diff --git a/src/js/background/assignManager.js b/src/js/background/assignManager.js
index dc9e991..6d34cfa 100644
--- a/src/js/background/assignManager.js
+++ b/src/js/background/assignManager.js
@@ -117,6 +117,16 @@ const assignManager = {
     return true;
   },
 
+  async handleProxifiedRequest(requestInfo) {
+    if(requestInfo.tabId === -1)
+      return {type: "direct"};
+
+    var tab = await browser.tabs.get(requestInfo.tabId);
+    var proxy = await window.proxifiedContainers.retrieveFromBackground(tab.cookieStoreId);
+
+    return proxy;
+  },
+
   // Before a request is handled by the browser we decide if we should route through a different container
   async onBeforeRequest(options) {
     if (options.frameId !== 0 || options.tabId === -1) {
@@ -224,6 +234,10 @@ const assignManager = {
       this._onClickedHandler(info, tab);
     });
 
+    // Before anything happens we decide if the request should be proxified
+    browser.extension.getBackgroundPage().console.log('[SAMUEL CODE] Adding proxy.onRequest listener');
+    browser.proxy.onRequest.addListener(this.handleProxifiedRequest, {urls: ["<all_urls>"]});
+
     // Before a request is handled by the browser we decide if we should route through a different container
     this.canceledRequests = {};
     browser.webRequest.onBeforeRequest.addListener((options) => {
diff --git a/src/js/proxified-containers.js b/src/js/proxified-containers.js
index 1fb77f8..e56589e 100644
--- a/src/js/proxified-containers.js
+++ b/src/js/proxified-containers.js
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 //This object allows other scripts to access the list mapping containers to their proxies
 window.proxifiedContainers = {
+
+  //Slightly modified version of 'retrieve' which returns a direct proxy whenever an error is met.
+  retrieveFromBackground: function(cookieStoreId = null) {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      window.proxifiedContainers.retrieve(cookieStoreId).then((success) => {
+        resolve(success.proxy);
+      }, (error) => {
+        resolve({type: "direct"});
+      });
+    });
+  },
+
   //Resolves to a proxy object which can be used in the return of the listener required for browser.proxy.onRequest.addListener
   retrieve: function(cookieStoreId = null) {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
@@ -15,10 +27,10 @@ window.proxifiedContainers = {
           if (Object.getOwnPropertyNames(results).length == 0) {
             reject({error: "uninitialized", message: ""});
           }
-          
+
           else if(cookieStoreId == null) {
             resolve(results_array);
-          }          
+          }
 
 
           else {
@@ -57,7 +69,7 @@ window.proxifiedContainers = {
         {
           proxifiedContainersStore[index] = {cookieStoreId: cookieStoreId, proxy: proxy};
         }
-        
+
         browser.storage.local.set({proxifiedContainersKey: proxifiedContainersStore});
         resolve(proxifiedContainersStore[index]);
       }, (errorObj) => {
diff --git a/src/manifest.json b/src/manifest.json
index bab033b..06627bd 100644
--- a/src/manifest.json
+++ b/src/manifest.json
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
     "storage",
     "tabs",
     "webRequestBlocking",
-    "webRequest"
+    "webRequest",
+    "proxy"
   ],
 
   "commands": {