diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 93e758e..e29e366 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ ChromeBrowser.prototype = {
 ChromeBrowser.$inject = ['baseBrowserDecorator', 'args']
 
 function headlessGetOptions (url, args, parent) {
-  return parent.call(this, url, args).concat(['--headless', '--disable-gpu', '--remote-debugging-port=9222'])
+  return parent.call(this, url, args).concat(['--headless', '--disable-gpu', '--remote-debugging-port=9222', '--proxy-server="direct://"', '--proxy-bypass-list=*'])
 }
 
 var ChromeHeadlessBrowser = function (baseBrowserDecorator, args) {
diff --git a/test/jsflags.spec.js b/test/jsflags.spec.js
index 0fe85ee..f663f5e 100644
--- a/test/jsflags.spec.js
+++ b/test/jsflags.spec.js
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ describe('headlessGetOptions', function () {
       '-incognito',
       '--headless',
       '--disable-gpu',
-      '--remote-debugging-port=9222'
+      '--remote-debugging-port=9222',
+      '--proxy-server="direct://"',
+      '--proxy-bypass-list=*'
     ])
   })
 })