diff --git a/breezewiki.rkt b/breezewiki.rkt
index dfb405e..3fc9b8f 100644
--- a/breezewiki.rkt
+++ b/breezewiki.rkt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 (require-reloadable "src/page-static.rkt" static-dispatcher)
 (require-reloadable "src/page-subdomain.rkt" subdomain-dispatcher)
 (require-reloadable "src/page-wiki.rkt" page-wiki)
+(require-reloadable "src/page-file.rkt" page-file)
 
 (reload!)
 
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@
       page-proxy
       page-search
       page-wiki
+      page-file
       redirect-wiki-home
       static-dispatcher
       subdomain-dispatcher))))
diff --git a/dist.rkt b/dist.rkt
index a626695..805df48 100644
--- a/dist.rkt
+++ b/dist.rkt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 (require (only-in "src/page-static.rkt" static-dispatcher))
 (require (only-in "src/page-subdomain.rkt" subdomain-dispatcher))
 (require (only-in "src/page-wiki.rkt" page-wiki))
+(require (only-in "src/page-file.rkt" page-file))
 
 (serve/launch/wait
  #:listen-ip (if (config-true? 'debug) "127.0.0.1" #f)
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@
     page-proxy
     page-search
     page-wiki
+    page-file
     redirect-wiki-home
     static-dispatcher
     subdomain-dispatcher)))
diff --git a/info.rkt b/info.rkt
index 74152ef..46512df 100644
--- a/info.rkt
+++ b/info.rkt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #lang info
 
-(define build-deps '("rackunit-lib" "web-server-lib" "http-easy-lib" "html-parsing" "html-writing" "json-pointer" "ini-lib"))
+(define build-deps '("rackunit-lib" "web-server-lib" "http-easy-lib" "html-parsing" "html-writing" "json-pointer" "ini-lib" "memo"))
diff --git a/src/application-globals.rkt b/src/application-globals.rkt
index c214924..7f16bee 100644
--- a/src/application-globals.rkt
+++ b/src/application-globals.rkt
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
          "url-utils.rkt")
 
 (provide
+ ; headers to always send on all http responses
+ always-headers
  ; timeout durations for http-easy requests
  timeouts
  ; generates a consistent footer
@@ -22,6 +24,8 @@
   (require rackunit
            html-writing))
 
+(define always-headers
+  (list (header #"Referrer-Policy" #"same-origin"))) ; header to not send referers to fandom
 (define timeouts (easy:make-timeout-config #:lease 5 #:connect 5))
 
 (define (application-footer source-url #:license [license-in #f])
@@ -48,8 +52,8 @@
                 ,(if source-url
                      `(div (p "This page displays proxied content from "
                               (a (@ (href ,source-url) (rel "noreferrer")) ,source-url)
-                              ,(format ". Text content is available under the ~a license, " (license-text license))
-                              (a (@ (href ,(license-url license))) "see license info.")
+                              ,(format ". Text content is available under the ~a license, " (license^-text license))
+                              (a (@ (href ,(license^-url license))) "see license info.")
                               " Media files may have different copying restrictions.")
                            (p ,(format "Fandom is a trademark of Fandom, Inc. ~a is not affiliated with Fandom." (config-get 'application_name))))
                      `(div (p "Text content on wikis run by Fandom is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 3.0 (Unported), "
@@ -63,7 +67,8 @@
          #:wikiname wikiname
          #:title title
          #:body-class [body-class-in #f]
-         #:license [license #f])
+         #:siteinfo [siteinfo-in #f])
+  (define siteinfo (or siteinfo-in siteinfo-default))
   (define body-class (if (not body-class-in)
                          "skin-fandomdesktop"
                          body-class-in))
@@ -82,7 +87,10 @@
   `(html
     (head
      (meta (@ (name "viewport") (content "width=device-width, initial-scale=1")))
-     (title ,(format "~a | ~a" title (config-get 'application_name)))
+     (title ,(format "~a | ~a+~a"
+                     title
+                     (regexp-replace #rx" ?Wiki$" (siteinfo^-sitename siteinfo) "")
+                     (config-get 'application_name)))
      ,@(map (λ (url)
               `(link (@ (rel "stylesheet") (type "text/css") (href ,url))))
             (required-styles (format "https://~a.fandom.com" wikiname)))
@@ -101,7 +109,7 @@
                           (div (@ (id "content") #;(class "page-content"))
                                (div (@ (id "mw-content-text"))
                                     ,content))
-                          ,(application-footer source-url #:license license)))))))
+                          ,(application-footer source-url #:license (siteinfo^-license siteinfo))))))))
 (module+ test
   (define page
     (parameterize ([(config-parameter 'strict_proxy) "true"])
diff --git a/src/data.rkt b/src/data.rkt
index 8eb0cd6..6673e4c 100644
--- a/src/data.rkt
+++ b/src/data.rkt
@@ -1,33 +1,36 @@
 #lang racket/base
-(require (prefix-in easy: net/http-easy)
+(require racket/list
+         (prefix-in easy: net/http-easy)
+         memo
          "url-utils.rkt"
          "xexpr-utils.rkt")
 
