diff --git a/Rocksolid_Light/rocksolid/newsportal.php b/Rocksolid_Light/rocksolid/newsportal.php
index c45e292..081504f 100644
--- a/Rocksolid_Light/rocksolid/newsportal.php
+++ b/Rocksolid_Light/rocksolid/newsportal.php
@@ -98,11 +98,15 @@ function nntp2_open($nserver=0,$nport=0) {
   } else {
     if(isset($CONFIG['socks_host']) && $CONFIG['socks_host'] !== '') {
         $ns=fsocks4asockopen($CONFIG['socks_host'], $CONFIG['socks_port'], $nserver, $nport);
+    } elseif(isset($CONFIG['http_host']) && $CONFIG['http_host'] !== '') {
+	$ns=fhttpsockopen($CONFIG['http_host'], $CONFIG['http_port'], $nserver, $nport);
     } else {
         $ns=@fsockopen('tcp://'.$nserver.":".$nport);
     }
   }
-//  $ns=@fsockopen($nserver,$nport);
+  if(isset($CONFIG['http_host']) && $CONFIG['http_host'] !== '') {
+    fputs($ns, "MODE reader\r\n");
+  }
   $weg=line_read($ns);  // kill the first line
   if (substr($weg,0,2) != "20") {
     echo "<p>".$text_error["error:"].$weg."</p>";
@@ -147,11 +151,27 @@ function fsocks4asockopen($proxyHostname, $proxyPort, $targetHostname, $targetPo
     if($values["ret"] == 0x5a) return $sock;
     else
     {
-        fclose(sock);
+        fclose($sock);
         return false;
     }
 }
 
+function fhttpsockopen($proxyHostname, $proxyPort, $targetHostname, $targetPort)
+{
+    $sock = fsockopen($proxyHostname, $proxyPort);
+    if($sock === false)
+        return false;
+    fwrite($sock, 'CONNECT '.$targetHostname.':'.$targetPort.' HTTP/1.0');
+    fwrite($sock, "\r\n");
+    fwrite($sock, "\r\n");
+    $weg=line_read($sock);
+    while (substr($weg,0,2) != "20") {
+	echo $weg."\r\n";
+	$weg=line_read($sock);
+    }
+    return $sock;
+}
+
 /*
  * Close a NNTP connection
  *
diff --git a/Rocksolid_Light/rslight/rslight.inc.php b/Rocksolid_Light/rslight/rslight.inc.php
index 998af8c..2a8ba71 100644
--- a/Rocksolid_Light/rslight/rslight.inc.php
+++ b/Rocksolid_Light/rslight/rslight.inc.php
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ return [
   'remote_ssl' => '',
   'socks_host' => '',
   'socks_port' => '',
+  'http_host' => '',
+  'http_port' => '',
   'remote_auth_user' => 'username',
   'remote_auth_pass' => 'password',
   'enable_nntp' => '1',
diff --git a/Rocksolid_Light/rslight/scripts/setuphelper.php b/Rocksolid_Light/rslight/scripts/setuphelper.php
index c5001b9..c0a09a2 100644
--- a/Rocksolid_Light/rslight/scripts/setuphelper.php
+++ b/Rocksolid_Light/rslight/scripts/setuphelper.php
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ return [
 'remote_auth_pass' => 'Password to authenticate to remote server', 
 'socks_host' => 'ip address of your socks4a server (use this for tor)',
 'socks_port' => 'port for your socks4a server',
+'http_host' => 'ip address of your http proxy server (use this for i2p or create client tunnel)',
+'http_port' => 'port for your http proxy server',
 
 # LOCAL server configuration
 'enable_nntp' => 'Enable local nntp server (1=true, blank=false)', 
diff --git a/Rocksolid_Light/rslight/scripts/spoolnews.php b/Rocksolid_Light/rslight/scripts/spoolnews.php
index 8261521..587563e 100755
--- a/Rocksolid_Light/rslight/scripts/spoolnews.php
+++ b/Rocksolid_Light/rslight/scripts/spoolnews.php
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ function get_articles($ns, $group) {
   $banned_names = file("/etc/rslight/banned_names.conf", FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES | FILE_SKIP_EMPTY_LINES);
  
   $nocem_check="@@NCM";
-
   # Check if group exists. Open it if it does
   fputs($ns, "group ".$group."\r\n");
   $response = line_read($ns);
@@ -223,6 +222,10 @@ function get_articles($ns, $group) {
       if (strcmp(substr($response,0,3),"220") != 0) {
 	echo "\n".$response."\n";
         file_put_contents($logfile, "\n".format_log_date()." ".$config_name." Unexpected response to ARTICLE command: ".$response, FILE_APPEND);
+	if(trim($response) == '') {
+	  fclose($ns);
+	  break;
+        }
 	$article++;
 	continue;
       }