diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/matchers_test.go b/modules/caddyhttp/matchers_test.go
index c4c7845b..59b8c767 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/matchers_test.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/matchers_test.go
@@ -240,10 +240,10 @@ func TestPathREMatcher(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		for key, expectVal := range tc.expectRepl {
-			placeholder := fmt.Sprintf("{matchers.path_regexp.%s}", key)
+			placeholder := fmt.Sprintf("{http.matchers.path_regexp.%s}", key)
 			actualVal := repl.ReplaceAll(placeholder, "<empty>")
 			if actualVal != expectVal {
-				t.Errorf("Test %d [%v]: Expected placeholder {matchers.path_regexp.%s} to be '%s' but got '%s'",
+				t.Errorf("Test %d [%v]: Expected placeholder {http.matchers.path_regexp.%s} to be '%s' but got '%s'",
 					i, tc.match.Pattern, key, expectVal, actualVal)
 				continue
 			}
@@ -358,10 +358,10 @@ func TestHeaderREMatcher(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		for key, expectVal := range tc.expectRepl {
-			placeholder := fmt.Sprintf("{matchers.header_regexp.%s}", key)
+			placeholder := fmt.Sprintf("{http.matchers.header_regexp.%s}", key)
 			actualVal := repl.ReplaceAll(placeholder, "<empty>")
 			if actualVal != expectVal {
-				t.Errorf("Test %d [%v]: Expected placeholder {matchers.header_regexp.%s} to be '%s' but got '%s'",
+				t.Errorf("Test %d [%v]: Expected placeholder {http.matchers.header_regexp.%s} to be '%s' but got '%s'",
 					i, tc.match, key, expectVal, actualVal)
 				continue
 			}
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/replacer.go b/modules/caddyhttp/replacer.go
index 16cc1fe9..0b0547df 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/replacer.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/replacer.go
@@ -48,16 +48,17 @@ func addHTTPVarsToReplacer(repl caddy2.Replacer, req *http.Request, w http.Respo
 				dir, _ := path.Split(req.URL.Path)
 				return dir
 			}()
+			m["http.request.uri.query"] = req.URL.RawQuery
 
+			for param, vals := range req.URL.Query() {
+				m["http.request.uri.query."+param] = strings.Join(vals, ",")
+			}
 			for field, vals := range req.Header {
 				m["http.request.header."+strings.ToLower(field)] = strings.Join(vals, ",")
 			}
 			for _, cookie := range req.Cookies() {
 				m["http.request.cookie."+cookie.Name] = cookie.Value
 			}
-			for param, vals := range req.URL.Query() {
-				m["http.request.uri.query."+param] = strings.Join(vals, ",")
-			}
 
 			hostLabels := strings.Split(req.Host, ".")
 			for i, label := range hostLabels {
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/rewrite/rewrite.go b/modules/caddyhttp/rewrite/rewrite.go
index 1afb8a42..9bd01c0b 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/rewrite/rewrite.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/rewrite/rewrite.go
@@ -36,17 +36,15 @@ func (rewr Rewrite) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, next caddy
 	}
 
 	if rewr.URI != "" {
-		// TODO: clean this all up, I don't think it's right
-
 		oldURI := r.RequestURI
 		newURI := repl.ReplaceAll(rewr.URI, "")
+
 		u, err := url.Parse(newURI)
 		if err != nil {
 			return caddyhttp.Error(http.StatusInternalServerError, err)
 		}
 
 		r.RequestURI = newURI
-
 		r.URL.Path = u.Path
 		if u.RawQuery != "" {
 			r.URL.RawQuery = u.RawQuery