diff --git a/core/corehttp/proxy.go b/core/corehttp/proxy.go
index 8e236d155..4683bc2ca 100644
--- a/core/corehttp/proxy.go
+++ b/core/corehttp/proxy.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
+	//"net/http/httputil"
 	"strings"
 
 	core "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/core"
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	peer "gx/ipfs/QmbNepETomvmXfz1X5pHNFD2QuPqnqi47dTd94QJWSorQ3/go-libp2p-peer"
 )
 
+// This adds an endpoint for proxying a request to another ipfs peer
 func ProxyOption() ServeOption {
 	return func(ipfsNode *core.IpfsNode, _ net.Listener, mux *http.ServeMux) (*http.ServeMux, error) {
 		mux.HandleFunc("/proxy/http/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ func ProxyOption() ServeOption {
 				return
 			}
 
+			//httputil.ReverseProxy(
 			// send request to peer
 			proxyReq, err := http.NewRequest(request.Method, parsedRequest.httpPath, request.Body)
 
diff --git a/core/corehttp/proxy_test.go b/core/corehttp/proxy_test.go
index e5b085895..e3279317c 100644
--- a/core/corehttp/proxy_test.go
+++ b/core/corehttp/proxy_test.go
@@ -20,18 +20,6 @@ func TestParseRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.True(parsed.target.Pretty() == "QmT8JtU54XSmC38xSb1XHFSMm775VuTeajg7LWWWTAwzxT", t, "proxy request peer-id")
 }
 
-func TestParseRequestInvalidProtocol(t *testing.T) {
-	url := "http://localhost:5001/proxy/invalid/QmT8JtU54XSmC38xSb1XHFSMm775VuTeajg7LWWWTAwzxT/test-name/path/to/index.txt"
-	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, strings.NewReader(""))
-
-	_, err := parseRequest(req)
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Fail()
-	}
-
-	assert.True(err.Error() == "Invalid proxy request protocol 'invalid'", t, "fails with invalid proxy")
-}
-
 func TestParseRequestInvalidPath(t *testing.T) {
 	url := "http://localhost:5001/proxy/http/foobar"
 	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, strings.NewReader(""))