diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3eb2675..e01dc39 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ ENV GOAWAY_CHALLENGE_TEMPLATE="anubis"
 ENV GOAWAY_CHALLENGE_TEMPLATE_THEME=""
 ENV GOAWAY_SLOG_LEVEL="WARN"
 ENV GOAWAY_CLIENT_IP_HEADER=""
+ENV GOAWAY_BACKEND_IP_HEADER=""
 ENV GOAWAY_JWT_PRIVATE_KEY_SEED=""
 ENV GOAWAY_BACKEND=""
 ENV GOAWAY_DNSBL="dnsbl.dronebl.org"
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ EXPOSE 8080/udp
 ENV JWT_PRIVATE_KEY_SEED="${GOAWAY_JWT_PRIVATE_KEY_SEED}"
 
 ENTRYPOINT  /bin/go-away --bind ${GOAWAY_BIND} --bind-network ${GOAWAY_BIND_NETWORK} --socket-mode ${GOAWAY_SOCKET_MODE} \
-            --policy ${GOAWAY_POLICY} --client-ip-header ${GOAWAY_CLIENT_IP_HEADER} \
+            --policy ${GOAWAY_POLICY} --client-ip-header ${GOAWAY_CLIENT_IP_HEADER} --backend-ip-header ${GOAWAY_BACKEND_IP_HEADER} \
             --cache ${GOAWAY_CACHE} \
             --dnsbl ${GOAWAY_DNSBL} \
             --challenge-template ${GOAWAY_CHALLENGE_TEMPLATE} --challenge-template-theme ${GOAWAY_CHALLENGE_TEMPLATE_THEME} \
diff --git a/cmd/go-away/main.go b/cmd/go-away/main.go
index dac6566..f8f0fad 100644
--- a/cmd/go-away/main.go
+++ b/cmd/go-away/main.go
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ func main() {
 	acmeAutocert := flag.String("acme-autocert", "", "enables HTTP(s) mode and uses the provided ACME server URL or available service (available: letsencrypt)")
 
 	clientIpHeader := flag.String("client-ip-header", "", "Client HTTP header to fetch their IP address from (X-Real-Ip, X-Client-Ip, X-Forwarded-For, Cf-Connecting-Ip, etc.)")
+	backendIpHeader := flag.String("backend-ip-header", "", "Backend HTTP header to set the client IP address from, if empty defaults to leaving Client header alone (X-Real-Ip, X-Client-Ip, X-Forwarded-For, Cf-Connecting-Ip, etc.)")
 
 	dnsbl := flag.String("dnsbl", "dnsbl.dronebl.org", "blocklist for DNSBL (default DroneBL)")
 
@@ -345,6 +346,7 @@ func main() {
 		ChallengeTemplateTheme: *challengeTemplateTheme,
 		PrivateKeySeed:         seed,
 		ClientIpHeader:         *clientIpHeader,
+		BackendIpHeader:        *backendIpHeader,
 	}
 
 	if *dnsbl != "" {
diff --git a/lib/challenge.go b/lib/challenge.go
index 4d79293..4dbad49 100644
--- a/lib/challenge.go
+++ b/lib/challenge.go
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ func ChallengeKeyFromString(s string) (ChallengeKey, error) {
 }
 
 func (state *State) GetChallengeKeyForRequest(challengeName string, until time.Time, r *http.Request) ChallengeKey {
-	address := getRequestAddress(r, state.Settings.ClientIpHeader)
+	data := RequestDataFromContext(r.Context())
+	address := data.RemoteAddress
 	hasher := sha256.New()
 	hasher.Write([]byte("challenge\x00"))
 	hasher.Write([]byte(challengeName))
diff --git a/lib/http.go b/lib/http.go
index c8051b6..229a6c3 100644
--- a/lib/http.go
+++ b/lib/http.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"log/slog"
 	"maps"
+	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/pprof"
 	"path"
@@ -130,10 +131,11 @@ func (state *State) addTiming(w http.ResponseWriter, name, desc string, duration
 	}
 }
 
-func GetLoggerForRequest(r *http.Request, clientHeader string) *slog.Logger {
+func GetLoggerForRequest(r *http.Request) *slog.Logger {
+	data := RequestDataFromContext(r.Context())
 	return slog.With(
-		"request_id", r.Header.Get("X-Away-Id"),
-		"remote_address", getRequestAddress(r, clientHeader),
+		"request_id", hex.EncodeToString(data.Id[:]),
+		"remote_address", data.RemoteAddress.String(),
 		"user_agent", r.UserAgent(),
 		"host", r.Host,
 		"path", r.URL.Path,
@@ -142,7 +144,7 @@ func GetLoggerForRequest(r *http.Request, clientHeader string) *slog.Logger {
 }
 
 func (state *State) logger(r *http.Request) *slog.Logger {
-	return GetLoggerForRequest(r, state.Settings.ClientIpHeader)
+	return GetLoggerForRequest(r)
 }
 
 func (state *State) handleRequest(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
@@ -412,15 +414,17 @@ func (state *State) setupRoutes() error {
 }
 
 func (state *State) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+
 	var data RequestData
 	// generate random id, todo: is this fast?
 	_, _ = rand.Read(data.Id[:])
+	data.RemoteAddress = getRequestAddress(r, state.Settings.ClientIpHeader)
 	data.Challenges = make(map[challenge.Id]challenge.VerifyResult, len(state.Challenges))
 	data.Expires = time.Now().UTC().Add(DefaultValidity).Round(DefaultValidity)
 	data.ProgramEnv = map[string]any{
 		"host":          r.Host,
 		"method":        r.Method,
-		"remoteAddress": getRequestAddress(r, state.Settings.ClientIpHeader),
+		"remoteAddress": data.RemoteAddress,
 		"userAgent":     r.UserAgent(),
 		"path":          r.URL.Path,
 		"query": func() map[string]string {
@@ -465,7 +469,11 @@ func (state *State) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 
 	r.Header.Set("X-Away-Id", hex.EncodeToString(data.Id[:]))
-	w.Header().Set("X-Away-Id", hex.EncodeToString(data.Id[:]))
+	if state.Settings.BackendIpHeader != "" {
+		r.Header.Del(state.Settings.ClientIpHeader)
+		r.Header.Set(state.Settings.BackendIpHeader, data.RemoteAddress.String())
+	}
+	w.Header().Add("Via", fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", r.Proto, "go-away"))
 
 	// send these to client so we consistently get the headers
 	//w.Header().Set("Accept-CH", "Sec-CH-UA, Sec-CH-UA-Platform")
@@ -481,10 +489,11 @@ func RequestDataFromContext(ctx context.Context) *RequestData {
 }
 
 type RequestData struct {
-	Id         [16]byte
-	ProgramEnv map[string]any
-	Expires    time.Time
-	Challenges map[challenge.Id]challenge.VerifyResult
+	Id            [16]byte
+	ProgramEnv    map[string]any
+	Expires       time.Time
+	Challenges    map[challenge.Id]challenge.VerifyResult
+	RemoteAddress net.IP
 }
 
 func (d *RequestData) HasValidChallenge(id challenge.Id) bool {
diff --git a/lib/state.go b/lib/state.go
index 57a42cd..d8476f0 100644
--- a/lib/state.go
+++ b/lib/state.go
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ type StateSettings struct {
 	ChallengeTemplate      string
 	ChallengeTemplateTheme string
 	ClientIpHeader         string
+	BackendIpHeader        string
 	DNSBL                  *utils.DNSBL
 }