diff --git a/public/src/ajaxify.js b/public/src/ajaxify.js
index ac3d7d4db0..9646720521 100644
--- a/public/src/ajaxify.js
+++ b/public/src/ajaxify.js
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ var ajaxify = {};
 
 	ajaxify.go = function(url, callback) {
 		var url = url.replace(/\/$/, "");
-		var tpl_url = (url === '') ? 'home' : url;
-
+		var tpl_url = (url === '') ? 'home' : url.split('/')[0];
+		
 		if (templates[tpl_url]) {
 			window.history.pushState({}, url, "/" + url);
 
diff --git a/public/src/app.js b/public/src/app.js
index 20732a2b5a..1061b2d935 100644
--- a/public/src/app.js
+++ b/public/src/app.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 var socket,
 	config,
-	app = {};
+	app = {},
+
+	API_URL = null;
 
 // todo: cleanup,etc
 (function() {
@@ -8,6 +10,8 @@ var socket,
 	$.ajax({
 		url: '/config.json?v=' + new Date().getTime(),
 		success: function(data) {
+			API_URL = data.api_url;
+
 			config = data;
 			socket = io.connect('http://' + config.socket.address + config.socket.port? ':' + config.socket.port : '');
 
diff --git a/public/src/templates.js b/public/src/templates.js
index fe7036a778..7605f9191a 100644
--- a/public/src/templates.js
+++ b/public/src/templates.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ var templates = {};
 
 	function init() {
 		loadTemplates([
-				'header', 'footer', 'register', 'home',
+				'header', 'footer', 'register', 'home', 'topic',
 				'login', 'reset', 'reset_code', 'account_settings',
 				'emails/reset', 'emails/reset_plaintext'
 			]);
@@ -116,10 +116,11 @@ function load_template(callback) {
 		rootUrl = location.protocol + '//' + (location.hostname || location.host) + (location.port ? ':' + location.port : '');
 
 	var url = location.href.replace(rootUrl +'/', '');
-	if (url == '') url = 'home';
-	jQuery.get('api/' + url, function(data) {
+	url = (url === '') ? 'home' : url;
+
+	jQuery.get(API_URL + url, function(data) {
 		
-		document.getElementById('content').innerHTML = templates[url].parse(JSON.parse(data));
+		document.getElementById('content').innerHTML = templates[url.split('/')[0]].parse(JSON.parse(data));
 		if (callback) callback();
 	});
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/templates/home.tpl b/public/templates/home.tpl
index e65f469776..b49f4c2e85 100644
--- a/public/templates/home.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/home.tpl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <button id="new_post" class="btn btn-primary btn-large">New Post</button>
 <ul class="topic-container">
 <!-- BEGIN topics -->
-<a href="topics/{topics.slug}"><li class="topic-row">
+<a href="topic/{topics.slug}"><li class="topic-row">
 	<h4>{topics.title}</h4>
 	<p>Posted {topics.relativeTime} by user {topics.uid}. {topics.post_count} posts.</p>
 </li></a>
diff --git a/src/posts.js b/src/posts.js
index b3117b3286..07e8fc239a 100644
--- a/src/posts.js
+++ b/src/posts.js
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 		Posts.create(uid, content, function(pid) {
 			RDB.rpush('tid:' + tid + ':posts', pid);
 
-			global.socket.emit('event:alert', {
+			socket.emit('event:alert', {
 				title: 'Reply Successful',
 				message: 'You have successfully replied. Click here to view your reply.',
 				type: 'notify',
@@ -74,8 +74,6 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 	};
 
 	Posts.create = function(uid, content, callback) {
-		console.log("global uid "+uid);
-		
 		if (uid === null) return;
 		
 		RDB.incr('global:next_post_id', function(pid) {
diff --git a/src/topics.js b/src/topics.js
index aa41f8684e..15cadbb806 100644
--- a/src/topics.js
+++ b/src/topics.js
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 
 	Topics.post = function(uid, title, content, category) {
 		if (uid === 0) {
-			global.socket.emit('event:alert', {
+			socket.emit('event:alert', {
 				title: 'Thank you for posting',
 				message: 'Since you are unregistered, your post is awaiting approval. Click here to register now.',
 				type: 'warning',
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 			RDB.lpush('uid:' + uid + ':topics', tid);
 
 
-			global.socket.emit('event:alert', {
+			socket.emit('event:alert', {
 				title: 'Thank you for posting',
 				message: 'You have successfully posted. Click here to view your post.',
 				type: 'notify',
diff --git a/src/webserver.js b/src/webserver.js
index e895b72200..740d0aefdf 100644
--- a/src/webserver.js
+++ b/src/webserver.js
@@ -69,32 +69,36 @@ var express = require('express'),
 	});
 
 
-	// need a proper way to combine these two routes together
-	app.get('/topics/:topic_id', function(req, res) {
+	function generate_topic_body(req, res) {
 		global.modules.topics.generate_topic_body(function(topic_body) {
 			res.send(templates['header'] + topic_body + templates['footer']);
-		}, req.params.topic_id)
-	});
-	app.get('/topics/:topic_id/:slug', function(req, res) {
-		global.modules.topics.generate_topic_body(function(topic_body) {
-			res.send(templates['header'] + topic_body + templates['footer']);
-		}, req.params.topic_id)
-	});
+		}, req.params.topic_id);
+	}
+	app.get('/topic/:topic_id', generate_topic_body);
+	app.get('/topic/:topic_id*', generate_topic_body);
 
 
 
-	app.get('/api/:method', function(req, res) {
+	function api_method(req, res) {
 		switch(req.params.method) {
 			case 'home' :
 					global.modules.topics.get(function(data) {
 						res.send(JSON.stringify(data));
 					});
 				break;
+			case 'topic' :
+					global.modules.posts.get(function(data) {
+						res.send(JSON.stringify(data));
+					}, req.params.id);
+				break;
 			default :
 				res.send('{}');
 			break;
 		}
-	});
+	}
+	app.get('/api/:method', api_method);
+	app.get('/api/:method/:id', api_method);
+	app.get('/api/:method/:id*', api_method);
 
 	app.get('/login', function(req, res) {
 		res.send(templates['header'] + templates['login'] + templates['footer']);