public void initialize() throws IOException {
        PropertiesReader propertiesReader = new PropertiesReader();
        propertiesReader.getProperties();
        propertiesReader.getCommentsFromProperties();
        Log.info("initializing browser");
        DOMConfigurator.configure("log4j.xml");
        SelenideLogger.addListener("AllureSelenide", new AllureSelenide().screenshots(true).savePageSource(true));
        Configuration.browser = "chrome";
        Configuration.headless = false;
        Configuration.browserSize = "1920x1250";
        Configuration.timeout = 15000;
        Configuration.proxyEnabled = true;
        Configuration.fileDownload = PROXY;
        Configuration.startMaximized = false;
        //Configuration.assertionMode = SOFT;
        Configuration.holdBrowserOpen = false;
        Configuration.reportsFolder = "allure-results";
        Selenide.clearBrowserCookies();
        System.setProperty("file.encoding", "UTF-8");
    }