diff --git a/pywb/apps/rewriterapp.py b/pywb/apps/rewriterapp.py
index fb0a000e..ebb60555 100644
--- a/pywb/apps/rewriterapp.py
+++ b/pywb/apps/rewriterapp.py
@@ -156,9 +156,6 @@ class RewriterApp(object):
         range_start = start
         range_end = end
 
-        # disable rewriting
-        wb_url.mod = 'id_'
-
         #if start with 0, load from upstream, but add range after
         if start == 0:
             del inputreq.env['HTTP_RANGE']
@@ -197,6 +194,8 @@ class RewriterApp(object):
             record.http_headers.replace_header('Content-Length', str(range_len))
 
             record.raw_stream = OffsetLimitReader(record.raw_stream, range_start, range_len)
+            return True
+
         except (ValueError, TypeError):
             pass
 
@@ -326,7 +325,8 @@ class RewriterApp(object):
 
         self._add_custom_params(cdx, r.headers, kwargs)
 
-        self._add_range(record, wb_url, range_start, range_end)
+        if self._add_range(record, wb_url, range_start, range_end):
+            wb_url.mod = 'id_'
 
         is_ajax = self.is_ajax(environ)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_integration.py b/tests/test_integration.py
index 666ff98f..3191dec0 100644
--- a/tests/test_integration.py
+++ b/tests/test_integration.py
@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ class TestWbIntegration(BaseConfigTest):
         resp = self.get('/pywb/20171122230223{0}/http://httpbin.org/anything/resource.json', fmod)
         assert resp.headers['Content-Type'] == 'application/json'
 
+    def test_replay_redirect(self, fmod):
+        resp = self.get('/pywb/2014{0}/http://www.iana.org/domains/example', fmod)
+        assert resp.headers['Location'].startswith('/pywb/2014{0}/'.format(fmod))
+        assert resp.status_code == 302
+
     def test_replay_fuzzy_1(self, fmod):
         resp = self.get('/pywb/20140127171238{0}/http://www.iana.org/?_=123', fmod)
         assert resp.status_int == 200
@@ -193,13 +198,6 @@ class TestWbIntegration(BaseConfigTest):
         # original unrewritten url present
         assert '"http://www.iana.org/domains/example"' in resp.text
 
-    def _test_replay_redir_no_cache(self):
-        headers = [('Range', 'bytes=10-10000')]
-        # Range ignored
-        resp = self.testapp.get('/pywb/20140126200927/http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/', headers=headers)
-        assert resp.status_int == 302
-        assert resp.content_length == 0
-
     def test_replay_identity_2_arcgz(self):
         resp = self.testapp.get('/pywb/20140216050221id_/http://arc.gz.test.example.com/')
 
diff --git a/tests/test_range.py b/tests/test_range.py
index dc81965b..a9d6c449 100644
--- a/tests/test_range.py
+++ b/tests/test_range.py
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ class TestReplayRange(BaseConfigTest):
 
         assert 'wombat.js' not in resp.text
 
+    def test_replay_range_on_redirect(self, fmod):
+        headers = [('Range', 'bytes=0-')]
+        resp = self.get('/pywb/2014{0}/http://www.iana.org/domains/example', fmod, headers=headers)
+        assert resp.headers['Location'].startswith('/pywb/2014{0}/'.format(fmod))
+        assert resp.status_code == 302
+
     def test_error_range_out_of_bounds_1(self, fmod):
         headers = [('Range', 'bytes=10-2000')]
         resp = self.get('/pywb/20140127171251{0}/http://example.com/', fmod, headers=headers, status=416)
@@ -67,7 +73,6 @@ class TestReplayRange(BaseConfigTest):
 
         assert self.recorder_skip == '1'
 
-
     def test_error_range_out_of_bounds_2(self, fmod):
         headers = [('Range', 'bytes=2000-10')]
         resp = self.get('/pywb/20140127171251{0}/http://example.com/', fmod, headers=headers, status=416)