diff --git a/Raygun.Druid4Net.IntegrationTests/App.config b/Raygun.Druid4Net.IntegrationTests/App.config
index 7eacbbf..9dc5a3f 100644
--- a/Raygun.Druid4Net.IntegrationTests/App.config
+++ b/Raygun.Druid4Net.IntegrationTests/App.config
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
 <configuration>
   <appSettings>
-    <add key="druid.broker.host" value="http://localhost"/>
+    <add key="druid.broker.host" value="http://localhost:8082"/>
   </appSettings>
 </configuration>
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diff --git a/Raygun.Druid4Net.IntegrationTests/Queries/TestQueryBase.cs b/Raygun.Druid4Net.IntegrationTests/Queries/TestQueryBase.cs
index c8f9918..a2e98a6 100644
--- a/Raygun.Druid4Net.IntegrationTests/Queries/TestQueryBase.cs
+++ b/Raygun.Druid4Net.IntegrationTests/Queries/TestQueryBase.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@ public abstract class TestQueryBase
 
     protected TestQueryBase()
     {
-      DruidClient = new DruidClient(new JilSerializer(), ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["druid.broker.host"]);
+      var options = new ConfigurationOptions()
+      {
+        JsonSerializer = new JilSerializer(),
+        QueryApiBaseAddress = new Uri(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["druid.broker.host"])
+      };
+      DruidClient = new DruidClient(options);
     }
   }
 }
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diff --git a/Raygun.Druid4Net/Configuration/BasicAuthenticationCredentials.cs b/Raygun.Druid4Net/Configuration/BasicAuthenticationCredentials.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..889c517
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Raygun.Druid4Net/Configuration/BasicAuthenticationCredentials.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+namespace Raygun.Druid4Net
+{
+  public class BasicAuthenticationCredentials
+  {
+    public string Password { get; set; }
+    
+    public string Username { get; set; }
+
+    public override string ToString() => $"{Username}:{Password}";
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/Raygun.Druid4Net/Configuration/ConfigurationOptions.cs b/Raygun.Druid4Net/Configuration/ConfigurationOptions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf38700
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Raygun.Druid4Net/Configuration/ConfigurationOptions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace Raygun.Druid4Net
+{
+  public class ConfigurationOptions
+  {
+    public ConfigurationOptions()
+    {
+      QueryApiBaseAddress = new Uri("http://localhost:8082");
+      QueryApiEndpoint = "druid/v2";
+    }
+
+    public Uri QueryApiBaseAddress { get; set; }
+    
+    public string QueryApiEndpoint { get; set; }
+
+    public IJsonSerializer JsonSerializer { get; set; }
+
+    public ProxySettings ProxySettings { get; set; }
+    
+    public BasicAuthenticationCredentials BasicAuthenticationCredentials { get; set; }
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/Raygun.Druid4Net/Configuration/ProxySettings.cs b/Raygun.Druid4Net/Configuration/ProxySettings.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fc6e25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Raygun.Druid4Net/Configuration/ProxySettings.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace Raygun.Druid4Net
+{
+  public class ProxySettings
+  {
+    public Uri Address  { get; set; }
+    
+    public bool BypassOnLocal  { get; set; }
+    
+    public string Username { get; set; }
+    
+    public string Password { get; set; }
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/Raygun.Druid4Net/DruidClient.cs b/Raygun.Druid4Net/DruidClient.cs
index 86d88f4..1739b6b 100644
--- a/Raygun.Druid4Net/DruidClient.cs
+++ b/Raygun.Druid4Net/DruidClient.cs
@@ -5,13 +5,25 @@ namespace Raygun.Druid4Net
 {
   public class DruidClient : IDruidClient
   {
-    private readonly Requester _requester;
-    private readonly string _apiEndpoint;
+    private readonly IRequester _requester;
+    private readonly ConfigurationOptions _configurationOptions;
 
