diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e91a6cc..8f29bea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ With Docker: `ronnieroller/media-roller:latest`.
 See https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/ronnieroller/media-roller
 The files are saved to the /download directory which you can mount as needed.
 
+## Docker Environemnt Variables
+* `MR_DOWNLOAD_DIR` where videos are saved. Defaults to `/download`
+* `MR_PROXY` will pass the value to yt-dlp witht he `--proxy` argument. Defaults to empty
+
 # API
 To download a video directly, use the API endpoint:
 
diff --git a/src/media/fetch.go b/src/media/fetch.go
index 06b34f2..b6170cb 100644
--- a/src/media/fetch.go
+++ b/src/media/fetch.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func FetchMedia(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if err := fetchIndexTmpl.Execute(w, data); err != nil {
+	if err = fetchIndexTmpl.Execute(w, data); err != nil {
 		log.Error().Msgf("Error rendering template: %v", err)
 		http.Error(w, "Internal error", http.StatusInternalServerError)
 	}
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func downloadMedia(url string) (string, string, error) {
 
 	log.Info().Msgf("Downloading %s to %s", url, name)
 
-	cmd := exec.Command("yt-dlp",
+	args := []string{
 		"--format", "bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best[ext=mp4]/best",
 		"--merge-output-format", "mp4",
 		"--trim-filenames", "100",
@@ -140,7 +140,15 @@ func downloadMedia(url string) (string, string, error) {
 		"--write-info-json",
 		"--verbose",
 		"--output", name,
-		url)
+	}
+
+	if vars := getEnvVars(); len(vars) > 0 {
+		args = append(args, vars...)
+	}
+
+	args = append(args, url)
+
+	cmd := exec.Command("yt-dlp", args...)
 
 	var stdoutBuf, stderrBuf bytes.Buffer
 	stdoutIn, _ := cmd.StdoutPipe()
@@ -206,9 +214,9 @@ func getAllFilesForId(id string) ([]Media, error) {
 	// We expect two files to be produced for each video, a json manifest and an mp4.
 	for _, f := range files {
 		if !strings.HasSuffix(f, ".json") {
-			fi, err := os.Stat(root + f)
+			fi, err2 := os.Stat(root + f)
 			var size int64 = 0
-			if err == nil {
+			if err2 == nil {
 				size = fi.Size()
 			}
 
@@ -268,3 +276,13 @@ func getDownloadDir() string {
 	}
 	return "downloads/"
 }
+
+func getEnvVars() []string {
+	vars := make([]string, 0)
+
+	if ev := strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv("MR_PROXY")); ev != "" {
+		vars = append(vars, "--proxy", ev)
+	}
+
+	return vars
+}