diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bd9bd8177f7706fdfd3807af58a8c6dd252e8bdd..8b671b6cfa430783077b81eaf90e0140cd1b9187 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ To get up and running:
     $ bower install
     $ open index.html
 
-If your REST server expects a namespace on the URL path (such as `/api/study/list` instead of `/study/list`), add it to the `config/config.js`file. You can specify either a namespace (`/api/`) or a URL (`http://my-host:8080/api`).
+If your REST server expects a namespace on the URL path (such as `/api/study/list` instead of `/study/list`), add it to the `config/config.js`file. You can specify either a namespace (`/api`) or a URL (`http://my-host:8080/api`).
diff --git a/config/config.js b/config/config.js
index 2f261002681bffa82e888aa9a4378e3e86ed3480..17240a3f3354311a65b5c11c01901b0432529469 100644
--- a/config/config.js
+++ b/config/config.js
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-define(['dojo/_base/declare'], function(declare) {
-    return declare('nesstarconfig.config', null, {
-
-        /* API URL namespace */
-        baseUrl: '/api/'
-        
-    });
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+window.config = {
+    baseUrl: ''
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/js/_RestMixin.js b/js/_RestMixin.js
index 8baa1e03ddfcdca3007212125ea8721fbbed90df..848d71616917786a7b999764560787e7a69f7278 100644
--- a/js/_RestMixin.js
+++ b/js/_RestMixin.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 define(['dojo/_base/declare',
     'dojo/_base/lang',
     'dojo/request',
-    'nesstarconfig/config'], function(declare, lang, request, config) {
+    'nesstarconfig/config'], function(declare, lang, request) {
     return declare('nesstartouch._RestMixin', null, {
         defaultOptions: {
             method: 'GET',
@@ -40,8 +40,12 @@ define(['dojo/_base/declare',
         },
 
         addBaseUrl: function(originalUrl) {
-            if (config) {
-                return config.baseUrl + originalUrl;
+            if (window.config) {
+                var base = window.config.baseUrl;
+                if (base.indexOf('/', base.length - 1) !== -1) {
+                    base = base.substring(0, base.length - 1);
+                }
+                return base + originalUrl;
             }
             return originalUrl;
         },