diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 44f80db8c..73f812bdf 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ $vm_cpus = 1
 $shared_folders = {}
 $forwarded_ports = {}
 $subnet = "172.17.8"
-$box = "bento/ubuntu-14.04"
+$box = "bento/ubuntu-16.04"
 
 host_vars = {}
 
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ if ! File.exist?(File.join(File.dirname($inventory), "hosts"))
   end
 end
 
+if Vagrant.has_plugin?("vagrant-proxyconf")
+    $no_proxy = ENV['NO_PROXY'] || ENV['no_proxy'] || "127.0.0.1,localhost"
+    (1..$num_instances).each do |i|
+        $no_proxy += ",#{$subnet}.#{i+100}"
+    end
+end
+
 Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
   # always use Vagrants insecure key
   config.ssh.insert_key = false
@@ -52,6 +59,12 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
     config.vm.define vm_name = "%s-%02d" % [$instance_name_prefix, i] do |config|
       config.vm.hostname = vm_name
 
+      if Vagrant.has_plugin?("vagrant-proxyconf")
+        config.proxy.http     = ENV['HTTP_PROXY'] || ENV['http_proxy'] || ""
+        config.proxy.https    = ENV['HTTPS_PROXY'] || ENV['https_proxy'] ||  ""
+        config.proxy.no_proxy = $no_proxy
+      end
+
       if $expose_docker_tcp
         config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 2375, host: ($expose_docker_tcp + i - 1), auto_correct: true
       end
diff --git a/roles/docker/handlers/main.yml b/roles/docker/handlers/main.yml
index 6f54f33d5..04d761796 100644
--- a/roles/docker/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/roles/docker/handlers/main.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   command: /bin/true
   notify:
     - Docker | reload systemd
+    - Docker | reload docker.socket
     - Docker | reload docker
     - Docker | pause while Docker restarts
     - Docker | wait for docker
@@ -16,6 +17,12 @@
     name: docker
     state: restarted
 
+- name: Docker | reload docker.socket
+  service:
+    name: docker.socket
+    state: restarted
+  when: ansible_os_family == 'CoreOS'
+
 - name: Docker | pause while Docker restarts
   pause: seconds=10 prompt="Waiting for docker restart"