diff --git a/lib/recurly/api.rb b/lib/recurly/api.rb
index 08408a58e..00d9e42d2 100644
--- a/lib/recurly/api.rb
+++ b/lib/recurly/api.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class API
     require 'recurly/api/errors'
 
     @@base_uri = "https://api.recurly.com/v2/"
+    @@valid_domains = [".recurly.com"]
 
     RECURLY_API_VERSION = '2.8'
 
@@ -75,6 +76,13 @@ def base_uri
         URI.parse @@base_uri.sub('api', Recurly.subdomain)
       end
 
+      def validate_uri!(uri)
+        domain = @@valid_domains.detect { |d| uri.host.end_with?(d) }
+        unless domain
+          raise ArgumentError, "URI #{uri} is invalid. You may only make requests to a Recurly domain."
+        end
+      end
+
       # @return [String]
       def user_agent
         "Recurly/#{Version}; #{RUBY_DESCRIPTION}"
diff --git a/lib/recurly/api/net_http_adapter.rb b/lib/recurly/api/net_http_adapter.rb
index 39d34d884..7f7c849bb 100644
--- a/lib/recurly/api/net_http_adapter.rb
+++ b/lib/recurly/api/net_http_adapter.rb
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ def request method, uri, options = {}
             }
             uri += "?#{pairs.join '&'}"
           end
+          self.validate_uri!(uri)
           request = METHODS[method].new uri.request_uri, head
           request.basic_auth(*[Recurly.api_key, nil].flatten[0, 2])
           if options[:body]
diff --git a/lib/recurly/resource.rb b/lib/recurly/resource.rb
index 16901640c..9fe3b4791 100644
--- a/lib/recurly/resource.rb
+++ b/lib/recurly/resource.rb
@@ -335,9 +335,8 @@ def find(uuid, options = {})
           raise NotFound, "can't find a record with nil identifier"
         end
 
-        uri = uuid =~ /^http/ ? uuid : member_path(uuid)
         begin
-          from_response API.get(uri, {}, options)
+          from_response API.get(member_path(uuid), {}, options)
         rescue API::NotFound => e
           raise NotFound, e.description
         end