diff --git a/config/Common.py b/config/Common.py
index 852e9c8..01a3512 100644
--- a/config/Common.py
+++ b/config/Common.py
@@ -17,5 +17,7 @@ settings = {
     "decoding_filter.encoding": "utf-8",
     "luminotes.http_url": "",
     "luminotes.https_url": "",
+    "luminotes.http_proxy_ip": "127.0.0.1",
+    "luminotes.https_proxy_ip": "127.0.0.2",
   },
 }
diff --git a/controller/Root.py b/controller/Root.py
index 0ea710c..40de2c7 100644
--- a/controller/Root.py
+++ b/controller/Root.py
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ class Root( object ):
     """
     # if the user is logged in and not using https, then redirect to the https version of the page (if available)
     https_url = self.__settings[ u"global" ].get( u"luminotes.https_url" )
-    if cherrypy.session.get( "user_id" ) and https_url and not cherrypy.request.browser_url.startswith( https_url ):
+    https_proxy_ip = self.__settings[ u"global" ].get( u"luminotes.https_proxy_ip" )
+    
+    if cherrypy.session.get( "user_id" ) and https_url and cherrypy.request.remote_addr != https_proxy_ip:
       return dict( redirect = https_url )
 
     return dict()