diff --git a/mod_ood_proxy/lib/ood/proxy.lua b/mod_ood_proxy/lib/ood/proxy.lua
index 08a13ed54c..81ce24c442 100644
--- a/mod_ood_proxy/lib/ood/proxy.lua
+++ b/mod_ood_proxy/lib/ood/proxy.lua
@@ -7,17 +7,16 @@ function set_reverse_proxy(r, conn)
   -- find protocol used by parsing the request headers
   local protocol = (r.headers_in['Upgrade'] and "ws://" or "http://")
 
-  -- setup request to use mod_proxy for the reverse proxy
-  r.handler = "proxy-server"
-  r.proxyreq = apache2.PROXYREQ_REVERSE
 
   -- define reverse proxy destination using connection object
   if conn.socket then
-    r.filename = "proxy:unix:" .. conn.socket .. "|" .. protocol .. "localhost" .. conn.uri
+    r.handler = "proxy:unix:" .. conn.socket .. "|" .. protocol .. "localhost"
   else
-    r.filename = "proxy:" .. protocol .. conn.server .. conn.uri
+    r.handler = "proxy:" .. protocol .. conn.server
   end
 
+  r.filename = conn.uri
+
   -- include useful information for the backend server
 
   -- provide the protocol used
diff --git a/mod_ood_proxy/lib/pun_proxy.lua b/mod_ood_proxy/lib/pun_proxy.lua
index c47dc64657..0062740350 100644
--- a/mod_ood_proxy/lib/pun_proxy.lua
+++ b/mod_ood_proxy/lib/pun_proxy.lua
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function pun_proxy_handler(r)
   local conn = {}
   conn.user = user
   conn.socket = pun_socket_root .. "/" .. user .. "/passenger.sock"
-  conn.uri = r.unparsed_uri
+  conn.uri = r.uri
 
   -- start up PUN if socket doesn't exist
   local err = nil