diff --git a/api/dns.go b/api/dns.go
index 750c34f2..36ec8630 100644
--- a/api/dns.go
+++ b/api/dns.go
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ import (
 func (client *Client) RegisterWithDNS(ID string, fqdn string, ip string) error {
 	data := url.Values{}
 	data.Add("fqdn", fqdn)
-	_, err := httpVerb("PUT", fmt.Sprintf("%s/name/%s/%s", client.baseUrl, ID, ip), data)
+	_, err := client.httpVerb("PUT", fmt.Sprintf("/name/%s/%s", ID, ip), data)
 	return err
 }
 
 func (client *Client) DeregisterWithDNS(ID string, ip string) error {
-	_, err := httpVerb("DELETE", fmt.Sprintf("%s/name/%s/%s", client.baseUrl, ID, ip), nil)
+	_, err := client.httpVerb("DELETE", fmt.Sprintf("/name/%s/%s", ID, ip), nil)
 	return err
 }
diff --git a/api/ipam.go b/api/ipam.go
index 00467dc9..8be57b27 100644
--- a/api/ipam.go
+++ b/api/ipam.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func (client *Client) ipamOp(ID string, op string) (*net.IPNet, error) {
-	ip, err := httpVerb(op, fmt.Sprintf("%s/ip/%s", client.baseUrl, ID), nil)
+	ip, err := client.httpVerb(op, fmt.Sprintf("/ip/%s", ID), nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func (client *Client) ReleaseIP(ID string) error {
 }
 
 func (client *Client) DefaultSubnet() (*net.IPNet, error) {
-	cidr, err := httpVerb("GET", fmt.Sprintf("%s/ipinfo/defaultsubnet", client.baseUrl), nil)
+	cidr, err := client.httpVerb("GET", fmt.Sprintf("/ipinfo/defaultsubnet"), nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/api/weaveapi.go b/api/weaveapi.go
index d75394bd..fd4c0320 100644
--- a/api/weaveapi.go
+++ b/api/weaveapi.go
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ type Client struct {
 	baseUrl string
 }
 
-func httpVerb(verb string, url string, values url.Values) (string, error) {
+func (client *Client) httpVerb(verb string, url string, values url.Values) (string, error) {
+	url = client.baseUrl + url
 	Log.Debugf("weave %s to %s with %v", verb, url, values)
 	var body io.Reader
 	if values != nil {
@@ -54,6 +55,6 @@ func NewClient(addr string) *Client {
 }
 
 func (client *Client) Connect(remote string) error {
-	_, err := httpVerb("POST", client.baseUrl+"/connect", url.Values{"peer": {remote}})
+	_, err := client.httpVerb("POST", "/connect", url.Values{"peer": {remote}})
 	return err
 }