diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/main.ts b/ui/desktop/src/main.ts
index b10b937e..2bf4fce7 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/main.ts
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/main.ts
@@ -132,6 +132,23 @@ async function ensureTempDirExists(): Promise<string> {
   return gooseTempDir;
 }
 
+async function configureProxy() {
+  const httpsProxy = process.env.HTTPS_PROXY || process.env.https_proxy;
+  const httpProxy = process.env.HTTP_PROXY || process.env.http_proxy;
+  const noProxy = process.env.NO_PROXY || process.env.no_proxy || '';
+
+  const proxyUrl = httpsProxy || httpProxy;
+
+  if (proxyUrl) {
+    console.log('[Main] Configuring proxy');
+    await session.defaultSession.setProxy({
+      proxyRules: proxyUrl,
+      proxyBypassRules: noProxy,
+    });
+    console.log('[Main] Proxy configured successfully');
+  }
+}
+
 if (started) app.quit();
 
 if (process.env.ENABLE_PLAYWRIGHT) {
@@ -1806,6 +1823,8 @@ const focusWindow = () => {
 };
 
 async function appMain() {
+  await configureProxy();
+
   // Ensure Windows shims are available before any MCP processes are spawned
   await ensureWinShims();