diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 22b448bb..d48486e7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1270,7 +1270,7 @@ authenticate using header `Cookie: cppwd=foo` or url param `&pw=foo`
 | GET | `?ups` | show recent uploads from your IP |
 | GET | `?ups&filter=f` | ...where URL contains `f` |
 | GET | `?mime=foo` | specify return mimetype `foo` |
-| GET | `?raw` | get markdown file at URL as plaintext |
+| GET | `?v` | render markdown file at URL |
 | GET | `?txt` | get file at URL as plaintext |
 | GET | `?txt=iso-8859-1` | ...with specific charset |
 | GET | `?th` | get image/video at URL as thumbnail |
diff --git a/copyparty/httpcli.py b/copyparty/httpcli.py
index 4225d2a9..93286aae 100644
--- a/copyparty/httpcli.py
+++ b/copyparty/httpcli.py
@@ -374,7 +374,6 @@ class HttpCli(object):
             self.out_headerlist.append(("Set-Cookie", self.get_pwd_cookie(self.pw)[0]))
 
         if self.is_rclone:
-            uparam["raw"] = ""
             uparam["dots"] = ""
             uparam["b"] = ""
             cookies["b"] = ""
@@ -2968,7 +2967,7 @@ class HttpCli(object):
                     self.log("wrong filekey, want {}, got {}".format(correct, got))
                     return self.tx_404()
 
-            if abspath.endswith(".md") and "raw" not in self.uparam:
+            if abspath.endswith(".md") and "v" in self.uparam:
                 return self.tx_md(abspath)
 
             return self.tx_file(abspath)
diff --git a/copyparty/web/browser.js b/copyparty/web/browser.js
index 8a0b12cf..346ad9c9 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/browser.js
+++ b/copyparty/web/browser.js
@@ -3446,7 +3446,7 @@ var showfile = (function () {
 		xhr.fname = uricom_dec(url.split('/').pop());
 		xhr.no_push = no_push;
 		xhr.ts = Date.now();
-		xhr.open('GET', url.split('?')[0] + '?raw', true);
+		xhr.open('GET', url.split('?')[0], true);
 		xhr.onprogress = loading;
 		xhr.onload = xhr.onerror = load_cb;
 		xhr.send();
@@ -5181,8 +5181,11 @@ var treectl = (function () {
 				id += 'a';
 			seen[id] = 1;
 
-			if (lang)
+			if (lang) {
 				showfile.files.push({ 'id': id, 'name': fname });
+				if (lang == 'md')
+					tn.href += tn.href.indexOf('?') < 0 ? '?v' : '&v';
+			}
 
 			if (tn.lead == '-')
 				tn.lead = '<a href="?doc=' + tn.href + '" class="doc' + (lang ? ' bri' : '') +
diff --git a/copyparty/web/md.html b/copyparty/web/md.html
index f99641b4..103f1c01 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/md.html
+++ b/copyparty/web/md.html
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 		{%- else %}
 			<a href="{{ arg_base }}edit" tt="good: higher performance$Ngood: same document width as viewer$Nbad: assumes you know markdown">edit (basic)</a>
 			<a href="{{ arg_base }}edit2" tt="not in-house so probably less buggy">edit (fancy)</a>
-			<a href="{{ arg_base }}raw">view raw</a>
+			<a href="{{ arg_base }}">view raw</a>
 		{%- endif %}
 	</div>
 	<div id="toc"></div>
diff --git a/copyparty/web/md2.js b/copyparty/web/md2.js
index abc26c77..61ca94eb 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/md2.js
+++ b/copyparty/web/md2.js
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ function Modpoll() {
         }
 
         console.log('modpoll...');
-        var url = (document.location + '').split('?')[0] + '?raw&_=' + Date.now();
+        var url = (document.location + '').split('?')[0] + '?_=' + Date.now();
         var xhr = new XHR();
         xhr.open('GET', url, true);
         xhr.responseType = 'text';
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ function save_cb() {
 
 function run_savechk(lastmod, txt, btn, ntry) {
     // download the saved doc from the server and compare
-    var url = (document.location + '').split('?')[0] + '?raw&_=' + Date.now();
+    var url = (document.location + '').split('?')[0] + '?_=' + Date.now();
     var xhr = new XHR();
     xhr.open('GET', url, true);
     xhr.responseType = 'text';
diff --git a/copyparty/web/mde.js b/copyparty/web/mde.js
index c72cf985..7d882f20 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/mde.js
+++ b/copyparty/web/mde.js
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ function save_cb() {
     //alert('save OK -- wrote ' + r.size + ' bytes.\n\nsha512: ' + r.sha512);
 
     // download the saved doc from the server and compare
-    var url = (document.location + '').split('?')[0] + '?raw';
+    var url = (document.location + '').split('?')[0] + '?_=' + Date.now();
     var xhr = new XHR();
     xhr.open('GET', url, true);
     xhr.responseType = 'text';
diff --git a/copyparty/web/up2k.js b/copyparty/web/up2k.js
index b6a4a701..2977b425 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/up2k.js
+++ b/copyparty/web/up2k.js
@@ -2092,7 +2092,7 @@ function up2k_init(subtle) {
             try { orz(e); } catch (ex) { vis_exh(ex + '', 'up2k.js', '', '', ex); }
         };
 
-        xhr.open('HEAD', t.purl + uricom_enc(t.name) + '?raw', true);
+        xhr.open('HEAD', t.purl + uricom_enc(t.name), true);
         xhr.send();
     }