diff --git a/modules/wrapper/src/main/java/com/beust/kobalt/wrapper/Config.java b/modules/wrapper/src/main/java/com/beust/kobalt/wrapper/Config.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f6eb4b09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/wrapper/src/main/java/com/beust/kobalt/wrapper/Config.java
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package com.beust.kobalt.wrapper;
+
+
+import org.w3c.dom.Document;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+import org.w3c.dom.Node;
+import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
+
+import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
+import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.net.Proxy;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+class Config {
+
+  static Proxy getProxy() {
+    String configFilePath = getConfigFilePath();
+    DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+    try {
+      DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
+      ByteArrayInputStream input =  new ByteArrayInputStream(getConfigFileContent(configFilePath));
+      Document doc = builder.parse(input);
+      NodeList proxies =doc.getElementsByTagName("proxies");
+      for (int temp = 0; temp < proxies.getLength(); temp++) {
+        Node node = proxies.item(temp);
+        if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
+          Element element = (Element) node;
+          String type = element.getElementsByTagName("type").item(0).getTextContent();
+          if (type.toLowerCase().equals("http")) {
+            String host = element.getElementsByTagName("host").item(0).getTextContent();
+            String portString = element.getElementsByTagName("port").item(0).getTextContent();
+            try {
+              int port = Integer.parseInt(portString);
+              Main.log(2, String.format("Using HTTP proxy: %s:%s", host, port));
+              return new Proxy(java.net.Proxy.Type.HTTP, new InetSocketAddress(host, port));
+            } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+              Main.log(1, String.format("Invalid proxy port number: %s in config file: %s", portString, configFilePath));
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      Main.log(2, String.format("%s while parsing config file: %s", e.getMessage(), configFilePath));
+      return null;
+    }
+    Main.log(2, String.format("No HTTP proxy found in config file: %s", configFilePath));
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  private static String getConfigFilePath() {
+    String userHome = System.getProperty("user.home");
+    String fileSeparator = System.getProperty("file.separator");
+    String configDir = ".config";
+    String appName = "kobalt";
+    String configFileName = "settings.xml";
+    return userHome
+        + fileSeparator + configDir
+        + fileSeparator + appName
+        + fileSeparator + configFileName;
+  }
+
+  private static byte[] getConfigFileContent(String configFilePath) throws IOException {
+    Path path = Paths.get(configFilePath);
+    return Files.readAllBytes(path);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/modules/wrapper/src/main/java/com/beust/kobalt/wrapper/Main.java b/modules/wrapper/src/main/java/com/beust/kobalt/wrapper/Main.java
index b7fada45..aad7d9f8 100644
--- a/modules/wrapper/src/main/java/com/beust/kobalt/wrapper/Main.java
+++ b/modules/wrapper/src/main/java/com/beust/kobalt/wrapper/Main.java
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package com.beust.kobalt.wrapper;
 
 import java.io.*;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
-import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.net.Proxy;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
@@ -366,7 +365,7 @@ public class Main {
         log(2, "Downloading " + fileUrl);
 
         boolean done = false;
-        Proxy proxy = getProxy();
+        Proxy proxy = Config.getProxy();
         HttpURLConnection httpConn = null;
         try {
             int responseCode = 0;
@@ -432,24 +431,6 @@ public class Main {
         }
     }
 
-    private Proxy getProxy() {
-        String httpProxy = System.getenv("http_proxy");
-        try {
-            String host = httpProxy == null || httpProxy.indexOf(':') == -1
-                    ? "localhost"
-                    : httpProxy.substring(0, httpProxy.indexOf(':'));
-            int port = httpProxy == null || httpProxy.indexOf(':') == -1
-                    ? 0
-                    : Integer.parseInt(httpProxy.substring(httpProxy.indexOf(':') + 1));
-            return httpProxy == null
-                    ? null
-                    : new Proxy(Proxy.Type.HTTP, new InetSocketAddress(host, port));
-        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-            log(1, "Warning: invalid proxy port: " + httpProxy);;
-            return null;
-        }
-    }
-
     private void copyToStreamWithProgress(InputStream inputStream, OutputStream outputStream, long contentLength,
             String url) throws IOException {
         int bytesRead;