diff --git a/brozzler/easy.py b/brozzler/easy.py
index aeed9ed..e8a0d21 100644
--- a/brozzler/easy.py
+++ b/brozzler/easy.py
@@ -64,11 +64,6 @@ def _build_arg_parser(prog=os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])):
     arg_parser.add_argument(
             '-d', '--warcs-dir', dest='warcs_dir', default='./warcs',
             help='where to write warcs')
-    arg_parser.add_argument(
-            '-v', '--verbose', dest='verbose', action='store_true')
-    arg_parser.add_argument('-q', '--quiet', dest='quiet', action='store_true')
-    # arg_parser.add_argument('--version', action='version',
-    #         version="warcprox {}".format(warcprox.__version__))
 
     # === warcprox args ===
     arg_parser.add_argument(
@@ -100,6 +95,17 @@ def _build_arg_parser(prog=os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])):
             '--pywb-port', dest='pywb_port', type=int, default=8091,
             help='pywb wayback port')
 
+    # === common at the bottom args ===
+    arg_parser.add_argument(
+            '-v', '--verbose', dest='verbose', action='store_true')
+    arg_parser.add_argument('-q', '--quiet', dest='quiet', action='store_true')
+    # arg_parser.add_argument(
+    #         '-s', '--silent', dest='log_level', action='store_const',
+    #         default=logging.INFO, const=logging.CRITICAL)
+    arg_parser.add_argument(
+            '--version', action='version',
+            version='brozzler %s - %s' % (brozzler.__version__, prog))
+
     return arg_parser
 
 class BrozzlerEasyController:
@@ -127,9 +133,9 @@ class BrozzlerEasyController:
         return worker
 
     def _init_pywb(self, args):
-        # replace parent class of CustomUrlCanonicalizer
-        pywb.cdx.cdxdomainspecific.CustomUrlCanonicalizer.__bases__ = (
-                brozzler.pywb.TheGoodUrlCanonicalizer,)
+        brozzler.pywb.TheGoodUrlCanonicalizer.replace_default_canonicalizer()
+        brozzler.pywb.support_in_progress_warcs()
+
         if args.warcs_dir.endswith('/'):
             warcs_dir = args.warcs_dir
         else:
diff --git a/brozzler/pywb.py b/brozzler/pywb.py
index 3e19a7f..633b959 100644
--- a/brozzler/pywb.py
+++ b/brozzler/pywb.py
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 '''
 
+import sys
+import logging
 try:
     import pywb.apps.cli
     import pywb.cdx.cdxdomainspecific
@@ -30,8 +32,6 @@ except ImportError as e:
             'brozzler[easy]".\nSee README.rst for more information.',
             type(e).__name__, e)
     sys.exit(1)
-import sys
-import logging
 import rethinkstuff
 import rethinkdb
 import surt
@@ -124,3 +124,25 @@ class TheGoodUrlCanonicalizer(object):
             raise pywb.utils.canonicalize.UrlCanonicalizeException(
                     'Invalid Url: ' + url)
 
+    def replace_default_canonicalizer():
+        '''Replace parent class of CustomUrlCanonicalizer with this class.'''
+        pywb.cdx.cdxdomainspecific.CustomUrlCanonicalizer.__bases__ = (
+                TheGoodUrlCanonicalizer,)
+
+def support_in_progress_warcs():
+    '''
+    Monkey-patch pywb.warc.pathresolvers.PrefixResolver to include warcs still
+    being written to (warcs having ".open" suffix). This way if a cdx entry
+    references foo.warc.gz, pywb will try both foo.warc.gz and
+    foo.warc.gz.open.
+    '''
+    _orig_prefix_resolver_call = pywb.warc.pathresolvers.PrefixResolver.__call__
+    def _prefix_resolver_call(self, filename, cdx=None):
+        raw_results = _orig_prefix_resolver_call(self, filename, cdx)
+        results = []
+        for warc_path in raw_results:
+            results.append(warc_path)
+            results.append('%s.open' % warc_path)
+        return results
+    pywb.warc.pathresolvers.PrefixResolver.__call__ = _prefix_resolver_call
+
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8a9a962..9a57376 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import setuptools
 
 setuptools.setup(
         name='brozzler',
-        version='1.1b3.dev52',
+        version='1.1b3.dev53',
         description='Distributed web crawling with browsers',
         url='https://github.com/internetarchive/brozzler',
         author='Noah Levitt',