diff --git a/service/proxy/lib/proxy.ex b/service/proxy/lib/proxy.ex
index 9440e03..4c25116 100644
--- a/service/proxy/lib/proxy.ex
+++ b/service/proxy/lib/proxy.ex
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 defmodule Proxy do
+  use Task, restart: :permanent
   require Logger
 
+  def start_link(port) do
+    Task.start_link(__MODULE__, :accept, [port])
+  end
+
   def accept(port) do
     {:ok, socket} = :gen_tcp.listen(port, [:binary, packet: :raw, active: false, reuseaddr: true])
     Logger.info("Accepting connections on port #{port}")
@@ -50,6 +55,7 @@ defmodule Proxy do
 
       # don't allow connections to restricted services
       service_permissions = Map.get(hosts_acls, host)
+
       if service_permissions != nil and not service_permissions do
         throw_socks_error(
           socket,
diff --git a/service/proxy/lib/proxy/application.ex b/service/proxy/lib/proxy/application.ex
index 048783b..7084fd9 100644
--- a/service/proxy/lib/proxy/application.ex
+++ b/service/proxy/lib/proxy/application.ex
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ defmodule Proxy.Application do
 
     children = [
       {Task.Supervisor, name: Proxy.TaskSupervisor},
-      {Task, fn -> Proxy.accept(port) end},
+      {Proxy, port},
       Proxy.Scheduler,
       {Proxy.UserCache, name: Proxy.UserCache},
       {MyXQL, username: "proxy", hostname: "db", database: "pod", name: :myxql, pool_size: 8}