diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 589268e..e21e727 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.3.0
\ No newline at end of file
+1.4.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmd/sync.go b/cmd/sync.go
index c1991f0..7e41c53 100644
--- a/cmd/sync.go
+++ b/cmd/sync.go
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ func init() {
 	syncCmd.Flags().StringVar(&pcmd.Repository.Auth.Username, "repository.auth.username", "", "username to perform authentication")
 	syncCmd.Flags().StringVar(&pcmd.Repository.Auth.Password, "repository.auth.password", "", "password to perform authentication")
 	syncCmd.Flags().StringVar(&pcmd.Repository.Branch, "repository.branch", "main", "path to clone the git repository")
+	syncCmd.Flags().StringVar(&pcmd.Repository.Proxy, "repository.proxy", "", "https proxy url")
 	syncCmd.Flags().StringVar(&pcmd.Namespace, "namespace", "default", "namespace that will store the dashboard config map")
 	syncCmd.Flags().StringVar(&pcmd.DashboardLabels, "dashboard.labels", "grafana_dashboard=nil", "dashboard label selector")
 	syncCmd.Flags().StringVar(&pcmd.DashboardFolderAnnotation, "dashboard.folder-annotation", "", "dashboard folder annotation")
diff --git a/internal/gitmanager/gitmanager.go b/internal/gitmanager/gitmanager.go
index ff4e75a..17e0fd6 100644
--- a/internal/gitmanager/gitmanager.go
+++ b/internal/gitmanager/gitmanager.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ type Repository struct {
 	Url           string
 	Path          string
 	Branch        string
+	Proxy         string
 	DashboardPath string
 	Auth          RepositoryAuth
 }
@@ -56,10 +57,11 @@ func (r Repository) Validate() error {
 }
 
 func (r *Repository) Get(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
-	if httpsProxy := os.Getenv("HTTPS_PROXY"); httpsProxy != "" {
-		logrus.Debugf("using proxy %v", httpsProxy)
 
-		proxyUrl, err := url.Parse(httpsProxy)
+	if r.Proxy != "" {
+		logrus.Debugf("using proxy %v", r.Proxy)
+
+		proxyUrl, err := url.Parse(r.Proxy)
 
 		if err != nil {
 			return false, err