diff --git a/pywb/__init__.py b/pywb/__init__.py
index 28a793f3..0a5bedcb 100644
--- a/pywb/__init__.py
+++ b/pywb/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = '2.0.3'
+__version__ = '2.0.4'
 
 DEFAULT_CONFIG = 'pywb/default_config.yaml'
 
diff --git a/pywb/apps/cli.py b/pywb/apps/cli.py
index 2dd7e8f6..334e1bc3 100644
--- a/pywb/apps/cli.py
+++ b/pywb/apps/cli.py
@@ -81,9 +81,13 @@ class BaseCli(object):
         return self
 
     def run_gevent(self):
-        from gevent.pywsgi import WSGIServer
+        from pywb.utils.geventserver import GeventServer, RequestURIWSGIHandler
         logging.info('Starting Gevent Server on ' + str(self.r.port))
-        WSGIServer((self.r.bind, self.r.port), self.application).serve_forever()
+        ge = GeventServer(self.application,
+                          port=self.r.port,
+                          hostname=self.r.bind,
+                          handler_class=RequestURIWSGIHandler,
+                          direct=True)
 
 
 #=============================================================================
diff --git a/pywb/apps/frontendapp.py b/pywb/apps/frontendapp.py
index 2defe115..ab35ab5b 100644
--- a/pywb/apps/frontendapp.py
+++ b/pywb/apps/frontendapp.py
@@ -257,10 +257,16 @@ class FrontEndApp(object):
 
         self.setup_paths(environ, coll, record)
 
-        wb_url_str = to_native_str(url)
+        request_uri = environ.get('REQUEST_URI')
+        script_name = environ.get('SCRIPT_NAME', '') + '/'
+        if request_uri and request_uri.startswith(script_name):
+            wb_url_str = request_uri[len(script_name):]
 
-        if environ.get('QUERY_STRING'):
-            wb_url_str += '?' + environ.get('QUERY_STRING')
+        else:
+            wb_url_str = to_native_str(url)
+
+            if environ.get('QUERY_STRING'):
+                wb_url_str += '?' + environ.get('QUERY_STRING')
 
         metadata = self.get_metadata(coll)
         if record:
diff --git a/pywb/utils/geventserver.py b/pywb/utils/geventserver.py
index ebb8ef71..73857f2a 100644
--- a/pywb/utils/geventserver.py
+++ b/pywb/utils/geventserver.py
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
-from gevent.wsgi import WSGIServer
+from gevent.wsgi import WSGIServer, WSGIHandler
 from gevent import spawn
 import logging
 
 
 # ============================================================================
 class GeventServer(object):
-    def __init__(self, app, port=0, hostname='localhost', handler_class=None):
+    def __init__(self, app, port=0, hostname='localhost', handler_class=None,
+                direct=False):
         self.port = port
-        self.make_server(app, port, hostname, handler_class)
+        self.make_server(app, port, hostname, handler_class, direct=direct)
 
     def stop(self):
         if self.server:
@@ -22,15 +23,25 @@ class GeventServer(object):
             logging.debug('server failed to start on ' + str(port))
             traceback.print_exc()
 
-    def make_server(self, app, port, hostname, handler_class):
+    def make_server(self, app, port, hostname, handler_class, direct=False):
         server = WSGIServer((hostname, port), app, handler_class=handler_class)
         server.init_socket()
         self.port = server.address[1]
 
         self.server = server
-        self.ge = spawn(self._run, server, self.port)
+        if direct:
+            self.ge = None
+            self._run(server, self.port)
+        else:
+            self.ge = spawn(self._run, server, self.port)
 
     def join(self):
         self.ge.join()
 
 
+# ============================================================================
+class RequestURIWSGIHandler(WSGIHandler):
+    def get_environ(self):
+        environ = super(RequestURIWSGIHandler, self).get_environ()
+        environ['REQUEST_URI'] = self.path
+        return environ
diff --git a/tests/test_proxy.py b/tests/test_proxy.py
index eaa4d2ac..2281fc95 100644
--- a/tests/test_proxy.py
+++ b/tests/test_proxy.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from pywb.warcserver.test.testutils import BaseTestClass, TempDirTests
 
 from .base_config_test import CollsDirMixin
-from pywb.utils.geventserver import GeventServer
+from pywb.utils.geventserver import GeventServer, RequestURIWSGIHandler
 from pywb.apps.frontendapp import FrontEndApp
 from pywb.manager.manager import main as manager
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class BaseTestProxy(TempDirTests, BaseTestClass):
         cls.app = FrontEndApp(config_file=config_file,
                               custom_config={'proxy': opts})
 
-        cls.server = GeventServer(cls.app)
+        cls.server = GeventServer(cls.app, handler_class=RequestURIWSGIHandler)
         cls.proxies = cls.proxy_dict(cls.server.port)
 
     @classmethod
@@ -127,3 +127,13 @@ class TestRecordingProxy(CollsDirMixin, BaseTestProxy):
         assert 'is_live = false' in res.text
         assert 'httpbin(1)' in res.text
 
+    def test_proxy_record_keep_percent(self, scheme):
+        self.app.handler.prefix_resolver.fixed_prefix = '/test/record/bn_/'
+
+        res = requests.get('{0}://example.com/%2A%2Ffoobar'.format(scheme),
+                           proxies=self.proxies,
+                           verify=self.root_ca_file)
+
+        # ensure %-encoded url stays as is
+        assert '"{0}://example.com/%2A%2Ffoobar"'.format(scheme) in res.text
+