diff --git a/automation/roles/mitmproxy/files/bubble_modify.py b/automation/roles/mitmproxy/files/bubble_modify.py
index e5077fd3..eba8bab5 100644
--- a/automation/roles/mitmproxy/files/bubble_modify.py
+++ b/automation/roles/mitmproxy/files/bubble_modify.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def send_bubble_response(response):
 def responseheaders(flow):
 
     if flow.request.path and flow.request.path.startswith(BUBBLE_URI_PREFIX):
-        uri = 'https://' + bubble_host_alias + ':' + str(bubble_ssl_port) + '/' + flow.request.path[len(BUBBLE_URI_PREFIX):]
+        uri = 'http://127.0.0.1:' + bubble_port + '/' + flow.request.path[len(BUBBLE_URI_PREFIX):]
         bubble_log('responseheaders: sending special bubble request to '+uri)
         headers = {
             'Accept' : 'application/json',
diff --git a/automation/roles/mitmproxy/templates/bubble_config.py.j2 b/automation/roles/mitmproxy/templates/bubble_config.py.j2
index 27ec274a..aee0d31e 100644
--- a/automation/roles/mitmproxy/templates/bubble_config.py.j2
+++ b/automation/roles/mitmproxy/templates/bubble_config.py.j2
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ bubble_network = '{{ bubble_network }}'
 bubble_port = '{{ admin_port }}';
 bubble_host = '{{ server_name }}'
 bubble_host_alias = '{{ server_alias }}'
-bubble_ssl_port = {{ ssl_port }}
+bubble_ssl_port = '{{ ssl_port }}'
diff --git a/bubble-server/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/bubble-server/src/main/resources/logback.xml
index f590711f..f3970f6a 100644
--- a/bubble-server/src/main/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/bubble-server/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 <!--    <logger name="bubble.filters.BubbleRateLimitFilter" level="TRACE" />-->
 <!--    <logger name="org.cobbzilla.wizard.filters.RateLimitFilter" level="TRACE" />-->
     <logger name="bubble.service.stream.StandardRuleEngineService" level="DEBUG" />
-    <logger name="bubble.service.stream.ActiveStreamState" level="DEBUG" />
+    <logger name="bubble.service.stream.ActiveStreamState" level="INFO" />
     <logger name="bubble.resources.stream" level="DEBUG" />
 <!--    <logger name="bubble.resources.stream.FilterHttpResource" level="TRACE" />-->
     <logger name="bubble.service.stream" level="INFO" />
diff --git a/bubble-server/src/main/resources/models/apps/user_block/hn/bubbleApp_userBlock_hn_matchers.json b/bubble-server/src/main/resources/models/apps/user_block/hn/bubbleApp_userBlock_hn_matchers.json
index 1b7a3eae..9d9c0524 100644
--- a/bubble-server/src/main/resources/models/apps/user_block/hn/bubbleApp_userBlock_hn_matchers.json
+++ b/bubble-server/src/main/resources/models/apps/user_block/hn/bubbleApp_userBlock_hn_matchers.json
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@
       "fqdn": "news.ycombinator.com",
       "urlRegex": "/item\\?id=\\d+",
       "rule": "hn_user_blocker"
+    }, {
+      "name": "HNThreadsMatcher",
+      "site": "HackerNews",
+      "template": true,
+      "fqdn": "news.ycombinator.com",
+      "urlRegex": "/threads\\?id=\\w+",
+      "rule": "hn_user_blocker"
     }]
   }
 }]