diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index ab0413723..f96a1fe3f 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
             "src/Volatile.php",
             "src/Thread.php",
             "src/Worker.php",
-            "src/Pool.php"
+            "src/Pool.php",
+            "src/HttpProxy.php"
         ]
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/HttpProxy.php b/src/HttpProxy.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bbdb4c129
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/HttpProxy.php
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+<?php
+/*
+Copyright 2016-2017 Daniil Gentili
+(https://daniil.it)
+This file is part of MadelineProto.
+MadelineProto is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+MadelineProto is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with MadelineProto.
+If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+
+class HttpProxy implements \danog\MadelineProto\Proxy
+{
+    private $domain;
+    private $type;
+    private $protocol;
+    private $extra;
+    private $sock;
+    public function __construct($domain, $type, $protocol) {
+        if (!in_array($domain, [AF_INET, AF_INET6])) {
+            throw new \danog\MadelineProto\Exception('Wrong protocol family provided');
+        }
+        if (!in_array($type, [SOCK_STREAM])) {
+            throw new \danog\MadelineProto\Exception('Wrong connection type provided');
+        }
+        if (!in_array($protocol, [getprotobyname('tcp'), PHP_INT_MAX])) {
+            throw new \danog\MadelineProto\Exception('Wrong protocol provided');
+        }
+        $this->domain = $domain;
+        $this->type = $type;
+        $this->protocol = $protocol;
+    }
+    public function setExtra(array $extra = []) {
+        $this->extra = $extra;
+        $this->sock = new \Socket(strlen(@inet_pton($this->extra['address'])) !== 4 ? \AF_INET6 : \AF_INET, \SOCK_STREAM, $this->protocol);
+    }
+    public function setOption($level, $name, $value) {
+        return $this->sock->setOption($level, $name, $value);
+    }
+
+    public function getOption($level, $name) {
+        return $this->sock->getOption($level, $name);
+    }
+
+    public function setBlocking($blocking) {
+        return $this->sock->setBlocking($blocking);
+    }
+
+    public function bind($address, $port = 0) {
+        throw new \danog\MadelineProto\Exception('Not Implemented');
+    }
+
+    public function listen($backlog = 0) {
+        throw new \danog\MadelineProto\Exception('Not Implemented');
+    }
+    public function accept() {
+        throw new \danog\MadelineProto\Exception('Not Implemented');
+    }
+
+
+    public function select(array &$read, array &$write, array &$except, $tv_sec, $tv_usec = 0) {
+        throw new \danog\MadelineProto\Exception('Not Implemented');
+    }
+    public function connect($address, $port = 0) {
+        $this->sock->connect($this->extra['address'], $this->extra['port']);
+        
+        try {
+            if (strlen(inet_pton($address)) !== 4) {
+                $address = '['.$address.']';
+            }
+        } catch (\danog\MadelineProto\Exception $e) {
+        }
+        $this->sock->write("CONNECT $address:$port HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: $address:$port\r\n\r\n");
+        $response = $this->read_http_payload();
+        if ($response['code'] !== 200) {
+            \danog\MadelineProto\Logger::log(trim($response['body']));
+            throw new \danog\MadelineProto\Exception($response['description'], $response['code']);
+        }
+        \danog\MadelineProto\Logger::log('Connected to '.$address.':'.$port.' via http');
+        return true;
+    }
+    private function http_read($length) {
+        $packet = '';
+        while (strlen($packet) < $length) {
+            $packet .= $this->sock->read($length - strlen($packet));
+            if ($packet === false || strlen($packet) === 0) {
+                throw new \danog\MadelineProto\NothingInTheSocketException(\danog\MadelineProto\Lang::$current_lang['nothing_in_socket']);
+            }
+        }
+        return $packet;
+    }
+    public function read_http_line()
+    {
+        $line = '';
+        while (($curchar = $this->http_read(1)) !== "\n") {
+            $line .= $curchar;
+        }
+
+        return rtrim($line);
+    }
+
+    public function read_http_payload()
+    {
+        $header = explode(' ', $this->read_http_line(), 3);
+        $protocol = $header[0];
+        $code = (int) $header[1];
+        $description = $header[2];
+        $headers = [];
+        while (strlen($current_header = $this->read_http_line())) {
+            $current_header = explode(':', $current_header, 2);
+            $headers[strtolower($current_header[0])] = trim($current_header[1]);
+        }
+
+        $read = '';
+        if (isset($headers['content-length'])) {
+            $read = $this->http_read((int) $headers['content-length']);
+        }/* elseif (isset($headers['transfer-encoding']) && $headers['transfer-encoding'] === 'chunked') {
+            do {
+                $length = hexdec($this->read_http_line());
+                $read .= $this->http_read($length);
+                $this->read_http_line();
+            } while ($length);
