diff --git a/deluge/ui/web/js/deluge-all/Deluge.UI.js b/deluge/ui/web/js/deluge-all/Deluge.UI.js
index 52c47ce01..c2634fa50 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/web/js/deluge-all/Deluge.UI.js
+++ b/deluge/ui/web/js/deluge-all/Deluge.UI.js
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Deluge.UI = {
 		Deluge.Events.on("connect", this.onConnect, this);
 		Deluge.Events.on("disconnect", this.onDisconnect, this);
 		Deluge.Client = new Ext.ux.util.RpcClient({
-			url: '/json'
+			url: Deluge.config.base + 'json'
 		});
 	
 		for (var plugin in Deluge.Plugins) {
diff --git a/deluge/ui/web/server.py b/deluge/ui/web/server.py
index a387af9f4..c396010d0 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/web/server.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/web/server.py
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ CONFIG_DEFAULTS = {
     "theme": "gray",
 
     # Server Settings
+    "base": "/",
     "port": 8112,
     "https": False,
     "pkey": "ssl/daemon.pkey",
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ CONFIG_DEFAULTS = {
 
 UI_CONFIG_KEYS = (
     "theme", "sidebar_show_zero", "sidebar_show_trackers",
-    "show_session_speed"
+    "show_session_speed", "base"
 )
 
 OLD_CONFIG_KEYS = (
@@ -404,6 +405,8 @@ class TopLevel(resource.Resource):
             theme = CONFIG_DEFAULTS.get("theme")
         self.__stylesheets.insert(1, "/css/xtheme-%s.css" % theme)
 
+        self.base = component.get("DelugeWeb").config["base"]
+
 
     @property
     def scripts(self):
@@ -474,10 +477,9 @@ class TopLevel(resource.Resource):
         else:
             scripts = self.scripts[:]
 
-        base = request.args.get('base', [''])[-1]
         template = Template(filename=rpath("index.html"))
         request.setHeader("content-type", "text/html; charset=utf-8")
-        return template.render(scripts=scripts, stylesheets=self.stylesheets, debug=debug, base=base)
+        return template.render(scripts=scripts, stylesheets=self.stylesheets, debug=debug, base=self.base)
 
 class ServerContextFactory: