diff --git a/pywb/apps/frontendapp.py b/pywb/apps/frontendapp.py
index 7fb02e99..0cf36269 100644
--- a/pywb/apps/frontendapp.py
+++ b/pywb/apps/frontendapp.py
@@ -248,6 +248,10 @@ class FrontEndApp(object):
         return self.serve_content(environ, coll, url, record=True)
 
     def serve_content(self, environ, coll='$root', url='', timemap_output='', record=False):
+        src_coll = ''
+        if ':' in coll:
+            coll, src_coll = coll.split(':', 1)
+
         if not self.is_valid_coll(coll):
             self.raise_not_found(environ, 'No handler for "/{0}"'.format(coll))
 
@@ -265,6 +269,9 @@ class FrontEndApp(object):
         if timemap_output:
             metadata['output'] = timemap_output
 
+        if src_coll:
+            metadata['src_coll'] = src_coll
+
         try:
             response = self.rewriterapp.render_content(wb_url_str, metadata, environ)
         except UpstreamException as ue:
@@ -300,9 +307,6 @@ class FrontEndApp(object):
         return WbResponse.json_response(result)
 
     def is_valid_coll(self, coll):
-        #if coll == self.all_coll:
-        #    return True
-
         return (coll in self.warcserver.list_fixed_routes() or
                 coll in self.warcserver.list_dynamic_routes())
 
diff --git a/pywb/apps/rewriterapp.py b/pywb/apps/rewriterapp.py
index 68690b1a..e18dcd38 100644
--- a/pywb/apps/rewriterapp.py
+++ b/pywb/apps/rewriterapp.py
@@ -484,6 +484,10 @@ class RewriterApp(object):
         params['closest'] = closest
         params['matchType'] = 'exact'
 
+        src_coll = kwargs.get('src_coll')
+        if src_coll:
+            params['src_coll'] = src_coll
+
         if wb_url.mod == 'vi_':
             params['content_type'] = self.VIDEO_INFO_CONTENT_TYPE
 
diff --git a/pywb/warcserver/index/indexsource.py b/pywb/warcserver/index/indexsource.py
index 66ca7216..811bf1df 100644
--- a/pywb/warcserver/index/indexsource.py
+++ b/pywb/warcserver/index/indexsource.py
@@ -143,9 +143,13 @@ class RemoteIndexSource(BaseIndexSource):
         if name:
             source_coll = params.get('param.' + name + '.src_coll', '')
 
+        if not source_coll:
+            source_coll = params.get('src_coll', '')
+
         cdx[self.url_field] = self.replay_url.format(url=cdx['url'],
                                                      timestamp=cdx['timestamp'],
                                                      src_coll=source_coll)
+
     def __repr__(self):
         return '{0}({1}, {2})'.format(self.__class__.__name__,
                                       self.api_url,
diff --git a/tests/config_test.yaml b/tests/config_test.yaml
index f83c67bf..235a5e28 100644
--- a/tests/config_test.yaml
+++ b/tests/config_test.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@ collections:
     pywb-cdxj:
         index_paths: ./sample_archive/cdxj/
 
+
+    ait:
+        index:
+            type: cdx
+            api_url: https://wayback.archive-it.org/cdx?url={url}&closest={closest}&sort=closest&filter=filename:ARCHIVEIT-({src_coll})-.*
+            replay_url: http://wayback.archive-it.org/{src_coll}/{timestamp}id_/{url}
+
+
+
 archive_paths:
     - ./invalid/path/to/ignore/
     - ./sample_archive/warcs/
diff --git a/tests/test_integration.py b/tests/test_integration.py
index a929a950..7b7c5156 100644
--- a/tests/test_integration.py
+++ b/tests/test_integration.py
@@ -300,6 +300,14 @@ class TestWbIntegration(BaseConfigTest):
         assert 'timestamp = "20140127171238"' in resp.text
         assert '/pywb/20140127171237{0}/http://www.iana.org/about/'.format(fmod) in resp.text
 
+    def test_replay_remote_ait(self, fmod):
+        resp = self.get('/ait:1068/2011{0}/http://www.iana.org/domains/example/', fmod)
+        self._assert_basic_html(resp)
+
+        assert '"20120119230023"' in resp.text, resp.text
+        assert '<h1>Example Domains</h1>' in resp.text
+        assert 'new _WBWombat' in resp.text, resp.text
+
     def test_latest_replay(self, fmod):
         fmod_slash = fmod + '/' if fmod else ''
         resp = self.get('/pywb/{0}http://example.com/', fmod_slash)
@@ -483,7 +491,7 @@ class TestWbIntegration(BaseConfigTest):
         resp = self.testapp.get('/collinfo.json')
         assert resp.content_type == 'application/json'
         value = resp.json
-        assert len(value['fixed']) == 4
+        assert len(value['fixed']) == 5
         assert len(value['dynamic']) == 0
 
    #def test_invalid_config(self):