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@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+# This is a fork
+
+This repo contains a fork of the[original hyper-reverse-proxy
+codebase][upstream], adding to it a few improvements:
+
+- Fix to a bug where the `Host` header was getting overwritten on the upstream
+  HTTP request.
+
+- Upgraded hyper version to 1.x (and fixes related to that upgrade)
+
+- Logging cleanup
+
+Plus more as time goes on.
+
+[upstream]: https://github.com/felipenoris/hyper-reverse-proxy
 
 # hyper-reverse-proxy
 
@@ -163,4 +178,4 @@ Recommendations:
 
 It is highly recommended to use one of them.
 
-> Currently only includes dns queries as `esni` or `ech` is still in draft by the `ietf`
\ No newline at end of file
+> Currently only includes dns queries as `esni` or `ech` is still in draft by the `ietf`