diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5c159a0..e1b5bd8 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ except:
 
 setuptools.setup(
         name='warcprox',
-        version='2.1b1.dev93',
+        version='2.1b1.dev94',
         description='WARC writing MITM HTTP/S proxy',
         url='https://github.com/internetarchive/warcprox',
         author='Noah Levitt',
diff --git a/warcprox/main.py b/warcprox/main.py
index 0940593..25fb3dc 100644
--- a/warcprox/main.py
+++ b/warcprox/main.py
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ def _build_arg_parser(prog=os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])):
     arg_parser.add_argument('--rethinkdb-big-table',
             dest='rethinkdb_big_table', action='store_true', default=False,
             help='use a big rethinkdb table called "captures", instead of a small table called "dedup"; table is suitable for use as index for playback (ignored unless --rethinkdb-servers is specified)')
+    arg_parser.add_argument(
+            '--rethinkdb-big-table-name', dest='rethinkdb_big_table_name',
+            default='captures', help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
     arg_parser.add_argument('--kafka-broker-list', dest='kafka_broker_list',
             default=None, help='kafka broker list for capture feed')
     arg_parser.add_argument('--kafka-capture-feed-topic', dest='kafka_capture_feed_topic',
@@ -169,7 +172,8 @@ def init_controller(args):
         rr = doublethink.Rethinker(
                 args.rethinkdb_servers.split(","), args.rethinkdb_db)
         if args.rethinkdb_big_table:
-            captures_db = warcprox.bigtable.RethinkCaptures(rr, options=options)
+            captures_db = warcprox.bigtable.RethinkCaptures(
+                    rr, table=args.rethinkdb_big_table_name, options=options)
             dedup_db = warcprox.bigtable.RethinkCapturesDedup(
                     captures_db, options=options)
             listeners.append(captures_db)