diff --git a/templates/nginx.conf.j2 b/templates/nginx.conf.j2
index 1ad3c77..74685cb 100644
--- a/templates/nginx.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/nginx.conf.j2
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ http {
 	include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
 	default_type application/octet-stream;
 
+    # needed for weechat #
+    map $http_upgrade $connection_upgrade {
+            default upgrade;
+            '' close;
+    }
+
 	ssl_certificate         {{ ssl_path }}/fullchain.pem;
 	ssl_certificate_key     {{ ssl_path }}/privkey.pem;
 	ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
diff --git a/templates/nginx_server_block.conf.j2 b/templates/nginx_server_block.conf.j2
index 8f5f83e..84d740c 100644
--- a/templates/nginx_server_block.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/nginx_server_block.conf.j2
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ server{
     location / {    
         proxy_pass http://{{ targetip }}:{{ targetport }};
         proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
+        {{ proxy_pass_blob }}
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/vm.py b/vm.py
index 9d93403..4669809 100644
--- a/vm.py
+++ b/vm.py
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ class VM:
         self.network = args.get("network") or "default"
         self.lease = self._get_lease_for_hostname()
         self.ip = self.lease.get("ipaddr")
+        self.proxy_pass_options = args.get("proxy_pass_options")
+        self.proxy_pass_blob = ""
+        if self.proxy_pass_options:
+            self.proxy_pass_blob = "\n".join(self.proxy_pass_options)
 
     def _get_lease_for_hostname(self):
         
@@ -86,7 +90,8 @@ class VM:
                 compositeName = "-".join((self.hostname, subdomain["name"].replace(".","-")))
                 targetport = subdomain["port"]
                 component = template.render(targetip=self.ip, targetport=targetport, 
-                                servernames=[subdomain["name"]], comment=compositeName)
+                                servernames=[subdomain["name"]], comment=compositeName,
+                                proxy_pass_blob=self.proxy_pass_blob)
                 components.append(component)
 
         elif any([type(e) == dict for e in self.subdomains]):
@@ -94,7 +99,8 @@ class VM:
         else:
             compositeName = "-".join((self.hostname, self.subdomains[0].replace(".","-")))
             component = template.render(targetip=self.ip, targetport=targetport, 
-                            servernames=self.subdomains, comment=compositeName)
+                            servernames=self.subdomains, comment=compositeName,
+                            proxy_pass_blob=self.proxy_pass_blob)
             components.append(component)
 
         return components