diff --git a/examples/LayerSwitcher.html b/examples/LayerSwitcher.html
index d66c45a7d5..e687993f75 100644
--- a/examples/LayerSwitcher.html
+++ b/examples/LayerSwitcher.html
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
         var zoom = 5;
         var map, layer, glayer;
 
+        OpenLayers.ProxyHost = "/proxy/?url=";
         function init(){
             map = new OpenLayers.Map( $('map') );
             layer = new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS( "OpenLayers WMS", 
diff --git a/examples/georss.html b/examples/georss.html
index fc1d083357..8a5ebb0c12 100644
--- a/examples/georss.html
+++ b/examples/georss.html
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
         <!--
         var map, layer;
 
+        OpenLayers.ProxyHost = "/proxy/?url=";
         function init(){
             map = new OpenLayers.Map('map', {maxResolution:'auto'});
             layer = new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS( "OpenLayers WMS", 
@@ -21,13 +22,13 @@
             map.setCenter(new OpenLayers.LonLat(0, 0), 0);
             map.addControl(new OpenLayers.Control.LayerSwitcher());
         }
-	function addUrl() {
-	    var value = $('url').value;
-	    var parts = value.split("/");
-            var newl = new OpenLayers.Layer.GeoRSS( parts[parts.length-1], value);
-            map.addLayer(newl);
-	    $("url").value = "";
-	}
+        function addUrl() {
+            var value = $('url').value;
+            var parts = value.split("/");
+                var newl = new OpenLayers.Layer.GeoRSS( parts[parts.length-1], value);
+                map.addLayer(newl);
+            $("url").value = "";
+        }
         // -->
     </script>
   </head>
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Ajax.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Ajax.js
index f8a04b3df9..565cfe895d 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Ajax.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Ajax.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * See http://svn.openlayers.org/trunk/openlayers/license.txt for the full
  * text of the license. */
 
-OpenLayers.ProxyHost = "/proxy/?url=";
+OpenLayers.ProxyHost = "";
 //OpenLayers.ProxyHost = "examples/proxy.cgi?url=";
 
 /**
@@ -105,4 +105,4 @@ OpenLayers.parseXMLString = function(text) {
     );
 
     return ajaxResponse;
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};