diff --git a/tools/server/public_simplechat/local.tools/simpleproxy.json b/tools/server/public_simplechat/local.tools/simpleproxy.json
index d68878199a..a4ea4305f0 100644
--- a/tools/server/public_simplechat/local.tools/simpleproxy.json
+++ b/tools/server/public_simplechat/local.tools/simpleproxy.json
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@
         "^duckduckgo\\.com$",
         ".*\\.google\\.com$",
         "^google\\.com$"
-    ]
+    ],
+    "bearer.insecure": "NeverSecure"
 }
diff --git a/tools/server/public_simplechat/local.tools/simpleproxy.py b/tools/server/public_simplechat/local.tools/simpleproxy.py
index 4ebaf83182..f2d5b52722 100644
--- a/tools/server/public_simplechat/local.tools/simpleproxy.py
+++ b/tools/server/public_simplechat/local.tools/simpleproxy.py
@@ -36,9 +36,12 @@ gConfigType = {
     '--port': 'int',
     '--config': 'str',
     '--debug': 'bool',
-    '--allowed.domains': 'list'
+    '--allowed.domains': 'list',
+    '--bearer.insecure': 'str'
 }
 
+gConfigNeeded = [ '--allowed.domains', '--bearer.insecure' ]
+
 
 class ProxyHandler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
     """
@@ -377,6 +380,10 @@ def process_args(args: list[str]):
             print(f"ERRR:ProcessArgs:{iArg}:{cArg}:UnknownCommand")
             exit(103)
     print(gMe)
+    for k in gConfigNeeded:
+        if gMe.get(k) == None:
+            print(f"ERRR:ProcessArgs:{k}:missing, did you forget to pass the config file...")
+            exit(104)
 
 
 def run():