diff --git a/lib/app/addons/ac/partial.common.js b/lib/app/addons/ac/partial.common.js
index 36c8aebb1..6fde404f2 100644
--- a/lib/app/addons/ac/partial.common.js
+++ b/lib/app/addons/ac/partial.common.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ YUI.add('mojito-partial-addon', function (Y, NAME) {
 
             id = NAME + '::' + (instance.id || '@' + instance.type) + '>render:' + view;
 
-            renderer.render(data, instance.type, mojitView, new Y.mojito.OutputBuffer(id, cb), meta);
+            renderer.render(data, instance, mojitView, new Y.mojito.OutputBuffer(id, cb), meta);
         },
 
         /**
diff --git a/lib/app/autoload/store.server.js b/lib/app/autoload/store.server.js
index 94c8078d1..19f0c3ae2 100644
--- a/lib/app/autoload/store.server.js
+++ b/lib/app/autoload/store.server.js
@@ -743,11 +743,11 @@ YUI.add('mojito-resource-store', function(Y, NAME) {
                     if (res.name.indexOf('partials/') === 0) {
                         // removing the "partials/" prefix
                         details.partials[this._libs.path.basename(res.name)] = template;
-                    } else {
-                        details.views[res.name] = template;
-                        details.views[res.name].assets = res.view.assets;
-                        details.views[res.name].engine = res.view.engine;
                     }
+                    details.views[res.name] = template;
+                    details.views[res.name].assets = res.view.assets;
+                    details.views[res.name].engine = res.view.engine;
+
                     continue;
                 }
 
diff --git a/tests/func/applications/frameworkapp/common/mojits/ACMojit/controller.common.js b/tests/func/applications/frameworkapp/common/mojits/ACMojit/controller.common.js
index 339d40faa..98f302138 100644
--- a/tests/func/applications/frameworkapp/common/mojits/ACMojit/controller.common.js
+++ b/tests/func/applications/frameworkapp/common/mojits/ACMojit/controller.common.js
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ YUI.add('ActionContextMojit', function(Y, NAME) {
             }else if(test=="done8"){
                 ac.done({data:"Hello, world!--from done"}, {view: {name: "mytemplate"}});
             }else if(test=="done9"){
-                ac.done({ foo: null }, {view: {name: "mytemplate1"}});
+                ac.done({ foo: null }, {view: {name: "testdir/mytemplate1"}});
             }else if(test=="done10"){
-                ac.done({ foo: [ 1, 2, null, 4 ]}, {view: {name: "mytemplate1"}} );
+                ac.done({ foo: [ 1, 2, null, 4 ]}, {view: {name: "testdir/mytemplate1"}} );
             }else if(test=="flush8"){
                 ac.flush({data:"Hello, world!--from flush"}, {view: {name: "mytemplate"}});
                 ac.done();
diff --git a/tests/func/applications/frameworkapp/common/mojits/ACMojit/views/mytemplate1.mu.html b/tests/func/applications/frameworkapp/common/mojits/ACMojit/views/testdir/mytemplate1.mu.html
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/func/applications/frameworkapp/common/mojits/ACMojit/views/mytemplate1.mu.html
rename to tests/func/applications/frameworkapp/common/mojits/ACMojit/views/testdir/mytemplate1.mu.html
diff --git a/tests/func/applications/frameworkapp/common/mojits/PartialMojit/controller.common.js b/tests/func/applications/frameworkapp/common/mojits/PartialMojit/controller.common.js
index 90a5acf1d..8d8909ae2 100644
--- a/tests/func/applications/frameworkapp/common/mojits/PartialMojit/controller.common.js
+++ b/tests/func/applications/frameworkapp/common/mojits/PartialMojit/controller.common.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ YUI.add('PartialMojit', function(Y, NAME) {
         	   ac.done(mymarkup);
             });*/
             //ac.done(data);
-            ac.partial.render(data, "sub", function(error, mymarkup){
+            ac.partial.render(data, "partials/sub", function(error, mymarkup){
 		       Y.log("HereController....."+mymarkup);
         	   ac.done(mymarkup);
             })
diff --git a/tests/func/applications/frameworkapp/common/mojits/PartialMojit/views/partials/sub.mu.html b/tests/func/applications/frameworkapp/common/mojits/PartialMojit/views/partials/sub.mu.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6002d96a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/func/applications/frameworkapp/common/mojits/PartialMojit/views/partials/sub.mu.html
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<div id="{{mojit_view_id}}" class="sub">
+	<label id="subdata">From partials/sub: this is my data: {{mydata}}</label>
+</div>
diff --git a/tests/func/applications/frameworkapp/common/mojits/PartialMojit/views/sub.mu.html b/tests/func/applications/frameworkapp/common/mojits/PartialMojit/views/sub.mu.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 35a13dde5..000000000
--- a/tests/func/applications/frameworkapp/common/mojits/PartialMojit/views/sub.mu.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-<div id="{{mojit_view_id}}" class="sub">
-	<label id="subdata">this is my data: {{mydata}}</label>
-</div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/unit/lib/app/addons/ac/test-partial.common.js b/tests/unit/lib/app/addons/ac/test-partial.common.js
index 3b606fb8b..001b99f76 100644
--- a/tests/unit/lib/app/addons/ac/test-partial.common.js
+++ b/tests/unit/lib/app/addons/ac/test-partial.common.js
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ YUI().use('mojito-partial-addon', 'test', function (Y) {
             var mockRenderer = Mock();
             Mock.expect(mockRenderer, {
                 method: 'render',
-                args: [data, 'myInstanceType',  Mock.Value.Object, Mock.Value.Object, Mock.Value.Object],
+                args: [data, command.instance,  Mock.Value.Object, Mock.Value.Object, Mock.Value.Object],
                 run: function (data, type, mojitView, adapter) {
                     Assert.areEqual('myContentPath', mojitView['content-path']);
                     adapter.done('renderdone');
diff --git a/tests/unit/lib/app/autoload/test-store.server.js b/tests/unit/lib/app/autoload/test-store.server.js
index 26d9414fe..9727f8a00 100644
--- a/tests/unit/lib/app/autoload/test-store.server.js
+++ b/tests/unit/lib/app/autoload/test-store.server.js
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ YUI().use(
             'server mojit instance views and binders': function() {
                 var instance = {type:'test_mojit_1'};
                 store.expandInstanceForEnv('client', instance, {}, function(err, instance) {
-                    A.areSame(3, Y.Object.keys(instance.views).length);
+                    A.areSame(4, Y.Object.keys(instance.views).length);
 
                     A.isObject(instance.views['test_1']);
                     A.areSame('/static/test_mojit_1/views/test_1.hb.html', instance.views['test_1']['content-path']);