diff --git a/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/github/ApiGateway.java b/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/github/ApiGateway.java
index 223ec98..c5121fe 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/github/ApiGateway.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/github/ApiGateway.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import com.inteligr8.http.PreemptiveAuthInterceptor;
 public class ApiGateway {
 
 	private final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ApiGateway.class);
+	private final String baseUrl = "https://api.github.com";
 	private ObjectMapper omapper = new ObjectMapper();
 	private CredentialsProvider credProvider;
 	
@@ -32,29 +33,29 @@ public class ApiGateway {
 		this.credProvider = credProvider;
 	}
 	
-	public <Response extends BaseResponse> Response get(String uri, Map<String, Object> paramMap, Class<Response> responseType) throws IOException {
-		return this.execute(HttpGet.METHOD_NAME, uri, paramMap, null, responseType);
+	public <Response extends BaseResponse> Response get(String uriPath, Map<String, Object> paramMap, Class<Response> responseType) throws IOException {
+		return this.execute(HttpGet.METHOD_NAME, uriPath, paramMap, null, responseType);
 	}
 	
-	public <Request, Response extends BaseResponse> Response post(String uri, Request requestObject, Class<Response> responseType) throws IOException {
-		return this.execute(HttpPost.METHOD_NAME, uri, null, requestObject, responseType);
+	public <Request, Response extends BaseResponse> Response post(String uriPath, Request requestObject, Class<Response> responseType) throws IOException {
+		return this.execute(HttpPost.METHOD_NAME, uriPath, null, requestObject, responseType);
 	}
 	
-	public <Request, Response extends BaseResponse> Response put(String uri, Request requestObject, Class<Response> responseType) throws IOException {
-		return this.execute(HttpPost.METHOD_NAME, uri, null, requestObject, responseType);
+	public <Request, Response extends BaseResponse> Response put(String uriPath, Request requestObject, Class<Response> responseType) throws IOException {
+		return this.execute(HttpPost.METHOD_NAME, uriPath, null, requestObject, responseType);
 	}
 	
-	public <Response extends BaseResponse> Response delete(String uri, Map<String, Object> paramMap, Class<Response> responseType) throws IOException {
-		return this.execute(HttpDelete.METHOD_NAME, uri, paramMap, null, responseType);
+	public <Response extends BaseResponse> Response delete(String uriPath, Map<String, Object> paramMap, Class<Response> responseType) throws IOException {
+		return this.execute(HttpDelete.METHOD_NAME, uriPath, paramMap, null, responseType);
 	}
 	
-	private <Request, Response extends BaseResponse> Response execute(String method, String uri, Map<String, Object> paramMap, Request requestObject, Class<Response> responseType) throws IOException {
+	private <Request, Response extends BaseResponse> Response execute(String method, String uriPath, Map<String, Object> paramMap, Request requestObject, Class<Response> responseType) throws IOException {
 		if (this.logger.isTraceEnabled())
-			this.logger.trace("execute('" + method + "', '" + uri + "')");
+			this.logger.trace("execute('" + method + "', '" + uriPath + "')");
 
 		RequestBuilder builder = RequestBuilder
 				.create(method)
-				.setUri(uri);
+				.setUri(this.baseUrl + uriPath);
 		
 		if (paramMap != null) {
 			for (Entry<String, Object> param : paramMap.entrySet())
@@ -65,14 +66,14 @@ public class ApiGateway {
 		if (requestObject != null) {
 			String requestJson = this.omapper.writeValueAsString(requestObject);
 			if (this.logger.isTraceEnabled())
-				this.logger.trace("execute('" + method + "', '" + uri + "'): " + requestJson);
+				this.logger.trace("execute('" + method + "', '" + uriPath + "'): " + requestJson);
 
 			builder.setEntity(new StringEntity(requestJson, ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON));
 		}
 		
 		HttpUriRequest request = builder.build();
 		if (this.logger.isDebugEnabled())
-			this.logger.debug("Prepared request for " + method + " to: " + uri);
+			this.logger.debug("Prepared request for " + method + " to: " + uriPath);
 		
 		HttpResponse response = HttpClientBuilder
 				.create()
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/github/model/CreatePullRequest.java b/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/github/model/CreatePullRequest.java
index ee9c37e..6f1e6ca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/github/model/CreatePullRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/github/model/CreatePullRequest.java
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ public class CreatePullRequest {
 	private CreatePullRequest() {
 	}
 	
+	public static String constructRequestPath(String repoName) {
+		return "/repos/" + repoName + "/" + httpPath;
+	}
+	
 	public static String httpPath = "pulls";
 	
 	@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/github/model/CreateReference.java b/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/github/model/CreateReference.java
index 24d5eb7..000ae92 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/github/model/CreateReference.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/github/model/CreateReference.java
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ public class CreateReference {
 	private CreateReference() {
 	}
 	
+	public static String constructRequestPath(String repoName) {
+		return "/repos/" + repoName + "/" + httpPath;
+	}
+	
 	public static String httpPath = "git/refs";
 	
 	@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)