diff --git a/pywb/framework/proxy.py b/pywb/framework/proxy.py
index 61a9a2d3..1264eaef 100644
--- a/pywb/framework/proxy.py
+++ b/pywb/framework/proxy.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class ProxyRouter(object):
         # attempt to create the root_ca_file if doesn't exist
         # (generally recommended to create this seperately)
         certname = proxy_options.get('root_ca_name')
-        CertificateAuthority.generate_ca_root(certname, ca_file)
+        CertificateAuthority.generate_ca_root(ca_file, certname)
 
         certs_dir = proxy_options.get('certs_dir')
         self.ca = CertificateAuthority(ca_file=ca_file,
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ class ProxyRouter(object):
 
         sock = None
 
-        if env.get('uwsgi.version'):
+        if env.get('uwsgi.version'):  # pragma: no cover
             try:
                 import uwsgi
                 fd = uwsgi.connection_fd()
diff --git a/tests/test_config_proxy.yaml b/tests/test_config_proxy.yaml
index 0f3f2c88..c5e39dd1 100644
--- a/tests/test_config_proxy.yaml
+++ b/tests/test_config_proxy.yaml
@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@ proxy_options:
 
     cookie_resolver: true
     use_default_coll: false
+
+    root_ca_file: ./tests/pywb_test_ca.pem
+    root_ca_name: pywb Test Cert
+    certs_dir: ./tests/pywb_test_certs
diff --git a/tests/test_proxy_https.py b/tests/test_proxy_https.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..80e9a833
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_proxy_https.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+from pywb.webapp.pywb_init import create_wb_router
+from pywb.framework.wsgi_wrappers import init_app
+
+from wsgiref.simple_server import make_server
+
+import threading
+import requests
+import shutil
+import os
+
+TEST_CONFIG = 'tests/test_config_proxy.yaml'
+CA_BUNDLE = 'pywb-ca.pem'
+
+TEST_CA_DIR = './tests/pywb_test_certs'
+TEST_CA_ROOT = './tests/pywb_test_ca.pem'
+
+server = None
+proxy_str = None
+
+def setup_module():
+    global server
+    server = ServeThread()
+    server.daemon = True
+    server.start()
+ 
+
+def teardown_module():
+    try:
+        server.httpd.shutdown()
+        threading.current_thread().join(server)
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+
+    # delete test root and certs
+    shutil.rmtree(TEST_CA_DIR)
+    os.remove(TEST_CA_ROOT)
+
+
+class ServeThread(threading.Thread):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(ServeThread, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.app = init_app(create_wb_router,
+                            load_yaml=True,
+                            config_file=TEST_CONFIG)
+ 
+        # init with port 0 to allow os to pick a port
+        self.httpd = make_server('', 0, self.app)
+        port = self.httpd.socket.getsockname()[1]
+
+        proxy_str = 'http://localhost:' + str(port)
+        self.proxy_dict = {'http': proxy_str, 'https': proxy_str}
+
+    def run(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.httpd.serve_forever()
+
+
+def test_replay():
+    resp = requests.get('https://iana.org/',
+                        proxies=server.proxy_dict,
+                        verify=False)
+#                        verify=CA_BUNDLE)
+    assert resp.status_code == 200
+
+
+def test_replay_static():
+    resp = requests.get('https://pywb.proxy/static/default/wb.js',
+                        proxies=server.proxy_dict,
+                        headers={'Connection': 'close'},
+                        verify=False)
+#                        verify=CA_BUNDLE)
+    assert resp.status_code == 200
+    found = u'function init_banner' in resp.text
+    assert found, resp.text
+    resp.close()