diff --git a/apns.py b/apns.py
index cdafc1a..3d4b137 100644
--- a/apns.py
+++ b/apns.py
@@ -165,17 +165,24 @@ class APNSConnection:
         self._nursery = nursery
         self.credentials = credentials
 
-    async def connect(self):
-        """Connects to the APNs server and starts the keep alive and queue filler tasks"""
+    async def _connect_socket(self):
         sock = await trio.open_tcp_stream(COURIER_HOST, COURIER_PORT)
 
-        context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS)
+        context = ssl.create_default_context(purpose=ssl.Purpose.SERVER_AUTH)
         context.set_alpn_protocols(["apns-security-v3"])
+        
+        # Turn off certificate verification, for the proxy
+        context.check_hostname = False
+        context.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
 
         self.sock = trio.SSLStream(sock, context, server_hostname=COURIER_HOST)
 
         await self.sock.do_handshake()
 
+    async def connect(self):
+        """Connects to the APNs server and starts the keep alive and queue filler tasks"""
+        await self._connect_socket()
+
         logger.info(f"Connected to APNs ({COURIER_HOST})")
 
         if self.credentials.cert == "" or self.credentials.private_key == "":
diff --git a/development/proxy/proxy_async.py b/development/proxy/proxy_async.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b70c34d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/development/proxy/proxy_async.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import sys
+sys.path.append("../")
+sys.path.append("../../")
+
+import apns
+import trio
+import ssl
+
+import logging
+from rich.logging import RichHandler
+
+logging.basicConfig(
+    level=logging.NOTSET,
+    format="%(message)s",
+    datefmt="[%X]",
+    handlers=[RichHandler()],
+)
+
+async def main():
+    apns.COURIER_HOST = "windows.courier.push.apple.com"
+
+    context = ssl.create_default_context(purpose=ssl.Purpose.CLIENT_AUTH)
+    context.set_alpn_protocols(["apns-security-v3"])
+    # Set the certificate and private key
+    context.load_cert_chain("push_certificate_chain.pem", "push_key.pem")
+    
+    await trio.serve_ssl_over_tcp(handle_proxy, 5223, context)
+
+async def handle_proxy(stream: trio.SocketStream):
+    # Create an APNS connection
+    # Create 2 tasks, one to read from the client and write to the server, and one to read from the server and write to the client
+    try:
+        async with trio.open_nursery() as nursery:
+            apns_server = apns.APNSConnection(nursery)
+            await apns_server._connect_socket()
+            server = apns_server.sock
+
+            nursery.start_soon(read_from_client, stream, server)
+            nursery.start_soon(read_from_server, stream, server)
+    except Exception as e:
+        logging.error(e)
+
+async def read_from_client(client: trio.SocketStream, server: trio.SocketStream):
+    while True:
+        payload = await apns.APNSPayload.read_from_stream(client)
+        logging.debug(payload)
+        await payload.write_to_stream(server)
+
+
+async def read_from_server(client: trio.SocketStream, server: trio.SocketStream):
+    while True:
+        payload = await apns.APNSPayload.read_from_stream(server)
+        logging.debug(payload)
+        await payload.write_to_stream(client)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    trio.run(main)
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