 (provide
- (struct-out license)
- license-default
- license-auto)
+ (struct-out siteinfo^)
+ (struct-out license^)
+ siteinfo-fetch
+ siteinfo-default
+ license-default)
 
-(struct license (text url) #:transparent)
-(define license-default (license "CC-BY-SA" "https://www.fandom.com/licensing"))
-(define license-hash (make-hash))
-(define (license-fetch wikiname)
+(struct siteinfo^ (sitename basepage license) #:transparent)
+(struct license^ (text url) #:transparent)
+
+(define license-default (license^ "CC-BY-SA" "https://www.fandom.com/licensing"))
+(define siteinfo-default (siteinfo^ "Test Wiki" "Main_Page" license-default))
+
+(define/memoize (siteinfo-fetch wikiname) #:hash hash
   (define dest-url
     (format "https://~a.fandom.com/api.php?~a"
             wikiname
             (params->query '(("action" . "query")
                              ("meta" . "siteinfo")
-                             ("siprop" . "rightsinfo")
+                             ("siprop" . "general|rightsinfo")
                              ("format" . "json")
                              ("formatversion" . "2")))))
   (log-outgoing dest-url)
   (define res (easy:get dest-url))
   (define data (easy:response-json res))
-  (license (jp "/query/rightsinfo/text" data)
-           (jp "/query/rightsinfo/url" data)))
-(define (license-auto wikiname)
-  (if (hash-has-key? license-hash wikiname)
-      (hash-ref license-hash wikiname)
-      (let ([result (license-fetch wikiname)])
-        (hash-set! license-hash wikiname result)
-        result)))
+  (siteinfo^ (jp "/query/general/sitename" data)
+             (second (regexp-match #rx"/wiki/(.*)" (jp "/query/general/base" data)))
+             (license^ (jp "/query/rightsinfo/text" data)
+                       (jp "/query/rightsinfo/url" data))))
diff --git a/src/dispatcher-tree.rkt b/src/dispatcher-tree.rkt
index f2c1412..b68cf9c 100644
--- a/src/dispatcher-tree.rkt
+++ b/src/dispatcher-tree.rkt
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
               (pathprocedure:make "/proxy" (hash-ref ds 'page-proxy))
               (pathprocedure:make "/search" (hash-ref ds 'page-global-search))
               (filter:make (pregexp (format "^/~a/wiki/Category:.+$" px-wikiname)) (lift:make (hash-ref ds 'page-category)))
+              (filter:make (pregexp (format "^/~a/wiki/File:.+$" px-wikiname)) (lift:make (hash-ref ds 'page-file)))
               (filter:make (pregexp (format "^/~a/wiki/.+$" px-wikiname)) (lift:make (hash-ref ds 'page-wiki)))
               (filter:make (pregexp (format "^/~a/search$" px-wikiname)) (lift:make (hash-ref ds 'page-search)))
               (filter:make (pregexp (format "^/~a(/(wiki(/)?)?)?$" px-wikiname)) (lift:make (hash-ref ds 'redirect-wiki-home)))
diff --git a/src/page-category.rkt b/src/page-category.rkt
index f7c43b2..6c0a733 100644
--- a/src/page-category.rkt
+++ b/src/page-category.rkt
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@
          #:members-data members-data
          #:page page
          #:body-class [body-class #f]
-         #:license [license #f])
+         #:siteinfo [siteinfo #f])
   (define members (jp "/query/categorymembers" members-data))
   (generate-wiki-page
    #:source-url source-url
    #:wikiname wikiname
    #:title title
    #:body-class body-class
-   #:license license
+   #:siteinfo siteinfo
    `(div
      ,(update-tree-wiki page wikiname)
      (hr)
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
                 (log-outgoing dest-url)
                 (define dest-res (easy:get dest-url #:timeouts timeouts))
                 (easy:response-json dest-res)]
-     [license (license-auto wikiname)])
+     [siteinfo (siteinfo-fetch wikiname)])
 
