diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/app.js b/client/app/scripts/components/app.js
index ea85045b5..7b57180e6 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/app.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/app.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import Sidebar from './sidebar.js';
 import Status from './status.js';
 import Topologies from './topologies.js';
 import TopologyOptions from './topology-options.js';
-import { getApiDetails, getTopologies } from '../utils/web-api-utils';
+import { getApiDetails, getTopologies, basePathSlash } from '../utils/web-api-utils';
 import { hitEsc } from '../actions/app-actions';
 import Details from './details';
 import Nodes from './nodes';
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export default class App extends React.Component {
     AppStore.addListener(this.onChange);
     window.addEventListener('keyup', this.onKeyPress);
 
-    getRouter(this.props.base).start({hashbang: true});
+    getRouter().start({hashbang: true});
     if (!AppStore.isRouteSet()) {
       // dont request topologies when already done via router
       getTopologies(AppStore.getActiveTopologyOptions());
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ export default class App extends React.Component {
     // width of details panel blocking a view
     const detailsWidth = showingDetails ? 450 : 0;
     const topMargin = 100;
-    const contrastMode = this.props.base.indexOf('contrast') > -1;
+    const contrastMode = window.location.pathname.indexOf('contrast') > -1;
     // link url to switch contrast with current UI state
-    const otherContrastModeUrl = contrastMode ? '/' : '/contrast.html';
+    const otherContrastModeUrl = contrastMode ? basePathSlash(window.location.pathname) : 'contrast.html';
     const otherContrastModeTitle = contrastMode ? 'Switch to normal contrast' : 'Switch to high contrast';
 
     return (
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/contrast-main.js b/client/app/scripts/contrast-main.js
index 29b3d735d..18de464be 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/contrast-main.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/contrast-main.js
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 
 import App from './components/app.js';
 
-ReactDOM.render(<App base="/contrast.html" />, document.getElementById('app'));
+ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('app'));
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/main.js b/client/app/scripts/main.js
index 10cbcc26a..129e1d6ab 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/main.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/main.js
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 
 import App from './components/app.js';
 
-ReactDOM.render(<App base="" />, document.getElementById('app'));
+ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('app'));
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/utils/router-utils.js b/client/app/scripts/utils/router-utils.js
index f55a9af2d..b2a4e3208 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/utils/router-utils.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/utils/router-utils.js
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ page('/state/:state', function(ctx) {
   route(state);
 });
 
-export function getRouter(base) {
-  page.base(base);
+export function getRouter() {
+  // strip any trailing '/'s.
+  page.base(window.location.pathname.replace(/\/$/, ''));
   return page;
 }
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/utils/web-api-utils.js b/client/app/scripts/utils/web-api-utils.js
index aab8056b4..f9a2f977d 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/utils/web-api-utils.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/utils/web-api-utils.js
@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@ export function basePath(urlPath) {
   return parts.join('/').replace(/\/$/, '');
 }
 
+export function basePathSlash(urlPath) {
+  //
+  // "/scope/terminal.html" -> "/scope/"
+  // "/scope/" -> "/scope/"
+  // "/scope" -> "/scope/"
+  // "/" -> "/"
+  //
+  return basePath(urlPath) + '/';
+}
+
 const wsProto = location.protocol === 'https:' ? 'wss' : 'ws';
 const wsUrl = wsProto + '://' + location.host + basePath(location.pathname);
 
diff --git a/client/package.json b/client/package.json
index bdb70ca42..824502f96 100644
--- a/client/package.json
+++ b/client/package.json
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-jasmine": "1.6.0",
     "eslint-plugin-react": "3.8.0",
     "file-loader": "0.8.4",
+    "http-proxy-rules": "^1.0.1",
     "jest-cli": "~0.7.1",
     "json-loader": "0.5.3",
     "less": "~2.5.1",
diff --git a/client/server.js b/client/server.js
index 6efba3ec9..62fb9d7c8 100644
--- a/client/server.js
+++ b/client/server.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 var express = require('express');
+var http = require('http');
 var httpProxy = require('http-proxy');
+var HttpProxyRules = require('http-proxy-rules');
 var url = require('url');
 
 var app = express();
@@ -90,3 +92,39 @@ var server = app.listen(port, function () {
 });
 
 server.on('upgrade', proxy.ws.bind(proxy));
+
+
+/*************************************************************
+ *
+ * path proxy server
+ *
+ *************************************************************/
+
+var proxyRules = new HttpProxyRules({
+  rules: {
+    '/scoped/': 'http://localhost:' + port
+  }
+});
+
+var pathProxy = httpProxy.createProxy({ws: true});
+var pathProxyPort = port + 1;
+const proxyPathServer = http.createServer(function(req, res) {
+  var target = proxyRules.match(req);
+  if (!target) {
+    res.writeHead(500, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
+    res.end('No rules matched! Check out /scoped/');
+    return;
+  }
+  return pathProxy.web(req, res, {target: target});
+}).listen(pathProxyPort, function() {
+  var pathProxyHost = proxyPathServer.address().address;
+  console.log('Scope Proxy Path UI listening at http://%s:%s/scoped/',
+              pathProxyHost, pathProxyPort);
+});
+
+proxyPathServer.on('upgrade', function(req, socket, head) {
+  var target = proxyRules.match(req);
+  if (target) {
+    return pathProxy.ws(req, socket, head, {target: target});
+  }
+});