diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7e9bd49..f525bf8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "epubjs",
-  "version": "0.3.52",
+  "version": "0.3.53",
   "description": "Parse and Render Epubs",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "module": "src/index.js",
diff --git a/src/book.js b/src/book.js
index c2e351d..4ebca38 100644
--- a/src/book.js
+++ b/src/book.js
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ class Book {
 			requestCredentials: undefined,
 			requestHeaders: undefined,
 			encoding: undefined,
-			replacements: undefined
+			replacements: undefined,
+			canonical: undefined
 		});
 
 		extend(this.settings, options);
@@ -320,6 +321,27 @@ class Book {
 		return resolved;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get a canonical link to a path
+	 * @param  {string} path
+	 * @return {string} the canonical path string
+	 */
+	canonical(path) {
+		var url = path;
+
+		if (!path) {
+			return "";
+		}
+
+		if (this.settings.canonical) {
+			url = this.settings.canonical(path);
+		} else {
+			url = this.resolve(path, true);
+		}
+
+		return url;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Determine the type of they input passed to open
 	 * @private
@@ -369,13 +391,13 @@ class Book {
 	unpack(opf) {
 		this.package = opf;
 
-		this.spine.unpack(this.package, this.resolve.bind(this));
+		this.spine.unpack(this.package, this.resolve.bind(this), this.canonical.bind(this));
 
 		this.resources = new Resources(this.package.manifest, {
 			archive: this.archive,
 			resolver: this.resolve.bind(this),
 			request: this.request.bind(this),
-			replacements: this.settings.replacements || "base64"
+			replacements: this.settings.replacements || (this.archived ? "blobUrl" : "base64")
 		});
 
 		this.loadNavigation(this.package).then(() => {
diff --git a/src/managers/views/iframe.js b/src/managers/views/iframe.js
index 635fcab..48aeea8 100644
--- a/src/managers/views/iframe.js
+++ b/src/managers/views/iframe.js
@@ -352,11 +352,11 @@ class IframeView {
 
 		var link = this.document.querySelector("link[rel='canonical']");
 		if (link) {
-			link.setAttribute("href", this.section.url);
+			link.setAttribute("href", this.section.canonical);
 		} else {
 			link = this.document.createElement("link");
 			link.setAttribute("rel", "canonical");
-			link.setAttribute("href", this.section.url);
+			link.setAttribute("href", this.section.canonical);
 			this.document.querySelector("head").appendChild(link);
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/section.js b/src/section.js
index efcadfa..a297cfa 100644
--- a/src/section.js
+++ b/src/section.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class Section {
 		this.index = item.index;
 		this.href = item.href;
 		this.url = item.url;
+		this.canonical = item.canonical;
 		this.next = item.next;
 		this.prev = item.prev;
 
diff --git a/src/spine.js b/src/spine.js
index 3636998..6f7291a 100644
--- a/src/spine.js
+++ b/src/spine.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class Spine {
 	 * @param  {Package} _package
 	 * @param  {method} resolver URL resolver
 	 */
-	unpack(_package, resolver) {
+	unpack(_package, resolver, canonical) {
 
 		this.items = _package.spine;
 		this.manifest = _package.manifest;
@@ -54,11 +54,14 @@ class Spine {
 
 			if (item.href) {
 				item.url = resolver(item.href, true);
+				item.canonical = canonical(item.href);
 			}
 
 			if(manifestItem) {
 				item.href = manifestItem.href;
 				item.url = resolver(item.href, true);
+				item.canonical = canonical(item.href);
+
 				if(manifestItem.properties.length){
 					item.properties.push.apply(item.properties, manifestItem.properties);
 				}
diff --git a/src/utils/replacements.js b/src/utils/replacements.js
index d6cc501..700fb75 100644
--- a/src/utils/replacements.js
+++ b/src/utils/replacements.js
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ import Path from "./path";
 export function replaceBase(doc, section){
 	var base;
 	var head;
+	var url = section.url;
+	var absolute = (url.indexOf("://") > -1);
 
 	if(!doc){
 		return;
 	}
 
-	// head = doc.querySelector("head");
-	// base = head.querySelector("base");
 	head = qs(doc, "head");
 	base = qs(head, "base");
 
@@ -20,13 +20,18 @@ export function replaceBase(doc, section){
 		head.insertBefore(base, head.firstChild);
 	}
 
-	base.setAttribute("href", section.url);
+	// Fix for Safari crashing if the url doesn't have an origin
+	if (!absolute && window && window.location) {
+		url = window.location.origin + url;
+	}
+
+	base.setAttribute("href", url);
 }
 
 export function replaceCanonical(doc, section){
 	var head;
 	var link;
-	var url = section.url; // window.location.origin +  window.location.pathname + "?loc=" + encodeURIComponent(section.url);
+	var url = section.canonical;
 
 	if(!doc){
 		return;