diff --git a/core/api.cfc b/core/api.cfc
index b2456ae1..89ad59e5 100644
--- a/core/api.cfc
+++ b/core/api.cfc
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 		</cfif>
 		<cfif !isUnhandledPathRequest(arguments.targetPath)>
 			<!--- if browsing to root of api, redirect to dashboard --->
-			<cfif len(cgi.path_info) lte 1 and len(cgi.query_string) eq 0 and listLast(cgi.script_name, "/") eq "index.cfm" and not application._taffy.settings.disableDashboard>
+			<cfif NOT application._taffy.settings.disableDashboard AND NOT structKeyExists(url,application._taffy.settings.endpointURLParam) AND NOT structKeyExists(form,application._taffy.settings.endpointURLParam) AND len(cgi.path_info) lte 1 and len(cgi.query_string) eq 0 and listLast(cgi.script_name, "/") eq "index.cfm">
 				<cfset local.basePath = listDeleteAt(cgi.script_name,listLen(cgi.script_name,"/"),"/") />
 				<cflocation url="#local.basePath#/?#application._taffy.settings.dashboardKey#" addtoken="false" />
 			</cfif>
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@
 		</cfif>
 
 		<cfset local.allowVerbs = uCase(structKeyList(_taffyRequest.matchDetails.methods)) />
-		<cfif application._taffy.settings.allowCrossDomain 
-				AND listFindNoCase('PUT,DELETE,OPTIONS',_taffyRequest.verb) 
+		<cfif application._taffy.settings.allowCrossDomain
+				AND listFindNoCase('PUT,DELETE,OPTIONS',_taffyRequest.verb)
 				AND NOT listFind(local.allowVerbs,'OPTIONS')>
 		    <cfset local.allowVerbs = listAppend(local.allowVerbs,'OPTIONS') />
 		</cfif>
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@
 		<cfset local.defaultConfig.reloadKey = "reload" />
 		<cfset local.defaultConfig.reloadPassword = "true" />
 		<cfset local.defaultConfig.reloadOnEveryRequest = false />
+		<cfset local.defaultConfig.endpointURLParam = 'endpoint' />
 		<cfset local.defaultConfig.representationClass = "taffy.core.nativeJsonRepresentation" />
 		<cfset local.defaultConfig.dashboardKey = "dashboard" />
 		<cfset local.defaultConfig.disableDashboard = false />
@@ -344,11 +345,11 @@
 
 		<cfelse>
 			<h1>Taffy is up and running!</h1>
-			<p>It looks like you don't have any resources defined. Get started by creating the folder 
+			<p>It looks like you don't have any resources defined. Get started by creating the folder
 			<code style="background-color: #F5DA81"><cfoutput>#guessResourcesFullPath()#</cfoutput></code> in which you should place your
 			Resource CFC's.</p>
-			<p>Or you could set up a bean factory, like <a href="http://www.coldspringframework.org/">ColdSpring</a> 
-			or <a href="https://github.com/seancorfield/di1">DI/1</a>. Want to know more about using bean factories with Taffy? 
+			<p>Or you could set up a bean factory, like <a href="http://www.coldspringframework.org/">ColdSpring</a>
+			or <a href="https://github.com/seancorfield/di1">DI/1</a>. Want to know more about using bean factories with Taffy?
 			<a href="https://github.com/atuttle/Taffy/wiki/So-you-want-to:-use-an-external-bean-factory-like-coldspring-to-completely-manage-resources"
 			>Check out the wiki!</a></p>
 			<p>If all else fails, I recommend starting with <a href="https://github.com/atuttle/Taffy/wiki/Getting-Started">Getting Started</a>.</p>
@@ -373,8 +374,17 @@
 					Actual desired method will be contained in a special header --->
  		<cfset var httpMethodOverride = GetPageContext().getRequest().getHeader("X-HTTP-Method-Override") />
 
+		<cfset requestObj.uri = getPath() />
+		<cfif NOT len(requestObj.uri)>
+			<cfif structKeyExists(url,application._taffy.settings.endpointURLParam)>
+				<cfset requestObj.uri = url[application._taffy.settings.endpointURLParam] />
+
+			<cfelseif structKeyExists(form,application._taffy.settings.endpointURLParam)>
+				<cfset requestObj.uri = form[application._taffy.settings.endpointURLParam] />
+			</cfif>
+		</cfif>
+
  		<!--- check for format in the URI --->
- 		<cfset requestObj.uri = getPath() />
  		<cfset requestObj.uriFormat = formatFromURI(requestObj.uri) />
 
