diff --git a/routes/index.js b/routes/index.js
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+const overridingRoutes = require('./overides');
+
+const allRoutes = require('express').Router();
+
+allRoutes.use(overridingRoutes);
+
+module.exports = allRoutes;
diff --git a/routes/overides.js b/routes/overides.js
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+const config = require('../config');
+const overridingRoutes = require('express').Router();
+
+overridingRoutes.all('*', (req, res, next) => {
+  let themeOverride = req.query.theme;
+  if (themeOverride) {
+    // Convert Dark to dark since the stylesheet has it lower case
+    themeOverride = themeOverride.toLowerCase();
+    // This override here will set it for the current request
+    req.cookies.theme = themeOverride;
+    // this will set it for future requests
+    res.cookie('theme', themeOverride, { maxAge: 31536000, httpOnly: true });
+  } else if (!req.cookies.theme && req.cookies.theme !== '') {
+    req.cookies.theme = config.theme;
+  }
+
+  let flairsOverride = req.query.flairs;
+  if (flairsOverride) {
+    req.cookies.flairs = flairsOverride;
+    res.cookie('flairs', flairsOverride, { maxAge: 31536000, httpOnly: true });
+  }
+
+  let nsfwEnabledOverride = req.query.nsfw_enabled;
+  if (nsfwEnabledOverride) {
+    req.cookies.nsfw_enabled = nsfwEnabledOverride;
+    res.cookie('nsfw_enabled', nsfwEnabledOverride, {
+      maxAge: 31536000,
+      httpOnly: true,
+    });
+  }
+
+  let highlightControversialOverride = req.query.highlight_controversial;
+  if (highlightControversialOverride) {
+    req.cookies.highlight_controversial = highlightControversialOverride;
+    res.cookie('highlight_controversial', highlightControversialOverride, {
+      maxAge: 31536000,
+      httpOnly: true,
+    });
+  }
+
+  let postMediaMaxHeight = req.query.post_media_max_height;
+  if (postMediaMaxHeight) {
+    if (
+      config.post_media_max_heights.hasOwnProperty(postMediaMaxHeight) ||
+      !isNaN(postMediaMaxHeight)
+    ) {
+      req.cookies.post_media_max_height = postMediaMaxHeight;
+      res.cookie('post_media_max_height', postMediaMaxHeight, {
+        maxAge: 31536000,
+        httpOnly: true,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  let collapseChildComments = req.query.collapse_child_comments;
+  if (collapseChildComments) {
+    req.cookies.collapse_child_comments = collapseChildComments;
+    res.cookie('collapse_child_comments', collapseChildComments, {
+      maxAge: 31536000,
+      httpOnly: true,
+    });
+  }
+
+  let showUpvotedPercentage = req.query.show_upvoted_percentage;
+  if (showUpvotedPercentage) {
+    req.cookies.show_upvoted_percentage = showUpvotedPercentage;
+    res.cookie('show_upvoted_percentage', showUpvotedPercentage, {
+      maxAge: 31536000,
+      httpOnly: true,
+    });
+  }
+
+  let domainTwitter = req.query.domain_twitter;
+  if (domainTwitter) {
+    req.cookies.domain_twitter = domainTwitter;
+    res.cookie('domain_twitter', domainTwitter, {
+      maxAge: 31536000,
+      httpOnly: true,
+    });
+  }
+
+  let domainYoutube = req.query.domain_youtube;
+  if (domainYoutube) {
+    req.cookies.domain_youtube = domainYoutube;
+    res.cookie('domain_youtube', domainYoutube, {
+      maxAge: 31536000,
+      httpOnly: true,
+    });
+  }
+
+  let domainInstagram = req.query.domain_instagram;
+  if (domainInstagram) {
+    req.cookies.domain_instagram = domainInstagram;
+    res.cookie('domain_instagram', domainInstagram, {
+      maxAge: 31536000,
+      httpOnly: true,
+    });
+  }
+
+  let videosMuted = req.query.videos_muted;
+  if (videosMuted) {
+    req.cookies.videos_muted = videosMuted;
+    res.cookie('videos_muted', videosMuted, {
+      maxAge: 31536000,
+      httpOnly: true,
+    });
+  }
+
+  if (!config.rate_limiting) {
+    return next();
+  }
+
+  const valid_reddit_starts = [
+    '/https://old.reddit.com',
+    '/https://reddit.com',
+    '/https://www.reddit.com',
+    '/old.reddit.com',
+    '/reddit.com',
+    '/www.reddit.com',
+  ];
+  for (var i = 0; i < valid_reddit_starts.length; i++) {
+    if (req.url.startsWith(valid_reddit_starts[i])) {
+      req.url = req.url.substring(1);
+      const redditRegex = /([A-z.]+\.)?(reddit(\.com))/gm;
+      let teddified_url = req.url.replace(redditRegex, '');
+      if (teddified_url.includes('://')) {
+        teddified_url = teddified_url.split('://')[1];
+      }
+      if (teddified_url == '') {
+        teddified_url = '/';
+      }
+      return res.redirect(teddified_url);
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (config.rate_limiting.enabled) {
+    /**
+     * This route enforces request limits based on an IP address if
+     * config.rate_limiting.enabled is true. By default it's false.
+     */
+
+    let ip = String(
+      req.headers['x-forwarded-for'] ||
+        req.connection.remoteAddress ||
+        'unknown'
+    );
+
+    if (ip === 'unknown') {
+      return next();
+    }
+
+    if (ratelimit_counts[ip] == undefined) {
+      ratelimit_counts[ip] = 0;
+    }
+
+    if (ratelimit_timestamps[ip] == undefined) {
+      ratelimit_timestamps[ip] = Date.now();
+    }
+
+    let diff = Date.now() - ratelimit_timestamps[ip];
+    let credit = (diff / 60000) * config.rate_limiting.limit_after_limited;
+    ratelimit_counts[ip] -= credit;
+
+    if (ratelimit_counts[ip] < 0) {
+      ratelimit_counts[ip] = 0;
+    }
+
+    ratelimit_counts[ip]++;
+    ratelimit_timestamps[ip] = Date.now();
+
+    if (ratelimit_counts[ip] > config.rate_limiting.initial_limit) {
+      console.log(`RATE LIMITED IP ADDRESS: ${ip}`);
+      return res.send(
+        `Hold your horses! You have hit the request limit. You should be able to refresh this page in a couple of seconds. If you think you are wrongfully limited, create an issue at https://codeberg.org/teddit/teddit. Rate limiting is highly experimental feature.`
+      );
+    } else {
+      return next();
+    }
+  } else {
+    return next();
+  }
+});
+
+module.exports = overridingRoutes;