diff --git a/webapp/web/js/account/accountProxyItemsPanel.js b/webapp/web/js/account/accountProxyItemsPanel.js
index c490b14a9..4014d17d0 100644
--- a/webapp/web/js/account/accountProxyItemsPanel.js
+++ b/webapp/web/js/account/accountProxyItemsPanel.js
@@ -24,10 +24,13 @@ function proxyItemsPanel(panel, contextInfo)  {
 
 	this.itemData = [];
 
-	var excludedUris = contextInfo.excludedUris;
 	var dataContainerElement = $("[name='proxyData']", panel).first();
 	var autoCompleteField = $("input[name='proxySelectorAC']", panel).first();
 	var searchStatusField = $("span[name='proxySelectorSearchStatus']", panel).first();
+	var excludedUris =  [];
+	$("[name='excludeUri']", panel).each(function(index) {
+		excludedUris.push($(this).text());
+	});
 
 	var parseTemplate = function(dataContainer) {
 		var templateDiv = $("div[name='template']", dataContainer)
@@ -161,7 +164,6 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 
 	$("div[name='proxyProfilesPanel']").each(function(i) {
 		var context = {
-			excludedUris: [],
 			baseUrl: proxyContextInfo.baseUrl,
 			ajaxUrl: proxyContextInfo.ajaxUrl,
 			basicInfoAction: "getAvailableProfiles",
@@ -172,7 +174,6 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 	
 	$("div[name='proxyProxiesPanel']").each(function(i) {
 		var context = {
-            excludedUris: [],
 			baseUrl: proxyContextInfo.baseUrl,
 			ajaxUrl: proxyContextInfo.ajaxUrl,
 			basicInfoAction: "getAvailableProxies",
diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/accounts/userAccounts-myProxiesPanel.ftl b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/accounts/userAccounts-myProxiesPanel.ftl
index 080fd5e4b..4ebb1da7a 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/accounts/userAccounts-myProxiesPanel.ftl
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/accounts/userAccounts-myProxiesPanel.ftl
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ ${stylesheets.add('<link rel="stylesheet" href="${urls.base}/edit/forms/css/auto
     
     <p><input type="text" name="proxySelectorAC" class="acSelector" size="35" value="Select an existing last name"></p>
     <p class="search-status"><span name='proxySelectorSearchStatus' moreCharsText='type more characters' noMatchText='no match'>&nbsp;</span></p>
+    <p name="excludeUri" style="display: none">${myAccountUri}<p>
 
     <p class="selected-editors">Selected editors:</p>
     <#-- Magic div thst holds all of the proxy data and the template that shows how to display it. -->
diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/manageproxies/manageProxies-list.ftl b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/manageproxies/manageProxies-list.ftl
index dd6cf52de..ceff1be4d 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/manageproxies/manageProxies-list.ftl
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/manageproxies/manageProxies-list.ftl
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ ${stylesheets.add('<link rel="stylesheet" href="${urls.base}/js/jquery-ui/css/sm
                           moreCharsText='type more characters' 
                           noMatchText='no match'>&nbsp;</span>
                 </p>
+                <p name="excludeUri" style="display: none">${r.proxyInfos[0].profileUri}<p>
 
                 <p class="selected-editors">Selected profiles:</p>