 		<!--- attempt to find the cfc for the requested uri --->
diff --git a/core/factory.cfc b/core/factory.cfc
index 6a03170a..8ae4a37e 100644
--- a/core/factory.cfc
+++ b/core/factory.cfc
@@ -70,18 +70,18 @@
 		<cfif len(basepath) eq 0>
 			<cfset arguments.basePath = "!@$%^&*()" />
 		</cfif>
-		<cfset var beanPath = 
+		<cfset var beanPath =
 			"resources."
 			&
 			replace(
-				replace(path, basepath, ""), 
+				replace(path, basepath, ""),
 				"/",
 				".",
 				"ALL"
 			)
-			& 
+			&
 			"."
-			& 
+			&
 			replace(
 				filename,
 				".cfc",
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@
 		<cfif len(basepath) eq 0>
 			<cfset arguments.basePath = "!@$%^&*()" />
 		</cfif>
-		<cfreturn 
+		<cfreturn
 			replace(
-				replace(path, basepath, ""), 
+				replace(path, basepath, ""),
 				"/",
 				"",
 				"ALL"
diff --git a/core/mocker.cfm b/core/mocker.cfm
index 768a9c0f..3fd73c32 100644
--- a/core/mocker.cfm
+++ b/core/mocker.cfm
@@ -43,23 +43,35 @@
 
 <script type="text/javascript">
 	function submitRequest( verb, resource, representation ){
-		var endpoint = window.location.protocol + '//<cfoutput>#cgi.server_name#</cfoutput>';
+		var url = window.location.protocol + '//<cfoutput>#cgi.server_name#</cfoutput>';
+		var endpointURLParam = '<cfoutput>#jsStringFormat(application._taffy.settings.endpointURLParam)#</cfoutput>';
+		var endpoint = resource.split('?')[0];
+		var args = '';
+
 		if (window.location.port != 80){
-			endpoint += ':' + window.location.port;
+			url += ':' + window.location.port;
+		}
+		url += '<cfoutput>#cgi.SCRIPT_NAME#</cfoutput>';
+
+		if( resource.indexOf('?') && resource.split('?')[1] ){
+			args = resource.split('?')[1];
 		}
-		endpoint += '<cfoutput>#cgi.SCRIPT_NAME#</cfoutput>';
-		var url = endpoint + resource;
-		var dType = null;
-		if (representation && representation.indexOf("{") == 0){
-			dType = "application/json";
+
+		if( representation && representation.indexOf('{') == 0 ){
+			representation = $.parseJSON(representation);
+			representation[endpointURLParam] = endpoint;
+		} else {
+			representation = endpointURLParam + '=' + encodeURIComponent(endpoint);
+
+			if( args ){ representation += '&' + args; }
 		}
+
 		$("#rest_body").hide();
 		$.ajax({
 			type: verb,
 			url: url,
 			cache: false,
 			data: representation,
-			contentType: dType,
 			success: function(data, status, xhr){
 				$("#headers").val(xhr.getAllResponseHeaders());
 				$("#statuscode").val(xhr.status + " " + xhr.statusText).removeClass("statusError").addClass("statusSuccess");
diff --git a/tests/Application.cfc b/tests/Application.cfc
index aac131e9..a4304c5f 100644
--- a/tests/Application.cfc
+++ b/tests/Application.cfc
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <cfcomponent extends="taffy.core.api" output="false">
 	<cfscript>
 		this.name = "Taffy_testSuite";
+		this.mappings['/resources']				= '#getDirectoryFromPath(getCurrentTemplatePath())#resources';
+		this.mappings['/resourcesError']	= '#getDirectoryFromPath(getCurrentTemplatePath())#resourcesError';
 
 		variables.framework = {};
 		variables.framework.disableDashboard = false;
diff --git a/tests/tests/Application.cfc b/tests/tests/Application.cfc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..70a1e2ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests/Application.cfc
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<cfcomponent>
+
+<cfset this.name = 'Taffy_testSuite' />	<!---uses the same application name as the api Application.cfc for scope sharing --->
+<cfset this.mappings['/resources']			= '#expandPath(replaceNoCase(cgi.script_name,'/tests/index.cfm',''))#/resources' />
+<cfset this.mappings['/resourcesError']	= '#expandPath(replaceNoCase(cgi.script_name,'/tests/index.cfm',''))#/resourcesError' />
+
+
+<cffunction name="onRequestStart" returnType="void" access="public" output="false">
+	<cfif NOT isDefined('application._taffy')>
+		<cfset local.apiRootURL	= getDirectoryFromPath(cgi.script_name) />
+		<cfset local.apiRootURL	= listDeleteAt(local.apiRootURL,listLen(local.apiRootURL,'/'),'/') />
+
+		<cfhttp method="GET" url="http://#CGI.SERVER_NAME#:#CGI.SERVER_PORT##local.apiRootURL#/index.cfm" />
+	</cfif>
+</cffunction>
+
+</cfcomponent>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/tests/TestCore.cfc b/tests/tests/TestCore.cfc
index 3e49f581..a8c8b9a8 100644
--- a/tests/tests/TestCore.cfc
+++ b/tests/tests/TestCore.cfc
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <cfcomponent extends="base">
 
 	<cfscript>
-
 		function beforeTests(){
 			variables.taffy = createObject("component","taffy.tests.Application");
 			variables.factory = variables.taffy.getBeanFactory();
@@ -405,6 +404,33 @@
 			assertEquals( "dontpanic", application._taffy.settings.reloadPassword );
 		}
 
