diff --git a/isso/__init__.py b/isso/__init__.py
index 4fe1faa..841f178 100644
--- a/isso/__init__.py
+++ b/isso/__init__.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #
 # Isso – a lightweight Disqus alternative
 
-__version__ = '0.1'
+__version__ = '0.2'
 
 import json
 
@@ -33,22 +33,24 @@ from werkzeug.exceptions import HTTPException, NotFound, InternalServerError
 
 from isso import admin, comment, db, utils
 
-
+# override default json :func:`dumps`.
 _dumps = json.dumps
 setattr(json, 'dumps', lambda obj, **kw: _dumps(obj, cls=utils.IssoEncoder, **kw))
 
-
+# yep. lazy.
 url = lambda path, endpoint, methods: Rule(path, endpoint=endpoint, methods=methods)
+
 url_map = Map([
     # moderation panel
     url('/', 'admin.index', ['GET', 'POST']),
 
-    # comments API
-    url('/comment/<string:path>/', 'comment.get', ['GET']),
-    url('/comment/<string:path>/new', 'comment.create', ['POST']),
-    url('/comment/<string:path>/<int:id>', 'comment.get', ['GET']),
-    url('/comment/<string:path>/<int:id>', 'comment.modify', ['PUT', 'DELETE']),
-])
+    # comment API, note that the client side quotes the URL, but this is
+    # actually unnecessary. PEP 333 aka WSGI always unquotes PATH_INFO.
+    url('/comment/<re(".+"):path>/', 'comment.get', ['GET']),
+    url('/comment/<re(".+"):path>/new', 'comment.create', ['POST']),
+    url('/comment/<re(".+"):path>/<int:id>', 'comment.get', ['GET']),
+    url('/comment/<re(".+"):path>/<int:id>', 'comment.modify', ['PUT', 'DELETE']),
+], converters={'re': utils.RegexConverter})
 
 
 class Isso:
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ class Isso:
     SQLITE = None
 
     HOST = 'http://localhost:8000/'
-    MAX_AGE = 15*60
+    MAX_AGE = 15 * 60
 
     def __init__(self, conf):
 
@@ -101,5 +103,10 @@ class Isso:
 
 def main():
 
-    app = Isso({'SQLITE': '/tmp/sqlite.db'})
-    run_simple('127.0.0.1', 8080, app)
+    from os.path import join, dirname
+    from werkzeug.wsgi import SharedDataMiddleware
+
+    app = Isso({'SQLITE': '/tmp/sqlite.db', 'PRODUCTION': False})
+    app = SharedDataMiddleware(app,{
+        '/static': join(dirname(__file__), 'static')})
+    run_simple('127.0.0.1', 8000, app, use_reloader=True)
diff --git a/isso/comment.py b/isso/comment.py
index b4ec839..820fa1b 100644
--- a/isso/comment.py
+++ b/isso/comment.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from isso import json, models, utils
 
 def create(app, environ, request, path):
 
-    if app.PRODUCTION and not utils.urlexists(app.HOST, path):
+    if app.PRODUCTION and not utils.urlexists(app.HOST, '/' + path):
         return abort(404)
 
     try:
diff --git a/isso/db.py b/isso/db.py
index bdb5152..9e83e87 100644
--- a/isso/db.py
+++ b/isso/db.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class SQLite(Abstract):
     def add(self, path, c):
         with sqlite3.connect(self.dbpath) as con:
             keys = ','.join(self.fields)
-            values = ','.join('?'*len(self.fields))
+            values = ','.join('?' * len(self.fields))
             con.execute('INSERT INTO comments (%s) VALUES (%s);' % (keys, values), (
                 0, path, c.created, c.modified, c.text, c.author, c.email, c.website,
                 c.parent, self.mode)
diff --git a/isso/utils.py b/isso/utils.py
index 726d087..34e523e 100644
--- a/isso/utils.py
+++ b/isso/utils.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import socket
 import httplib
 import urlparse
 import contextlib
+import werkzeug.routing
 
 from isso.models import Comment
 
@@ -21,6 +22,12 @@ class IssoEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
         return json.JSONEncoder.default(self, obj)
 
 
+class RegexConverter(werkzeug.routing.BaseConverter):
+    def __init__(self, url_map, *items):
+        super(RegexConverter, self).__init__(url_map)
+        self.regex = items[0]
+
+
 def urlexists(host, path):
     with contextlib.closing(httplib.HTTPConnection(host)) as con:
         try:
diff --git a/specs/test_comment.py b/specs/test_comment.py
index ef04e96..6159db4 100644
--- a/specs/test_comment.py
+++ b/specs/test_comment.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 
+import urllib
 import tempfile
 import unittest
 
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ class TestComments(unittest.TestCase):
     def testGetInvalid(self):
 
         assert self.get('/comment/path/123').status_code == 404
-        assert self.get('/comment/path/spam').status_code == 404
+        assert self.get('/comment/path/spam/123').status_code == 404
         assert self.get('/comment/foo/').status_code == 404
 
     def testUpdate(self):
@@ -102,3 +103,15 @@ class TestComments(unittest.TestCase):
 
         assert self.get('/comment/path/1').status_code == 200
         assert self.get('/comment/path/2').status_code == 200
+
+    def testPathVariations(self):
+
+        paths = ['/sub/path/', '/path.html', '/sub/path.html', '%2Fpath/%2F']
+
+        for path in paths:
+            assert self.post('/comment/' + path + '/new',
+                             data=json.dumps(comment(text='...'))).status_code == 201
+
+        for path in paths:
+            assert self.get('/comment/' + path)
+            assert self.get('/comment/' + path + '/1')