diff --git a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/ooni/probe/data/models/ProxyModel.kt b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/ooni/probe/data/models/ProxyModel.kt
index fd0ae982..2e7833bb 100644
--- a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/ooni/probe/data/models/ProxyModel.kt
+++ b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/ooni/probe/data/models/ProxyModel.kt
@@ -1,10 +1,38 @@
 package org.ooni.probe.data.models
 
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.firstOrNull
 import ooniprobe.composeapp.generated.resources.Res
 import ooniprobe.composeapp.generated.resources.Settings_Proxy_Custom
 import ooniprobe.composeapp.generated.resources.Settings_Proxy_None
 import ooniprobe.composeapp.generated.resources.Settings_Proxy_Psiphon
 import org.jetbrains.compose.resources.StringResource
+import org.ooni.probe.data.repositories.PreferenceRepository
+
+const val IP_ADDRESS = (
+    "((25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[0-1][0-9]{2}|[1-9][0-9]|[1-9])\\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]" +
+        "[0-9]|[0-1][0-9]{2}|[1-9][0-9]|[1-9]|0)\\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[0-1]" +
+        "[0-9]{2}|[1-9][0-9]|[1-9]|0)\\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[0-1][0-9]{2}" +
+        "|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9]))"
+)
+
+/**
+ * Regex for an IPv6 Address.
+ *
+ * Note that this value is adapted from the following StackOverflow answer:
+ * https://stackoverflow.com/a/17871737/1478764
+ */
+const val IPV6_ADDRESS =
+    (
+        "(([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){7,7}[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,7}:|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,6}:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}" +
+            "|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,5}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,2}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,4}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,3}|" +
+            "([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,3}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,4}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,2}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,5}|" +
+            "[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:((:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,6})|:((:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,7}|:)|fe80:(:[0-9a-fA-F]{0,4})" +
+            "{0,4}%[0-9a-zA-Z]{1,}|::(ffff(:0{1,4}){0,1}:){0,1}((25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9])\\.)" +
+            "{3,3}(25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9])|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,4}:((25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}" +
+            "[0-9]){0,1}[0-9])\\.){3,3}(25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9]))"
+    )
+
+const val DOMAIN_NAME = ("((?!-)[A-Za-z0-9-]{1,63}(?<!-)\\.)+[A-Za-z]{2,6}")
 
 enum class ProxyType(val label: StringResource, val value: String) {
     NONE(
@@ -41,3 +69,86 @@ enum class ProxyProtocol(val protocol: String) {
         }
     }
 }
+
+/**
+ * ProxySettings contains the settings configured inside the proxy. Please, see the
+ * documentation of proxy activity for the design rationale.
+ */
+class ProxySettings {
+    /**
+     * Scheme is the proxy scheme (e.g., "psiphon", "socks5").
+     */
+    var protocol: ProxyProtocol = ProxyProtocol.NONE
+
+    /**
+     * Hostname is the hostname for custom proxies.
+     */
+    var hostname: String = ""
+
+    /**
+     * Port is the port for custom proxies.
+     */
+    var port: String = ""
+
+    companion object {
+        /**
+         * Creates a new ProxySettings object from the values stored in the preference repository.
+         * @param preferenceRepository the [PreferenceRepository].
+         */
+        suspend fun newProxySettings(preferenceRepository: PreferenceRepository): ProxySettings {
+            val protocol =
+                preferenceRepository.getValueByKey(SettingsKey.PROXY_PROTOCOL).firstOrNull() as String?
+            val settings = ProxySettings()
+
+            when (protocol) {
+                ProxyProtocol.NONE.protocol -> {
+                    settings.protocol = ProxyProtocol.NONE
+                }
+                ProxyProtocol.PSIPHON.protocol -> {
+                    settings.protocol = ProxyProtocol.PSIPHON
+                }
+                ProxyProtocol.SOCKS5.protocol, ProxyProtocol.HTTP.protocol, ProxyProtocol.HTTPS.protocol -> {
+                    // ProxyProtocol.valueOf will only accept one of the values in ProxyProtocol
+                    // as in the enum definition(uppercase).
+                    settings.protocol =
+                        ProxyProtocol.valueOf(protocol)
+                }
+                else -> {
+                    // This is where we will extend the code to add support for
+                    // more proxies, e.g., HTTP proxies.
+                    throw InvalidProxyURL("unhandled URL scheme")
+                }
+            }
+
+            settings.apply {
+                hostname =
+                    preferenceRepository.getValueByKey(SettingsKey.PROXY_HOSTNAME).firstOrNull() as String? ?: ""
+                port = (preferenceRepository.getValueByKey(SettingsKey.PROXY_PORT).firstOrNull() as Int? ?: "").toString()
+            }
+            return settings
+        }
+    }
+
+    fun getProxyString(): String {
+        when (protocol) {
+            ProxyProtocol.NONE -> return ""
+            ProxyProtocol.PSIPHON -> return "psiphon://"
+            ProxyProtocol.SOCKS5, ProxyProtocol.HTTP, ProxyProtocol.HTTPS -> {
+                val formattedHost = if (isIPv6(hostname)) {
+                    "[$hostname]"
+                } else {
+                    hostname
+                }
+                return "${protocol.protocol}://$formattedHost:$port/"
+            }
+
+            else -> return ""
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun isIPv6(hostname: String): Boolean {
+        return IPV6_ADDRESS.toRegex().matches(hostname)
+    }
+
+    class InvalidProxyURL(message: String) : Exception(message)
+}
diff --git a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/ooni/probe/data/repositories/PreferenceRepository.kt b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/ooni/probe/data/repositories/PreferenceRepository.kt
index 41c8c719..dac852e2 100644
--- a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/ooni/probe/data/repositories/PreferenceRepository.kt
+++ b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/ooni/probe/data/repositories/PreferenceRepository.kt
@@ -10,35 +10,8 @@ import androidx.datastore.preferences.core.stringPreferencesKey
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.Flow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.firstOrNull
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.map
-import org.ooni.probe.data.models.ProxyProtocol
 import org.ooni.probe.data.models.SettingsKey
 