+		function use_endpointURLParam_in_GET(){
+			local.result = apiCall('get','?#application._taffy.settings.endpointURLParam#=/echo/2606.json','');
+
+			debug(local.result);
+			assertEquals(999,val(local.result.statusCode));
+		}
+
+		function use_endpointURLParam_in_POST(){
+			local.result = apiCall('post','?#application._taffy.settings.endpointURLParam#=/echo/2606.json','bar=foo');
+
+			debug(local.result);
+			assertEquals(200,val(local.result.statusCode));
+		}
+
+		function use_endpointURLParam_in_PUT(){
+			local.result = apiCall('put','?#application._taffy.settings.endpointURLParam#=/echo/2606.json','bar=foo');
+
+			debug(local.result);
+			assertEquals(200,val(local.result.statusCode));
+		}
+
+		function use_endpointURLParam_in_DELETE(){
+			local.result = apiCall('delete','?#application._taffy.settings.endpointURLParam#=/echo/tunnel/2606.json','');
+
+			debug(local.result);
+			assertEquals(200,val(local.result.statusCode));
+		}
 	</cfscript>
 
 
diff --git a/tests/tests/TestFactory.cfc b/tests/tests/TestFactory.cfc
index b05447a9..0cc39c53 100644
--- a/tests/tests/TestFactory.cfc
+++ b/tests/tests/TestFactory.cfc
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 			assertTrue(structKeyExists(application._taffy.status, "skippedResources"));
 			assertTrue( arrayLen(application._taffy.status.skippedResources) gt 0 );
 
-			variables.factory.loadBeansFromPath( '/taffy/tests/resources', 'taffy.tests.resources', expandPath('taffy/tests/resources'), true );
+			variables.factory.loadBeansFromPath( expandPath('/taffy/tests/resources'), 'taffy.tests.resources', expandPath('/taffy/tests/resources'), true );
 			debug(application._taffy.status);
 			assertTrue(structKeyExists(application._taffy.status, "skippedResources"));
 			assertTrue( ArrayLen(application._taffy.status.skippedResources) eq 0, "Expected skipped resources array to be empty but it wasn't" );
diff --git a/tests/tests/base.cfc b/tests/tests/base.cfc
index c37c1df0..3153344c 100644
--- a/tests/tests/base.cfc
+++ b/tests/tests/base.cfc
@@ -8,13 +8,15 @@
 		<cfargument name="basicauth" type="string" default="" />
 
 		<cfset var local = structNew() />
+		<cfset local.apiRootURL	= getDirectoryFromPath(cgi.script_name) />
+		<cfset local.apiRootURL	= listDeleteAt(local.apiRootURL,listLen(local.apiRootURL,'/'),'/') />
 
 		<cfif lcase(arguments.method) eq "put" or lcase(arguments.method) eq "post">
 			<!--- always reload the api before making a request --->
-			<cfhttp method="GET" url="http://#CGI.SERVER_NAME#:#CGI.SERVER_PORT#/taffy/tests/index.cfm/dashboard?reload=#application._taffy.settings.reloadPassword#" />
+			<cfhttp method="GET" url="http://#CGI.SERVER_NAME#:#CGI.SERVER_PORT##local.apiRootURL#/index.cfm?dashboard&reload=#application._taffy.settings.reloadPassword#" />
 			<cfset local.args = {} />
 			<cfset local.args.method = arguments.method />
-			<cfset local.args.url = "http://#CGI.SERVER_NAME#:#CGI.SERVER_PORT#/taffy/tests/index.cfm#arguments.uri#" />
+			<cfset local.args.url = "http://#CGI.SERVER_NAME#:#CGI.SERVER_PORT##local.apiRootURL#/index.cfm#arguments.uri#" />
 			<cfset local.args.result = "local.result" />
 			<cfset local.args.charset = "utf-8" />
 			<cfif len(arguments.basicauth)>
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@
 					<cfhttpparam type="header" name="Content-Type" value="application/x-www-form-urlencoded" />
 				</cfif>
 				<cfhttpparam type="body" value="#arguments.query#" />
-				
+
 				<!--- Add arbitrary headers to request --->
 				<cfloop item="local.header" collection="#arguments.headers#">
 					<cfhttpparam type="header" name="#local.header#" value="#arguments.headers[local.header]#" />
@@ -37,7 +39,12 @@
 		<cfelse>
 			<cfset local.args = {} />
 			<cfset local.args.method = arguments.method />
-			<cfset local.args.url = "http://#CGI.SERVER_NAME#:#CGI.SERVER_PORT#/taffy/tests/index.cfm#arguments.uri#?#arguments.query#" />
+			<cfset local.args.url = "http://#CGI.SERVER_NAME#:#CGI.SERVER_PORT##local.apiRootURL#/index.cfm#arguments.uri#" />
+			<cfif find('?',local.args.url)>
+				<cfset local.args.url = '#local.args.url##arguments.query#' />
+			<cfelse>
+				<cfset local.args.url = '#local.args.url#?#arguments.query#' />
+			</cfif>
 			<cfset local.args.result = "local.result" />
 			<cfset local.args.charset = "utf-8" />
 			<cfif len(arguments.basicauth)>