diff --git a/rssh b/rssh
index cc071e1..39609c4 100755
--- a/rssh
+++ b/rssh
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@
 # 2016-06-29 Updated to allow user/ port on command line plus run commands (v0.5)
 # 2016-06-20 Tidy code, and check with shellcheck (v0.6)
 # 2017-01-09 Tidy code, and check with latest shellcheck (v.07)
+# 2017-04-26 Allow proxycommand in config (0.8)
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 PROGNAME=${0##*/}
-VERSION="0.7"
+VERSION="0.8"
 
 # define variables
 hops=0
-default_hops=0
 declare -a host
 declare -a hostdata
 declare -a hostname
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ declare -a user
 declare -a options
 conffile=$(mktemp)
 ignore_default_route=0
+ignore_proxies=0
 host_list=""
 use_ssh=0
 _USE_DEBUG=0
@@ -68,44 +69,21 @@ add_hop() {
     l_port=$(echo "$l_host" | awk -F: '{print $2}')
     l_host=$(echo "$l_host" | awk -F: '{print $1}')
   fi
-
   host[${hops}]=$l_host;
-  hostdata[${hops}]=$(sed -n "/Host.* ${l_host}\( \|$\)/,/^[ ]*$/p" ~/.ssh/config);
-  # ignore dulicate hop of DEFAULT_SSH_ROUTE when connecting with "rssh $DEFAULT_SSH_ROUTE"
-  if [[ "$l_host" == "$DEFAULT_SSH_ROUTE" ]] && [[ $hops -eq $((default_hops+1)) ]]; then
-    ((hops--))
-    debug "ignoring hop $l_host as it is the default route anyway"
-  else
-    # ignore default routing if there is first hop has a comment "Ignore_DEFAULT_SSH_ROUTE" in the .ssh/config
-    if [[ "$(echo "${hostdata[${hops}]}" | grep -o "Ignore_DEFAULT_SSH_ROUTE")" == "Ignore_DEFAULT_SSH_ROUTE" ]]; then
-      if [ ${hops} -eq $((default_hops+1)) ]; then
-        debug "ignore default route through $DEFAULT_SSH_ROUTE as config files states Ignore_DEFAULT_SSH_ROUTE"
-        for (( i=1; i<=$((hops-1)); i++ )); do
-          host[${i}]=""
-          hostname[${i}]=""
-          hostdata[${i}]=""
-          port[${i}]=""
-          user[${i}]=""
-        done
-        hops=1
-        host[${hops}]=$l_host
-        hostdata[${hops}]=$(sed -n "/Host.* ${l_host}\( \|$\)/,/^[ ]*$/p" ~/.ssh/config);
-      fi
-    fi
-    hostname[${hops}]=$(echo "${hostdata[${hops}]}" | grep -i "Hostname" | awk '{print $2}' )
-    hostname[${hops}]=${hostname[${hops}]:=${l_host}}
-    f_port=$(echo "${hostdata[${hops}]}" | grep -i "^[ ]*port" | awk '{print $2}' )
-    port[${hops}]=${l_port:=$f_port}
-    port[${hops}]=${port[${hops}]:=22}
-    user[${hops}]=$l_user
-    options[${hops}]=$(echo "${hostdata[${hops}]}" | \
-                    grep -iv "^[ ]*host" | \
-                    grep -iv "^[ ]*port" | \
+  hostdata[${hops}]=$(sed -n "/[Hh]ost.* ${l_host}\( \|$\)/,/^[ ]*$/p" ~/.ssh/config);
+  hostname[${hops}]=$(echo "${hostdata[${hops}]}" | grep -i "Hostname" | awk '{print $2}' )
+  hostname[${hops}]=${hostname[${hops}]:=${l_host}}
+  f_port=$(echo "${hostdata[${hops}]}" | grep -i "^[ ]*port" | awk '{print $2}' )
+  port[${hops}]=${l_port:=$f_port}
+  port[${hops}]=${port[${hops}]:=22}
+  user[${hops}]=$l_user
+  options[${hops}]=$(echo "${hostdata[${hops}]}" | \
+                    grep -iv "^[ ]*host " | \
+                    grep -iv "^[ ]*hostname " | \
+                    grep -iv "^[ ]*port " | \
                     grep -iv "^[ ]*#"| \
                     grep -iv "^[ ]*ProxyCommand");
-#                    grep -iv "^[ ]*ProxyCommand"| \
-#                    grep -iv "^[ ]*DynamicForward");
-  fi
+  debug "added ${hostname[${hops}]} with options ${options[${hops}]}"
 }
 