+    [Obsolete("Use the constructor that takes a ConfigurationOptions instance")]
     public DruidClient(IJsonSerializer jsonSerializer, string hostName, int port = 8082, string apiEndpoint = "druid/v2")
     {
-      _requester = new Requester(jsonSerializer, hostName, port);
-      _apiEndpoint = apiEndpoint;
+      _configurationOptions = new ConfigurationOptions
+      {
+        JsonSerializer = jsonSerializer,
+        QueryApiBaseAddress = new Uri($"{hostName}:{port}"),
+        QueryApiEndpoint = apiEndpoint,
+      };
+      _requester = new Requester(_configurationOptions);
+    }
+    
+    public DruidClient(ConfigurationOptions options, IRequester requester = null)
+    {
+      _configurationOptions = options;
+      _requester = requester ?? new Requester(options);
     }
 
     public IQueryResponse<TopNResult<TResponse>> TopN<TResponse>(Func<ITopNQueryDescriptor, ITopNQueryDescriptor> selector) where TResponse : class
@@ -23,7 +35,7 @@ public async Task<IQueryResponse<TopNResult<TResponse>>> TopNAsync<TResponse>(Fu
     {
       var request = selector(new TopNQueryDescriptor()).Generate();
 
-      var result = await ExecuteQueryAsync<TopNResult<TResponse>, TopNRequestData>(_apiEndpoint, request);
+      var result = await ExecuteQueryAsync<TopNResult<TResponse>, TopNRequestData>(_configurationOptions.QueryApiEndpoint, request);
 
       return result;
     }
@@ -37,7 +49,7 @@ public async Task<IQueryResponse<GroupByResult<TResponse>>> GroupByAsync<TRespon
     {
       var request = selector(new GroupByQueryDescriptor()).Generate();
 
-      var result = await ExecuteQueryAsync<GroupByResult<TResponse>, GroupByRequestData>(_apiEndpoint, request);
+      var result = await ExecuteQueryAsync<GroupByResult<TResponse>, GroupByRequestData>(_configurationOptions.QueryApiEndpoint, request);
 
       return result;
     }
@@ -51,7 +63,7 @@ public async Task<IQueryResponse<TimeseriesResult<TResponse>>> TimeseriesAsync<T
     {
       var request = selector(new TimeseriesQueryDescriptor()).Generate();
 
-      var result = await ExecuteQueryAsync<TimeseriesResult<TResponse>, TimeseriesRequestData>(_apiEndpoint, request);
+      var result = await ExecuteQueryAsync<TimeseriesResult<TResponse>, TimeseriesRequestData>(_configurationOptions.QueryApiEndpoint, request);
 
       return result;
     }
@@ -65,7 +77,7 @@ public async Task<IQueryResponse<SelectResult<TResponse>>> SelectAsync<TResponse
     {
       var request = selector(new SelectQueryDescriptor()).Generate();
 
-      var result = await ExecuteQueryAsync<SelectResult<TResponse>, SelectRequestData>(_apiEndpoint, request);
+      var result = await ExecuteQueryAsync<SelectResult<TResponse>, SelectRequestData>(_configurationOptions.QueryApiEndpoint, request);
 
       return result;
     }
@@ -79,7 +91,7 @@ public async Task<IQueryResponse<SearchResult>> SearchAsync(Func<ISearchQueryDes
     {
       var request = selector(new SearchQueryDescriptor()).Generate();
 
-      var result = await ExecuteQueryAsync<SearchResult, SearchRequestData>(_apiEndpoint, request);
+      var result = await ExecuteQueryAsync<SearchResult, SearchRequestData>(_configurationOptions.QueryApiEndpoint, request);
 
