diff --git a/src/Socket/messages-send.ts b/src/Socket/messages-send.ts
index cb5e416..2368994 100644
--- a/src/Socket/messages-send.ts
+++ b/src/Socket/messages-send.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 		logger,
 		linkPreviewImageThumbnailWidth,
 		generateHighQualityLinkPreview,
+		options: axiosOptions,
 		patchMessageBeforeSending,
 	} = config
 	const sock = makeGroupsSocket(config)
@@ -623,12 +624,15 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 							text,
 							{
 								thumbnailWidth: linkPreviewImageThumbnailWidth,
-								timeoutMs: 3_000,
+								fetchOpts: {
+									timeout: 3_000,
+									...axiosOptions || { }
+								},
+								logger,
 								uploadImage: generateHighQualityLinkPreview
 									? waUploadToServer
 									: undefined
 							},
-							logger
 						),
 						upload: waUploadToServer,
 						mediaCache: config.mediaCache,
diff --git a/src/Utils/link-preview.ts b/src/Utils/link-preview.ts
index 2e4971b..e7e1c14 100644
--- a/src/Utils/link-preview.ts
+++ b/src/Utils/link-preview.ts
@@ -6,16 +6,25 @@ import { extractImageThumb, getHttpStream } from './messages-media'
 const THUMBNAIL_WIDTH_PX = 192
 
 /** Fetches an image and generates a thumbnail for it */
-const getCompressedJpegThumbnail = async(url: string, { thumbnailWidth, timeoutMs }: URLGenerationOptions) => {
-	const stream = await getHttpStream(url, { timeout: timeoutMs })
+const getCompressedJpegThumbnail = async(
+	url: string,
+	{ thumbnailWidth, fetchOpts }: URLGenerationOptions
+) => {
+	const stream = await getHttpStream(url, fetchOpts)
 	const result = await extractImageThumb(stream, thumbnailWidth)
 	return result
 }
 
 export type URLGenerationOptions = {
 	thumbnailWidth: number
-	timeoutMs: number
+	fetchOpts: {
+		/** Timeout in ms */
+		timeout: number
+		proxyUrl?: string
+		headers?: { [key: string]: string }
+	}
 	uploadImage?: WAMediaUploadFunction
+	logger?: Logger
 }
 
 /**
@@ -26,8 +35,10 @@ export type URLGenerationOptions = {
  */
 export const getUrlInfo = async(
 	text: string,
-	opts: URLGenerationOptions = { thumbnailWidth: THUMBNAIL_WIDTH_PX, timeoutMs: 3000 },
-	logger?: Logger
+	opts: URLGenerationOptions = {
+		thumbnailWidth: THUMBNAIL_WIDTH_PX,
+		fetchOpts: { timeout: 3000 }
+	},
 ): Promise<WAUrlInfo | undefined> => {
 	try {
 		const { getLinkPreview } = await import('link-preview-js')
@@ -36,7 +47,7 @@ export const getUrlInfo = async(
 			previewLink = 'https://' + previewLink
 		}
 
-		const info = await getLinkPreview(previewLink, { timeout: opts.timeoutMs })
+		const info = await getLinkPreview(previewLink, opts.fetchOpts)
 		if(info && 'title' in info) {
 			const [image] = info.images
 
@@ -63,7 +74,7 @@ export const getUrlInfo = async(
 						? (await getCompressedJpegThumbnail(image, opts)).buffer
 						: undefined
 				} catch(error) {
-					logger?.debug(
+					opts.logger?.debug(
 						{ err: error.stack, url: previewLink },
 						'error in generating thumbnail'
 					)