diff --git a/web/test/statics/.htaccess-dev b/web/test/statics/.htaccess-dev
index 6324d6c..05a3715 100644
--- a/web/test/statics/.htaccess-dev
+++ b/web/test/statics/.htaccess-dev
@@ -1,20 +1,15 @@
 # turn off MultiViews if enabled
-#
 Options -MultiViews
 
 # For *.var requests, negotiate using type-map
-#
 AddHandler type-map .var
 
-# use custom extensions so existing handlers for .gz/.Z
-# do not interfere
-#
+# use custom extensions so existing handlers for .gz/.Z don't interfere
 AddEncoding x-gzip .zg
 AddEncoding x-compress .zc
 AddEncoding deflate .zd
 
 # Necessary to add charset while using type-map
-#
 AddType application/x-javascript;charset=utf-8 js
 AddType text/css;charset=utf-8 css
 
@@ -27,15 +22,19 @@ AddType text/css;charset=utf-8 css
 FileETag None
 
 # requires mod_expires
-#
 ExpiresActive On
-#
 # sets Expires and Cache-Control: max-age, but not "public"
-#
 ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 year"
 
 # requires mod_headers
-#
 # adds the "public" to Cache-Control.
-#
 Header set Cache-Control "public, max-age=31536000"
+
+# requires mod_rewrite
+RewriteEngine On
+RewriteBase /_3rd_party/minify/web/test/statics
+# IE 5 and 6 are the only ones we really care about
+RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT}  MSIE\ [56]
+# but not if it's got the SV1 patch or is really Opera
+RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} !(\ SV1|Opera)
+RewriteRule ^(.*)\.var$         $1 [L]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/web/test/statics/before.var b/web/test/statics/before.js.var
similarity index 100%
rename from web/test/statics/before.var
rename to web/test/statics/before.js.var