diff --git a/libpathod/cmdline.py b/libpathod/cmdline.py
index 58202ea65..cce02d993 100644
--- a/libpathod/cmdline.py
+++ b/libpathod/cmdline.py
@@ -233,8 +233,8 @@ def args_pathod(argv, stdout=sys.stdout, stderr=sys.stderr):
         """
     )
     parser.add_argument(
-        "-c", dest='craftanchor', default="/p/", type=str,
-        help='Anchorpoint for URL crafting commands. (/p/)'
+        "-c", dest='craftanchor', default="/p", type=str,
+        help='Anchorpoint for URL crafting commands. (/p)'
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--confdir",
diff --git a/libpathod/pathod.py b/libpathod/pathod.py
index 2e93a3304..dbcb807d6 100644
--- a/libpathod/pathod.py
+++ b/libpathod/pathod.py
@@ -201,11 +201,12 @@ class PathodHandler(tcp.BaseHandler):
                 self.addlog(retlog)
                 return again
 
-        if not self.server.nocraft and path.startswith(self.server.craftanchor):
+        if not self.server.nocraft and utils.matchpath(path, self.server.craftanchor):
+            spec = urllib.unquote(path)[len(self.server.craftanchor) + 1:]
             key = websockets.check_client_handshake(headers)
-            if key:
-                self.settings.websocket_key = key
-            spec = urllib.unquote(path)[len(self.server.craftanchor):]
+            self.settings.websocket_key = key
+            if key and not spec:
+                spec = "ws"
             self.info("crafting spec: %s" % spec)
             try:
                 crafted = language.parse_response(spec)
@@ -301,7 +302,7 @@ class Pathod(tcp.TCPServer):
         addr,
         ssl=False,
         ssloptions=None,
-        craftanchor="/p/",
+        craftanchor="/p",
         staticdir=None,
         anchors=(),
         sizelimit=None,
diff --git a/libpathod/utils.py b/libpathod/utils.py
index 39e61eac4..431ba747f 100644
--- a/libpathod/utils.py
+++ b/libpathod/utils.py
@@ -136,3 +136,8 @@ def daemonize(stdin='/dev/null', stdout='/dev/null', stderr='/dev/null'): # prag
     os.dup2(si.fileno(), sys.stdin.fileno())
     os.dup2(so.fileno(), sys.stdout.fileno())
     os.dup2(se.fileno(), sys.stderr.fileno())
+
+
+def matchpath(path, spec):
+    if path == spec or path.startswith(spec + "/"):
+        return True
diff --git a/test/test_pathod.py b/test/test_pathod.py
index 266f41abd..18b546e42 100644
--- a/test/test_pathod.py
+++ b/test/test_pathod.py
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ class CommonTests(tutils.DaemonTests):
 
     def test_websocket(self):
         r = self.pathoc("ws:/p/")
+        assert r.status_code == 101
 
 
 class TestDaemon(CommonTests):