diff --git a/assets/checksums.txt b/assets/checksums.txt
index f484fe826..5f912d209 100644
--- a/assets/checksums.txt
+++ b/assets/checksums.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+947915cfd402f6184c4da97224fe4ee0 assets/ublock/unbreak.txt
 b8fd6f6a836d34e0629dca07424d7bd8 assets/ublock/privacy.txt
-ce91a0f0be1fd8829b078fa3bffcf575 assets/ublock/filters.txt
+93a56996f9cbd501ee764938536f77cb assets/ublock/filters.txt
 c9c5cc56bec563bc1885847f925b9be2 assets/ublock/mirror-candidates.txt
 77516c4443fb629fc6b1b91b26004cc9 assets/ublock/filter-lists.json
 132b3ecc9da8a68c3faf740c00af734b assets/thirdparties/adblock-plus-japanese-filter.googlecode.com/hg/abp_jp.txt
diff --git a/assets/ublock/filters.txt b/assets/ublock/filters.txt
index eeabf62a0..76f84d24e 100644
--- a/assets/ublock/filters.txt
+++ b/assets/ublock/filters.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-# Needed to unbreak sites affected by out of the box lists
+# Filters optimized for uBlock
+# TODO: after a transition period, all exception filters to unbreak pages
+# will be corralled into `unbreak.txt`, so that *only* block filters are
+# present in this list. Transition period: let's say 2-3 weeks after I
+# update Chrome/Opera store.
 
 # https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/20
 # => blocking counterpart in Peter Lowe's Ad Server
diff --git a/assets/ublock/unbreak.txt b/assets/ublock/unbreak.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3a3550b34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/ublock/unbreak.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+# Needed to unbreak web sites, mostly because of hosts file-based filters:
+#   Dan Pollock's, MVPS, Peter Lowe's
+
+# https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/20
+# => blocking counterpart in Peter Lowe's Ad Server
+@@||www.google-analytics.com/ga.js^$domain=xda-developers.com
+
+# https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/63
+@@||adf.ly^$~third-party
+
+# https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/69
+@@||widget-cdn.rpxnow.com^$domain=foxnews.com,script
+
+# https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/119
+# To counter `google-analytics.com` in Peter Lowe's list
+@@||google-analytics.com^$domain=avianca.com
+
+# https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/141
+# Videos broken on weather.com
+# To counter `tags.tiqcdn.com` in  MVPS
+@@||tags.tiqcdn.com/utag/*.js$script,domain=cnet.com|weather.com
+
+# https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/17#issuecomment-51625306
+# To counter `extras.mnginteractive.com` in hpHosts
+@@||extras.mnginteractive.com^$domain=mercurynews.com|denverpost.com|twincities.com
+
+# http://forums.lanik.us/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=17842&sid=46bd7065193153fe46efe816b7cd32c9&start=30#p59663
+# To counter `statcounter.com` in Peter Lowe's, MVPS, Dan Pollock's and hpHosts
+@@||statcounter.com^$~third-party
+
+# https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/166
+# To counter `liverail.com` in Peter Lowe's, MVPS, and hpHosts
+@@||cdn-static.liverail.com^$object-subrequest
+
+# cnet.com needs this for video players
+# https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/227
+# To counter `2mdn.net` in Peter Lowe's
+# To counter `s0.2mdn.net` in MVPS, hpHosts, Dan Pollock's
+@@||s0.2mdn.net/instream/*$domain=cnet.com|nfl.com|wistv.com
+@@||s0.2mdn.net/instream/flash/v3/adsapi_3.swf$object
+
+# https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/243
+# To counter `cdn-i.dmdentertainment.com` in hpHosts
+@@||cdn-i.dmdentertainment.com^$domain=cracked.com
+
+# https://twitter.com/ethanveres/status/527122036649639936
+# Fortunately, further connections to `mxpnl.com` are blocked
+@@||cdn.vurb.com/*/mixpanel.
