diff --git a/src/client/client.ts b/src/client/client.ts
index c2cd8fb..77f52a6 100644
--- a/src/client/client.ts
+++ b/src/client/client.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
 } from "../shared";
 import { createWrapFn } from "./shared/wrap";
 import { NavigateEvent } from "./events";
+import type { URLMeta } from "../shared/rewriters/url";
 
 declare global {
 	interface Window {
@@ -78,6 +79,8 @@ export class ScramjetClient {
 		]
 	> = new Map();
 
+	meta: URLMeta;
+
 	constructor(public global: typeof globalThis) {
 		this.serviceWorker = this.global.navigator.serviceWorker;
 
@@ -103,6 +106,27 @@ export class ScramjetClient {
 				})
 			);
 		}
+
+		let baseurl: URL;
+		if (iswindow) {
+			// setup base url
+			// base url can only be updated at document load time and it will affect all urls resolved by encodeurl/rewriteurl
+			const base = this.global.document.querySelector("base");
+			if (base) {
+				baseurl = new URL(decodeUrl(base.href));
+			}
+		}
+
+		const client = this;
+		this.meta = {
+			get origin() {
+				return client.url;
+			},
+			get base() {
+				return baseurl || client.url;
+			},
+		};
+
 		global[SCRAMJETCLIENT] = this;
 	}
 
@@ -169,7 +193,7 @@ export class ScramjetClient {
 		}
 		if (ev.defaultPrevented) return;
 
-		self.location.href = encodeUrl(ev.url);
+		self.location.href = encodeUrl(ev.url, this.meta);
 	}
 
 	// below are the utilities for proxying and trapping dom APIs
diff --git a/src/client/document.ts b/src/client/document.ts
index b7ffd58..9adcf62 100644
--- a/src/client/document.ts
+++ b/src/client/document.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export function createDocumentProxy(
 		},
 		set(target, prop, newValue) {
 			if (prop === "location") {
-				location.href = encodeUrl(newValue);
+				location.href = encodeUrl(newValue, client.meta);
 				return;
 			}
 
diff --git a/src/client/dom/css.ts b/src/client/dom/css.ts
index 21884eb..cae8bb0 100644
--- a/src/client/dom/css.ts
+++ b/src/client/dom/css.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export default function (client: ScramjetClient) {
 	client.Proxy("CSSStyleDeclaration.prototype.setProperty", {
 		apply(ctx) {
 			if (cssProperties.includes(ctx.args[0]))
-				ctx.args[1] = rewriteCss(ctx.args[1]);
+				ctx.args[1] = rewriteCss(ctx.args[1], client.meta);
 		},
 	});
 }
diff --git a/src/client/dom/element.ts b/src/client/dom/element.ts
index 2f9f521..d58082c 100644
--- a/src/client/dom/element.ts
+++ b/src/client/dom/element.ts
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ export default function (client: ScramjetClient, self: typeof window) {
 					} else if (
 						["src", "data", "href", "action", "formaction"].includes(attr)
 					) {
-						value = encodeUrl(value);
+						value = encodeUrl(value, client.meta);
 					} else if (attr === "srcdoc") {
 						value = rewriteHtml(value, client.cookieStore, undefined, true);
 					} else if (["srcset", "imagesrcset"].includes(attr)) {
-						value = rewriteSrcset(value);
+						value = rewriteSrcset(value, client.meta);
 					}
 
 					descriptor.set.call(this, value);
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ export default function (client: ScramjetClient, self: typeof window) {
 
 	client.Trap("Node.prototype.baseURI", {
 		get() {
+			// TODO this should be using ownerdocument but who gaf
 			const base = self.document.querySelector("base");
 			if (base) {
 				return new URL(base.href, client.url).href;
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ export default function (client: ScramjetClient, self: typeof window) {
 			});
 
 			if (rule) {
-				ctx.args[1] = rule.fn(value, client.url, client.cookieStore);
+				ctx.args[1] = rule.fn(value, client.meta, client.cookieStore);
 				ctx.fn.call(ctx.this, `data-scramjet-${ctx.args[0]}`, value);
 			}
 		},
@@ -152,11 +153,11 @@ export default function (client: ScramjetClient, self: typeof window) {
 		set(ctx, value: string) {
 			let newval;
 			if (ctx.this instanceof self.HTMLScriptElement) {
-				newval = rewriteJs(value, client.url);
+				newval = rewriteJs(value, client.meta);
 			} else if (ctx.this instanceof self.HTMLStyleElement) {
-				newval = rewriteCss(value, client.url);
+				newval = rewriteCss(value, client.meta);
 			} else {
-				newval = rewriteHtml(value, client.cookieStore, client.url);
+				newval = rewriteHtml(value, client.cookieStore, client.meta);
 			}
 
 			ctx.set(newval);
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ export default function (client: ScramjetClient, self: typeof window) {
 
