diff --git a/core/client/assets/lib/uploader.js b/core/client/assets/lib/uploader.js
index 672d7b2aa0..433b8ab51a 100644
--- a/core/client/assets/lib/uploader.js
+++ b/core/client/assets/lib/uploader.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ UploadUi = function ($dropzone, settings) {
             var self = this;
 
             $dropzone.find('.js-fileupload').fileupload().fileupload('option', {
-                url: Ghost.subdir + '/ghost/api/v0.1/uploads/',
+                url: Ghost.apiRoot + '/uploads/',
                 add: function (e, data) {
                     /*jshint unused:false*/
                     $('.js-button-accept').prop('disabled', true);
diff --git a/core/client/router.js b/core/client/router.js
index c8b71dd987..f4ad652c00 100644
--- a/core/client/router.js
+++ b/core/client/router.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ var Router = Ember.Router.extend();
 
 Router.reopen({
     location: 'trailing-history', // use HTML5 History API instead of hash-tag based URLs
-    rootURL: ghostPaths().subdir + '/ghost/', // admin interface lives under sub-directory /ghost
+    rootURL: ghostPaths().adminRoot, // admin interface lives under sub-directory /ghost
 
     clearNotifications: function () {
         this.notifications.closePassive();