diff --git a/.prettierrc b/.prettierrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0967ef424b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.prettierrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}
diff --git a/vscode/src/azure/commands.ts b/vscode/src/azure/commands.ts
index 3b9eeffe3b..c09b36e665 100644
--- a/vscode/src/azure/commands.ts
+++ b/vscode/src/azure/commands.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
   QuantumUris,
   checkCorsConfig,
   compileToBitcode,
+  useProxy,
 } from "./networkRequests";
 import { getQirForActiveWindow } from "../qirGeneration";
 import { targetSupportQir } from "./providerProperties";
@@ -228,7 +229,7 @@ export async function initAzureWorkspaces(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
         const token = await getTokenForWorkspace(workspace);
         if (!token) return;
         try {
-          await checkCorsConfig(token, quantumUris);
+          if (!useProxy) await checkCorsConfig(token, quantumUris);
         } catch (e: any) {
           log.debug("CORS check failed. ", e);
 
diff --git a/vscode/src/azure/networkRequests.ts b/vscode/src/azure/networkRequests.ts
index 79edffad95..7cf3185000 100644
--- a/vscode/src/azure/networkRequests.ts
+++ b/vscode/src/azure/networkRequests.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
 import { log } from "qsharp-lang";
-import { workspace } from "vscode";
 import { EventType, UserFlowStatus, sendTelemetryEvent } from "../telemetry";
 import { getRandomGuid } from "../utils";
 
 const publicMgmtEndpoint = "https://management.azure.com";
 
+export const useProxy = true;
+
 export async function azureRequest(
   uri: string,
   token: string,
@@ -65,6 +66,8 @@ export async function azureRequest(
 export async function storageRequest(
   uri: string,
   method: string,
+  token?: string,
+  proxy?: string,
   extraHeaders?: [string, string][],
   body?: string | Uint8Array,
   correlationId?: string,
@@ -73,15 +76,13 @@ export async function storageRequest(
     ["x-ms-version", "2023-01-03"],
     ["x-ms-date", new Date().toUTCString()],
   ];
-  const storageProxy: string | undefined = workspace
-    .getConfiguration("Q#")
-    .get("storageProxy"); // e.g. in settings.json: "Q#.storageProxy": "https://qsx-proxy.azurewebsites.net/api/proxy";
+  if (token) headers.push(["Authorization", `Bearer ${token}`]);
 
   if (extraHeaders?.length) headers.push(...extraHeaders);
-  if (storageProxy) {
+  if (proxy) {
     log.debug(`Setting x-proxy-to header to ${uri}`);
     headers.push(["x-proxy-to", uri]);
-    uri = storageProxy;
+    uri = proxy;
   }
   try {
     log.debug(`Fetching ${uri} with method ${method}`);
@@ -165,6 +166,10 @@ export class QuantumUris {
   sasUri() {
     return `${this.endpoint}${this.id}/storage/sasUri?api-version=${this.apiVersion}`;
   }
+
+  storageProxy() {
+    return `${this.endpoint}${this.id}/storage/proxy?api-version=${this.apiVersion}`;
+  }
 }
 
 export class StorageUris {
diff --git a/vscode/src/azure/workspaceActions.ts b/vscode/src/azure/workspaceActions.ts
index e213e9a968..2812842984 100644
--- a/vscode/src/azure/workspaceActions.ts
+++ b/vscode/src/azure/workspaceActions.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   QuantumUris,
   ResponseTypes,
   storageRequest,
+  useProxy,
 } from "./networkRequests";
 import { WorkspaceConnection } from "./treeView";
 import {
@@ -453,7 +454,12 @@ export async function getJobFiles(
   const sasUri = decodeURI(sasResponse.sasUri);
   log.trace(`Got SAS URI: ${sasUri}`);
 
-  const file = await storageRequest(sasUri, "GET");
+  const file = await storageRequest(
+    sasUri,
+    "GET",
+    useProxy ? token : undefined,
+    useProxy ? quantumUris.storageProxy() : undefined,
+  );
 
   if (!file) {
     sendTelemetryEvent(
@@ -545,6 +551,8 @@ export async function submitJob(
   await storageRequest(
     containerPutUri,
     "PUT",
+    useProxy ? token : undefined,
+    useProxy ? quantumUris.storageProxy() : undefined,
     undefined,
     undefined,
     correlationId,
@@ -555,7 +563,12 @@ export async function submitJob(
   await storageRequest(
     inputDataUri,
     "PUT",
-    [["x-ms-blob-type", "BlockBlob"]],
+    useProxy ? token : undefined,
+    useProxy ? quantumUris.storageProxy() : undefined,
+    [
+      ["x-ms-blob-type", "BlockBlob"],
+      ["Content-Type", "text/plain"],
+    ],
     qirFile,
     correlationId,
   );