diff --git a/ckan/config/routing.py b/ckan/config/routing.py
index 3e2549c7cef..8e990c82996 100644
--- a/ckan/config/routing.py
+++ b/ckan/config/routing.py
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ def make_map():
     map.connect('/error/{action}', controller='error')
     map.connect('/error/{action}/{id}', controller='error')
 
+    map.connect('*url', controller='home', action='cors_options', conditions=dict(method=['OPTIONS']))
+
     # CUSTOM ROUTES HERE
     for plugin in routing_plugins:
         map = plugin.before_map(map)
@@ -285,9 +287,6 @@ def make_map():
     map.connect('ckanadmin_index', '/ckan-admin', controller='admin', action='index')
     map.connect('ckanadmin', '/ckan-admin/{action}', controller='admin')
     
-    map.connect('*url', controller='home', action='cors_options',
-    conditions=dict(method=['OPTIONS']))
-
     for plugin in routing_plugins:
         map = plugin.after_map(map)
     
diff --git a/ckan/controllers/group.py b/ckan/controllers/group.py
index 4b00ff6fab8..07e54777595 100644
--- a/ckan/controllers/group.py
+++ b/ckan/controllers/group.py
@@ -45,7 +45,14 @@ def register_pluggable_behaviour(map):
             # Create the routes based on group_type here, this will allow us to have top level
             # objects that are actually Groups, but first we need to make sure we are not 
             # clobbering an existing domain
+            
+            # Our version of routes doesn't allow the environ to be passed into the match call
+            # and so we have to set it on the map instead.  This looks like a threading problem
+            # waiting to happen but it is executed sequentially from instead the routing setup
+            e = map.environ
+            map.environ = {'REQUEST_METHOD': 'GET'}
             match = map.match('/%s/new' % (group_type,))
+            map.environ = e
             if match:
                 raise Exception, "Plugin %r would overwrite existing urls" % plugin
             
diff --git a/ckan/controllers/package.py b/ckan/controllers/package.py
index 8aaefd76ef9..d29b9777308 100644
--- a/ckan/controllers/package.py
+++ b/ckan/controllers/package.py
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ def check_data_dict(self, data_dict):
         # Resources might not exist yet (eg. Add Dataset)
         surplus_keys_schema = ['__extras', '__junk', 'state', 'groups',
                                'extras_validation', 'save', 'return_to',
-                               'resources']
+                               'resources', 'type']
 
         schema_keys = package_form_schema().keys()
         keys_in_schema = set(schema_keys) - set(surplus_keys_schema)
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ def check_data_dict(self, data_dict):
         if missing_keys:
             #print data_dict
             #print missing_keys
-            log.info('incorrect form fields posted')
+            log.info('incorrect form fields posted, missing %s' % missing_keys )
             raise DataError(data_dict)
 
     def setup_template_variables(self, context, data_dict):
diff --git a/ckan/tests/functional/test_cors.py b/ckan/tests/functional/test_cors.py
index 0481bac64c5..cdc315fa929 100644
--- a/ckan/tests/functional/test_cors.py
+++ b/ckan/tests/functional/test_cors.py
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ def test_options(self):
         self.ourapp = webtest.TestApp(self.wsgiapp)
         out = self.ourapp.request('/', method='OPTIONS')
         assert out.status_int == 200, out
-        print out
+        #print out
+        print out.body.decode('utf-8', 'ignore')
         assert len(str(out.body)) == 0, 'OPTIONS must return no content'
 
     def test_headers(self):