diff --git a/ProxyApp/ProxyAppDefault.swift b/ProxyApp/ProxyAppDefault.swift
index 355b62b..b4dff70 100644
--- a/ProxyApp/ProxyAppDefault.swift
+++ b/ProxyApp/ProxyAppDefault.swift
@@ -149,8 +149,7 @@ class ProxyAppDefault : ProxyApp {
                             "logLevel" : "debug",
                             "routeVpn" : true,
                             "isConnected" : true,
-                            // The name of the unix group pia whitelists in the firewall
-                            // This may be different when PIA is white-labeled
+                            // The name of the unix group PIA whitelists in the firewall
                             "whitelistGroupName" : "piavpn"
                         ] as [String : Any])
                     } catch {
diff --git a/ProxyApp/ProxyAppGUI.swift b/ProxyApp/ProxyAppGUI.swift
index 5b2fa8f..9bf89c4 100644
--- a/ProxyApp/ProxyAppGUI.swift
+++ b/ProxyApp/ProxyAppGUI.swift
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 /**
-This is the main of the ProxyApp GUI client, the extension graphical client.
-This is a viable way of managing the system extension,
-but it's only used during development work.
+This is the main of the ProxyApp GUI client, a graphical client for the extension process.
+This is a viable way of managing the system extension.
+Right now, it's only used during development work.
  
-This GUI is not shipped with PIA desktop client.
-The integrated project communicate with the extension
-using only the cli client ProxyCLI.
-Both share the same functionalities.
+This GUI is not shipped with PIA desktop client,
+which uses the cli client ProxyCLI.
+Both the gui and the cli client share the same functionalities.
  */
 
 import SwiftUI
diff --git a/ProxyExtension/IO/FlowHandler.swift b/ProxyExtension/IO/FlowHandler.swift
index 8e29bc7..8b728ce 100644
--- a/ProxyExtension/IO/FlowHandler.swift
+++ b/ProxyExtension/IO/FlowHandler.swift
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ struct SessionConfig {
 
 protocol FlowHandlerProtocol {
     func handleNewFlow(_ flow: Flow, vpnState: VpnState) -> Bool
+    func startProxySession(flow: Flow, vpnState: VpnState) -> Bool
 }
 
 // Responsible for handling flows, both new flows and pre-existing
@@ -50,7 +51,8 @@ final class FlowHandler: FlowHandlerProtocol {
         }
     }
 
-    private func startProxySession(flow: Flow, vpnState: VpnState) -> Bool {
+    // temporarly public
+    public func startProxySession(flow: Flow, vpnState: VpnState) -> Bool {
         let interface = networkInterfaceFactory.create(interfaceName: vpnState.bindInterface)
 
         // Verify we have a valid bindIp - if not, trace it and ignore the flow
diff --git a/ProxyExtension/SplitTunnelDNSProxyProvider/SplitTunnelDNSProxyProvider.swift b/ProxyExtension/SplitTunnelDNSProxyProvider/SplitTunnelDNSProxyProvider.swift
index f542c17..2daca0a 100644
--- a/ProxyExtension/SplitTunnelDNSProxyProvider/SplitTunnelDNSProxyProvider.swift
+++ b/ProxyExtension/SplitTunnelDNSProxyProvider/SplitTunnelDNSProxyProvider.swift
@@ -2,11 +2,42 @@ import Foundation
 import NetworkExtension
 
 final class SplitTunnelDNSProxyProvider : NEDNSProxyProvider {
-    override init() {
-        super.init()
-    }
-
+    
+    public var flowHandler: FlowHandlerProtocol!
+    public var vpnState: VpnState!
+    
+    // The logger
+    public var logger: LoggerProtocol!
+    
     override func startProxy(options:[String: Any]? = nil, completionHandler: @escaping (Error?) -> Void) {
+        let logLevel: String = options?["logLevel"] as? String ?? ""
+        let logFile: String = options?["logFile"] as? String ?? ""
+
+        self.logger = self.logger ?? Logger.instance
+
+        // Ensure the logger is initialized first
+        logger.updateLogger(logLevel: logLevel, logFile: logFile)
+        
+        // init just once, set up swiftNIO event loop
+        self.flowHandler = FlowHandler()
+        
+        var options = [
+            "bypassApps" : ["/usr/bin/curl", "org.mozilla.firefox"],
+            "vpnOnlyApps" : [],
+            "bindInterface" : "en0",
+            "serverAddress" : "127.0.0.1",
+            "logFile" : "/tmp/STProxy.log",
+            "logLevel" : "debug",
+            "routeVpn" : true,
+            "isConnected" : true,
+            "whitelistGroupName" : "piavpn"
+        ] as [String : Any]
+        guard let vpnState2 = VpnStateFactory.create(options: options) else {
+            log(.error, "provided incorrect list of options. They might be missing or an incorrect type")
+            return
+        }
+        vpnState = vpnState2
+        
         completionHandler(nil)
     }
 
@@ -14,9 +45,19 @@ final class SplitTunnelDNSProxyProvider : NEDNSProxyProvider {
         completionHandler()
     }
 
-    //  Be aware that by returning false in NEDNSProxyProvider handleNewFlow(),
-    //  the flow is discarded and the connection is closed
+    // Be aware that by returning false in NEDNSProxyProvider handleNewFlow(),
+    // the flow is discarded and the connection is closed.
+    // This is similar to how NEAppProxyProvider works, compared to what we use
+    // for traffic Split Tunnel which is NETransparentProxyProvider.
+    // This means that we need to handle ALL DNS requests when DNS Split Tunnel
+    // is enabled, even for non-managed apps.
     override func handleNewFlow(_ flow: NEAppProxyFlow) -> Bool {
-        return false
+        var appName = flow.sourceAppSigningIdentifier
+        if appName == "com.apple.nslookup" || appName == "com.apple.curl" {
+            flowHandler.startProxySession(flow: flow, vpnState: vpnState)
+            return true
+        } else {
+            return false
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/ProxyTests/Mocks/MockFlowHandler.swift b/ProxyTests/Mocks/MockFlowHandler.swift
index b5fd608..634313a 100644
--- a/ProxyTests/Mocks/MockFlowHandler.swift
+++ b/ProxyTests/Mocks/MockFlowHandler.swift
@@ -11,4 +11,9 @@ final class MockFlowHandler: FlowHandlerProtocol, Mock {
         record(args: [flow, vpnState])
         return true
     }
+    
+    func startProxySession(flow: Flow, vpnState: VpnState) -> Bool {
+        record(args: [flow, vpnState])
+        return true
+    }
 }