 	client.Trap("Element.prototype.outerHTML", {
 		set(ctx, value: string) {
-			ctx.set(rewriteHtml(value, client.cookieStore, client.url));
+			ctx.set(rewriteHtml(value, client.cookieStore, client.meta));
 		},
 		get(ctx) {
 			return unrewriteHtml(ctx.get());
diff --git a/src/client/dom/fontface.ts b/src/client/dom/fontface.ts
index 567c42f..7e19b85 100644
--- a/src/client/dom/fontface.ts
+++ b/src/client/dom/fontface.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { decodeUrl, rewriteCss } from "../../shared";
 export default function (client: ScramjetClient, self: typeof window) {
 	client.Proxy("FontFace", {
 		construct(ctx) {
-			ctx.args[1] = rewriteCss(ctx.args[1]);
+			ctx.args[1] = rewriteCss(ctx.args[1], client.meta);
 		},
 	});
 }
diff --git a/src/client/dom/history.ts b/src/client/dom/history.ts
index caaf43c..ffca87c 100644
--- a/src/client/dom/history.ts
+++ b/src/client/dom/history.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { UrlChangeEvent } from "../events";
 export default function (client: ScramjetClient, self: typeof globalThis) {
 	client.Proxy("history.pushState", {
 		apply(ctx) {
-			ctx.args[2] = encodeUrl(ctx.args[2]);
+			ctx.args[2] = encodeUrl(ctx.args[2], client.meta);
 			ctx.call();
 
 			const ev = new UrlChangeEvent(client.url.href);
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export default function (client: ScramjetClient, self: typeof globalThis) {
 
 	client.Proxy("history.replaceState", {
 		apply(ctx) {
-			ctx.args[2] = encodeUrl(ctx.args[2]);
+			ctx.args[2] = encodeUrl(ctx.args[2], client.meta);
 			ctx.call();
 
 			const ev = new UrlChangeEvent(client.url.href);
diff --git a/src/client/dom/open.ts b/src/client/dom/open.ts
index 5b9142c..3ad0bdb 100644
--- a/src/client/dom/open.ts
+++ b/src/client/dom/open.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { SCRAMJETCLIENT } from "../../symbols";
 export default function (client: ScramjetClient) {
 	client.Proxy("window.open", {
 		apply(ctx) {
-			if (ctx.args[0]) ctx.args[0] = encodeUrl(ctx.args[0]);
+			if (ctx.args[0]) ctx.args[0] = encodeUrl(ctx.args[0], client.meta);
 
 			if (["_parent", "_top", "_unfencedTop"].includes(ctx.args[1]))
 				ctx.args[1] = "_self";
diff --git a/src/client/dom/origin.ts b/src/client/dom/origin.ts
index 1a4cb87..337fcc7 100644
--- a/src/client/dom/origin.ts
+++ b/src/client/dom/origin.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { decodeUrl } from "../../shared";
 export default function (client: ScramjetClient, self: typeof window) {
 	client.Trap("origin", {
 		get() {
+			// this isn't right!!
 			return client.url.origin;
 		},
 		set() {
diff --git a/src/client/dom/serviceworker.ts b/src/client/dom/serviceworker.ts
index 2d2c29c..3b111ec 100644
--- a/src/client/dom/serviceworker.ts
+++ b/src/client/dom/serviceworker.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export default function (client: ScramjetClient, self: Self) {
 
 	client.Proxy("Worklet.prototype.addModule", {
 		apply(ctx) {
-			ctx.args[0] = encodeUrl(ctx.args[0]);
+			ctx.args[0] = encodeUrl(ctx.args[0], client.meta);
 		},
 	});
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export default function (client: ScramjetClient, self: Self) {
 	client.Proxy("navigator.serviceWorker.register", {
 		apply(ctx) {
 			if (ctx.args[0] instanceof URL) ctx.args[0] = ctx.args[0].href;
-			let url = encodeUrl(ctx.args[0]) + "?dest=serviceworker";
+			let url = encodeUrl(ctx.args[0], client.meta) + "?dest=serviceworker";
 			if (ctx.args[1] && ctx.args[1].type === "module") {
 				url += "&type=module";
 			}
diff --git a/src/client/dom/storage.ts b/src/client/dom/storage.ts
index ccd55ba..5d9f625 100644
--- a/src/client/dom/storage.ts
+++ b/src/client/dom/storage.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export default function (client: ScramjetClient, self: typeof window) {
 					).length;
 
 				default:
-					if (prop in Object.prototype) {
+					if (prop in Object.prototype || typeof prop === "symbol") {
 						return Reflect.get(target, prop);
 					}
 					console.log("GET", prop, target == realLocalStorage);
diff --git a/src/client/location.ts b/src/client/location.ts
index 152f8b6..4e6e51f 100644
--- a/src/client/location.ts
+++ b/src/client/location.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // @ts-nocheck
 import { ScramjetClient } from "./client";
 import { nativeGetOwnPropertyDescriptor } from "./natives";
-import { encodeUrl, decodeUrl } from "../shared";
+import { decodeUrl, encodeUrl } from "../shared";
 import { iswindow } from ".";
 
 export function createLocationProxy(
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export function createLocationProxy(
 	if (self.location.assign)
 		fakeLocation.assign = new Proxy(self.location.assign, {
 			apply(target, thisArg, args) {
-				args[0] = encodeUrl(args[0]);
+				args[0] = encodeUrl(args[0], client.meta);
 				Reflect.apply(target, self.location, args);
 			},
 		});
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export function createLocationProxy(
 	if (self.location.replace)
 		fakeLocation.replace = new Proxy(self.location.replace, {
 			apply(target, thisArg, args) {
-				args[0] = encodeUrl(args[0]);
+				args[0] = encodeUrl(args[0], client.meta);
 				Reflect.apply(target, self.location, args);
 			},
 		});
diff --git a/src/client/shared/err.ts b/src/client/shared/err.ts
index 2658a48..7ce4320 100644
--- a/src/client/shared/err.ts
+++ b/src/client/shared/err.ts
@@ -2,25 +2,34 @@ import { config } from "../../shared";
 import { ScramjetClient } from "../client";
 
 export const enabled = () => config.flags.captureErrors;
+export function argdbg(arg, recurse = []) {
+	switch (typeof arg) {
+		case "string":
+			if (arg.includes("localhost:1337/scramjet/") && arg.includes("m3u8"))
+				debugger;
+			break;
+		case "object":
+			// if (arg instanceof Location) debugger;
+			if (
+				arg &&
+				arg[Symbol.iterator] &&
+				typeof arg[Symbol.iterator] === "function"
+			)
+				for (let prop in arg) {
+					// make sure it's not a getter
+					let desc = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(arg, prop);
+					if (desc && desc.get) continue;
+
+					const ar = arg[prop];
+					if (recurse.includes(ar)) continue;
+					recurse.push(ar);
+					argdbg(ar, recurse);
+				}
+			break;
+	}
+}
 
 export default function (client: ScramjetClient, self: typeof globalThis) {
-	function argdbg(arg) {
-		switch (typeof arg) {
-			case "string":
-				if (arg.includes("scramjet") && !arg.includes("\n")) debugger;
-				break;
-			case "object":
-				if (arg instanceof Location) debugger;
-				if (
-					arg &&
-					arg[Symbol.iterator] &&
-					typeof arg[Symbol.iterator] === "function"
-				)
-					for (let ar of arg) argdbg(ar);
-				break;
-		}
-	}
-
 	self.$scramerr = function scramerr(e) {
 		console.warn("CAUGHT ERROR", e);
 	};
diff --git a/src/client/shared/eval.ts b/src/client/shared/eval.ts
index cacd1ca..c269400 100644
--- a/src/client/shared/eval.ts
+++ b/src/client/shared/eval.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export default function (client: ScramjetClient, self: Self) {
 		value: function (js: any) {
 			if (typeof js !== "string") return js;
 
-			const rewritten = rewriteJs(js, client.url);
+			const rewritten = rewriteJs(js, client.meta);
 
 			return rewritten;
 		},
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ export function indirectEval(this: ScramjetClient, js: any) {
 
 	const indirection = this.global.eval;
 
-	return indirection(rewriteJs(js, this.url) as string);
+	return indirection(rewriteJs(js, this.meta) as string);
 }
diff --git a/src/client/shared/function.ts b/src/client/shared/function.ts
index f8b17cb..b1359b5 100644
--- a/src/client/shared/function.ts
+++ b/src/client/shared/function.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 import { ScramjetClient, ProxyCtx, Proxy } from "../client";
 import { rewriteJs } from "../../shared";
 
-function rewriteFunction(ctx: ProxyCtx) {
+function rewriteFunction(ctx: ProxyCtx, client: ScramjetClient) {
 	const stringifiedFunction = ctx.call().toString();
 
-	ctx.return(ctx.fn(`return ${rewriteJs(stringifiedFunction)}`)());
+	ctx.return(ctx.fn(`return ${rewriteJs(stringifiedFunction, client.meta)}`)());
 }
 
 export default function (client: ScramjetClient, self: Self) {
 	const handler: Proxy = {
 		apply(ctx) {
-			rewriteFunction(ctx);
+			rewriteFunction(ctx, client);
 		},
 		construct(ctx) {
-			rewriteFunction(ctx);
+			rewriteFunction(ctx, client);
 		},
 	};
 
diff --git a/src/client/shared/import.ts b/src/client/shared/import.ts
index 4325d99..545923d 100644
--- a/src/client/shared/import.ts
+++ b/src/client/shared/import.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { ScramjetClient } from "../client";
-import { config, encodeUrl } from "../../shared";
+import { config } from "../../shared";
+import { encodeUrl } from "../../shared/rewriters/url";
 
 export default function (client: ScramjetClient, self: Self) {
 	const Function = client.natives.Function;
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ export default function (client: ScramjetClient, self: Self) {
 		return function (url: string) {
 			const resolved = new URL(url, base).href;
 
-			return Function(`return import("${encodeUrl(resolved)}")`)();
+			return Function(`return import("${encodeUrl(resolved, client.meta)}")`)();
 		};
 	};
 
diff --git a/src/client/shared/requests/fetch.ts b/src/client/shared/requests/fetch.ts
index e4576f2..9719817 100644
--- a/src/client/shared/requests/fetch.ts
+++ b/src/client/shared/requests/fetch.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export default function (client: ScramjetClient, self: typeof globalThis) {
 	client.Proxy("fetch", {
 		apply(ctx) {
 			if (typeof ctx.args[0] === "string" || ctx.args[0] instanceof URL) {
-				ctx.args[0] = encodeUrl(ctx.args[0].toString());
+				ctx.args[0] = encodeUrl(ctx.args[0].toString(), client.meta);
 
 				if (isemulatedsw) ctx.args[0] += "?from=swruntime";
 			}
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export default function (client: ScramjetClient, self: typeof globalThis) {
 	client.Proxy("Request", {
 		construct(ctx) {
 			if (typeof ctx.args[0] === "string" || ctx.args[0] instanceof URL) {
-				ctx.args[0] = encodeUrl(ctx.args[0].toString());
+				ctx.args[0] = encodeUrl(ctx.args[0].toString(), client.meta);
 
 				if (isemulatedsw) ctx.args[0] += "?from=swruntime";
 			}
diff --git a/src/client/shared/requests/xmlhttprequest.ts b/src/client/shared/requests/xmlhttprequest.ts
index 70498fd..d77f3ed 100644
--- a/src/client/shared/requests/xmlhttprequest.ts
+++ b/src/client/shared/requests/xmlhttprequest.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 import { decodeUrl, encodeUrl, rewriteHeaders } from "../../../shared";
+import { ScramjetClient } from "../../client";
 
-export default function (client, self) {
+export default function (client: ScramjetClient, self: Self) {
 	client.Proxy("XMLHttpRequest.prototype.open", {
 		apply(ctx) {
-			if (ctx.args[1]) ctx.args[1] = encodeUrl(ctx.args[1]);
+			if (ctx.args[1]) ctx.args[1] = encodeUrl(ctx.args[1], client.meta);
 		},
 	});
 
 	client.Proxy("XMLHttpRequest.prototype.setRequestHeader", {
 		apply(ctx) {
 			let headerObject = Object.fromEntries([ctx.args]);
-			headerObject = rewriteHeaders(headerObject);
+			headerObject = rewriteHeaders(headerObject, client.meta);
 
 			ctx.args = Object.entries(headerObject)[0];
 		},
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ export default function (client, self) {
 
 	client.Trap("XMLHttpRequest.prototype.responseURL", {
 		get(ctx) {
-			return decodeUrl(ctx.get());
+			return decodeUrl(ctx.get() as string);
 		},
 	});
 }
diff --git a/src/client/shared/worker.ts b/src/client/shared/worker.ts
index 9a7c574..a03b8ac 100644
--- a/src/client/shared/worker.ts
+++ b/src/client/shared/worker.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { encodeUrl, BareMuxConnection } from "../../shared";
+import { BareMuxConnection } from "../../shared";
+import { encodeUrl } from "../../shared/rewriters/url";
 import type { MessageC2W } from "../../worker";
 import { ScramjetClient } from "../client";
 
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ export default function (client: ScramjetClient, self: typeof globalThis) {
 					id,
 				} as MessageC2W);
 			} else {
-				args[0] = encodeUrl(args[0]) + "?dest=worker";
+				args[0] = encodeUrl(args[0], client.meta) + "?dest=worker";
 
 				if (args[1] && args[1].type === "module") {
 					args[0] += "&type=module";
diff --git a/src/client/shared/wrap.ts b/src/client/shared/wrap.ts
index 5379ffd..4e54f4e 100644
--- a/src/client/shared/wrap.ts
+++ b/src/client/shared/wrap.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { iswindow, isworker } from "..";
 import { SCRAMJETCLIENT } from "../../symbols";
 import { ScramjetClient } from "../client";
 import { config } from "../../shared";
+import { argdbg } from "./err";
 
 export function createWrapFn(client: ScramjetClient, self: typeof globalThis) {
 	return function (identifier: any, args: any) {
diff --git a/src/client/swruntime.ts b/src/client/swruntime.ts
index c701f21..6921ff2 100644
--- a/src/client/swruntime.ts
+++ b/src/client/swruntime.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { ScramjetClient } from "./client";
-import { decodeUrl, encodeUrl } from "../shared";
+import { decodeUrl } from "../shared";
 
 export class ScramjetServiceWorkerRuntime {
 	recvport: MessagePort;
diff --git a/src/client/worker/importScripts.ts b/src/client/worker/importScripts.ts
index ca62ec5..d85299a 100644
--- a/src/client/worker/importScripts.ts
+++ b/src/client/worker/importScripts.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import { encodeUrl } from "../../shared";
+import { ScramjetClient } from "../client";
 
-export default function (client, self) {
+export default function (client: ScramjetClient, self: Self) {
 	client.Proxy("importScripts", {
 		apply(ctx) {
 			for (const i in ctx.args) {
-				ctx.args[i] = encodeUrl(ctx.args[i]);
+				ctx.args[i] = encodeUrl(ctx.args[i], client.meta);
 			}
 		},
 	});
diff --git a/src/controller/index.ts b/src/controller/index.ts
index 1a894a0..bb83c19 100644
--- a/src/controller/index.ts
+++ b/src/controller/index.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export class ScramjetController {
 			client: "/scramjet.client.js",
 			codecs: "/scramjet.codecs.js",
 			flags: {
-				serviceworkers: true,
+				serviceworkers: false,
 				naiiveRewriter: false,
 				captureErrors: false,
 			},
diff --git a/src/shared/cookie.ts b/src/shared/cookie.ts
index e818e34..8fdf768 100644
--- a/src/shared/cookie.ts
+++ b/src/shared/cookie.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// thnank you node unblocker guy
 import parse from "set-cookie-parser";
 
 export type Cookie = {
diff --git a/src/shared/rewriters/css.ts b/src/shared/rewriters/css.ts
index de78be6..c7337fe 100644
--- a/src/shared/rewriters/css.ts
+++ b/src/shared/rewriters/css.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 // This CSS rewriter uses code from Meteor
 // You can find the original source code at https://github.com/MeteorProxy/Meteor
 
-import { encodeUrl } from "./url";
+import { URLMeta, encodeUrl } from "./url";
 
-export function rewriteCss(css: string, origin?: URL) {
+export function rewriteCss(css: string, meta: URLMeta) {
 	const regex =
 		/(@import\s+(?!url\())?\s*url\(\s*(['"]?)([^'")]+)\2\s*\)|@import\s+(['"])([^'"]+)\4/g;
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export function rewriteCss(css: string, origin?: URL) {
 			importContent
 		) => {
 			const url = urlContent || importContent;
-			const encodedUrl = encodeUrl(url.trim(), origin);
+			const encodedUrl = encodeUrl(url.trim(), meta);
 
 			if (importStatement) {
 				return `@import url(${urlQuote}${encodedUrl}${urlQuote})`;
diff --git a/src/shared/rewriters/headers.ts b/src/shared/rewriters/headers.ts
index 9dca828..c686f38 100644
--- a/src/shared/rewriters/headers.ts
+++ b/src/shared/rewriters/headers.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import { encodeUrl } from "./url";
+// TODO this whole file should be inlined and deleted it's a weird relic from ssd era
+
+import { URLMeta, encodeUrl } from "./url";
 import { BareHeaders } from "@mercuryworkshop/bare-mux";
 const cspHeaders = [
 	"cross-origin-embedder-policy",
@@ -24,11 +26,11 @@ const cspHeaders = [
 
 const urlHeaders = ["location", "content-location", "referer"];
 
-function rewriteLinkHeader(link: string, origin?: URL) {
-	return link.replace(/<(.*)>/gi, (match) => encodeUrl(match, origin));
+function rewriteLinkHeader(link: string, meta: URLMeta) {
+	return link.replace(/<(.*)>/gi, (match) => encodeUrl(match, meta));
 }
 
-export function rewriteHeaders(rawHeaders: BareHeaders, origin?: URL) {
+export function rewriteHeaders(rawHeaders: BareHeaders, meta: URLMeta) {
 	const headers = {};
 
 	for (const key in rawHeaders) {
@@ -41,17 +43,14 @@ export function rewriteHeaders(rawHeaders: BareHeaders, origin?: URL) {
 
 	urlHeaders.forEach((header) => {
 		if (headers[header])
-			headers[header] = encodeUrl(
-				headers[header]?.toString() as string,
-				origin
-			);
+			headers[header] = encodeUrl(headers[header]?.toString() as string, meta);
 	});
 
 	if (typeof headers["link"] === "string") {
-		headers["link"] = rewriteLinkHeader(headers["link"], origin);
+		headers["link"] = rewriteLinkHeader(headers["link"], meta);
 	} else if (Array.isArray(headers["link"])) {
 		headers["link"] = headers["link"].map((link) =>
-			rewriteLinkHeader(link, origin)
+			rewriteLinkHeader(link, meta)
 		);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/shared/rewriters/html.ts b/src/shared/rewriters/html.ts
index 5119ce7..7ae35be 100644
--- a/src/shared/rewriters/html.ts
+++ b/src/shared/rewriters/html.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { ElementType, Parser } from "htmlparser2";
 import { ChildNode, DomHandler, Element, Node, Text } from "domhandler";
 import render from "dom-serializer";
-import { encodeUrl } from "./url";
+import { URLMeta, encodeUrl } from "./url";
 import { rewriteCss } from "./css";
 import { rewriteJs } from "./js";
 import { CookieStore } from "../cookie";
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { CookieStore } from "../cookie";
 export function rewriteHtml(
 	html: string,
 	cookieStore: CookieStore,
-	origin?: URL,
+	meta: URLMeta,
 	fromTop: boolean = false
 ) {
 	const handler = new DomHandler((err, dom) => dom);
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export function rewriteHtml(
 
 	parser.write(html);
 	parser.end();
-	traverseParsedHtml(handler.root, cookieStore, origin);
+	traverseParsedHtml(handler.root, cookieStore, meta);
 
 	function findhead(node) {
 		if (node.type === ElementType.Tag && node.name === "head") {
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ export function rewriteHtml(
 	return render(handler.root);
 }
 
+type ParseState = {
+	base: string;
+	origin?: URL;
+};
+
 export function unrewriteHtml(html: string) {
 	const handler = new DomHandler((err, dom) => dom);
 	const parser = new Parser(handler);
@@ -93,17 +98,11 @@ export function unrewriteHtml(html: string) {
 
 export const htmlRules: {
 	[key: string]: "*" | string[] | Function;
-	fn: (
-		value: string,
-		origin: URL | null,
-		cookieStore: CookieStore
-	) => string | null;
+	fn: (value: string, meta: URLMeta, cookieStore: CookieStore) => string | null;
 }[] = [
 	{
-		fn: (value: string, origin: URL) => {
-			if (["_parent", "_top", "_unfencedTop"].includes(value)) return "_self";
-
-			return encodeUrl(value, origin);
+		fn: (value: string, meta: URLMeta) => {
+			return encodeUrl(value, meta);
 		},
 
 		// url rewrites
@@ -133,34 +132,51 @@ export const htmlRules: {
 		csp: ["iframe"],
 	},
 	{
-		fn: (value: string, origin?: URL) => rewriteSrcset(value, origin),
+		fn: (value: string, meta: URLMeta) => rewriteSrcset(value, meta),
 
 		// srcset
 		srcset: ["img", "source"],
 		imagesrcset: ["link"],
 	},
 	{
-		fn: (value: string, origin: URL, cookieStore: CookieStore) =>
-			rewriteHtml(value, cookieStore, origin, true),
+		fn: (value: string, meta: URLMeta, cookieStore: CookieStore) =>
+			rewriteHtml(
+				value,
+				cookieStore,
+				{
+					// for srcdoc origin is the origin of the page that the iframe is on. base and path get dropped
+					origin: new URL(meta.origin.origin),
+					base: new URL(meta.origin.origin),
+				},
+				true
+			),
 
 		// srcdoc
 		srcdoc: ["iframe"],
 	},
 	{
-		fn: (value: string, origin?: URL) => rewriteCss(value, origin),
+		fn: (value: string, meta: URLMeta) => rewriteCss(value, meta),
 		style: "*",
 	},
 	{
 		fn: (value: string) => {
 			if (["_parent", "_top", "_unfencedTop"].includes(value)) return "_self";
 		},
-		target: ["a"],
+		target: ["a", "base"],
 	},
 ];
 
 // i need to add the attributes in during rewriting
 
-function traverseParsedHtml(node: any, cookieStore: CookieStore, origin?: URL) {
+function traverseParsedHtml(
+	node: any,
+	cookieStore: CookieStore,
+	meta: URLMeta
+) {
+	if (node.name === "base" && node.attribs.href !== undefined) {
+		meta.base = new URL(node.attribs.href, meta.origin);
+	}
+
 	if (node.attribs)
 		for (const rule of htmlRules) {
 			for (const attr in rule) {
@@ -170,7 +186,7 @@ function traverseParsedHtml(node: any, cookieStore: CookieStore, origin?: URL) {
 				if (sel === "*" || sel.includes(node.name)) {
 					if (node.attribs[attr] !== undefined) {
 						const value = node.attribs[attr];
-						let v = rule.fn(value, origin, cookieStore);
+						let v = rule.fn(value, meta, cookieStore);
 
 						if (v === null) delete node.attribs[attr];
 						else {
@@ -183,7 +199,7 @@ function traverseParsedHtml(node: any, cookieStore: CookieStore, origin?: URL) {
 		}
 
 	if (node.name === "style" && node.children[0] !== undefined)
-		node.children[0].data = rewriteCss(node.children[0].data, origin);
+		node.children[0].data = rewriteCss(node.children[0].data, meta);
 
 	if (
 		node.name === "script" &&
@@ -195,7 +211,7 @@ function traverseParsedHtml(node: any, cookieStore: CookieStore, origin?: URL) {
 		let js = node.children[0].data;
 		const htmlcomment = /<!--[\s\S]*?-->/g;
 		js = js.replace(htmlcomment, "");
-		node.children[0].data = rewriteJs(js, origin);
+		node.children[0].data = rewriteJs(js, meta);
 	}
 
 	if (node.name === "meta" && node.attribs["http-equiv"] != undefined) {
@@ -209,7 +225,7 @@ function traverseParsedHtml(node: any, cookieStore: CookieStore, origin?: URL) {
 		) {
 			const contentArray = node.attribs.content.split("url=");
 			if (contentArray[1])
-				contentArray[1] = encodeUrl(contentArray[1].trim(), origin);
+				contentArray[1] = encodeUrl(contentArray[1].trim(), meta);
 			node.attribs.content = contentArray.join("url=");
 		}
 	}
@@ -219,7 +235,7 @@ function traverseParsedHtml(node: any, cookieStore: CookieStore, origin?: URL) {
 			node.childNodes[childNode] = traverseParsedHtml(
 				node.childNodes[childNode],
 				cookieStore,
-				origin
+				meta
 			);
 		}
 	}
@@ -227,14 +243,14 @@ function traverseParsedHtml(node: any, cookieStore: CookieStore, origin?: URL) {
 	return node;
 }
 
-export function rewriteSrcset(srcset: string, origin?: URL) {
+export function rewriteSrcset(srcset: string, meta: URLMeta) {
 	const urls = srcset.split(/ [0-9]+x,? ?/g);
 	if (!urls) return "";
 	const sufixes = srcset.match(/ [0-9]+x,? ?/g);
 	if (!sufixes) return "";
 	const rewrittenUrls = urls.map((url, i) => {
 		if (url && sufixes[i]) {
-			return encodeUrl(url, origin) + sufixes[i];
+			return encodeUrl(url, meta) + sufixes[i];
 		}
 	});
 
diff --git a/src/shared/rewriters/js.ts b/src/shared/rewriters/js.ts
index ac912f5..2d46673 100644
--- a/src/shared/rewriters/js.ts
+++ b/src/shared/rewriters/js.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { decodeUrl } from "./url";
+import { URLMeta, decodeUrl } from "./url";
 
