diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d1ca2a8..d367d31 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 /client/build
 /client/out
-/client/cacert.pem
-/client/libcurl.data
-/srelay*
-/websockify
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+/server/.venv
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6cdb526..2431547 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@ This is an experimental port of [libcurl](https://curl.se/libcurl/) to WebAssemb
 - Support for up to TLS 1.3
 
 ## Building:
-You can build this project by cloning this repo and running the following commands:
+You can build this project by running the following commands:
 ```
+git clone https://github.com/ading2210/libcurl.js
 cd libcurl.js/client
 ./build.sh
 ```
-Make sure you have emscripten, git, and the various C build tools installed.
+Make sure you have emscripten, git, and the various C build tools installed. The build script will generate `client/out/libcurl.js`.
 
 ## Javascript API:
 
@@ -33,15 +34,22 @@ document.addEventListener("libcurl_load", ()=>{
 
 Once loaded, there will be a `window.libcurl` object which includes all the API functions.
 
-### Making HTTP Requests
-To make HTTP requests, use `libcurl.fetch`, which takes the same arguments as the browser's regular `fetch` function. Like the standard Fetch API, `libcurl.fetch` will also return a `Response` object.
+### Making HTTP Requests:
+To perform HTTP requests, use `libcurl.fetch`, which takes the same arguments as the browser's regular `fetch` function. Like the standard Fetch API, `libcurl.fetch` will also return a `Response` object.
 ```js
 let r = await libcurl.fetch("https://ading.dev");
 console.log(await r.text());
 ```
 
 ## Proxy Server:
-The proxy server consists of a SOCKS5 proxy server behind a websocket TCP reverse proxy. Code for running this as a single program is planned. 
+The proxy server consists of a [SOCKS5 proxy server](https://github.com/Amaindex/asyncio-socks-server) behind a [websocket TCP proxy](https://github.com/novnc/websockify). 
+
+To host the proxy server, run the following commands:
+```
+git clone https://github.com/ading2210/libcurl.js
+cd libcurl.js/server
+./run.sh
+```
 
 ## Copyright:
 This project is licensed under the GNU AGPL v3.
diff --git a/client/build.sh b/client/build.sh
index d8afe1c..d1124e3 100755
--- a/client/build.sh
+++ b/client/build.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ set -e
 
 INCLUDE_DIR="build/curl-wasm/include/"
 LIB_DIR="build/curl-wasm/lib/"
-CACERT_FILE="cacert.pem"
 OUT_FILE="out/libcurl.js"
 MODULE_FILE="out/libcurl_module.js"
 WRAPPER_SOURCE="main.js"
diff --git a/server/main.py b/server/main.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28e2ddb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import logging
+import threading
+import os
+
+from asyncio_socks_server.app import SocksServer
+from websockify.websocketproxy import WebSocketProxy
+
+#start a socks5 proxy as well as websockify
+
+def setup_logging(prefix):
+  stderr_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+  stderr_handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+  log_formatter = logging.Formatter(prefix + "%(message)s")
+  stderr_handler.setFormatter(log_formatter)
+  root = logging.getLogger()
+  root.addHandler(stderr_handler)
+  root.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
+def start_websockify():
+  options = {
+    "listen_host": "127.0.0.1", 
+    "listen_port": 6001, 
+    "target_host": "127.0.0.1", 
+    "target_port": 1080
+  }
+
+  server = WebSocketProxy(**options)
+  server.start_server()
+
+def start_socks():
+  socks_app = SocksServer(
+    LISTEN_HOST="127.0.0.1",
+    LISTEN_PORT=1080
+  )
+  socks_app.run()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+  pid = os.fork()
+  if pid == 0:
+    setup_logging("[websockify] ")
+    start_websockify()
+  else:
+    start_socks()
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diff --git a/server/requirements.txt b/server/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3241b52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+websockify
+asyncio-socks-server
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diff --git a/server/run.sh b/server/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..09af827
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#install dependencies and run the proxy server
+
+set -e
+
+if [ ! -d ".venv" ]; then
+  python3 -m venv .venv
+fi
+source .venv/bin/activate
+
+if ! python3 -c "import asyncio_socks_server, websockify" 2> /dev/null; then
+  pip3 install -r requirements.txt
+fi
+
+python3 main.py
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