diff --git a/classes/Config.php b/classes/Config.php
index c57c848..a66955c 100644
--- a/classes/Config.php
+++ b/classes/Config.php
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ class Config
      */
     public $curl_params = [];
 
+    /**
+     * Disable URL rewriting.
+     * @var boolean
+     */
+    public $uglyUrls = false;
+
     /**
      * YAML config file path.
      *
diff --git a/classes/UglyRouter.php b/classes/UglyRouter.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a81471b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/classes/UglyRouter.php
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * UglyRouter class.
+ */
+namespace Alltube;
+
+use Slim\Router;
+use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Extend Slim's router class in order to disable URL rewriting.
+ */
+class UglyRouter extends Router
+{
+    /**
+     * Dispatch router for HTTP request
+     *
+     * @param  ServerRequestInterface $request The current HTTP request object
+     *
+     * @return array
+     *
+     * @link   https://github.com/nikic/FastRoute/blob/master/src/Dispatcher.php
+     */
+    public function dispatch(ServerRequestInterface $request)
+    {
+        parse_str($request->getUri()->getQuery(), $args);
+        $uri = '/';
+        if (isset($args['page'])) {
+            $uri .= $args['page'];
+        }
+
+        return $this->createDispatcher()->dispatch(
+            $request->getMethod(),
+            $uri
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Build the path for a named route including the base path
+     *
+     * @param string $name        Route name
+     * @param array  $data        Named argument replacement data
+     * @param array  $queryParams Optional query string parameters
+     *
+     * @return string
+     *
+     * @throws \RuntimeException         If named route does not exist
+     * @throws \InvalidArgumentException If required data not provided
+     */
+    public function pathFor($name, array $data = [], array $queryParams = [])
+    {
+        $url = str_replace('/', '/?page=', $this->relativePathFor($name, $data, $queryParams));
+
+        if ($this->basePath) {
+            $url = $this->basePath . $url;
+        }
+
+        return $url;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/config.example.yml b/config.example.yml
index ca03f0b..7fb80ef 100644
--- a/config.example.yml
+++ b/config.example.yml
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ convert: false
 avconv: vendor/bin/ffmpeg
 rtmpdump: vendor/bin/rtmpdump
 curl: /usr/bin/curl
+uglyUrls: false
diff --git a/controllers/FrontController.php b/controllers/FrontController.php
index d42aebc..c4421fe 100644
--- a/controllers/FrontController.php
+++ b/controllers/FrontController.php
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ class FrontController
             'index.tpl',
             [
                 'convert'     => $this->config->convert,
+                'uglyUrls'     => $this->config->uglyUrls,
                 'class'       => 'index',
                 'description' => 'Easily download videos from Youtube, Dailymotion, Vimeo and other websites.',
             ]
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 6db8190..feca012 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 require_once __DIR__.'/vendor/autoload.php';
 use Alltube\Controller\FrontController;
+use Alltube\Config;
+use Alltube\UglyRouter;
 
 if (isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) && strpos($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], '/index.php') !== false) {
     header('Location: '.str_ireplace('/index.php', '/', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']));
@@ -10,6 +12,10 @@ if (isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) && strpos($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], '/index.ph
 
 $app = new \Slim\App();
 $container = $app->getContainer();
+$config = Config::getInstance();
+if ($config->uglyUrls) {
+    $container['router'] = new UglyRouter();
+}
 $container['view'] = function ($c) {
     $view = new \Slim\Views\Smarty(__DIR__.'/templates/');
 
diff --git a/templates/index.tpl b/templates/index.tpl
index 93f44eb..66eb1ab 100644
--- a/templates/index.tpl
+++ b/templates/index.tpl
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
         <input class="URLinput" type="url" name="url" id="url"
         required autofocus placeholder="http://example.com/video" />
         </span>
+        {if uglyUrls}
+            <input type="hidden" name="page" value="video" />
+        {/if}
         <input class="downloadBtn" type="submit" value="Download" /><br/>
         {if $convert}
             <div class="mp3">
diff --git a/templates/video.tpl b/templates/video.tpl
index 6f11251..678ffbd 100644
--- a/templates/video.tpl
+++ b/templates/video.tpl
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
     <h3><label for="format">Available formats:</label></h3>
     <form action="{path_for name="redirect"}">
         <input type="hidden" name="url" value="{$video->webpage_url}" />
+        {if uglyUrls}
+            <input type="hidden" name="page" value="redirect" />
+        {/if}
         <select name="format" id="format" class="formats monospace">
             <optgroup label="Generic formats">
                 <option value="best[protocol^=http]">
diff --git a/tests/UglyRouterTest.php b/tests/UglyRouterTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb3a6ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/UglyRouterTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * UglyRouterTest class.
+ */
+
+namespace Alltube\Test;
+
+use Alltube\UglyRouter;
+use Slim\Http\Request;
+use Slim\Http\Uri;
+use Slim\Http\Headers;
+use Slim\Http\Environment;
+use Slim\Http\Stream;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for the UglyRouter class.
+ */
+class UglyRouterTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * UglyRouter instance.
+     *
+     * @var UglyRouter
+     */
+    private $router;
+
+    /**
+     * Prepare tests.
+     */
+    protected function setUp()
+    {
+        $this->router = new UglyRouter();
+        $this->router->map(['GET'], '/foo', 'print')->setName('foo');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test the dispatch() function.
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testDispatch()
+    {
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            [1, 'route0', []],
+            $this->router->dispatch(
+                new Request(
+                    'GET',
+                    Uri::createFromString('http://example.com/?page=foo'),
+                    Headers::createFromEnvironment(new Environment()),
+                    [],
+                    [],
+                    new Stream(fopen('php://temp', 'r'))
+                )
+            )
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test the pathFor() function.
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testPathFor()
+    {
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            '/?page=foo',
+            $this->router->pathFor('foo', [], [])
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test the pathFor() function with a base path.
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testPathForWithBasePath()
+    {
+
+        $this->router->setBasePath('/bar');
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            '/bar/?page=foo',
+            $this->router->pathFor('foo', [], [])
+        );
+    }
+}