diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/Scripting/HttpRequest/ScriptsHttpRequests.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/Scripting/HttpRequest/ScriptsHttpRequests.cs
index 821c60ebd2..faa6f3ce70 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/Scripting/HttpRequest/ScriptsHttpRequests.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/Scripting/HttpRequest/ScriptsHttpRequests.cs
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Modules.Scripting.HttpRequest
         private int httpTimeout = 30000;
         private string m_name = "HttpScriptRequests";
 
-    private string m_proxyurl = "";
-    private string m_proxyexcepts = "";
+        private string m_proxyurl = "";
+        private string m_proxyexcepts = "";
 
         // <request id, HttpRequestClass>
         private Dictionary<UUID, HttpRequestClass> m_pendingRequests;
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Modules.Scripting.HttpRequest
             htc.HttpTimeout = httpTimeout;
             htc.OutboundBody = body;
             htc.ResponseHeaders = headers;
-        htc.proxyurl = m_proxyurl;
-        htc.proxyexcepts = m_proxyexcepts;
+            htc.proxyurl = m_proxyurl;
+            htc.proxyexcepts = m_proxyexcepts;
 
             lock (HttpListLock)
             {
@@ -344,21 +344,26 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Modules.Scripting.HttpRequest
                 Request = (HttpWebRequest) WebRequest.Create(Url);
                 Request.Method = HttpMethod;
                 Request.ContentType = HttpMIMEType;
-        if (proxyurl.Length > 0) 
-          {
-            if (proxyexcepts.Length > 0) {
-              string[] elist = proxyexcepts.Split(';');
-              Request.Proxy = new WebProxy(proxyurl,true,elist);
-            } else {
-              Request.Proxy = new WebProxy(proxyurl,true);
-            }
-          }
+
+                if (proxyurl != null && proxyurl.Length > 0) 
+                {
+                    if (proxyexcepts != null && proxyexcepts.Length > 0) 
+                    {
+                        string[] elist = proxyexcepts.Split(';');
+                        Request.Proxy = new WebProxy(proxyurl, true, elist);
+                    } 
+                    else 
+                    {
+                        Request.Proxy = new WebProxy(proxyurl, true);
+                    }
+                }
 
                 foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string> entry in ResponseHeaders)
                     Request.Headers[entry.Key] = entry.Value;
 
                 // Encode outbound data
-                if (OutboundBody.Length > 0) {
+                if (OutboundBody.Length > 0) 
+                {
                     byte[] data = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(OutboundBody);
 
                     Request.ContentLength = data.Length;
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/Scripting/LoadImageURL/LoadImageURLModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/Scripting/LoadImageURL/LoadImageURLModule.cs
index af78c3624a..0112ee6c94 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/Scripting/LoadImageURL/LoadImageURLModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/Scripting/LoadImageURL/LoadImageURLModule.cs
@@ -43,9 +43,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Modules.Scripting.LoadImageURL
         private Scene m_scene;
         private IDynamicTextureManager m_textureManager;
 
-	private string m_proxyurl = "";
-	private string m_proxyexcepts = "";
-
+        private string m_proxyurl = "";
+        private string m_proxyexcepts = "";
 
         #region IDynamicTextureRender Members
 
@@ -95,8 +94,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Modules.Scripting.LoadImageURL
             {
                 m_scene = scene;
             }
-	    m_proxyurl = config.Configs["Startup"].GetString("HttpProxy");
-	    m_proxyexcepts = config.Configs["Startup"].GetString("HttpProxyExceptions");
+            
+            m_proxyurl = config.Configs["Startup"].GetString("HttpProxy");
+            m_proxyexcepts = config.Configs["Startup"].GetString("HttpProxyExceptions");
         }
 
         public void PostInitialise()
@@ -127,15 +127,19 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Modules.Scripting.LoadImageURL
         private void MakeHttpRequest(string url, UUID requestID)
         {
             WebRequest request = HttpWebRequest.Create(url);
-	    if (m_proxyurl.Length > 0) 
-	      {
-		if (m_proxyexcepts.Length > 0) {
-		  string[] elist = m_proxyexcepts.Split(';');
-		  request.Proxy = new WebProxy(m_proxyurl,true,elist);
-		} else {
-		  request.Proxy = new WebProxy(m_proxyurl,true);
-		}
-	      }
+            
+            if (m_proxyurl != null && m_proxyurl.Length > 0) 
+            {
+                if (m_proxyexcepts != null && m_proxyexcepts.Length > 0) 
+                {
+                    string[] elist = m_proxyexcepts.Split(';');
+                    request.Proxy = new WebProxy(m_proxyurl, true, elist);
+                } 
+                else 
+                {
+                    request.Proxy = new WebProxy(m_proxyurl, true);
+                }
+            }
 
             RequestState state = new RequestState((HttpWebRequest) request, requestID);
             // IAsyncResult result = request.BeginGetResponse(new AsyncCallback(HttpRequestReturn), state);
diff --git a/bin/OpenSim.ini.example b/bin/OpenSim.ini.example
index e950c12a11..76ae2347d1 100644
--- a/bin/OpenSim.ini.example
+++ b/bin/OpenSim.ini.example
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@
     crash_dir = "crashes"
 
     ; Http proxy support for llHTTPRequest and dynamic texture loading
+    ; Set HttpProxy to the URL for your proxy server if you would like
+    ; to proxy llHTTPRequests through a firewall
     HttpProxy = "http://proxy.com"
+    ; Set HttpProxyExceptions to a list of regular expressions for 
+    ; URLs that you don't want going through the proxy such as servers
+    ; inside your firewall, separate patterns with a ';'
     HttpProxyExceptions = ".mydomain.com;localhost"
 
     ; Set this to true if you are connecting your OpenSimulator regions to a grid