diff --git a/api/recording.py b/api/recording.py
index 7ef1505..ff8f5e7 100644
--- a/api/recording.py
+++ b/api/recording.py
@@ -41,10 +41,11 @@ class RecordingAPIMixin:
                         proxies={"host": "127.0.0.1", "port": 8000}) as rtsp_client:
             rtsp_client.preview()
 
-    def get_snap(self, timeout: int = 3) -> Image or None:
+    def get_snap(self, timeout: int = 3, proxies=None) -> Image or None:
         """
         Gets a "snap" of the current camera video data and returns a Pillow Image or None
         :param timeout: Request timeout to camera in seconds
+        :param proxies: http/https proxies to pass to the request object.
         :return: Image or None
         """
         data = {}
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ class RecordingAPIMixin:
         parms = parse.urlencode(data).encode("utf-8")
 
         try:
-            response = requests.get(self.url, params=parms, timeout=timeout)
+            response = requests.get(self.url, proxies=proxies, params=parms, timeout=timeout)
             if response.status_code == 200:
                 return Image.open(BytesIO(response.content))
             print("Could not retrieve data from camera successfully. Status:", response.stats_code)