diff --git a/lib/flex/http_clients/rest_client.rb b/lib/flex/http_clients/rest_client.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/flex/http_clients/rest_client.rb
+++ b/lib/flex/http_clients/rest_client.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module Flex
 
       def request(method, path, data=nil)
         options = Configuration.http_client_options
-        url     = Configuration.base_uri.join(path)
+        url     = "#{Configuration.base_uri}#{path}"
         args    = options.merge( :method  => method.to_s.downcase.to_sym,
                                  :url     => url,
                                  :payload => data )
fix for bad url in rest_client.rb