diff --git a/POKASH/CustomAPI/UrlEncodingMiddleware.cs b/POKASH/CustomAPI/UrlEncodingMiddleware.cs
index 584e9ea..6fad402 100644
--- a/POKASH/CustomAPI/UrlEncodingMiddleware.cs
+++ b/POKASH/CustomAPI/UrlEncodingMiddleware.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ public class UrlEncodingMiddleware
 
     public async Task InvokeAsync(HttpContext context)
     {
-        if (context.Request.Path.Value != null && context.Request.Path.Value.StartsWith("/umbraco/api", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        if (context.Request.Path.Value != null && context.Request.Path.Value.StartsWith("/api", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
         {
             if (context.Request.Path.Value.Contains("."))
             {
diff --git a/appsettings.json b/appsettings.json
index 397793e..0125054 100644
--- a/appsettings.json
+++ b/appsettings.json
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
     "CMS": {
       "Global": {
         "Id": "efe71b1a-dce2-4c7f-9bc7-a9d05746492e",
-        "SanitizeTinyMce": true
+        "SanitizeTinyMce": true,
+        "ReservedPaths": "~/app_plugins/,~/install/,~/mini-profiler-resources/,~/umbraco/,~/api/"
       },
       "Content": {
         "AllowEditInvariantFromNonDefault": true,