diff --git a/create-project-async/api_client.py b/create-project-async/api_client.py
index 4fb861f..60c299f 100644
--- a/create-project-async/api_client.py
+++ b/create-project-async/api_client.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 
 def create_project(base_url, client_id, client_secret, team_id, documents_path="documents"):
+    print("Creating project...")
     try:
         Project.create(
             base_url,
diff --git a/create-project-async/project_configuration.json b/create-project-async/project_configuration.json
index c7955a1..94853ef 100644
--- a/create-project-async/project_configuration.json
+++ b/create-project-async/project_configuration.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
       "splitDocumentOption": null,
       "projectSettings": {
         "enableEditLabelSet": true,
-        "enableEditSentence": true,
+        "enableEditSentence": false,
         "hideLabelerNamesDuringReview": false,
         "hideRejectedLabelsDuringReview": true,
         "hideLabelsFromInactiveLabelSetDuringReview": false,
diff --git a/create-project-async/src/helper.py b/create-project-async/src/helper.py
index 1fcee73..938e4cc 100644
--- a/create-project-async/src/helper.py
+++ b/create-project-async/src/helper.py
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@
 def get_access_token(base_url, client_id, client_secret):
     client = BackendApplicationClient(client_id=client_id)
     oauth = OAuth2Session(client=client)
+    oauth.proxies = {'all': 'socks5://127.0.0.1:8900'}
+    print("fetching access token...")
     token = oauth.fetch_token(token_url=base_url + '/api/oauth/token',
-                              client_id=client_id, client_secret=client_secret)
+                              client_id=client_id, client_secret=client_secret, verify=False)
     return token['access_token']
 
 
diff --git a/create-project-async/src/job.py b/create-project-async/src/job.py
index 89f45b7..73b8650 100644
--- a/create-project-async/src/job.py
+++ b/create-project-async/src/job.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import requests
 import json
 import time
-from src.helper import get_access_token, get_operations
+from .helper import get_access_token, get_operations
 
 CHECK_JOB_INTERVAL_SECONDS = 5
 
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ def get_status(base_url, client_id, client_secret, job_id, operations_path):
         operations["variables"]["input"] = job_id
         data = json.dumps(operations)
         headers = {'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + access_token, 'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
+        proxies = {'all': 'socks5://127.0.0.1:8900'}
         while True:
-            response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=data)
+            response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=data, proxies=proxies, verify=False)
             if response.status_code != 200 or not ('json' in response.headers['content-type']):
                 print(response.text.encode('utf8'))
                 return
diff --git a/create-project-async/src/project.py b/create-project-async/src/project.py
index 390f19f..b51a454 100644
--- a/create-project-async/src/project.py
+++ b/create-project-async/src/project.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 import os
 
 import requests
-from src.exceptions.invalid_options import InvalidOptions
-from src.helper import get_access_token, get_operations
+from .exceptions import invalid_options as InvalidOptions
+from .helper import get_access_token, get_operations
 
 
 EXTERNAL_OBJECT_STORAGE_FILE_KEY = "externalObjectStorageFileKey"
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ def create(
 
         headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer " + access_token}
         data = {"operations": json.dumps(operations), "map": json.dumps(payload_map)}
+        print(f"requesting url {url}...")
+        print(f"    with headers {headers}...")
         response = Project.__call_graphql(
             url=url, headers=headers, data=data, files=files
         )
@@ -140,7 +142,8 @@ def __handle_document_list(
 
     @staticmethod
     def __call_graphql(url: str, headers: dict, data: dict, files=None):
-        return requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=data, files=files)
+        proxies = {'all': 'socks5://127.0.0.1:8900'}
+        return requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=data, files=files, verify=False, proxies=proxies)
 
     @staticmethod
     def __process_graphql_response(response, base_url, client_id, client_secret):
diff --git a/create-project-async/src/requirements.txt b/create-project-async/src/requirements.txt
index 2e462f6..18f712d 100644
--- a/create-project-async/src/requirements.txt
+++ b/create-project-async/src/requirements.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ requests_oauthlib==1.3.0
 oauthlib==3.1.0
 python-dotenv
 fire
+PySocks