diff --git a/ocis/pkg/runtime/runtime.go b/ocis/pkg/runtime/runtime.go
index 0a7a2fd6cd..3b854d587f 100644
--- a/ocis/pkg/runtime/runtime.go
+++ b/ocis/pkg/runtime/runtime.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	idp "github.com/owncloud/ocis/idp/pkg/command"
 	ocs "github.com/owncloud/ocis/ocs/pkg/command"
 	onlyoffice "github.com/owncloud/ocis/onlyoffice/pkg/command"
+	proxy "github.com/owncloud/ocis/proxy/pkg/command"
 	settings "github.com/owncloud/ocis/settings/pkg/command"
 
 	"github.com/thejerf/suture"
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ func (r *Runtime) Start() error {
 	addServiceToken("idp", supervisor.Add(idp.NewSutureService(globalCtx, r.c.IDP)))
 	addServiceToken("ocs", supervisor.Add(ocs.NewSutureService(globalCtx, r.c.OCS)))
 	addServiceToken("onlyoffice", supervisor.Add(onlyoffice.NewSutureService(globalCtx, r.c.Onlyoffice)))
+	addServiceToken("proxy", supervisor.Add(proxy.NewSutureService(globalCtx, r.c.Proxy)))
 
 	// TODO(refs) debug line with supervised services.
 	go supervisor.ServeBackground()
diff --git a/proxy/cmd/proxy/main.go b/proxy/cmd/proxy/main.go
index 115f1b00f6..fbc6a6d744 100644
--- a/proxy/cmd/proxy/main.go
+++ b/proxy/cmd/proxy/main.go
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/proxy/pkg/command"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/proxy/pkg/config"
 )
 
 func main() {
-	if err := command.Execute(); err != nil {
+	if err := command.Execute(config.New()); err != nil {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/proxy/pkg/command/root.go b/proxy/pkg/command/root.go
index 906ccaa701..7fd5c6461b 100644
--- a/proxy/pkg/command/root.go
+++ b/proxy/pkg/command/root.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package command
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -13,9 +14,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Execute is the entry point for the ocis-proxy command.
-func Execute() error {
-	cfg := config.New()
-
+func Execute(cfg *config.Config) error {
 	app := &cli.App{
 		Name:     "ocis-proxy",
 		Version:  version.String,
@@ -109,3 +108,31 @@ func ParseConfig(c *cli.Context, cfg *config.Config) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+// SutureService allows for the onlyoffice command to be embedded and supervised by a suture supervisor tree.
+type SutureService struct {
+	ctx    context.Context
+	cancel context.CancelFunc // used to cancel the context go-micro services used to shutdown a service.
+	cfg    *config.Config
+}
+
+// NewSutureService creates a new onlyoffice.SutureService
+func NewSutureService(ctx context.Context, cfg *config.Config) SutureService {
+	sctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+	cfg.Context = sctx // propagate the context down to the go-micro services.
+	return SutureService{
+		ctx:    sctx,
+		cancel: cancel,
+		cfg:    cfg,
+	}
+}
+
+func (s SutureService) Serve() {
+	if err := Execute(s.cfg); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+}
+
+func (s SutureService) Stop() {
+	s.cancel()
+}
diff --git a/proxy/pkg/command/server.go b/proxy/pkg/command/server.go
index bff16286a5..3c4b6e96df 100644
--- a/proxy/pkg/command/server.go
+++ b/proxy/pkg/command/server.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func Server(cfg *config.Config) *cli.Command {
 	return &cli.Command{
 		Name:  "server",
 		Usage: "Start integrated server",
-		Flags: flagset.ServerWithConfig(cfg),
+		Flags: append(flagset.ServerWithConfig(cfg), flagset.RootWithConfig(cfg)...),
 		Before: func(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 			if cfg.HTTP.Root != "/" {
 				cfg.HTTP.Root = strings.TrimSuffix(cfg.HTTP.Root, "/")
@@ -176,8 +176,6 @@ func Server(cfg *config.Config) *cli.Command {
 					proxyHTTP.Context(ctx),
 					proxyHTTP.Config(cfg),
 					proxyHTTP.Metrics(metrics),
-					proxyHTTP.Flags(flagset.RootWithConfig(config.New())),
-					proxyHTTP.Flags(flagset.ServerWithConfig(config.New())),
 					proxyHTTP.Middlewares(loadMiddlewares(ctx, logger, cfg)),
 				)
 
diff --git a/proxy/pkg/config/config.go b/proxy/pkg/config/config.go
index 29575c8ad1..b875757b6d 100644
--- a/proxy/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/proxy/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package config
 
+import "context"
+
 // Log defines the available logging configuration.
 type Log struct {
 	Level  string
@@ -119,6 +121,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	AutoprovisionAccounts bool
 	EnableBasicAuth       bool
 	InsecureBackends      bool
+
+	Context context.Context
 }
 
 // OIDC is the config for the OpenID-Connect middleware. If set the proxy will try to authenticate every request
diff --git a/proxy/pkg/flagset/flagset.go b/proxy/pkg/flagset/flagset.go
index 83f73fdda4..ca67c7b8a7 100644
--- a/proxy/pkg/flagset/flagset.go
+++ b/proxy/pkg/flagset/flagset.go
@@ -10,23 +10,20 @@ func RootWithConfig(cfg *config.Config) []cli.Flag {
 	return []cli.Flag{
 		&cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:        "log-level",
-			Value:       "info",
 			Usage:       "Set logging level",
-			EnvVars:     []string{"PROXY_LOG_LEVEL"},
+			EnvVars:     []string{"PROXY_LOG_LEVEL", "OCIS_LOG_LEVEL"},
 			Destination: &cfg.Log.Level,
 		},
 		&cli.BoolFlag{
 			Name:        "log-pretty",
-			Value:       true,
 			Usage:       "Enable pretty logging",
-			EnvVars:     []string{"PROXY_LOG_PRETTY"},
+			EnvVars:     []string{"PROXY_LOG_PRETTY", "OCIS_LOG_PRETTY"},
 			Destination: &cfg.Log.Pretty,
 		},
 		&cli.BoolFlag{
 			Name:        "log-color",
-			Value:       true,
 			Usage:       "Enable colored logging",
-			EnvVars:     []string{"PROXY_LOG_COLOR"},
+			EnvVars:     []string{"PROXY_LOG_COLOR", "OCIS_LOG_COLOR"},
 			Destination: &cfg.Log.Color,
 		},
 	}