+        }*/
+
+        return ['protocol' => $protocol, 'code' => $code, 'description' => $description, 'body' => $read, 'headers' => $headers];
+    }
+    
+    public function read($length, $flags = 0) {
+        $read = $this->sock->read($length, $flags);
+        if ($read === 0) {
+            throw new \danog\MadelineProto\Exception('pls reconnect');
+        }
+        return $read;
+    }
+
+    public function write($buffer, $length = -1) {
+        return $this->sock->write($buffer, $length);
+    }
+
+    public function send($data, $length, $flags) {
+        throw new \danog\MadelineProto\Exception('Not Implemented');
+    }
+
+    public function close() {
+        $this->sock->close();
+    }
+
+    public function getPeerName($port = true) {
+        throw new \danog\MadelineProto\Exception('Not Implemented');
+    }
+
+    public function getSockName($port = true) {
+        throw new \danog\MadelineProto\Exception('Not Implemented');
+    }
+    public function getProxyHeaders() {
+    
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/danog/MadelineProto/Connection.php b/src/danog/MadelineProto/Connection.php
index 2954c9e8d..1d71989f7 100644
--- a/src/danog/MadelineProto/Connection.php
+++ b/src/danog/MadelineProto/Connection.php
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ class Connection
                 if (strpos($this->protocol, 'https') === 0 && $proxy === '\\Socket') {
                     $proxy = '\\FSocket';
                 }
-                $this->sock = new $proxy($ipv6 ? \AF_INET6 : \AF_INET, \SOCK_STREAM, strpos($this->protocol, 'https') === 0 ? PHP_INT_MAX : ($has_proxy ? PHP_INT_MAX - 1 : getprotobyname('tcp')));
+                $this->sock = new $proxy($ipv6 ? \AF_INET6 : \AF_INET, \SOCK_STREAM, strpos($this->protocol, 'https') === 0 ? PHP_INT_MAX : getprotobyname('tcp'));
                 if ($has_proxy) {
                     if ($this->extra !== []) {
                         $this->sock->setExtra($this->extra);
diff --git a/src/danog/MadelineProto/DataCenter.php b/src/danog/MadelineProto/DataCenter.php
index 0c56b589c..90bbfe8cf 100644
--- a/src/danog/MadelineProto/DataCenter.php
+++ b/src/danog/MadelineProto/DataCenter.php
@@ -116,6 +116,16 @@ class DataCenter
                     $this->settings[$dc_config_number]['ipv6'] = !$this->settings[$dc_config_number]['ipv6'];
                     \danog\MadelineProto\Logger::log('Connection failed, retrying connection without the proxy with '.($this->settings[$dc_config_number]['ipv6'] ? 'ipv6' : 'ipv4').'...', \danog\MadelineProto\Logger::WARNING);
                     continue;
+                case 3:
+                    $this->settings[$dc_config_number]['proxy'] = '\\HttpProxy';
+                    $this->settings[$dc_config_number]['proxy_extra'] = ['address' => 'localhost', 'port' => 80];
+                    $this->settings[$dc_config_number]['ipv6'] = !$this->settings[$dc_config_number]['ipv6'];
+                    \danog\MadelineProto\Logger::log('Connection failed, retrying connection with localhost HTTP proxy with '.($this->settings[$dc_config_number]['ipv6'] ? 'ipv6' : 'ipv4').'...', \danog\MadelineProto\Logger::WARNING);
+                    continue;
+                case 4:
+                    $this->settings[$dc_config_number]['ipv6'] = !$this->settings[$dc_config_number]['ipv6'];
+                    \danog\MadelineProto\Logger::log('Connection failed, retrying connection with localhost HTTP proxy with '.($this->settings[$dc_config_number]['ipv6'] ? 'ipv6' : 'ipv4').'...', \danog\MadelineProto\Logger::WARNING);
+                    continue;
                 default:
                     throw new \danog\MadelineProto\Exception("Could not connect to DC $dc_number");
             }
diff --git a/src/danog/MadelineProto/MTProto.php b/src/danog/MadelineProto/MTProto.php
index 3b344a073..84f31b042 100644
--- a/src/danog/MadelineProto/MTProto.php
+++ b/src/danog/MadelineProto/MTProto.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class MTProto
     /*
         const V = 71;
     */
-    const V = 97;
+    const V = 98;
     const NOT_LOGGED_IN = 0;
     const WAITING_CODE = 1;
     const WAITING_SIGNUP = -1;
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ class MTProto
         if (isset(Lang::$lang[$lang_code])) {
             Lang::$current_lang = &Lang::$lang[$lang_code];
         }
+        $altervista = isset($_SERVER['SERVER_ADMIN']) && strpos($_SERVER['SERVER_ADMIN'], 'altervista.org');
         // Set default settings
         $default_settings = ['authorization' => [
             // Authorization settings
@@ -443,9 +444,9 @@ class MTProto
                 // decides whether to use ipv6, ipv6 attribute of API attribute of API class contains autodetected boolean
                 'timeout' => 2,
                 // timeout for sockets
-                'proxy' => '\\Socket',
+                'proxy' => $altervista ? '\\HttpProxy' : '\\Socket',
                 // The proxy class to use
-                'proxy_extra' => [],
+                'proxy_extra' => $altervista ? ['address' => 'localhost', 'port' => 80] : [],
                 // Extra parameters to pass to the proxy class using setExtra
                 'pfs' => extension_loaded('gmp'),
             ],