     (define title (preprocess-html-wiki (jp "/parse/title" page-data prefixed-category)))
     (define page-html (preprocess-html-wiki (jp "/parse/text" page-data "")))
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
                   #:members-data members-data
                   #:page page
                   #:body-class body-class
-                  #:license license))
+                  #:siteinfo siteinfo))
 
     (when (config-true? 'debug)
       ; used for its side effects
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@
       (xexp->html body))
     (response/output
      #:code 200
+     #:headers (build-headers always-headers)
      (λ (out)
        (write-html body out))))))
 (module+ test
diff --git a/src/page-file.rkt b/src/page-file.rkt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee27749
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/page-file.rkt
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+#lang racket/base
+(require racket/dict
+         racket/list
+         racket/match
+         racket/string
+         (prefix-in easy: net/http-easy)
+         ; html libs
+         html-parsing
+         html-writing
+         ; web server libs
+         net/url
+         web-server/http
+         (only-in web-server/dispatchers/dispatch next-dispatcher)
+         #;(only-in web-server/http/redirect redirect-to)
+         "application-globals.rkt"
+         "config.rkt"
+         "data.rkt"
+         "page-wiki.rkt"
+         "syntax.rkt"
+         "url-utils.rkt"
+         "xexpr-utils.rkt")
+
+(provide page-file)
+
+(module+ test
+  (require rackunit)
+  (define test-media-detail
+    '#hasheq((fileTitle . "Example file")
+             (videoEmbedCode . "")
+             (imageUrl . "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/examplefile")
+             (rawImageUrl . "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/examplefile")
+             (userName . "blankie")
+             (isPostedIn . #t)
+             (smallerArticleList . (#hasheq((title . "Example_article")
+                                            (titleText . "Example article"))))
+             (articleListIsSmaller . 0)
+             (exists . #t)
+             (imageDescription . #f))))
+
+(define (url-content-type url)
+  (log-outgoing url)
+  (define dest-res (easy:head url #:timeouts timeouts))
+  (easy:response-headers-ref dest-res 'content-type))
+
+(define (get-media-html url content-type)
+  (define maybe-proxied-url (if (config-true? 'strict_proxy) (u-proxy-url url) url))
+  (cond
+    [(eq? content-type #f) `""]
+    [(regexp-match? #rx"(?i:^image/)" content-type) `(img (@ (src ,maybe-proxied-url)))]
+    [(regexp-match? #rx"(?i:^audio/|^application/ogg(;|$))" content-type)
+     `(audio (@ (src ,maybe-proxied-url) (controls)))]
+    [(regexp-match? #rx"(?i:^video/)" content-type) `(video (@ (src ,maybe-proxied-url) (controls)))]
+    [else `""]))
+
+(define (generate-results-page #:source-url source-url
+                               #:wikiname wikiname
+                               #:title title
+                               #:media-detail media-detail
+                               #:image-content-type image-content-type
+                               #:siteinfo [siteinfo #f])
+  (define video-embed-code (jp "/videoEmbedCode" media-detail ""))
+  (define raw-image-url (jp "/rawImageUrl" media-detail))
+  (define image-url (jp "/imageUrl" media-detail raw-image-url))
+  (define username (jp "/userName" media-detail))
+  (define is-posted-in (jp "/isPostedIn" media-detail #f))
+  (define smaller-article-list (jp "/smallerArticleList" media-detail))
+  (define article-list-is-smaller (jp "/articleListIsSmaller" media-detail))
+  (define image-description (jp "/imageDescription" media-detail #f))
+  (define maybe-proxied-raw-image-url
+    (if (config-true? 'strict_proxy) (u-proxy-url raw-image-url) raw-image-url))
+  (generate-wiki-page
+   #:source-url source-url
+   #:wikiname wikiname
+   #:title title
+   #:siteinfo siteinfo
+   `(div ,(if (non-empty-string? video-embed-code)
+              (update-tree-wiki (html->xexp (preprocess-html-wiki video-embed-code)) wikiname)
+              (get-media-html image-url image-content-type))
+         (p ,(if (non-empty-string? video-embed-code)
+                 `""
+                 `(span (a (@ (href ,maybe-proxied-raw-image-url)) "View original file") ". "))
+            "Added by "
+            (a (@ (href ,(format "/~a/wiki/User:~a" wikiname username))) ,username)
+            "."
+            ,(if is-posted-in
+                 `(span " Posted in "
+                        ,@(map (λ (article)
+                                 (define page-path (jp "/title" article))
+                                 (define title (jp "/titleText" article page-path))
+                                 `(span ,(if (eq? (car smaller-article-list) article) "" ", ")
+                                        (a (@ (href ,(format "/~a/wiki/~a" wikiname page-path)))
