diff --git a/modules/piratebay/backend.py b/modules/piratebay/backend.py
index 19e734c5..f00aa3a9 100644
--- a/modules/piratebay/backend.py
+++ b/modules/piratebay/backend.py
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 # along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 from weboob.capabilities.torrent import ICapTorrent, MagnetOnly, Torrent
-from weboob.tools.backend import BaseBackend
+from weboob.tools.backend import BaseBackend, BackendConfig
+from weboob.tools.value import Value
 from weboob.capabilities.base import NotAvailable
 
 from .browser import PiratebayBrowser
@@ -35,9 +36,10 @@ class PiratebayBackend(BaseBackend, ICapTorrent):
     DESCRIPTION = 'The Pirate Bay BitTorrent tracker'
     LICENSE = 'AGPLv3+'
     BROWSER = PiratebayBrowser
+    CONFIG = BackendConfig(Value('proxybay', label='Use a Proxy Bay', regexp=r'https?://.*', default='', required=False))
 
     def create_default_browser(self):
-        return self.create_browser()
+        return self.create_browser(self.config['proxybay'].get())
 
     def get_torrent(self, id):
         return self.browser.get_torrent(id)
@@ -63,6 +65,4 @@ class PiratebayBackend(BaseBackend, ICapTorrent):
             torrent.url = tor.url
         return torrent
 
-    OBJECTS = {
-        Torrent:fill_torrent
-    }
+    OBJECTS = {Torrent: fill_torrent}
diff --git a/modules/piratebay/browser.py b/modules/piratebay/browser.py
index c7867178..46062898 100644
--- a/modules/piratebay/browser.py
+++ b/modules/piratebay/browser.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 # along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 
+from urlparse import urlsplit
 import urllib
 
 from weboob.tools.browser import BaseBrowser, BrowserHTTPNotFound
@@ -30,25 +31,34 @@ __all__ = ['PiratebayBrowser']
 
 
 class PiratebayBrowser(BaseBrowser):
-    DOMAIN = 'thepiratebay.se'
-    PROTOCOL = 'https'
     ENCODING = 'utf-8'
-    USER_AGENT = BaseBrowser.USER_AGENTS['wget']
-    PAGES = {'https://thepiratebay.se/': IndexPage,
-             'https://thepiratebay.se/search/.*/0/7/0': TorrentsPage,
-             'https://thepiratebay.se/torrent/.*': TorrentPage
-             }
+
+    def __init__(self, url, *args, **kwargs):
+        url = url or 'https://thepiratebay.sx/'
+        url_parsed = urlsplit(url)
+        self.PROTOCOL = url_parsed.scheme
+        self.DOMAIN = url_parsed.netloc
+        self.PAGES = {
+            '%s://%s/' % (self.PROTOCOL, self.DOMAIN): IndexPage,
+            '%s://%s/search/.*/0/7/0' % (self.PROTOCOL, self.DOMAIN): TorrentsPage,
+            '%s://%s/torrent/.*' % (self.PROTOCOL, self.DOMAIN): TorrentPage
+        }
+        BaseBrowser.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
 
     def iter_torrents(self, pattern):
-        self.location('https://thepiratebay.se/search/%s/0/7/0' % urllib.quote_plus(pattern.encode('utf-8')))
+        self.location('%s://%s/search/%s/0/7/0' % (self.PROTOCOL,
+                                                   self.DOMAIN,
+                                                   urllib.quote_plus(pattern.encode('utf-8'))))
 
         assert self.is_on_page(TorrentsPage)
         return self.page.iter_torrents()
 
-    def get_torrent(self, id):
+    def get_torrent(self, _id):
         try:
-            self.location('https://thepiratebay.se/torrent/%s/' % id)
+            self.location('%s://%s/torrent/%s/' % (self.PROTOCOL,
+                                                   self.DOMAIN,
+                                                   _id))
         except BrowserHTTPNotFound:
             return
         if self.is_on_page(TorrentPage):
-            return self.page.get_torrent(id)
+            return self.page.get_torrent(_id)