diff --git a/webapp/index.html b/webapp/index.html
index b73b9d7a..c650f4b3 100644
--- a/webapp/index.html
+++ b/webapp/index.html
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ <h4>Upload Progress</h4>
 
             <div id="upload-form-container">
               <h4>Import one or more PDFs</h4>
-              <form id="upload" action="/upload.json" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" class="form-inline">
+              <form id="upload" action="upload.json" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" class="form-inline">
 
                 <div class="input-group">
                   <!-- we are using this here: http://www.abeautifulsite.net/whipping-file-inputs-into-shape-with-bootstrap-3/ -->
diff --git a/webapp/static/js/library.js b/webapp/static/js/library.js
index d7e0fb47..5a15c42e 100644
--- a/webapp/static/js/library.js
+++ b/webapp/static/js/library.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Tabula = window.Tabula || {};
+var base_uri = $('base').attr("href");
 
 Tabula.FileUpload = Backbone.Model.extend({
   // isOneOfMultiple:
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ Tabula.FileUpload = Backbone.Model.extend({
     }else{
       $.ajax({
           dataType: 'json',
-          url: '/queue/'+this.get('upload_id')+'/json?file_id=' + this.get('file_id'),
+          url: (base_uri || '/') + 'queue/'+this.get('upload_id')+'/json?file_id=' + this.get('file_id'),
           success: _.bind(function(data, status, xhr) {
             if( (data.message.length && data.message != "complete") || data.pct_complete == 100 ){
               this.set('message',  data.message);