diff --git a/pywb/rewrite/regex_rewriters.py b/pywb/rewrite/regex_rewriters.py
index afba0031..cfb7b1db 100644
--- a/pywb/rewrite/regex_rewriters.py
+++ b/pywb/rewrite/regex_rewriters.py
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ if (!self.__WB_pmw) {{ self.__WB_pmw = function(obj) {{ return obj; }} }}\n\
            (r'(?<=[\n])\s*this\b(?=(?:\.(?:{0})\b))'.format(prop_str), self.replace_str(';' + self.THIS_RW), 0),
            (r'(?<![$.])\s*this\b(?=(?:\.(?:{0})\b))'.format(prop_str), self.replace_str(self.THIS_RW), 0),
            (r'(?<=[=])\s*this\b\s*(?![.$])', self.replace_str(self.THIS_RW), 0),
-           (r'(?<=[^|&][|&]{2})\s*this\b\s*(?![.$])', self.replace_str(self.THIS_RW), 0),
+           (r'(?<=[^|&][|&]{2})\s*this\b\s*(?![|&.$]([^|&]|$))', self.replace_str(self.THIS_RW), 0),
         ]
 
         super(JSWombatProxyRewriterMixin, self).__init__(rewriter, rules)
diff --git a/pywb/rewrite/test/test_regex_rewriters.py b/pywb/rewrite/test/test_regex_rewriters.py
index ef5a0418..2b586dbe 100644
--- a/pywb/rewrite/test/test_regex_rewriters.py
+++ b/pywb/rewrite/test/test_regex_rewriters.py
@@ -160,6 +160,12 @@ r"""
 >>> _test_js_obj_proxy('var foo = that || this  ;')
 'var foo = that || (this && this._WB_wombat_obj_proxy || this)  ;'
 
+>>> _test_js_obj_proxy('a||this||that')
+'a||(this && this._WB_wombat_obj_proxy || this)||that'
+
+>>> _test_js_obj_proxy('a||this)')
+'a||(this && this._WB_wombat_obj_proxy || this))'
+
 # not rewritten
 >>> _test_js_obj_proxy('var window = this$')
 'var window = this$'
@@ -170,6 +176,12 @@ r"""
 >>> _test_js_obj_proxy('|||this|||')
 '|||this|||'
 
+>>> _test_js_obj_proxy('a||this|that')
+'a||this|that'
+
+>>> _test_js_obj_proxy('a||this$')
+'a||this$'
+
 >>> _test_js_obj_proxy('return this.foo')
 'return this.foo'