Those rewrites you're using https://github.com/MediaCrush/MediaCrush/blob/master/config/nginx.conf#L4&L10 https://github.com/MediaCrush/MediaCrush/blob/master/

Those rewrites you're using https://github.com/MediaCrush/MediaCrush/blob/master/config/nginx.conf#L4&L10 https://github.com/MediaCrush/MediaCrush/blob/master/config/... (BTW, how to hightlight two separate lines?) are considered taxing http://wiki.nginx.org/Pitfalls#Taxing_Rewrites http://wiki.nginx.org/Pitfalls#Taxing_Rewrites and you could replace them with just a "return." I love the idea, the fact that you provide all the configs, that it's written in python... it's a really great project.