diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 7539b88a..8b5d4211 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+pywb 0.8.3 changelist
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* cookie rewrite: all cookie rewriters remove ``secure`` flag to allow equivalent replay of sites with cookies via HTTP and HTTPS.
+
+* html rewrite: fix ``<base>`` tag rewriting to add a trailing slash to the url if it is a hostname with no path, ex:
+
+  ``<base href="http://example.com" />`` -> ``<base href="http://localhost:8080/rewrite/http://example.com/" />``
+
+* framed replay: fix double slash that remainded when rewriting top frame url.
+
+
 pywb 0.8.2 changelist
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 44c23525..6ebe23b0 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-PyWb 0.8.2
+PyWb 0.8.3
 ==========
 
 .. image:: https://travis-ci.org/ikreymer/pywb.png?branch=master
diff --git a/pywb/rewrite/cookie_rewriter.py b/pywb/rewrite/cookie_rewriter.py
index 63db9a93..c17d0dad 100644
--- a/pywb/rewrite/cookie_rewriter.py
+++ b/pywb/rewrite/cookie_rewriter.py
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ class WbUrlBaseCookieRewriter(object):
         if morsel.get('max-age'):
             del morsel['max-age']
 
+        # for now, also remove secure to avoid issues when
+        # proxying over plain http (TODO: detect https?)
+        if morsel.get('secure'):
+            del morsel['secure']
+
 
 #=================================================================
 class MinimalScopeCookieRewriter(WbUrlBaseCookieRewriter):
diff --git a/pywb/rewrite/html_rewriter.py b/pywb/rewrite/html_rewriter.py
index c4ec854c..4005293f 100644
--- a/pywb/rewrite/html_rewriter.py
+++ b/pywb/rewrite/html_rewriter.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import sys
 import re
 
 from HTMLParser import HTMLParser, HTMLParseError
+from urlparse import urlsplit
 
 from url_rewriter import UrlRewriter
 from regex_rewriters import JSRewriter, CSSRewriter
@@ -121,7 +122,22 @@ class HTMLRewriterMixin(object):
                         meta_refresh[m.end(1):])
 
         return meta_refresh
-    # ===========================
+
+    def _rewrite_base(self, value, mod=''):
+        if not value.endswith('/'):
+            # check if hostname with no path,
+            # eg http://example.com
+            if not urlsplit(value).path:
+                value += '/'
+
+        base_value = self._rewrite_url(value, mod)
+
+        if self.opts.get('rewrite_base', True):
+            value = base_value
+
+        self.url_rewriter = (self.url_rewriter.
+                             rebase_rewriter(base_value))
+        return value
 
     def _rewrite_url(self, value, mod=None):
         if value:
@@ -221,12 +237,7 @@ class HTMLRewriterMixin(object):
             # special case: base tag
             elif (tag == 'base') and (attr_name == 'href') and attr_value:
                 rw_mod = handler.get(attr_name)
-                base_value = self._rewrite_url(attr_value, rw_mod)
-                if self.opts.get('rewrite_base', True):
-                    attr_value = base_value
-                self.url_rewriter = (self.url_rewriter.
-                                     rebase_rewriter(base_value))
-
+                attr_value = self._rewrite_base(attr_value, rw_mod)
             else:
                 # rewrite url using tag handler
                 rw_mod = handler.get(attr_name)
@@ -338,15 +349,15 @@ class HTMLRewriter(HTMLRewriterMixin, HTMLParser):
         return s
 
     def handle_starttag(self, tag, attrs):
-        if not self._rewrite_tag_attrs(tag, attrs):
-            self.out.write(self.get_starttag_text())
-        elif tag != 'head' or not self._rewrite_head(False):
+        self._rewrite_tag_attrs(tag, attrs)
+
+        if tag != 'head' or not self._rewrite_head(False):
             self.out.write('>')
 
     def handle_startendtag(self, tag, attrs):
-        if not self._rewrite_tag_attrs(tag, attrs):
-            self.out.write(self.get_starttag_text())
-        elif tag != 'head' or not self._rewrite_head(True):
+        self._rewrite_tag_attrs(tag, attrs)
+
+        if tag != 'head' or not self._rewrite_head(True):
             self.out.write('/>')
 
     def handle_endtag(self, tag):
diff --git a/pywb/rewrite/test/test_html_rewriter.py b/pywb/rewrite/test/test_html_rewriter.py
index 3938efda..12988b50 100644
--- a/pywb/rewrite/test/test_html_rewriter.py
+++ b/pywb/rewrite/test/test_html_rewriter.py
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ ur"""
 >>> parse('<base href="static/"/><img src="image.gif"/>')
 <base href="/web/20131226101010/http://example.com/some/path/static/"/><img src="/web/20131226101010im_/http://example.com/some/path/static/image.gif"/>
 
+# ensure trailing slash added
+>>> parse('<base href="http://example.com"/>')
+<base href="/web/20131226101010/http://example.com/"/>
+
 # Base Tests -- no rewrite
 >>> parse('<html><head><base href="http://example.com/diff/path/file.html"/>', urlrewriter=no_base_canon_rewriter)
 <html><head><base href="http://example.com/diff/path/file.html"/>
diff --git a/pywb/rewrite/test/test_rewrite_live.py b/pywb/rewrite/test/test_rewrite_live.py
index 8153e223..b7380977 100644
--- a/pywb/rewrite/test/test_rewrite_live.py
+++ b/pywb/rewrite/test/test_rewrite_live.py
@@ -203,8 +203,9 @@ def test_example_4_rewrite_err():
 def test_example_domain_specific_3():
     status_headers, buff = get_rewritten('http://facebook.com/digitalpreservation', urlrewriter, follow_redirects=True)
 
-    # comment out bootloader
-    assert '/* Bootloader.configurePage' in buff
+    # comment out Bootloader.configurePage, if it is still there
+    if 'Bootloader.configurePage' in buff:
+        assert '/* Bootloader.configurePage' in buff
 
 def test_wombat_top():
     #status_headers, buff = get_rewritten('https://assets-cdn.github.com/assets/github-0f06d0f46fe7bcfbf31f2380f23aec15ba21b8ec.js', urlrewriter)
diff --git a/pywb/static/wb_frame.js b/pywb/static/wb_frame.js
index 79642db1..640b3e88 100644
--- a/pywb/static/wb_frame.js
+++ b/pywb/static/wb_frame.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function make_inner_url(url, ts)
     if (ts) {
         return wbinfo.prefix + ts + "/" + url;
     } else {
-        return wbinfo.prefix + "/" + url;
+        return wbinfo.prefix + url;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e88cdb42..478630fe 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class PyTest(TestCommand):
 
 setup(
     name='pywb',
-    version='0.8.2',
+    version='0.8.3',
     url='https://github.com/ikreymer/pywb',
     author='Ilya Kreymer',
     author_email='ikreymer@gmail.com',