diff --git a/guides/Best_practice--Connecting_Hawk_to_the_world.md b/guides/Best_practice--Connecting_Hawk_to_the_world.md
index 7510613..797e42e 100644
--- a/guides/Best_practice--Connecting_Hawk_to_the_world.md
+++ b/guides/Best_practice--Connecting_Hawk_to_the_world.md
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ hawk> MY_PROXY_PORT=XXXX      # choose same port as above
 
 hawk> curl ifconfig.me        # timeout, no connection to internet
 
-hawk> curl --proxy socks5://localhost:$MY_PROXY_PORT        # specify proxy through command line argument
-
 hawk> export https_proxy=socks5://localhost:$MY_PROXY_PORT  # set proxy environment variables
 hawk> export http_proxy=$https_proxy
 hawk> curl ifconfig.me
@@ -68,6 +66,8 @@ hawk> # close terminal to close reverse tunnel when done
 
 Most of the other use cases will build on the usage of these environment variables. Therefore we recommend to set them in you `.bashrc`. ==**TODO: do we recommend this?**==
 
+Note that some applications will not honour these environment variables. Often the proxy can be provided as a command line argument as for instance `--proxy $https_proxy`.
+
 
 ## Installing Python packages with pip
 
@@ -185,6 +185,20 @@ Again, we recommend to keep the reverse tunnel open as briefly as possible.
 
 ## SVN
 
+~~Seems to work after setting https/http proxy variables.~~
+```bash
+hawk> cat ~/.subversion/servers
+[groups]
+testhttps = svn.mplayerhq.hu
+
+[testhttps]
+http-proxy-host = localhost
+http-proxy-port = XXXX
+
+hawk> svn co https://svn.mplayerhq.hu:/ffmep/trunk
+hawk> svn co svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu:/ffmep/trunk     # times out
+```
+
 
 ## R