diff --git a/src/static/js/pad.js b/src/static/js/pad.js
index 3a1c1633e..9db1c5b93 100644
--- a/src/static/js/pad.js
+++ b/src/static/js/pad.js
@@ -203,7 +203,8 @@ function handshake()
   //create the url
   var url = loc.protocol + "//" + loc.hostname + ":" + port + "/";
   //find out in which subfolder we are
-  var resource = loc.pathname.substr(1, loc.pathname.indexOf("/p/")) + "socket.io";
+  var resource = exports.baseURL + "socket.io";
+  
   //connect
   socket = pad.socket = io.connect(url, {
     resource: resource,
@@ -1029,7 +1030,7 @@ var settings = {
 };
 
 pad.settings = settings;
-
+exports.baseURL = '';
 exports.settings = settings;
 exports.createCookie = createCookie;
 exports.readCookie = readCookie;
diff --git a/src/static/js/pluginfw/plugins.js b/src/static/js/pluginfw/plugins.js
index a3a8a8dfd..1f66da41c 100644
--- a/src/static/js/pluginfw/plugins.js
+++ b/src/static/js/pluginfw/plugins.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ exports.loaded = false;
 exports.plugins = {};
 exports.parts = [];
 exports.hooks = {};
+exports.baseURL = '';
 
 exports.ensure = function (cb) {
   if (!exports.loaded)
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ if (exports.isClient) {
     // which appears to fix the issue.
     var callback = function () {setTimeout(cb, 0);};
 
-    jQuery.getJSON('../pluginfw/plugin-definitions.json', function(data) {
+    jQuery.getJSON(exports.baseURL + 'pluginfw/plugin-definitions.json', function(data) {
       exports.plugins = data.plugins;
       exports.parts = data.parts;
       exports.hooks = exports.extractHooks(exports.parts, "client_hooks");
diff --git a/src/static/js/timeslider.js b/src/static/js/timeslider.js
index 438b1695f..6c91423bd 100644
--- a/src/static/js/timeslider.js
+++ b/src/static/js/timeslider.js
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ function init() {
     //create the url
     var url = loc.protocol + "//" + loc.hostname + ":" + port + "/";
     //find out in which subfolder we are
-    var resource = loc.pathname.substr(1,loc.pathname.indexOf("/p/")) + "socket.io";
-
+    var resource = exports.baseURL + 'socket.io';
+    
     //build up the socket io connection
     socket = io.connect(url, {resource: resource});
 
@@ -153,4 +153,5 @@ function handleClientVars(message)
   }
 }
 
+exports.baseURL = '';
 exports.init = init;
diff --git a/src/templates/pad.html b/src/templates/pad.html
index 6181b0621..3eced909f 100644
--- a/src/templates/pad.html
+++ b/src/templates/pad.html
@@ -279,13 +279,19 @@
             document.domain = document.domain;
             var clientVars = {};
             (function () {
-              require.setRootURI("../javascripts/src");
-              require.setLibraryURI("../javascripts/lib");
+              
+              var baseURL = '../';
+              
+              require.setRootURI(baseURL + "javascripts/src");
+              require.setLibraryURI(baseURL + "javascripts/lib");
               require.setGlobalKeyPath("require");
 
               var plugins = require('ep_etherpad-lite/static/js/pluginfw/plugins');
+              plugins.baseURL = baseURL;
               plugins.update(function () {
-                require('ep_etherpad-lite/static/js/pad').init();
+                var pad = require('ep_etherpad-lite/static/js/pad');
+                pad.baseURL = baseURL;
+                pad.init();
               });
 
               /* TODO: These globals shouldn't exist. */
diff --git a/src/templates/timeslider.html b/src/templates/timeslider.html
index ca4bc6e99..5db11b8f2 100644
--- a/src/templates/timeslider.html
+++ b/src/templates/timeslider.html
@@ -123,22 +123,30 @@
 </div>
 </div>
 
-<script type="text/javascript" src="../../../static/js/require-kernel.js"></script>
-<script type="text/javascript" src="../../../static/js/jquery.js"></script>
-<script type="text/javascript" src="../../../socket.io/socket.io.js"></script>
-<script type="text/javascript" src="../../../javascripts/lib/ep_etherpad-lite/static/js/timeslider.js?callback=require.define"></script>
-<script type="text/javascript" src="../../../static/custom/timeslider.js"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="../../static/js/require-kernel.js"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="../../static/js/jquery.js"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="../../socket.io/socket.io.js"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="../../javascripts/lib/ep_etherpad-lite/static/js/timeslider.js?callback=require.define"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="../../static/custom/timeslider.js"></script>
+
 <script type="text/javascript" >
   document.domain = document.domain;
   var clientVars = {};
+  
   (function () {
-    require.setRootURI("../../../javascripts/src");
-    require.setLibraryURI("../../../javascripts/lib");
+    var baseURL = '../../';
+    
+    require.setRootURI(baseURL + "javascripts/src");
+    require.setLibraryURI(baseURL + "javascripts/lib");
     require.setGlobalKeyPath("require");
 
     var plugins = require('ep_etherpad-lite/static/js/pluginfw/plugins');
+    plugins.baseURL = baseURL;
+    
     plugins.update(function () {
-      require('ep_etherpad-lite/static/js/timeslider').init();
+      var timeslider = require('ep_etherpad-lite/static/js/timeslider')
+      timeslider.baseURL = baseURL;
+      timeslider.init();
 
       /* TODO: These globals shouldn't exist. */
       padeditbar = require('ep_etherpad-lite/static/js/pad_editbar').padeditbar;