORD: ""
+```
 
 # Manual Installation
 
diff --git a/backend/mempool-config.sample.json b/backend/mempool-config.sample.json
index 8a9295b3a..e977d8046 100644
--- a/backend/mempool-config.sample.json
+++ b/backend/mempool-config.sample.json
@@ -61,5 +61,12 @@
   "BISQ": {
     "ENABLED": false,
     "DATA_PATH": "/bisq/statsnode-data/btc_mainnet/db"
+  },
+  "SOCKS5PROXY": {
+    "ENABLED": false,
+    "HOST": "127.0.0.1",
+    "PORT": 9050,
+    "USERNAME": "",
+    "PASSWORD": ""
   }
 }
diff --git a/docker/backend/mempool-config.json b/docker/backend/mempool-config.json
index 00dc31aad..788ab6505 100644
--- a/docker/backend/mempool-config.json
+++ b/docker/backend/mempool-config.json
@@ -58,5 +58,12 @@
   "BISQ": {
     "ENABLED": __BISQ_ENABLED__,
     "DATA_PATH": "__BISQ_DATA_PATH__"
+  },
+  "SOCKS5PROXY": {
+    "ENABLED": __SOCKS5PROXY_ENABLED__,
+    "HOST": "__SOCKS5PROXY_HOST__",
+    "PORT": "__SOCKS5PROXY_PORT__",
+    "USERNAME": "__SOCKS5PROXY_USERNAME__",
+    "PASSWORD": "__SOCKS5PROXY_PASSWORD__"
   }
 }
diff --git a/docker/backend/start.sh b/docker/backend/start.sh
index 372be346e..1d1155a66 100644
--- a/docker/backend/start.sh
+++ b/docker/backend/start.sh
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ __STATISTICS_TX_PER_SECOND_SAMPLE_PERIOD__=${STATISTICS_TX_PER_SECOND_SAMPLE_PER
 __BISQ_ENABLED__=${BISQ_ENABLED:=false}
 __BISQ_DATA_PATH__=${BISQ_DATA_PATH:=/bisq/statsnode-data/btc_mainnet/db}
 
+# SOCKS5PROXY
+__SOCKS5PROXY_ENABLED__=${SOCKS5PROXY_ENABLED:=false}
+__SOCKS5PROXY_HOST__=${SOCKS5PROXY_HOST:=localhost}
+__SOCKS5PROXY_PORT__=${SOCKS5PROXY_PORT:=9050}
+__SOCKS5PROXY_USERNAME__=${SOCKS5PROXY_USERNAME:=""}
+__SOCKS5PROXY_PASSWORD__=${SOCKS5PROXY_PASSWORD:=""}
+
 mkdir -p "${__MEMPOOL_CACHE_DIR__}"
 
 sed -i "s/__MEMPOOL_NETWORK__/${__MEMPOOL_NETWORK__}/g" mempool-config.json
@@ -115,4 +122,10 @@ sed -i "s/__STATISTICS_TX_PER_SECOND_SAMPLE_PERIOD__/${__STATISTICS_TX_PER_SECON
 sed -i "s/__BISQ_ENABLED__/${__BISQ_ENABLED__}/g" mempool-config.json
 sed -i "s!__BISQ_DATA_PATH__!${__BISQ_DATA_PATH__}!g" mempool-config.json
 
+sed -i "s/__SOCKS5PROXY_ENABLED__/${__SOCKS5PROXY_ENABLED__}/g" mempool-config.json
+sed -i "s/__SOCKS5PROXY_HOST__/${__SOCKS5PROXY_HOST__}/g" mempool-config.json
+sed -i "s/__SOCKS5PROXY_PORT__/${__SOCKS5PROXY_PORT__}/g" mempool-config.json
+sed -i "s/__SOCKS5PROXY_USERNAME__/${__SOCKS5PROXY_USERNAME__}/g" mempool-config.json
+sed -i "s/__SOCKS5PROXY_PASSWORD__/${__SOCKS5PROXY_PASSWORD__}/g" mempool-config.json
+
 node /backend/dist/index.js