diff --git a/pywb/apps/frontendapp.py b/pywb/apps/frontendapp.py
index 98b3dcff..9068b4ee 100644
--- a/pywb/apps/frontendapp.py
+++ b/pywb/apps/frontendapp.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from gevent.monkey import patch_all; patch_all()
 
-from werkzeug.routing import Map, Rule
-from werkzeug.exceptions import HTTPException
+from werkzeug.routing import Map, Rule, RequestRedirect
 from werkzeug.wsgi import pop_path_info
 from six.moves.urllib.parse import urljoin
 from six import iteritems
@@ -418,12 +417,8 @@ class FrontEndApp(object):
             metadata['output'] = timemap_output
             # ensure that the timemap path information is not included
             wb_url_str = wb_url_str.replace('timemap/{0}/'.format(timemap_output), '')
-        try:
-            response = self.rewriterapp.render_content(wb_url_str, metadata, environ)
-        except WbException as wbe:
-            response = self.rewriterapp.handle_error(environ, wbe)
-            raise HTTPException(response=response)
-        return response
+
+        return self.rewriterapp.render_content(wb_url_str, metadata, environ)
 
     def setup_paths(self, environ, coll, record=False):
         """Populates the WSGI environment dictionary with the path information necessary to perform a response for
@@ -553,12 +548,14 @@ class FrontEndApp(object):
 
             response = endpoint(environ, **args)
 
-        except HTTPException as hte:
+        except RequestRedirect as rr:
+            # if werkzeug throws this, likely a missing slash redirect
+            # also check referrer here to avoid another redirect later
             redir = self._check_refer_redirect(environ)
             if redir:
                 return redir(environ, start_response)
 
-            response = hte
+            response = WbResponse.redir_response(rr.new_url, '307 Redirect')
 
         except WbException as wbe:
             if wbe.status_code == 404:
diff --git a/pywb/templates/head_insert.html b/pywb/templates/head_insert.html
index e6deac41..924c46b1 100644
--- a/pywb/templates/head_insert.html
+++ b/pywb/templates/head_insert.html
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 {% if config.enable_flash_video_rewrite or config.transclusions_version == 1 %}
 <script src='{{ static_prefix }}/vidrw.js'> </script>
 
-{% elif config.transclusions_version | default(2) == 2 %}
+{% elif config.transclusions_version == 2 %}
 <script src="{{ static_prefix }}/transclusions.js"> </script>
 
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/tests/test_integration.py b/tests/test_integration.py
index 211d19a8..5670cd1e 100644
--- a/tests/test_integration.py
+++ b/tests/test_integration.py
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ class TestWbIntegration(BaseConfigTest):
         resp = self.post_json('/pywb/20140610001255{0}/http://httpbin.org/post?foo=bar', fmod, {'data': '^'}, status=404)
         assert resp.status_int == 404
 
-    def test_post_referer_redirect(self):
+    def test_post_referer_redirect(self, fmod):
         # allowing 307 redirects
         resp = self.post('/post', fmod,
                          {'foo': 'bar', 'test': 'abc'},
@@ -398,6 +398,13 @@ class TestWbIntegration(BaseConfigTest):
         assert resp.status_int == 307
         assert resp.headers['Location'].endswith('/pywb/2014{0}/http://httpbin.org/post'.format(fmod))
 
+    def test_get_referer_redirect(self, fmod):
+        resp = self.get('/get', fmod,
+                         headers=[('Referer', 'http://localhost:80/pywb/2014{0}/http://httpbin.org/foo'.format(fmod))])
+
+        assert resp.status_int == 307
+        assert resp.headers['Location'].endswith('/pywb/2014{0}/http://httpbin.org/get'.format(fmod))
+
     def _test_excluded_content(self):
         fmod_slash = fmod + '/' if fmod else ''
         resp = self.get('/pywb/{0}http://www.iana.org/_img/bookmark_icon.ico', fmod_slash, status=403)