diff --git a/draft/library/server/request/rest/src/rest_request_handler_context.e b/draft/library/server/request/rest/src/rest_request_handler_context.e
index 8697bca5..8563fee5 100644
--- a/draft/library/server/request/rest/src/rest_request_handler_context.e
+++ b/draft/library/server/request/rest/src/rest_request_handler_context.e
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ feature -- Status report
 			s := args
 			if s /= Void and then s.count > 0 then
 				create t.make_from_string (path)
-				if s[1] /= '/' then
+				if s[1] /= '/' and t[t.count] /= '/' then
 					t.append_character ('/')
 					t.append (s)
 				else
diff --git a/library/server/wsf/default/nino/default_service_launcher.e b/library/server/wsf/default/nino/default_service_launcher.e
index 83e0c05c..252f84a7 100644
--- a/library/server/wsf/default/nino/default_service_launcher.e
+++ b/library/server/wsf/default/nino/default_service_launcher.e
@@ -74,6 +74,13 @@ feature {NONE} -- Initialization
 				end
 			end
 			create connector.make (Current)
+			if attached connector as conn then
+				conn.set_base (base_url)
+				if single_threaded then
+					conn.configuration.set_force_single_threaded (True)
+				end
+				conn.configuration.set_is_verbose (verbose)
+			end
 		end
 
 feature -- Execution