diff --git a/example/rewrite/.local-web-server.json b/example/rewrite/.local-web-server.json
index 9e5755c..ae46592 100644
--- a/example/rewrite/.local-web-server.json
+++ b/example/rewrite/.local-web-server.json
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
   "rewrite": [
     { "from": "/css/*", "to": "/build/styles/$1" },
     { "from": "/npm/*", "to": "http://registry.npmjs.org/$1" },
-    { "from": "/:user/repos/:name", "to": "https://api.github.com/repos/:user/:name" },
-    {
-      "from": "/lloyd/*",
-      "to": "http://104.131.40.69/$1"
-    }
+    { "from": "/:user/repos/:name", "to": "https://api.github.com/repos/:user/:name" }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/lib/local-web-server.js b/lib/local-web-server.js
index 9db986b..8db7cd9 100644
--- a/lib/local-web-server.js
+++ b/lib/local-web-server.js
@@ -84,9 +84,6 @@ function localWebServer (options) {
   /* pretty print JSON */
   app.use(json())
 
-  /* request body parser */
-  app.use(bodyParser())
-
   /* rewrite rules */
   if (options.rewrite && options.rewrite.length) {
     options.rewrite.forEach(route => {
@@ -104,6 +101,9 @@ function localWebServer (options) {
     })
   }
 
+  /* must come after rewrite. See https://github.com/nodejitsu/node-http-proxy/issues/180. */
+  app.use(bodyParser())
+
   /* path blacklist */
   if (options.forbid.length) {
     debug('forbid', options.forbid.join(', '))
diff --git a/lib/middleware.js b/lib/middleware.js
index da1e5e3..a5359ca 100644
--- a/lib/middleware.js
+++ b/lib/middleware.js
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ function proxyRequest (route, app) {
     proxy.once('proxyReq', function (proxyReq) {
       proxyReq.path = url.parse(route.new).path
     })
+
     proxy.web(this.req, this.res, { target: route.new })
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/rewrite-proxy.js b/test/rewrite-proxy.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e884e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/rewrite-proxy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+'use strict'
+const test = require('tape')
+const request = require('req-then')
+const localWebServer = require('../')
+const http = require('http')
+
+function launchServer (app, options) {
+  options = options || {}
+  const path = `http://localhost:8100${options.path || '/'}`
+  const server = http.createServer(app.callback())
+  return server.listen(options.port || 8100, () => {
+    const req = request(path, options.reqOptions)
+    if (options.onSuccess) req.then(options.onSuccess)
+    if (!options.leaveOpen) req.then(() => server.close())
+    req.catch(err => console.error('LAUNCH ERROR', err.stack))
+  })
+}
+
+function checkResponse (t, status, body) {
+  return function (response) {
+    if (status) t.strictEqual(response.res.statusCode, status)
+    if (body) t.ok(body.test(response.data))
+  }
+}
+
+test('rewrite: proxy', function (t) {
+  t.plan(2)
+  const app = localWebServer({
+    log: { format: 'none' },
+    static: { root: __dirname + '/fixture/rewrite' },
+    rewrite: [ { from: '/test/*', to: 'http://registry.npmjs.org/$1' } ]
+  })
+  launchServer(app, { path: '/test/', onSuccess: response => {
+    t.strictEqual(response.res.statusCode, 200)
+    t.ok(/db_name/.test(response.data))
+  }})
+})
+
+test('rewrite: proxy, POST', function (t) {
+  t.plan(1)
+  const app = localWebServer({
+    log: { format: 'none' },
+    static: { root: __dirname + '/fixture/rewrite' },
+    rewrite: [ { from: '/test/*', to: 'http://registry.npmjs.org/' } ]
+  })
+  const server = http.createServer(app.callback())
+  server.listen(8100, () => {
+    request('http://localhost:8100/test/', { data: {} })
+      .then(checkResponse(t, 405))
+      .then(server.close.bind(server))
+  })
+})
+
+test('rewrite: proxy, two url tokens', function (t) {
+  t.plan(2)
+  const app = localWebServer({
+    log: { format: 'none' },
+    rewrite: [ { from: '/:package/:version', to: 'http://registry.npmjs.org/:package/:version' } ]
+  })
+  launchServer(app, { path: '/command-line-args/1.0.0', onSuccess: response => {
+    t.strictEqual(response.res.statusCode, 200)
+    t.ok(/command-line-args/.test(response.data))
+  }})
+})
+
+test('rewrite: proxy with port', function (t) {
+  t.plan(2)
+  const one = localWebServer({
+    log: { format: 'none' },
+    static: { root: __dirname + '/fixture/one' }
+  })
+  const two = localWebServer({
+    log: { format: 'none' },
+    static: { root: __dirname + '/fixture/spa' },
+    rewrite: [ { from: '/test/*', to: 'http://localhost:9000/$1' } ]
+  })
+  const server1 = http.createServer(one.callback())
+  const server2 = http.createServer(two.callback())
+  server1.listen(9000, () => {
+    server2.listen(8100, () => {
+      request('http://localhost:8100/test/file.txt').then(response => {
+        t.strictEqual(response.res.statusCode, 200)
+        t.ok(/one/.test(response.data))
+        server1.close()
+        server2.close()
+      })
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 22dc2fb..c67f158 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -143,56 +143,6 @@ test('rewrite: local', function (t) {
   }})
 })
 
-test('rewrite: proxy', function (t) {
-  t.plan(2)
-  const app = localWebServer({
-    log: { format: 'none' },
-    static: { root: __dirname + '/fixture/rewrite' },
-    rewrite: [ { from: '/test/*', to: 'http://registry.npmjs.org/$1' } ]
-  })
-  launchServer(app, { path: '/test/', onSuccess: response => {
-    t.strictEqual(response.res.statusCode, 200)
-    t.ok(/db_name/.test(response.data))
-  }})
-})
-
-test('rewrite: proxy, two url tokens', function (t) {
-  t.plan(2)
-  const app = localWebServer({
-    log: { format: 'none' },
-    rewrite: [ { from: '/:package/:version', to: 'http://registry.npmjs.org/:package/:version' } ]
-  })
-  launchServer(app, { path: '/command-line-args/1.0.0', onSuccess: response => {
-    t.strictEqual(response.res.statusCode, 200)
-    t.ok(/command-line-args/.test(response.data))
-  }})
-})
-
-test('rewrite: proxy with port', function (t) {
-  t.plan(2)
-  const one = localWebServer({
-    log: { format: 'none' },
-    static: { root: __dirname + '/fixture/one' }
-  })
-  const two = localWebServer({
-    log: { format: 'none' },
-    static: { root: __dirname + '/fixture/spa' },
-    rewrite: [ { from: '/test/*', to: 'http://localhost:9000/$1' } ]
-  })
-  const server1 = http.createServer(one.callback())
-  const server2 = http.createServer(two.callback())
-  server1.listen(9000, () => {
-    server2.listen(8100, () => {
-      request('http://localhost:8100/test/file.txt').then(response => {
-        t.strictEqual(response.res.statusCode, 200)
-        t.ok(/one/.test(response.data))
-        server1.close()
-        server2.close()
-      })
-    })
-  })
-})
-
 test('mock: simple response', function (t) {
   t.plan(2)
   const app = localWebServer({