diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 30b58bc3..8892edca 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+pywb 2.4.1 changelist
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* Minor fix: allow timegate content check in `#564 <https://github.com/webrecorder/pywb/pull/564>`_ to be ignored (for use with derived classes)
+
+
 pywb 2.4.0 changelist
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/pywb/apps/rewriterapp.py b/pywb/apps/rewriterapp.py
index a6fd5274..ba2d233a 100644
--- a/pywb/apps/rewriterapp.py
+++ b/pywb/apps/rewriterapp.py
@@ -370,11 +370,12 @@ class RewriterApp(object):
             else:
                 # don't return top-frame response for timegate with exact redirects
                 if not (is_timegate and redirect_to_exact):
-                    keep_frame_response = is_timegate and not redirect_to_exact and not is_proxy
                     response = self.handle_custom_response(environ, wb_url,
                                                            full_prefix, host_prefix,
                                                            kwargs)
 
+                    keep_frame_response = not kwargs.get('no_timegate_check') and is_timegate and not redirect_to_exact and not is_proxy
+
 
         if response and not keep_frame_response:
             return self.format_response(response, wb_url, full_prefix, is_timegate, is_proxy)
diff --git a/pywb/version.py b/pywb/version.py
index 86f56f5b..110613ce 100644
--- a/pywb/version.py
+++ b/pywb/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = '2.4.0'
+__version__ = '2.4.1'
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     print(__version__)