diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
index 91051b81..937b4545 100644
--- a/config.yaml
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -91,9 +91,11 @@ static_routes:
 # Enable simple http proxy mode
 enable_http_proxy: true
 
-# additional options for routing
-routing_options:
-    proxy_coll_select: false
+# Additional proxy options (defaults)
+#proxy_options:
+#    use_default_coll: true
+#
+#    unaltered_replay: false
 
 # enable cdx server api for querying cdx directly (experimental)
 enable_cdx_api: true
diff --git a/pywb/framework/proxy.py b/pywb/framework/proxy.py
index bdf5753f..62bc06b0 100644
--- a/pywb/framework/proxy.py
+++ b/pywb/framework/proxy.py
@@ -43,21 +43,23 @@ class ProxyRouter(object):
     See: http://www.mementoweb.org/guide/rfc/#Pattern1.3
     for more details.
     """
+
     def __init__(self, routes, **kwargs):
         self.routes = routes
         self.hostpaths = kwargs.get('hostpaths')
 
         self.error_view = kwargs.get('error_view')
 
-        routing_options = kwargs.get('routing_options')
-        if not routing_options:
-            routing_options = {}
+        proxy_options = kwargs.get('config', {})
+        if proxy_options:
+            proxy_options = proxy_options.get('proxy_options', {})
 
-        self.auth_msg = routing_options.get('auth_msg',
+        self.auth_msg = proxy_options.get('auth_msg',
         'Please enter name of a collection to use for proxy mode')
 
-        self.proxy_coll_select = routing_options.get('proxy_coll_select',
-                                                     False)
+        self.use_default_coll = proxy_options.get('use_default_coll', True)
+
+        self.unaltered = proxy_options.get('unaltered_replay', False)
 
     def __call__(self, env):
         url = env['REL_REQUEST_URI']
@@ -76,11 +78,12 @@ class ProxyRouter(object):
 
         if proxy_auth:
             proxy_coll = self.read_basic_auth_coll(proxy_auth)
-            proxy_coll = '/' + proxy_coll + '/'
 
             if not proxy_coll:
                 return self.proxy_auth_coll_response()
 
+            proxy_coll = '/' + proxy_coll + '/'
+
             for r in self.routes:
                 matcher, c = r.is_handling(proxy_coll)
                 if matcher:
@@ -91,12 +94,16 @@ class ProxyRouter(object):
             if not route:
                 return self.proxy_auth_coll_response()
 
-        elif self.proxy_coll_select:
-            return self.proxy_auth_coll_response()
-        else:
+        # if 'use_default_coll' or only one collection, use that
+        # for proxy mode
+        elif self.use_default_coll or len(self.routes) == 1:
             route = self.routes[0]
             coll = self.routes[0].regex.pattern
 
+        # otherwise, require proxy auth 407 to select collection
+        else:
+            return self.proxy_auth_coll_response()
+
         wbrequest = route.request_class(env,
                               request_uri=url,
                               wb_url_str=url,
@@ -110,6 +117,9 @@ class ProxyRouter(object):
         if matcher:
             route.apply_filters(wbrequest, matcher)
 
+        if self.unaltered:
+            wbrequest.wb_url.mod = 'id_'
+
         return route.handler(wbrequest)
 
     # Proxy Auto-Config (PAC) script for the proxy
diff --git a/pywb/static/wb.js b/pywb/static/wb.js
index 81d40f42..0244cde8 100644
--- a/pywb/static/wb.js
+++ b/pywb/static/wb.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ _wb_js = (function() {
 
 var labels = {LOADING_MSG: "Loading...",
               REPLAY_MSG: "This is an <b>archived</b> page from ",
-              LIVE_MSG: "This is a <b>live</b> page just fetched on "};
+              LIVE_MSG: "This is a <b>live</b> page loaded on "};
 
 
 function init_banner() {
diff --git a/pywb/webapp/pywb_init.py b/pywb/webapp/pywb_init.py
index fb77d211..e17a9485 100644
--- a/pywb/webapp/pywb_init.py
+++ b/pywb/webapp/pywb_init.py
@@ -265,5 +265,5 @@ def create_wb_router(passed_config={}):
         error_view=J2TemplateView.create_template(config.get('error_html'),
                                                  'Error Page'),
 
-        routing_options=config.get('routing_options')
+        config=config
     )
diff --git a/tests/test_config.yaml b/tests/test_config.yaml
index c1e562f8..468a3131 100644
--- a/tests/test_config.yaml
+++ b/tests/test_config.yaml
@@ -106,6 +106,12 @@ static_routes:
 # Enable simple http proxy mode
 enable_http_proxy: true
 
+# Additional proxy options (defaults)
+proxy_options:
+    use_default_coll: true
+
+    unaltered_replay: false
+
 # enable cdx server api for querying cdx directly (experimental)
 #enable_cdx_api: True
 # or specify suffix
diff --git a/tests/test_config_memento.yaml b/tests/test_config_memento.yaml
index 003a3145..e8d0eb21 100644
--- a/tests/test_config_memento.yaml
+++ b/tests/test_config_memento.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ enable_memento: true
 # Enable simple http proxy mode
 enable_http_proxy: true
 
+# test unaltered replay for proxy as well
+proxy_options:
+    unaltered_replay: true
+
 # enable cdx server api for timemap
 enable_cdx_api: true
 
diff --git a/tests/test_integration.py b/tests/test_integration.py
index 4532b0d6..94ce45cf 100644
--- a/tests/test_integration.py
+++ b/tests/test_integration.py
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ class TestWb:
 
         assert resp.status_int == 407
 
-    def test_proxy_replay_auth_invalid(self):
+    def test_proxy_replay_auth_invalid_1(self):
         headers = [('Proxy-Authorization', 'abc' + base64.b64encode('no-such-coll'))]
         resp = self.testapp.get('/x-ignore-this-x', headers = headers,
                                 extra_environ = dict(REQUEST_URI = 'http://www.iana.org/', SCRIPT_NAME = ''),
@@ -362,6 +362,14 @@ class TestWb:
 
         assert resp.status_int == 407
 
+    def test_proxy_replay_auth_invalid_2(self):
+        headers = [('Proxy-Authorization', 'basic')]
+        resp = self.testapp.get('/x-ignore-this-x', headers = headers,
+                                extra_environ = dict(REQUEST_URI = 'http://www.iana.org/', SCRIPT_NAME = ''),
+                                status=407)
+
+        assert resp.status_int == 407
+
     def test_proxy_pac(self):
         resp = self.testapp.get('/proxy.pac', extra_environ = dict(SERVER_NAME='pywb-proxy', SERVER_PORT='8080'))
         assert resp.content_type == 'application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig'