diff --git a/src/client/client.ts b/src/client/client.ts
index 292a1c6..01f8720 100644
--- a/src/client/client.ts
+++ b/src/client/client.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import type { BareClient as BareClientType } from "@mercuryworkshop/bare-mux";
 import { createWrapFn } from "./shared/wrap";
 import { NavigateEvent } from "./events";
 import type { URLMeta } from "../shared/rewriters/url";
+import { SourceMaps } from "./shared/sourcemaps";
 
 type NativeStore = {
 	store: Record<string, any>;
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ export class ScramjetClient {
 
 	natives: NativeStore;
 	descriptors: DescriptorStore;
+	sourcemaps: SourceMaps;
 	wrapfn: (i: any, ...args: any) => any;
 
 	cookieStore = new CookieStore();
@@ -102,17 +104,6 @@ export class ScramjetClient {
 			throw new Error();
 		}
 
-		this.serviceWorker = this.global.navigator.serviceWorker;
-
-		if (iswindow) {
-			this.documentProxy = createDocumentProxy(this, global);
-
-			global.document[SCRAMJETCLIENT] = this;
-		}
-
-		this.locationProxy = createLocationProxy(this, global);
-		this.globalProxy = createGlobalProxy(this, global);
-		this.wrapfn = createWrapFn(this, global);
 		if (iswindow) {
 			this.bare = new BareClient();
 		} else {
@@ -130,6 +121,19 @@ export class ScramjetClient {
 				})
 			);
 		}
+
+		this.serviceWorker = this.global.navigator.serviceWorker;
+
+		if (iswindow) {
+			this.documentProxy = createDocumentProxy(this, global);
+
+			global.document[SCRAMJETCLIENT] = this;
+		}
+
+		this.locationProxy = createLocationProxy(this, global);
+		this.globalProxy = createGlobalProxy(this, global);
+		this.wrapfn = createWrapFn(this, global);
+		this.sourcemaps = {};
 		this.natives = {
 			store: new Proxy(
 				{},
diff --git a/src/client/shared/sourcemaps.ts b/src/client/shared/sourcemaps.ts
index 77fd824..8c0598d 100644
--- a/src/client/shared/sourcemaps.ts
+++ b/src/client/shared/sourcemaps.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { flagEnabled } from "../../scramjet";
+import { SCRAMJETCLIENT, SCRAMJETCLIENTNAME } from "../../symbols";
 import { ProxyCtx, ScramjetClient } from "../client";
 
 enum RewriteType {
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@ type Rewrite = {
 	  }
 );
 
+export type SourceMaps = Record<string, Rewrite[]>;
+
 function getEnd(rewrite: Rewrite): number {
 	if (rewrite.type === RewriteType.Insert) {
 		return rewrite.start + rewrite.size;
@@ -31,6 +34,30 @@ function getEnd(rewrite: Rewrite): number {
 
 const scramtag_ident = "/*scramtag ";
 
+// some sites like to steal funcs from frames and then unrewrite them
+function searchRewrites(tag: string): Rewrite[] | undefined {
+	function searchFrame(globalThis: Self) {
+		const SCRAMJETCLIENT = globalThis.Symbol.for(SCRAMJETCLIENTNAME);
+		if (globalThis[SCRAMJETCLIENT].sourcemaps[tag])
+			return globalThis[SCRAMJETCLIENT].sourcemaps[tag];
+
+		// no enhanced for :frowning2:
+		for (let i = 0; i < globalThis.frames.length; i++) {
+			const rewrites = searchFrame(globalThis.frames[i].self);
+			if (rewrites) return rewrites;
+		}
+	}
+
+	let globalThis = self;
+	let rewrites = searchFrame(globalThis);
+	if (rewrites) return rewrites;
+	while (globalThis.parent && globalThis.parent !== globalThis.window) {
+		globalThis = globalThis.parent.self;
+		let rewrites = searchFrame(globalThis);
+		if (rewrites) return rewrites;
+	}
+}
+
 function registerRewrites(buf: Array<number>, tag: string) {
 	const sourcemap = Uint8Array.from(buf);
 	const view = new DataView(sourcemap.buffer);
@@ -65,7 +92,7 @@ function registerRewrites(buf: Array<number>, tag: string) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	sourcemaps[tag] = rewrites;
+	self[SCRAMJETCLIENT].sourcemaps[tag] = rewrites;
 }
 
 function doUnrewrite(ctx: ProxyCtx) {
@@ -94,7 +121,7 @@ function doUnrewrite(ctx: ProxyCtx) {
 	const scramtagend = stringified.indexOf("*/", scramtagstart);
 	const tag = stringified.substring(firstspace + 1, scramtagend);
 
-	const rewrites = sourcemaps[tag];
+	const rewrites = searchRewrites(tag);
 
 	if (!rewrites) {
 		console.warn("failed to get rewrites for tag", tag);
@@ -137,8 +164,6 @@ function doUnrewrite(ctx: ProxyCtx) {
 	return ctx.return(newString);
 }
 
-const sourcemaps: Record<string, Rewrite[]> = {};
-
 export const enabled = (client: ScramjetClient) =>
 	flagEnabled("sourcemaps", client.url);
 
diff --git a/src/shared/rewriters/js.ts b/src/shared/rewriters/js.ts
index a78ba21..302e669 100644
--- a/src/shared/rewriters/js.ts
+++ b/src/shared/rewriters/js.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ function rewriteJsWasm(
 	} catch (err) {
 		const err1 = err as Error;
 		console.warn("failed rewriting js for", source, err1, input);
-		err1.message = `failed rewriting js for "${source}": ${err1.message}`;
 
 		return { js: input, tag: "", map: null };
 	}
diff --git a/src/symbols.ts b/src/symbols.ts
index 5505d8b..a7b6a99 100644
--- a/src/symbols.ts
+++ b/src/symbols.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 // see types.d.ts for what these mean
-export const SCRAMJETCLIENT = Symbol.for("scramjet client global");
+export const SCRAMJETCLIENTNAME = "scramjet client global";
+export const SCRAMJETCLIENT = Symbol.for(SCRAMJETCLIENTNAME);
 export const SCRAMJETFRAME = Symbol.for("scramjet frame handle");