 // i am a cat. i like to be petted. i like to be fed. i like to be
 import {
@@ -18,25 +18,21 @@ init();
 
 Error.stackTraceLimit = 50;
 
-global.rws = rewriteJs;
-export function rewriteJs(js: string | ArrayBuffer, origin?: URL) {
-	if ("window" in globalThis)
-		origin = origin ?? new URL(decodeUrl(location.href));
-
+export function rewriteJs(js: string | ArrayBuffer, meta: URLMeta) {
 	if (self.$scramjet.config.flags.naiiveRewriter) {
 		const text = typeof js === "string" ? js : new TextDecoder().decode(js);
-		return rewriteJsNaiive(text, origin);
+		return rewriteJsNaiive(text);
 	}
 
 	const before = performance.now();
 	if (typeof js === "string") {
 		js = new TextDecoder().decode(
-			rewrite_js(js, origin.toString(), self.$scramjet)
+			rewrite_js(js, meta.base.href, self.$scramjet)
 		);
 	} else {
 		js = rewrite_js_from_arraybuffer(
 			new Uint8Array(js),
-			origin.toString(),
+			meta.base.href,
 			self.$scramjet
 		);
 	}
@@ -53,10 +49,7 @@ export function rewriteJs(js: string | ArrayBuffer, origin?: URL) {
 // 4. i think the global state can get clobbered somehow
 //
 // if you can ensure all the preconditions are met this is faster than full rewrites
-export function rewriteJsNaiive(js: string | ArrayBuffer, origin?: URL) {
-	if ("window" in globalThis)
-		origin = origin ?? new URL(decodeUrl(location.href));
-
+export function rewriteJsNaiive(js: string | ArrayBuffer) {
 	if (typeof js !== "string") {
 		js = new TextDecoder().decode(js);
 	}
diff --git a/src/shared/rewriters/url.ts b/src/shared/rewriters/url.ts
index 81149d3..535f3e3 100644
--- a/src/shared/rewriters/url.ts
+++ b/src/shared/rewriters/url.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 import { rewriteJs } from "./js";
 
+export type URLMeta = {
+	origin: URL;
+	base: URL;
+};
+
 function tryCanParseURL(url: string, origin?: string | URL): URL | null {
 	try {
 		return new URL(url, origin);
@@ -9,36 +14,34 @@ function tryCanParseURL(url: string, origin?: string | URL): URL | null {
 }
 
 // something is broken with this but i didn't debug it
-export function encodeUrl(url: string | URL, origin?: URL) {
+export function encodeUrl(url: string | URL, meta: URLMeta) {
 	if (url instanceof URL) {
 		url = url.href;
 	}
 
-	if (!origin) {
-		if (location.pathname.startsWith(self.$scramjet.config.prefix + "worker")) {
-			origin = new URL(new URL(location.href).searchParams.get("origin"));
-		} else
-			origin = new URL(
-				self.$scramjet.codec.decode(
-					location.href.slice(
-						(location.origin + self.$scramjet.config.prefix).length
-					)
-				)
-			);
-	}
-
-	// is this the correct behavior?
-	if (!url) url = origin.href;
+	// if (!origin) {
+	// 	if (location.pathname.startsWith(self.$scramjet.config.prefix + "worker")) {
+	// 		origin = new URL(new URL(location.href).searchParams.get("origin"));
+	// 	} else
+	// 		origin = new URL(
+	// 			self.$scramjet.codec.decode(
+	// 				location.href.slice(
+	// 					(location.origin + self.$scramjet.config.prefix).length
+	// 				)
+	// 			)
+	// 		);
+	// }
 
 	if (url.startsWith("javascript:")) {
-		return "javascript:" + rewriteJs(url.slice("javascript:".length), origin);
+		return "javascript:" + rewriteJs(url.slice("javascript:".length), meta);
 	} else if (/^(#|mailto|about|data|blob)/.test(url)) {
+		// TODO this regex is jank but i'm not fixing it
 		return url;
-	} else if (tryCanParseURL(url, origin)) {
+	} else {
 		return (
 			location.origin +
 			self.$scramjet.config.prefix +
-			self.$scramjet.codec.encode(new URL(url, origin).href)
+			self.$scramjet.codec.encode(new URL(url, meta.base).href)
 		);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/shared/rewriters/worker.ts b/src/shared/rewriters/worker.ts
index e92180f..009b73c 100644
--- a/src/shared/rewriters/worker.ts
+++ b/src/shared/rewriters/worker.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 import { rewriteJs } from "./js";
+import { URLMeta } from "./url";
 
 const clientscripts = ["wasm", "shared", "client"];
 export function rewriteWorkers(
 	js: string | ArrayBuffer,
 	type: string,
-	origin?: URL
+	meta: URLMeta
 ) {
-	origin.search = "";
-
 	let str = "";
 
 	str += `self.$scramjet = {}; self.$scramjet.config = ${JSON.stringify(self.$scramjet.config)};
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ self.$scramjet.codec = self.$scramjet.codecs[self.$scramjet.config.codec];
 		}
 	}
 