+
+# https://adblockplus.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=25772
+@@||target.122.2o7.net^$domain=target.com
+
+# To counter `adm.fwmrm.net` from hpHosts, MVPS, Dan Pollock's
+@@||adm.fwmrm.net^$domain=go.com
+
+# https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/274
+# To counter `mopub.com` in Peter Lowe's
+@@||mopub.com^$~third-party
+
+# https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/293
+# To counter `safelinking.net` in hpHosts
+@@||safelinking.net^$~third-party
+
+# https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/302
+# To counter `outbrain.com` in hpHosts
+@@||outbrain.com^$~third-party
+
+# https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/316
+# To counter `inc.com` in Peter Lowe's, hpHosts
+@@||inc.com^$~third-party
+
+# Chrome store feedback
+# To counter Peter Lowe's `intergi.com`
+@@||intergi.com^$domain=tvgolo.com
+
+# https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/336
+# To counter `flurry.com` in Peter Lowe's, hpHosts, MVPS
+@@||flurry.com^$~third-party
+
+# https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/374
+# To counter `2mdn.net` in Peter Lowe's, `s0.2mdn.net` in hpHosts
+@@||s0.2mdn.net/instream/*$object,script,domain=wsmv.com
+
+# https://twitter.com/JarkkoRytkonen/status/540052376015888385
+# To counter `google-analytics.com` in Peter Lowe's
+@@||google-analytics.com^$domain=jackbox.tv
+
+# Videos broken on weather.com
+# To counter `www.googletagservices.com` in MVPS, hpHosts, Dan Pollock's
+@@||www.googletagservices.com/tag/js/gpt.js^$script,domain=weather.com
+
+# https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/409
+@@||c.speedtest.net^$~third-party
+
+# To counter Peter Lowe's, hpHosts
+@@||boldchat.com^$~third-party
+
+# https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/463
+# To counter Peter Lowe's, hpHosts
+@@||mixpanel.com^$~third-party
+
+# https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/466
+# Until fixed in EasyPrivacy
+@@/google-analytics-dashboard
+
+# https://twitter.com/poroot/status/554300983472574465
+charlie.strim.io#@##tweets
+ovh.strim.io#@##tweets
+
+# https://adblockplus.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=24896&start=15#p114675
+# Until fixed in EasyList
+@@||cdn.turner.com/ads/nba/adfuel.js$domain=www.nba.com
+
+# From Chrome store: Go to site http://www.vd.nl/ ... links from dropdown top menu do not work
+# To counter Dan Pollock's, hpHosts, MVPS, Peter Lowe's
+@@||google-analytics.com/analytics.js$domain=www.vd.nl
+
+# https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/570
+# To counter `yui.yahooapis.com` in hpHosts
+@@||yui.yahooapis.com^
+
+# Chrome store feedback
+# To counter `top.mail.ru` in Peter Lowe's
+@@||top.mail.ru^$~third-party
+
+# https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/580
+# To counter `liverail.com` in Dan Pollock's, hpHosts, MVPS, Peter Lowe's
+@@||cdn-static.liverail.com$domain=9to5mac.com
+
+# https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/602
+# To counter `/ads.css` in EasyList
+@@||css.washingtonpost.com/*/ads.css$stylesheet,~third-party
+
+# https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/607
+# To counter `||pcekspert.com^` in Peter Lowe's
+@@||pcekspert.com^$~third-party
+
+# https://twitter.com/yo_0/status/559748330390323200
+# To counter `||clickbank.com^` in Dan Pollock's, Peter Lowe's
+@@||clickbank.com^$~third-party
+
+# https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/614
+# To counter `awaps.yandex.ru` in hpHosts
+# To counter `mc.yandex.ru` in hpHosts, MVPS
+@@||awaps.yandex.ru^$domain=market.yandex.ru
+@@||mc.yandex.ru^$domain=market.yandex.ru
+@@||yastatic.net/market-export/*/advert.js$domain=market.yandex.ru
+
+# https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/650
+# https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/821
+# To counter `google-analytics.com` in Dan Pollock's, hpHosts, MVPS, Peter Lowe's
+@@||www.google-analytics.com/ga.js$domain=onlinetv.ru|zie.nl
+
+# https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/774
+# To counter `carbonads.net` in Peter Lowe's
+@@||carbonads.net^$~third-party
+
+# This enables twitch.tv to work in HTML5
+@@||imasdk.googleapis.com$domain=twitch.tv
+
+# Chrome store feedback: "totaljobs.com [...] with μBlock enabled, I can't click any links"
+# To counter `2o7.net` in Peter Lowe's
+@@||2o7.net^$domain=totaljobs.com
+
+# https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/822
+# https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/940
+# To counter `google-analytics.com` in Dan Pollock's, hpHosts, MVPS, Peter Lowe's
+@@||google-analytics.com^$domain=musixmatch.com|bikstok.sonymusicshop.dk
+
+# https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/841
+# To counter `quantcast.com` in hpHosts, Peter Lowe's
+@@||quantcast.com^$~third-party
+
+# Chrome store feedback: "on gaana.com it blocks the site"
+# To counter `_social_tracking.` in EasyPrivacy
+@@||css5.gaanacdn.com/minify-*/min/?$script,domain=gaana.com
+
+# https://twitter.com/Urre/status/572742363069714432
+# To counter `/keen.min.js` in EasyPrivacy
+@@||keen.github.io/*/keen.min.js$~third-party
+
+# Feedback from Chrome store: "videos dont work on this site"
+# http://www.okgoals.com/match-highlights-1425491618---41
+# To counter `intergi.com` in Peter Lowe's
+@@||cdn.phoenix.intergi.com^$domain=okgoals.com
+
+# kissmetrics.com broken
+# To counter `kissmetrics.com` in Peter Lowe's
+@@||kissmetrics.com^$~third-party
+
+# Twitter: https://twitter.com/swashcap/status/578413787323056128
+# "Found Viewpoint’s site [...] Looks like it might be broken?"
+# To counter hpHosts, Peter Lowe's `viewpoint.com`
+@@||viewpoint.com^$~third-party
+
+# http://www.reddit.com/r/ublock/comments/32k908/cnncom_videos_wont_load_w_%C2%B5block_enabled/
+@@||i.cdn.turner.com/xslo/cvp/ads/freewheel/bundles/2/*$domain=cnn.com
diff --git a/src/js/background.js b/src/js/background.js
index a93a8915b..7cec3ed6c 100644
--- a/src/js/background.js
+++ b/src/js/background.js
@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ return {
         'assets/ublock/privacy.txt': {
             title: 'uBlock filters – Privacy',
             group: 'default'
+        },
+        'assets/ublock/unbreak.txt': {
+            title: 'uBlock filters – Unbreak',
+            group: 'default'
         }
     },