diff --git a/brozzler/browser.py b/brozzler/browser.py
index 981b0e4..f9093cb 100644
--- a/brozzler/browser.py
+++ b/brozzler/browser.py
@@ -229,6 +229,11 @@ class WebsockReceiverThread(threading.Thread):
                     self.on_request(message)
             elif message['method'] == 'Debugger.paused':
                 self._debugger_paused(message)
+            elif message['method'] == 'Page.interstitialShown':
+                # for AITFIVE-1529: handle http auth
+                # for now, we should consider killing the browser when we receive Page.interstitialShown and
+                # consider the page finished—-first we should figure out when else that event might happen
+                self.logger.info('Page.interstitialShown received')
             elif message['method'] == 'Inspector.targetCrashed':
                 self.logger.error(
                         '''chrome tab went "aw snap" or "he's dead jim"!''')
@@ -494,13 +499,16 @@ class Browser:
 
     def configure_browser(self, extra_headers=None, user_agent=None):
         headers = extra_headers or {}
-        headers['Accept-Encoding'] = 'identity'
-        self.send_to_chrome(
+        headers['Accept-Encoding'] = 'gzip'  # avoid encodings br, sdch
+        self.websock_thread.expect_result(self._command_id.peek())
+        msg_id = self.send_to_chrome(
                 method='Network.setExtraHTTPHeaders',
                 params={'headers': headers})
-
+        self._wait_for(
+                lambda: self.websock_thread.received_result(msg_id),
+                timeout=10)
         if user_agent:
-            self.send_to_chrome(
+            msg_id = self.send_to_chrome(
                     method='Network.setUserAgentOverride',
                     params={'userAgent': user_agent})
 
diff --git a/brozzler/cli.py b/brozzler/cli.py
index c2ca647..b4f9417 100755
--- a/brozzler/cli.py
+++ b/brozzler/cli.py
@@ -500,6 +500,8 @@ def brozzler_list_sites(argv=None):
         reql = reql.between(
                 ['ACTIVE', r.minval], ['ACTIVE', r.maxval],
                 index='sites_last_disclaimed')
+    elif args.site:
+        reql = reql.get_all(args.site)
     logging.debug('querying rethinkdb: %s', reql)
     results = reql.run()
     if args.yaml:
diff --git a/brozzler/worker.py b/brozzler/worker.py
index 5d29eee..aec4a12 100644
--- a/brozzler/worker.py
+++ b/brozzler/worker.py
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ class BrozzlerWorker:
         request.set_proxy(warcprox_address, "http")
 
         try:
-            with urllib.request.urlopen(request) as response:
+            with urllib.request.urlopen(request, timeout=600) as response:
                 if response.getcode() != 204:
                     self.logger.warn(
                             'got "%s %s" response on warcprox '
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 760572e..99d524c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def find_package_data(package):
 
 setuptools.setup(
         name='brozzler',
-        version='1.1b12.dev272',
+        version='1.1b12.dev276',
         description='Distributed web crawling with browsers',
         url='https://github.com/internetarchive/brozzler',
         author='Noah Levitt',