-	let rewritten = rewriteJs(js, origin);
+	let rewritten = rewriteJs(js, meta);
 	if (rewritten instanceof Uint8Array) {
 		rewritten = new TextDecoder().decode(rewritten);
 	}
diff --git a/src/worker/fetch.ts b/src/worker/fetch.ts
index 7c7d7b5..602d77f 100644
--- a/src/worker/fetch.ts
+++ b/src/worker/fetch.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ import {
 	rewriteWorkers,
 } from "../shared";
 
+import type { URLMeta } from "../shared/rewriters/url";
+
+function newmeta(url: URL): URLMeta {
+	return {
+		origin: url,
+		base: url,
+	};
+}
+
 export async function swfetch(
 	this: ScramjetServiceWorker,
 	request: Request,
@@ -25,7 +34,7 @@ export async function swfetch(
 
 	if (urlParam.has("url")) {
 		return Response.redirect(
-			encodeUrl(urlParam.get("url"), new URL(urlParam.get("url")))
+			encodeUrl(urlParam.get("url"), newmeta(new URL(urlParam.get("url"))))
 		);
 	}
 
@@ -124,7 +133,7 @@ async function handleResponse(
 	client: Client
 ): Promise<Response> {
 	let responseBody: string | ArrayBuffer | ReadableStream;
-	const responseHeaders = rewriteHeaders(response.rawHeaders, url);
+	const responseHeaders = rewriteHeaders(response.rawHeaders, newmeta(url));
 
 	let maybeHeaders = responseHeaders["set-cookie"] || [];
 	for (const cookie in maybeHeaders) {
@@ -155,7 +164,7 @@ async function handleResponse(
 					responseBody = rewriteHtml(
 						await response.text(),
 						cookieStore,
-						url,
+						newmeta(url),
 						true
 					);
 				} else {
@@ -163,19 +172,19 @@ async function handleResponse(
 				}
 				break;
 			case "script":
-				responseBody = rewriteJs(await response.arrayBuffer(), url);
+				responseBody = rewriteJs(await response.arrayBuffer(), newmeta(url));
 				// Disable threading for now, it's causing issues.
 				// responseBody = await this.threadpool.rewriteJs(await responseBody.arrayBuffer(), url.toString());
 				break;
 			case "style":
-				responseBody = rewriteCss(await response.text(), url);
+				responseBody = rewriteCss(await response.text(), newmeta(url));
 				break;
 			case "sharedworker":
 			case "worker":
 				responseBody = rewriteWorkers(
 					await response.arrayBuffer(),
 					workertype,
-					url
+					newmeta(url)
 				);
 				break;
 			default:
diff --git a/src/worker/index.ts b/src/worker/index.ts
index 8078d02..ce33288 100644
--- a/src/worker/index.ts
+++ b/src/worker/index.ts
@@ -145,7 +145,10 @@ export class ScramjetServiceWorker {
 			const data = await promise.promise;
 			delete this.dataworkerpromises[id];
 
-			const rewritten = rewriteWorkers(data, type, new URL(origin));
+			const rewritten = rewriteWorkers(data, type, {
+				origin: new URL(origin),
+				base: new URL(origin),
+			});
 
 			return new Response(rewritten, {
 				headers: {
diff --git a/static/ui.js b/static/ui.js
index 8245123..85fae47 100644
--- a/static/ui.js
+++ b/static/ui.js
@@ -25,25 +25,6 @@ scramjet.init("./sw.js");
 // 	}
 // });
 
-navigator.serviceWorker.onmessage = ({ data }) => {
-	if (data.scramjet$type === "getLocalStorage") {
-		const pairs = Object.entries(localStorage);
-		navigator.serviceWorker.controller.postMessage({
-			scramjet$type: "getLocalStorage",
-			scramjet$token: data.scramjet$token,
-			data: pairs,
-		});
-	} else if (data.scramjet$type === "setLocalStorage") {
-		for (const [key, value] of data.data) {
-			localStorage.setItem(key, value);
-		}
-		navigator.serviceWorker.controller.postMessage({
-			scramjet$type: "setLocalStorage",
-			scramjet$token: data.scramjet$token,
-		});
-	}
-};
-
 const connection = new BareMux.BareMuxConnection("/baremux/worker.js");
 const flex = css`
 	display: flex;
@@ -150,12 +131,23 @@ function App() {
       background-color: #313131;
     }
   `;
+	this.url = store.url;
 
 	const frame = scramjet.createFrame();
 
 	frame.addEventListener("urlchange", (e) => {
+		if (!e.url) return;
 		this.url = e.url;
 	});
+	frame.frame.addEventListener("load", () => {
+		let url = frame.frame.contentWindow.location.href;
+		if (!url) return;
+		if (url === "about:blank") return;
+
+		this.url = $scramjet.codecs.plain.decode(
+			url.substring((location.href + "/scramjet").length)
+		);
+	});
 
 	return html`
       <div>
@@ -193,7 +185,7 @@ function App() {
 					e
 				) => {
 					this.url = e.target.value;
-				}} on:keyup=${(e) => e.keyCode == 13 && frame.go(e.target.value) && (store.url = this.url)}></input>
+				}} on:keyup=${(e) => e.keyCode == 13 && (store.url = this.url) && frame.go(e.target.value)}></input>
         <button on:click=${() => frame.forward()}>-&gt;</button>
       </div>
       ${frame.frame}