+                                           ,title)))
+                               smaller-article-list)
+                        ,(if (eq? article-list-is-smaller 1) "…" "."))
+                 `""))
+         ,(if (string? image-description)
+              (update-tree-wiki (html->xexp (preprocess-html-wiki image-description)) wikiname)
+              ""))))
+
+(define (page-file req)
+  (define wikiname (path/param-path (first (url-path (request-uri req)))))
+  (define prefixed-title (path/param-path (caddr (url-path (request-uri req)))))
+  (define origin (format "https://~a.fandom.com" wikiname))
+  (define source-url (format "~a/wiki/~a" origin prefixed-title))
+
+  (thread-let ([media-detail
+                (define dest-url
+                  (format "~a/wikia.php?~a"
+                          origin
+                          (params->query `(("format" . "json") ("controller" . "Lightbox")
+                                                               ("method" . "getMediaDetail")
+                                                               ("fileTitle" . ,prefixed-title)))))
+                (log-outgoing dest-url)
+                (define dest-res (easy:get dest-url #:timeouts timeouts))
+                (easy:response-json dest-res)]
+               [siteinfo (siteinfo-fetch wikiname)])
+              (if (not (jp "/exists" media-detail #f))
+                  (next-dispatcher)
+                  (response-handler
+                   (define file-title (jp "/fileTitle" media-detail ""))
+                   (define title
+                     (if (non-empty-string? file-title) (format "File:~a" file-title) prefixed-title))
+                   (define image-content-type
+                     (if (non-empty-string? (jp "/videoEmbedCode" media-detail ""))
+                         #f
+                         (url-content-type (jp "/imageUrl" media-detail))))
+                   (define body
+                     (generate-results-page #:source-url source-url
+                                            #:wikiname wikiname
+                                            #:title title
+                                            #:media-detail media-detail
+                                            #:image-content-type image-content-type
+                                            #:siteinfo siteinfo))
+                   (when (config-true? 'debug)
+                     ; used for its side effects
+                     ; convert to string with error checking, error will be raised if xexp is invalid
+                     (xexp->html body))
+                   (response/output #:code 200
+                                    #:headers (list referrer-policy)
+                                    (λ (out) (write-html body out)))))))
+(module+ test
+  (parameterize ([(config-parameter 'strict_proxy) "true"])
+    (check-equal? (get-media-html "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/a" "image/jpeg")
+                  `(img (@ (src "/proxy?dest=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wikia.nocookie.net%2Fa"))))
+    (check-equal? (get-media-html "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/b" "audio/mp3")
+                  `(audio (@ (src "/proxy?dest=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wikia.nocookie.net%2Fb")
+                             (controls)))))
+  (parameterize ([(config-parameter 'strict_proxy) "no"])
+    (check-equal? (get-media-html "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/c" "application/ogg")
+                  `(audio (@ (src "/proxy?dest=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wikia.nocookie.net%2Fc")
+                             (controls))))
+    (check-equal? (get-media-html "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/d" "video/mp4")
+                  `(video (@ (src "/proxy?dest=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wikia.nocookie.net%2Fd")
+                             (controls)))))
+  (check-equal? (get-media-html "https://example.com" "who knows") `"")
+  (check-equal? (get-media-html "https://example.com" #f) `""))
+(module+ test
+  (parameterize ([(config-parameter 'strict_proxy) "true"])
+    (check-not-false
+     ((query-selector
+       (attribute-selector 'src "/proxy?dest=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wikia.nocookie.net%2Fexamplefile")
+       (generate-results-page #:source-url ""
+                              #:wikiname "test"
+                              #:title "File:Example file"
+                              #:media-detail test-media-detail
+                              #:image-content-type "image/jpeg"))))))
diff --git a/src/page-home.rkt b/src/page-home.rkt
index 7c7aaa1..b16f66a 100644
--- a/src/page-home.rkt
+++ b/src/page-home.rkt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
          html-writing
          web-server/http
          "application-globals.rkt"
+         "url-utils.rkt"
          "xexpr-utils.rkt"
          "config.rkt")
 
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@
 (define (page-home req)
   (response/output
    #:code 200
+   #:headers (build-headers always-headers)
    (λ (out)
      (write-html body out))))
 
diff --git a/src/page-proxy.rkt b/src/page-proxy.rkt
index 8dbf0f9..3c22e1e 100644
--- a/src/page-proxy.rkt
+++ b/src/page-proxy.rkt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
          net/url
          web-server/http
          (only-in web-server/dispatchers/dispatch next-dispatcher)
+         "application-globals.rkt"
          "url-utils.rkt"
          "xexpr-utils.rkt")
 
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@
               (response/output
                #:code (easy:response-status-code dest-r)
                #:mime-type (easy:response-headers-ref dest-r 'content-type)
+               #:headers (build-headers always-headers)
                (λ (out)
                  (copy-port (easy:response-output dest-r) out)
                  (easy:response-close! dest-r))))))
diff --git a/src/page-redirect-wiki-home.rkt b/src/page-redirect-wiki-home.rkt
index b0c3df3..c8e6dde 100644
--- a/src/page-redirect-wiki-home.rkt
+++ b/src/page-redirect-wiki-home.rkt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 (require net/url
          web-server/http
          "application-globals.rkt"
+         "data.rkt"
          "url-utils.rkt"
          "xexpr-utils.rkt")
 
@@ -11,5 +12,6 @@
 (define (redirect-wiki-home req)
   (response-handler
    (define wikiname (path/param-path (car (url-path (request-uri req)))))
-   (define dest (format "/~a/wiki/Main_Page" wikiname))
+   (define siteinfo (siteinfo-fetch wikiname))
+   (define dest (format "/~a/wiki/~a" wikiname (or (siteinfo^-basepage siteinfo) "Main_Page")))
    (generate-redirect dest)))
diff --git a/src/page-search.rkt b/src/page-search.rkt
index 387deab..81a88b2 100644
--- a/src/page-search.rkt
+++ b/src/page-search.rkt
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@
   (define search-json-data
     '#hasheq((batchcomplete . #t) (query . #hasheq((search . (#hasheq((ns . 0) (pageid . 219) (size . 1482) (snippet . "") (timestamp . "2022-08-21T08:54:23Z") (title . "Gacha Capsule") (wordcount . 214)) #hasheq((ns . 0) (pageid . 201) (size . 1198) (snippet . "") (timestamp . "2022-07-11T17:52:47Z") (title . "Badges") (wordcount . 181)))))))))
 
-(define (generate-results-page dest-url wikiname query data #:license [license #f])
+(define (generate-results-page dest-url wikiname query data #:siteinfo [siteinfo #f])
   (define search-results (jp "/query/search" data))
   (generate-wiki-page
    #:source-url dest-url
    #:wikiname wikiname
    #:title "Search Results"
-   #:license license
+   #:siteinfo siteinfo
    `(div (@ (class "mw-parser-output"))
          (p ,(format "~a results found for " (length search-results))
             (strong ,query))
@@ -70,17 +70,18 @@
    (thread-let
     ([dest-res (log-outgoing dest-url)
                (easy:get dest-url #:timeouts timeouts)]
-     [license (license-auto wikiname)])
+     [siteinfo (siteinfo-fetch wikiname)])
 
     (define data (easy:response-json dest-res))
 