-const val IP_ADDRESS = (
-    "((25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[0-1][0-9]{2}|[1-9][0-9]|[1-9])\\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]" +
-        "[0-9]|[0-1][0-9]{2}|[1-9][0-9]|[1-9]|0)\\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[0-1]" +
-        "[0-9]{2}|[1-9][0-9]|[1-9]|0)\\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[0-1][0-9]{2}" +
-        "|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9]))"
-)
-
-/**
- * Regex for an IPv6 Address.
- *
- * Note that this value is adapted from the following StackOverflow answer:
- * https://stackoverflow.com/a/17871737/1478764
- */
-const val IPV6_ADDRESS =
-    (
-        "(([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){7,7}[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,7}:|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,6}:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}" +
-            "|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,5}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,2}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,4}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,3}|" +
-            "([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,3}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,4}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,2}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,5}|" +
-            "[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:((:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,6})|:((:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,7}|:)|fe80:(:[0-9a-fA-F]{0,4})" +
-            "{0,4}%[0-9a-zA-Z]{1,}|::(ffff(:0{1,4}){0,1}:){0,1}((25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9])\\.)" +
-            "{3,3}(25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9])|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,4}:((25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}" +
-            "[0-9]){0,1}[0-9])\\.){3,3}(25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9]))"
-    )
-
-const val DOMAIN_NAME = ("((?!-)[A-Za-z0-9-]{1,63}(?<!-)\\.)+[A-Za-z]{2,6}")
-
 sealed class PreferenceKey<T>(val preferenceKey: Preferences.Key<T>) {
     class IntKey(preferenceKey: Preferences.Key<Int>) : PreferenceKey<Int>(preferenceKey)
 
@@ -139,34 +112,6 @@ class PreferenceRepository(
         }
     }
 
-    suspend fun getProxyString(): String {
-        val proxyHost =
-            getValueByKey(SettingsKey.PROXY_HOSTNAME).firstOrNull() as String? ?: return ""
-        val proxyPort = getValueByKey(SettingsKey.PROXY_PORT).firstOrNull() as Int? ?: return ""
-
-        when (
-            val proxyProtocol =
-                getValueByKey(SettingsKey.PROXY_PROTOCOL).firstOrNull() as String?
-        ) {
-            ProxyProtocol.NONE.protocol -> return ""
-            ProxyProtocol.PSIPHON.protocol -> return "psiphon://"
-            ProxyProtocol.SOCKS5.protocol, ProxyProtocol.HTTP.protocol, ProxyProtocol.HTTPS.protocol -> {
-                val formattedHost = if (isIPv6(proxyHost)) {
-                    "[$proxyHost]"
-                } else {
-                    proxyHost
-                }
-                return "$proxyProtocol://$formattedHost:$proxyPort/"
-            }
-
-            else -> return ""
-        }
-    }
-
-    private fun isIPv6(hostname: String): Boolean {
-        return IPV6_ADDRESS.toRegex().matches(hostname)
-    }
-
     suspend fun clear() {
         dataStore.edit { it.clear() }
     }
diff --git a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/ooni/probe/ui/settings/proxy/ProxyViewModel.kt b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/ooni/probe/ui/settings/proxy/ProxyViewModel.kt
index 2bd5b4c1..1308cb00 100644
--- a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/ooni/probe/ui/settings/proxy/ProxyViewModel.kt
+++ b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/ooni/probe/ui/settings/proxy/ProxyViewModel.kt
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.asStateFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.launchIn
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.onEach
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.update
+import org.ooni.probe.data.models.DOMAIN_NAME
+import org.ooni.probe.data.models.IPV6_ADDRESS
+import org.ooni.probe.data.models.IP_ADDRESS
 import org.ooni.probe.data.models.ProxyProtocol
 import org.ooni.probe.data.models.ProxyType
 import org.ooni.probe.data.models.SettingsKey
-import org.ooni.probe.data.repositories.DOMAIN_NAME
-import org.ooni.probe.data.repositories.IPV6_ADDRESS
-import org.ooni.probe.data.repositories.IP_ADDRESS
 import org.ooni.probe.data.repositories.PreferenceRepository
 
 class ProxyViewModel(