diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.tails-server b/docker/Dockerfile.tails-server
index 82b923d..238dea5 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.tails-server
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.tails-server
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM bcgovimages/von-image:next-1
+FROM bcgovimages/von-image:next-2
 
 ADD requirements.txt .
 ADD requirements.dev.txt .
@@ -13,5 +13,8 @@ ADD setup.py ./
 
 RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir -e .
 
+# delete old indy_vdr installed in von-image, use instead the python package (see requirements.txt) which includes libindy_vdr.so
+RUN rm -rf /home/indy/.local/lib/libindy_vdr.so
+
 ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash", "-c", "tails-server \"$@\""]
 
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.test b/docker/Dockerfile.test
index d6dc7af..befee34 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.test
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.test
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM bcgovimages/von-image:next-1
+FROM bcgovimages/von-image:next-2
 
 ADD requirements.txt .
 ADD requirements.dev.txt .
@@ -8,4 +8,7 @@ RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt -r requirements.dev.txt
 
 ADD test ./
 
+# delete old indy_vdr installed in von-image, use instead the python package (see requirements.txt) which includes libindy_vdr.so
+RUN rm -rf /home/indy/.local/lib/libindy_vdr.so
+
 ENTRYPOINT ["python", "integration.py"]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 73fcc56..37aaa11 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-aiohttp==3.7.4
+aiohttp==3.8.1
 base58
+indy-vdr~=0.3.4
 
 # temporary to fix transitive dependency issues
 multidict<5.0.0
-yarl==1.6.0
\ No newline at end of file
+yarl==1.7.2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tails_server/args.py b/tails_server/args.py
index 9fce165..6290ccf 100644
--- a/tails_server/args.py
+++ b/tails_server/args.py
@@ -51,6 +51,20 @@
     help="Specify the path to store files.",
 )
 
+PARSER.add_argument(
+    "--socks-proxy",
+    type=str,
+    required=False,
+    dest="socks_proxy",
+    metavar="<host>:<port>",
+    help=(
+        "Specifies the socks proxy (NOT http proxy) hostname and port in format "
+        "'hostname:port'. This is an optional parameter to be passed to ledger "
+        "pool configuration and ZMQ in case if tails-server is running "
+        "in a corporate/private network behind a corporate proxy and will "
+        "connect to the public (outside of corporate network) ledger pool"
+    ),
+)
 
 def get_settings():
     """Convert command line arguments to a settings dictionary."""
@@ -65,5 +79,6 @@ def get_settings():
     settings["log_level"] = args.log_level
 
     settings["storage_path"] = args.storage_path
+    settings["socks_proxy"] = args.socks_proxy
 
     return settings
diff --git a/tails_server/ledger.py b/tails_server/ledger.py
index fd4ef06..9eaec5c 100644
--- a/tails_server/ledger.py
+++ b/tails_server/ledger.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class BadRevocationRegistryIdError(Exception):
     pass
 
 
-async def get_rev_reg_def(genesis_txn_bytes, rev_reg_id, storage_path):
+async def get_rev_reg_def(genesis_txn_bytes, rev_reg_id, storage_path, socks_proxy = None):
     pool = None
     try:
         # Write the genesis transactions to the file system
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ async def get_rev_reg_def(genesis_txn_bytes, rev_reg_id, storage_path):
             tmp_file.seek(0)
             # Try to connect to ledger
             try:
-                pool = await indy_vdr.open_pool(transactions_path=tmp_file.name)
+                pool = await indy_vdr.open_pool(transactions_path=tmp_file.name, socks_proxy=socks_proxy)
             except indy_vdr.error.VdrError as e:
                 if e.code == indy_vdr.VdrErrorCode.INPUT:
                     raise BadGenesisError()
diff --git a/tails_server/web.py b/tails_server/web.py
index d6dd313..3d00902 100644
--- a/tails_server/web.py
+++ b/tails_server/web.py
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ async def get_file(request):
 @routes.put("/{revocation_reg_id}")
 async def put_file(request):
     storage_path = request.app["settings"]["storage_path"]
+    socks_proxy = request.app["settings"]["socks_proxy"]
 
     # Check content-type for multipart
     content_type_header = request.headers.get("Content-Type")
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ async def put_file(request):
     revocation_reg_id = request.match_info["revocation_reg_id"]
     try:
         revocation_registry_definition = await get_rev_reg_def(
-            genesis_txn_bytes, revocation_reg_id, storage_path
+            genesis_txn_bytes, revocation_reg_id, storage_path, socks_proxy
         )
     except BadGenesisError:
         LOGGER.debug(f"Received invalid genesis transactions")