 error_exit() {
@@ -130,6 +108,7 @@ help_message() {
   -h, --help  Display this help message and exit.
   -v          verbose output from ssh
   -id         ignore default routing
+  -ip         ignore proxies defined on config
   -n          use plain ssh, with no copying of rc files
   -d          debug
   -s nnnn     socks port
@@ -238,6 +217,8 @@ while [[ -n $1 ]]; do
      _USE_DEBUG=1 ;;
     -id | --ignore-default)
       ignore_default_route=1 ;;
+    -ip | --ignore-proxies)
+      ignore_proxies=1 ;;
     -n | --no-rc)
       use_ssh=1 ;;
     -s | --socks)
@@ -259,16 +240,35 @@ fi
 # Main logic
 
 if [ ! -z "$DEFAULT_SSH_ROUTE" ] && [ "$ignore_default_route" -eq "0" ]; then
-  debug "default route is set to $DEFAULT_SSH_ROUTE"
-  # loop in case there is more than one hop in the default route
-  for h in ${DEFAULT_SSH_ROUTE}; do
-    ((default_hops++))
-    debug "adding default hop $h"
-    add_hop "$h"
-  done
+  first_default=$(echo "${DEFAULT_SSH_ROUTE}" | awk '{print $1}')
+  first_hop=$(echo "${host_list}" | awk '{print $1}')
+  ignore_dr=$(sed -n "/[Hh]ost.* ${first_hop}\( \|$\)/,/^[ ]*$/p" ~/.ssh/config | grep -c "Ignore_DEFAULT_SSH_ROUTE");
+  if [[ "$first_default" == "$first_hop" ]]; then
+    debug "ignoring default route as first hop is default route"
+  elif [[ "$ignore_dr" -gt 0 ]]; then
+    debug "ignoring $ignore_dr default route as first hop as comment Ignore_DEFAULT_SSH_ROUTE"
+  else
+    debug "unsing default route - $DEFAULT_SSH_ROUTE"
+    # loop in case there is more than one hop in the default route
+    for h in ${DEFAULT_SSH_ROUTE}; do
+      debug "adding default hop $h"
+      add_hop "$h"
+    done
+  fi
 fi
 
 for h in ${host_list}; do
+  if [[ "$ignore_proxies" -eq 0 ]]; then
+    hdata=$(sed -n "/[Hh]ost.* ${h}\( \|$\)/,/^[ ]*$/p" ~/.ssh/config);
+    h_proxy=$(echo "${hdata}" | grep -i "^[ ]*ProxyCommand" | awk '{print $3}')
+    if [[ "$h_proxy" == "-q" ]]; then
+      h_proxy=$(echo "${hdata}" | grep -i "^[ ]*ProxyCommand" | awk '{print $4}')
+    fi
+    if [[ ! -z "$h_proxy" ]]; then
+      debug "adding proxy - $h_proxy"
+      add_hop "$h_proxy"
+    fi
+  fi
   debug "adding hop $h"
   add_hop "$h"
 done
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ done
     if [ ! -z "$socks" ] && [ $i -eq ${hops} ] ; then
       echo " DynamicForward localhost:${socks}"
     fi
-    echo " ProxyCommand ssh -F ${conffile} ${opt} ${host[${i}-1]} -W ${hostname[${i}]}:${port[${i}]}"
+    echo " ProxyCommand ssh -q -F ${conffile} ${opt} ${host[${i}-1]} -W ${hostname[${i}]}:${port[${i}]}"
     echo " "
     let i=i-1
   done
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ if [ ${_USE_DEBUG} -eq 1 ]; then
 fi
 
 debug "command: sshrc ${opt} -F $conffile ${host[${hops}]}"
+
 if [ "$use_ssh" -eq 1 ]; then
   # shellcheck disable=SC2029
   ssh ${opt} -F "$conffile" "${host[${hops}]}"