       return result;
     }
diff --git a/Raygun.Druid4Net/Query/IRequester.cs b/Raygun.Druid4Net/Query/IRequester.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..374725e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Raygun.Druid4Net/Query/IRequester.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace Raygun.Druid4Net
+{
+  public interface IRequester
+  {
+    Task<IQueryResponse<TResponse>> PostAsync<TResponse, TRequest>(string endpoint, IDruidRequest<TRequest> request)
+      where TResponse : class
+      where TRequest : QueryRequestData;
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/Raygun.Druid4Net/Query/Requester.cs b/Raygun.Druid4Net/Query/Requester.cs
index d6410b5..2878088 100644
--- a/Raygun.Druid4Net/Query/Requester.cs
+++ b/Raygun.Druid4Net/Query/Requester.cs
@@ -1,20 +1,69 @@
 using System;
+using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Net.Http.Headers;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace Raygun.Druid4Net
 {
-  public class Requester
+  public class Requester : IRequester
   {
     private readonly IJsonSerializer _json;
     private readonly HttpClient _client;
 
-    public Requester(IJsonSerializer json, string host, int port)
+    public Requester(ConfigurationOptions options)
     {
-      _json = json;
-      _client = new HttpClient();
-      _client.BaseAddress = new Uri($"{host}:{port}");
+      _json = options.JsonSerializer;
+      _client = CreateClient(options);
+
+      ConfigureClientAuthentication(_client, options);
+    }
+
+    private void ConfigureClientAuthentication(HttpClient client, ConfigurationOptions options)
+    {
+      if (options.BasicAuthenticationCredentials != null && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(options.BasicAuthenticationCredentials.ToString()))
+      {
+        var credentials = Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(options.BasicAuthenticationCredentials.ToString()));
+        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", credentials);
+      }
+    }
+
+    private HttpClient CreateClient(ConfigurationOptions options)
+    {
+      var client = options.ProxySettings != null ? CreateClientWithProxyServer(options) : new HttpClient();
+      client.BaseAddress = options.QueryApiBaseAddress;
+      return client;
+    }
+
+    private HttpClient CreateClientWithProxyServer(ConfigurationOptions options)
+    {
+#if (NETSTANDARD1_6) 
+      var httpClientHandler = new HttpClientHandler
+      {
+        UseProxy = true
+      };
+#else
+      var webProxy = new WebProxy
+      {
+        Address = options.ProxySettings.Address,
+        BypassProxyOnLocal = options.ProxySettings.BypassOnLocal
+      };
+
+      if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(options.ProxySettings.Username) && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(options.ProxySettings.Password))
+      {
+        webProxy.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
+        webProxy.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(options.ProxySettings.Username, options.ProxySettings.Password);
+      }
+
+      var httpClientHandler = new HttpClientHandler
+      {
+        UseProxy = true,
+        Proxy = webProxy
+      };
+#endif
+      
+      return new HttpClient(httpClientHandler, true);
     }
 
     public async Task<IQueryResponse<TResponse>> PostAsync<TResponse, TRequest>(string endpoint, IDruidRequest<TRequest> request)
diff --git a/Raygun.Druid4Net/Raygun.Druid4Net.csproj b/Raygun.Druid4Net/Raygun.Druid4Net.csproj
index 5fa9270..672e4ff 100644
--- a/Raygun.Druid4Net/Raygun.Druid4Net.csproj
+++ b/Raygun.Druid4Net/Raygun.Druid4Net.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard1.6;netstandard2.0;net45;</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net45;netstandard1.6;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <GenerateAssemblyInfo>true</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <!-- NuGet Options -->
@@ -20,22 +20,21 @@
     <PackageIconUrl>https://app.raygun.com/Content/Images/nuget-icon.png</PackageIconUrl>
     <PackageTags>druid;druidio</PackageTags>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0'">
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0'">
     <DefineConstants>NETCORE;NETSTANDARD;NETSTANDARD2_0</DefineConstants>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard1.6'">
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard1.6'">
     <DefineConstants>NETCORE;NETSTANDARD;NETSTANDARD1_6</DefineConstants>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net45'">
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net45'">
     <DefineConstants>NET45;NETFULL</DefineConstants>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net45' ">
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net45'">
     <Reference Include="mscorlib" />
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.Core" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
     <Reference Include="System.Data" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
     <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
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