diff --git a/designer/src/main/java/org/restcomm/connect/rvd/RvdConfiguration.java b/designer/src/main/java/org/restcomm/connect/rvd/RvdConfiguration.java
index 83707ab..9af2cb5 100644
--- a/designer/src/main/java/org/restcomm/connect/rvd/RvdConfiguration.java
+++ b/designer/src/main/java/org/restcomm/connect/rvd/RvdConfiguration.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public class RvdConfiguration {
     private RvdConfig rvdConfig;  // the configuration settings from rvd.xml
     private RestcommConfig restcommConfig;
 
-    private String contextRootPath;
+    private String contextRootPath; // e.g. a/path/ending/in/slash/
     private URI restcommBaseUri;
     private Integer externalServiceTimeout;
     private Boolean videoSupport;
@@ -93,13 +93,14 @@ public class RvdConfiguration {
     }
 
     public RvdConfiguration(ServletContext servletContext) {
-        contextRootPath = servletContext.getRealPath("/");
-        logger.info("context root path is " + contextRootPath);
-        load();
+        this(servletContext.getRealPath("/"));
     }
 
     public RvdConfiguration(String contextRootPath) {
         this.contextRootPath = contextRootPath;
+        // append trailing slash if not already there
+        if (this.contextRootPath != null && !this.contextRootPath.endsWith("/"))
+            this.contextRootPath += "/";
         logger.info("context root path is " + contextRootPath);
         load();
     }
diff --git a/designer/src/main/webapp/app.js b/designer/src/main/webapp/app.js
index 06f8181..afa0b0a 100644
--- a/designer/src/main/webapp/app.js
+++ b/designer/src/main/webapp/app.js
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ angular.element(document).ready(['$http',function ($http) {
     angular.module('Rvd').factory('RvdConfiguration', function () {
         return {
             projectsRootPath: '/restcomm-rvd/services/projects',
-            videoSupport: clientConfig.videoSupport
+            videoSupport: clientConfig.videoSupport,
+            restcommBaseUrl = 'http://192.168.2.2'
         }
     });
     configPromise.resolve(clientConfig);
diff --git a/designer/src/main/webapp/js/app/controllers/projectManager.js b/designer/src/main/webapp/js/app/controllers/projectManager.js
index 5e5edc7..fd2ab5b 100644
--- a/designer/src/main/webapp/js/app/controllers/projectManager.js
+++ b/designer/src/main/webapp/js/app/controllers/projectManager.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-App.controller('projectManagerCtrl', function ( $scope, $http, $location, $stateParams, $timeout, $upload, notifications, authentication, fileRetriever ) {
+App.controller('projectManagerCtrl', function ( $scope, $http, $location, $stateParams, $timeout, $upload, notifications, authentication, fileRetriever, RvdConfiguration ) {
 
 	var account = authentication.getAccount();
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ App.controller('projectManagerCtrl', function ( $scope, $http, $location, $state
 		$scope.appItems = [];
 		$scope.retrievingApps = true;
 		$http({
-			url: '/restcomm/2012-04-24/Accounts/' + account.sid + '/Applications.json',
+			url: RvdConfiguration.restcommBaseUrl + '/restcomm/2012-04-24/Accounts/' + account.sid + '/Applications.json',
 			method: 'GET',
 			headers: {Authorization: authentication.getAuthHeader()}
 		}).success(function (data, status, headers, config) {
diff --git a/designer/src/main/webapp/js/app/interceptors.js b/designer/src/main/webapp/js/app/interceptors.js
index 42612df..96aefd2 100644
--- a/designer/src/main/webapp/js/app/interceptors.js
+++ b/designer/src/main/webapp/js/app/interceptors.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ angular.module('Rvd').config(['$httpProvider', function($httpProvider) {
 // injects authentication credentials when Restcomm authentication is used
 angular.module('Rvd').factory('RestcommAuthenticationInterceptor', function ($injector) {
     function request(config) {
-        return $injector.invoke(function ($state, authentication) {
+        return $injector.invoke(function ($state, authentication, RvdConfiguration) {
             if (config.url.startsWith('services/') || config.url.startsWith('/restcomm-rvd/services/')) {
                 if (authentication.getAuthHeader()) {
                     // if the request is targeted towards RVD add authorization header and there is no authorization header already
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ angular.module('Rvd').factory('RestcommAuthenticationInterceptor', function ($in
                     config.headers.Authorization = authentication.getAuthHeader();
                 }
             } else
-            if (config.url.startsWith('/restcomm/2012-04-24/')) {
+            if (config.url.startsWith(RvdConfiguration.restcommBaseUrl + '/restcomm/2012-04-24/')) {
                 if (authentication.getAuthHeader()) {
                     delete config.headers.authorization;   // mind the case insensitivity of headers
                     delete config.headers.Authorization;
diff --git a/designer/src/main/webapp/js/app/services.js b/designer/src/main/webapp/js/app/services.js
index 391173f..ec631ce 100644
--- a/designer/src/main/webapp/js/app/services.js
+++ b/designer/src/main/webapp/js/app/services.js
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ angular.module('Rvd').service('initializer',function (authentication, storage,
     };
 });
 
-angular.module('Rvd').service('authentication', function ($http, $q, storage, $state, md5, $rootScope) {
+angular.module('Rvd').service('authentication', function ($http, $q, storage, $state, md5, $rootScope, RvdConfiguration) {
     var authInfo = {};
 	var account = null; // if this is set it means that user logged in: authentication succeeded and account was retrieved
 
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ angular.module('Rvd').service('authentication', function ($http, $q, storage, $s
 	function restcommLogin(username,password) {
 	    var deferredLogin = $q.defer();
 	    var authHeader = basicAuthHeader(username, password);
-        $http({method:'GET', url:'/restcomm/2012-04-24/Accounts.json/' + encodeURIComponent(username), headers: {Authorization: authHeader}}).then(function (response) {
+        $http({method:'GET', url: RvdConfiguration.restcommBaseUrl + '/restcomm/2012-04-24/Accounts.json/' + encodeURIComponent(username), headers: {Authorization: authHeader}}).then(function (response) {
             var acc = response.data; // store temporarily the account returned
             $http({method:'GET', url:'services/auth/keepalive', headers: {Authorization: "Basic " + btoa(acc.email_address + ":" +acc.auth_token)}}).then(function (response) {
                 // ok, access to both restcomm and RVD is verified
@@ -830,3 +830,4 @@ angular.module('Rvd').factory('fileRetriever', function (Blob, FileSaver, $http)
 	    download: download
 	}
 });
+