diff --git a/apps/reader/views.py b/apps/reader/views.py
index b4ec0526f..5fefd8590 100644
--- a/apps/reader/views.py
+++ b/apps/reader/views.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ from utils.story_functions import format_story_link_date__long
 from utils.story_functions import bunch
 from utils.story_functions import story_score
 from utils import log as logging
+from utils.view_functions import get_argument_or_404
 from vendor.timezones.utilities import localtime_for_timezone
 
 SINGLE_DAY = 60*60*24
@@ -644,7 +645,7 @@ def mark_all_as_read(request):
 @json.json_view
 def mark_story_as_read(request):
     story_ids = request.REQUEST.getlist('story_id')
-    feed_id = int(request.REQUEST['feed_id'])
+    feed_id = int(get_argument_or_404(request, 'feed_id'))
 
     try:
         usersub = UserSubscription.objects.select_related('feed').get(user=request.user, feed=feed_id)
diff --git a/config/nginx.newsblur.conf b/config/nginx.newsblur.conf
index 97186abbd..71f8d5abc 100644
--- a/config/nginx.newsblur.conf
+++ b/config/nginx.newsblur.conf
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
 upstream app_server {
-    server 127.0.0.1:8000 fail_timeout=1;
+    server 127.0.0.1:8000 fail_timeout=10 max_fails=3 ;
+    server app02.newsblur.com:80 fail_timeout=10 max_fails=3 ;
+    # server db01.newsblur.com:80 fail_timeout=10 max_fails=3 down;
+}
+
+server {
+    server_name newsblur.com;
+    rewrite ^(.*) http://www.newsblur.com$1 permanent;
 }
 
 server {
     listen 80 default;
     client_max_body_size 4M;
-    server_name _;
+    server_name www.newsblur.com;
 
     location /media/admin/ {
         alias /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/Django-1.2.5-py2.6.egg/django/contrib/admin/media/;
@@ -40,7 +47,8 @@ server {
 
     location / {
         if (-f /home/sclay/newsblur/media/maintenance.html) {
-            expires -1;
+            expires 10;
+            add_header    Cache-Control  private;
             rewrite  ^(.*)$  /media/maintenance.html last;
             break;
         }