diff --git a/dom/route/route.js b/dom/route/route.js
index 4159adec..5c0fb1e9 100644
--- a/dom/route/route.js
+++ b/dom/route/route.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-steal('jquery/lang/observe', 'jquery/event/hashchange', 'jquery/lang/string/deparam',
+steal('jquery/lang/observe/delegate', 'jquery/event/hashchange', 'jquery/lang/string/deparam',
 function( $ ) {
 
     // Helper methods used for matching routes.
diff --git a/model/model.js b/model/model.js
index d193445d..60b16e2c 100644
--- a/model/model.js
+++ b/model/model.js
@@ -212,6 +212,14 @@ steal('jquery/class', 'jquery/lang/string', function() {
 	 *       destroy: 'DELETE /todos/{id}.json' 
 	 *     },{});
 	 * 
+	 * You can also initialize the model by passing a resource URI.
+	 * 
+	 * 		$.Model('Todo', {
+	 * 			uri : '/todos'
+	 * 		}, {});
+	 * 
+	 * Which will talk to /todos and /todos/{id}.
+	 * 
 	 * This lets you create, retrieve, update, and delete
 	 * todos programatically:
 	 * 
@@ -543,7 +551,7 @@ steal('jquery/class', 'jquery/lang/string', function() {
 			 * @param {Function} error a function to callback if something goes wrong.  
 			 */
 			return function( attrs, success, error ) {
-				return ajax(str || this._shortName, attrs, success, error, fixture(this, "Create", "-restCreate"))
+				return ajax( (str || this.uri || this._shortName), attrs, success, error, fixture(this, "Create", "-restCreate"))
 			};
 		},
 		update: function( str ) {
@@ -614,7 +622,7 @@ steal('jquery/class', 'jquery/lang/string', function() {
 			 * @param {Function} error a function to callback if something goes wrong.  
 			 */
 			return function( id, attrs, success, error ) {
-				return ajax( str || this._shortName+"/{"+this.id+"}", addId(this, attrs, id), success, error, fixture(this, "Update", "-restUpdate"), "put")
+				return ajax( str || (this.uri || this._shortName) + "/{"+this.id+"}", addId(this, attrs, id), success, error, fixture(this, "Update", "-restUpdate"), "put")
 			}
 		},
 		destroy: function( str ) {
@@ -646,7 +654,7 @@ steal('jquery/class', 'jquery/lang/string', function() {
 			return function( id, success, error ) {
 				var attrs = {};
 				attrs[this.id] = id;
-				return ajax( str || this._shortName+"/{"+this.id+"}", attrs, success, error, fixture(this, "Destroy", "-restDestroy"), "delete")
+				return ajax( str || (this.uri || this._shortName) + "/{"+this.id+"}", attrs, success, error, fixture(this, "Destroy", "-restDestroy"), "delete")
 			}
 		},
 
@@ -685,7 +693,7 @@ steal('jquery/class', 'jquery/lang/string', function() {
 			 * @param {Function} error
 			 */
 			return function( params, success, error ) {
-				return ajax( str ||  this._shortName, params, success, error, fixture(this, "s"), "get", "json " + this._shortName + ".models");
+				return ajax( str || this.uri || this._shortName, params, success, error, fixture(this, "s"), "get", "json " + this._shortName + ".models");
 			};
 		},
 		findOne: function( str ) {
@@ -721,7 +729,7 @@ steal('jquery/class', 'jquery/lang/string', function() {
 			 * @param {Function} error
 			 */
 			return function( params, success, error ) {
-				return ajax(str || this._shortName+"/{"+this.id+"}", params, success, error, fixture(this), "get", "json " + this._shortName + ".model");
+				return ajax(str || (this.uri || this._shortName) + "/{"+this.id+"}", params, success, error, fixture(this), "get", "json " + this._shortName + ".model");
 			};
 		}
 	};
diff --git a/model/test/qunit/model_test.js b/model/test/qunit/model_test.js
index d2ad9091..29b47a9f 100644
--- a/model/test/qunit/model_test.js
+++ b/model/test/qunit/model_test.js
@@ -307,6 +307,20 @@ test("auto methods",function(){
 	})
 })
 
+test("auto uri", function() {
+	//turn off fixtures
+	$.fixture.on = false;
+	var School = $.Model.extend("Jquery.Model.Models.School",{
+	   uri : steal.root.join("jquery/model/test") + "/schools.json"
+	},{})
+	stop();
+	School.findAll({type:"schools"}, function(schools){
+		ok(schools,"findAll Got some data back");
+		equals(schools[0].constructor.shortName,"School","there are schools");
+		start();
+	})
+});
+
 test("isNew", function(){
 	var p = new Person();
 	ok(p.isNew(), "nothing provided is new");
diff --git a/model/test/qunit/schools.json b/model/test/qunit/schools.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8dc242fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/model/test/qunit/schools.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[{
+  "id" : 1,
+  "name" : "Thing 1"
+}]