-    (define body (generate-results-page dest-url wikiname query data #:license license))
+    (define body (generate-results-page dest-url wikiname query data #:siteinfo siteinfo))
     (when (config-true? 'debug)
       ; used for its side effects
       ; convert to string with error checking, error will be raised if xexp is invalid
       (xexp->html body))
     (response/output
      #:code 200
+     #:headers (build-headers always-headers)
      (λ (out)
        (write-html body out))))))
 (module+ test
diff --git a/src/page-wiki.rkt b/src/page-wiki.rkt
index a218dfe..effa40a 100644
--- a/src/page-wiki.rkt
+++ b/src/page-wiki.rkt
@@ -152,15 +152,17 @@
                        (λ (v) (dict-update v 'rel (λ (s)
                                                     (list (string-append (car s) " noreferrer")))
                                            '(""))))
-                ; proxy images from inline styles
-                (curry attribute-maybe-update 'style
-                       (λ (style)
-                         (regexp-replace #rx"url\\(['\"]?(.*?)['\"]?\\)" style
-                                         (λ (whole url)
-                                           (string-append
-                                            "url("
-                                            (u-proxy-url url)
-                                            ")")))))
+                ; proxy images from inline styles, if strict_proxy is set
+                (curry u
+                       (λ (v) (config-true? 'strict_proxy))
+                       (λ (v) (attribute-maybe-update 'style
+                         (λ (style)
+                           (regexp-replace #rx"url\\(['\"]?(.*?)['\"]?\\)" style
+                                           (λ (whole url)
+                                             (string-append
+                                              "url("
+                                              (u-proxy-url url)
+                                              ")")))) v)))
                 ; and also their links, if strict_proxy is set
                 (curry u
                        (λ (v)
@@ -168,8 +170,10 @@
                               (eq? element-type 'a)
                               (has-class? "image-thumbnail" v)))
                        (λ (v) (attribute-maybe-update 'href u-proxy-url v)))
-                ; proxy images from src attributes
-                (curry attribute-maybe-update 'src u-proxy-url)
+                ; proxy images from src attributes, if strict_proxy is set
+                (curry u
+                       (λ (v) (config-true? 'strict_proxy))
+                       (λ (v) (attribute-maybe-update 'src u-proxy-url v)))
                 ; don't lazyload images
                 (curry u
                        (λ (v) (dict-has-key? v 'data-src))
@@ -248,7 +252,7 @@
                                          ("format" . "json")))))
               (log-outgoing dest-url)
               (easy:get dest-url #:timeouts timeouts)]
-    [license (license-auto wikiname)])
+    [siteinfo (siteinfo-fetch wikiname)])
 
    (cond
      [(eq? 200 (easy:response-status-code dest-res))
@@ -271,13 +275,15 @@
                 #:wikiname wikiname
                 #:title title
                 #:body-class body-class
-                #:license license))
+                #:siteinfo siteinfo))
              (define redirect-msg ((query-selector (attribute-selector 'class "redirectMsg") body)))
-             (define headers (if redirect-msg
-                                 (let* ([dest (get-attribute 'href (bits->attributes ((query-selector (λ (t a c) (eq? t 'a)) redirect-msg))))]
-                                        [value (bytes-append #"0;url=" (string->bytes/utf-8 dest))])
-                                   (list (header #"Refresh" value)))
-                                 (list)))
+             (define headers
+               (build-headers
+                always-headers
+                (when redirect-msg
+                    (let* ([dest (get-attribute 'href (bits->attributes ((query-selector (λ (t a c) (eq? t 'a)) redirect-msg))))]
+                           [value (bytes-append #"0;url=" (string->bytes/utf-8 dest))])
+                      (header #"Refresh" value)))))
              (when (config-true? 'debug)
                ; used for its side effects
                ; convert to string with error checking, error will be raised if xexp is invalid
diff --git a/src/url-utils.rkt b/src/url-utils.rkt
index 62f7cc2..10df089 100644
--- a/src/url-utils.rkt
+++ b/src/url-utils.rkt
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 (require racket/string
          "config.rkt"
          "pure-utils.rkt")
+(require/typed web-server/http/request-structs
+               [#:opaque Header header?])
 
 (provide
  ; regex to match wiki names
@@ -13,7 +15,9 @@
  ; check whether a url is on a domain controlled by fandom
  is-fandom-url?
   ; prints "out: <url>"
- log-outgoing)
+ log-outgoing
+ ; pass in a header, headers, or something useless. they'll all combine into a list
+ build-headers)
 
 (module+ test
   (require "typed-rackunit.rkt"))
@@ -81,3 +85,16 @@
 (define (log-outgoing url-string)
   (when (config-true? 'log_outgoing)
     (printf "out: ~a~n" url-string)))
+
+(: build-headers ((U Header (Listof Header) False Void) * -> (Listof Header)))
+(define (build-headers . fs)
+  (apply
+   append
+   (map (λ ([f : (U Header (Listof Header) False Void)])
+         (cond
+           [(not f) null]
+           [(void? f) null]
+           [(null? f) null]
+           [(header? f) (list f)]
+           [(pair? f) f]))
+       fs)))