diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 17e19db..89ff685 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/die-net/lrucache v0.0.0-20190707192454-883874fe3947
 	github.com/disintegration/imaging v1.6.2
 	github.com/dnaeon/go-vcr v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/fcjr/aia-transport-go v1.2.1
 	github.com/gomodule/redigo v2.0.0+incompatible
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0
 	github.com/gregjones/httpcache v0.0.0-20190611155906-901d90724c79
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fd11ca5..a24a4d0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.1-0.20191026205805-5f8ba28d4473/go.m
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.4/go.mod h1:6rpuAdCZL397s3pYoYcLgu1mIlRU8Am5FuJP05cCM98=
 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v0.1.0/go.mod h1:iSmxcyjqTsJpI2R4NaDN7+kN2VEUnK/pcBlmesArF7c=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0/go.mod h1:Zm6kSWBoL9eyXnKyktHP6abPY2pDugNf5KwzbycvMj4=
+github.com/fcjr/aia-transport-go v1.2.1 h1:a40mu8FRRXZy45aTb8uWh9I9h+R6Roewa8+OA/wYHPo=
+github.com/fcjr/aia-transport-go v1.2.1/go.mod h1:onSqSq3tGkM14WusDx7q9FTheS9R1KBtD+QBWI6zG/w=
 github.com/franela/goblin v0.0.0-20200105215937-c9ffbefa60db/go.mod h1:7dvUGVsVBjqR7JHJk0brhHOZYGmfBYOrK0ZhYMEtBr4=
 github.com/franela/goreq v0.0.0-20171204163338-bcd34c9993f8/go.mod h1:ZhphrRTfi2rbfLwlschooIH4+wKKDR4Pdxhh+TRoA20=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=
diff --git a/imageproxy.go b/imageproxy.go
index 11e4077..b6cb80d 100644
--- a/imageproxy.go
+++ b/imageproxy.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/fcjr/aia-transport-go"
 	"github.com/gregjones/httpcache"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ type Proxy struct {
 // be used.
 func NewProxy(transport http.RoundTripper, cache Cache) *Proxy {
 	if transport == nil {
-		transport = http.DefaultTransport
+		transport, _ = aia.NewTransport()
 	}
 	if cache == nil {
 		cache = NopCache