diff --git a/middleware.go b/middleware.go
index 1e1ef7a..3f30063 100644
--- a/middleware.go
+++ b/middleware.go
@@ -92,7 +92,13 @@ func proxyToBackend(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	proxyReq, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(r.Context(), r.Method, target.String()+r.URL.Path, r.Body)
+	// Restore the original URI that Zoraxy captured (stripped of /inspect prefix).
+	originalPath := r.Header.Get("X-Zoraxy-Uri")
+	if originalPath == "" {
+		originalPath = r.URL.Path
+	}
+
+	proxyReq, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(r.Context(), r.Method, target.String()+originalPath, r.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		http.Error(w, "proxy error", http.StatusInternalServerError)
 		return
diff --git a/proxy.go b/proxy.go
index e95f3a5..5079b14 100644
--- a/proxy.go
+++ b/proxy.go
@@ -27,10 +27,14 @@ func inspect(r *http.Request) (int, error) {
 		r.Body = io.NopCloser(io.MultiReader(bytes.NewReader(bodySample), r.Body))
 	}
 
-	// Build inspection payload.
+	// Build inspection payload with the original URI.
+	originalPath := r.Header.Get("X-Zoraxy-Uri")
+	if originalPath == "" {
+		originalPath = r.URL.String()
+	}
 	payload, err := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{
 		"method":         r.Method,
-		"url":            r.URL.String(),
+		"url":            originalPath,
 		"host":           r.Host,
 		"remote_addr":    r.RemoteAddr,
 		"content_type":   r.Header.Get("Content-Type"),