diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 1b51e930..f131da42 100755
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@ if (global.settings.log_filename) {
 global.log4js.configure(log4jsConfig);
 global.logger = global.log4js.getLogger();
 
-
-// kick off controller
-if ( ! global.settings.base_url ) {
-    global.settings.base_url = '/api/*';
+if (!global.settings.routes) {
+    console.error('Missing environment paramenter "routes". Please review your configuration file.');
+    console.error("Available environments: " + availableEnvironments.join(', '));
+    process.exit(1);
 }
 
 const version = require("./package").version;
diff --git a/app/controllers/api-router.js b/app/controllers/api-router.js
index d38fc645..6193cb61 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api-router.js
+++ b/app/controllers/api-router.js
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ const cors = require('../middlewares/cors');
 const servedByHostHeader = require('../middlewares/served-by-host-header');
 
 module.exports = class ApiRouter {
-    constructor ({ redisPool, metadataBackend, statsClient, dataIngestionLogger }) {
+    constructor ({ routes, redisPool, metadataBackend, statsClient, dataIngestionLogger }) {
+        this.routes = routes;
         this.statsClient = statsClient;
 
         const userLimitsServiceOptions = {
@@ -68,6 +69,10 @@ module.exports = class ApiRouter {
 
     route (app) {
         const apiRouter = router({ mergeParams: true });
+        const paths = this.routes.paths || [];
+        const middlewares = this.routes.middlewares || [];
+
+        middlewares.forEach(middleware => apiRouter.use(middleware()));
 
         apiRouter.use(socketTimeout());
         apiRouter.use(logger());
@@ -79,6 +84,6 @@ module.exports = class ApiRouter {
         this.copyController.route(apiRouter);
         this.jobController.route(apiRouter);
 
-        app.use(`${global.settings.base_url}`, apiRouter);
+        paths.forEach(path => app.use(path, apiRouter));
     }
 };
diff --git a/app/controllers/health_check_controller.js b/app/controllers/health_check_controller.js
index ef19f8a3..8c6369d7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/health_check_controller.js
+++ b/app/controllers/health_check_controller.js
@@ -3,12 +3,17 @@
 const HealthCheckBackend = require('../monitoring/health_check');
 
 module.exports = class HealthCheckController {
-    constructor () {
+    constructor ({ routes }) {
+        this.routes = routes;
         this.healthCheckBackend = new HealthCheckBackend(global.settings.disabled_file);
     }
 
     route (app) {
-        app.get(`${global.settings.base_url}/health`, healthCheck({ healthCheckBackend: this.healthCheckBackend }));
+        const paths = this.routes.paths || [];
+
+        paths.forEach(path => app.get(`${path}/health`, healthCheck({
+            healthCheckBackend: this.healthCheckBackend
+        })));
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/version_controller.js b/app/controllers/version_controller.js
index 03c99ba9..75c5c019 100644
--- a/app/controllers/version_controller.js
+++ b/app/controllers/version_controller.js
@@ -5,8 +5,14 @@ const versions = {
 };
 
 module.exports = class VersionController {
+    constructor ({ routes }) {
+        this.routes = routes;
+    }
+
     route (app) {
-        app.get(`${global.settings.base_url}/version`, version());
+        const paths = this.routes.paths || [];
+
+        paths.forEach(path => app.get(`${path}/version`, version()));
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/app/server.js b/app/server.js
index 904d929e..3c15e047 100644
--- a/app/server.js
+++ b/app/server.js
@@ -61,13 +61,27 @@ module.exports = function serverFactory (statsClient) {
     const dataIngestionLogger = new Logger(global.settings.dataIngestionLogPath, 'data-ingestion');
     app.dataIngestionLogger = dataIngestionLogger;
 
-    const healthCheckController = new HealthCheckController();
+    // FIXME: health controller should be atached to the main entry point: "/"
+    // instead of "/api/v1/"
+    const healthCheckController = new HealthCheckController({
+        routes: global.settings.routes
+    });
     healthCheckController.route(app);
 
-    const versionController = new VersionController();
+    // FIXME: version controller should be atached to the main entry point: "/"
+    // instead of "/api/v1/"
+    const versionController = new VersionController({
+        routes: global.settings.routes
+    });
     versionController.route(app);
 
-    const apiRouter = new ApiRouter({ redisPool, metadataBackend, statsClient, dataIngestionLogger });
+    const apiRouter = new ApiRouter({
+        routes: global.settings.routes,
+        redisPool,
+        metadataBackend,
+        statsClient,
+        dataIngestionLogger
+    });
     apiRouter.route(app);
 
     const isBatchProcess = process.argv.indexOf('--no-batch') === -1;
diff --git a/config/environments/development.js.example b/config/environments/development.js.example
index 845f453c..c9dbae48 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/development.js.example
@@ -1,9 +1,23 @@
 // Time in milliseconds to force GC cycle.
 // Disable by using <=0 value.
 module.exports.gc_interval = 10000;
-// In case the base_url has a :user param the username will be the one specified in the URL,
-// otherwise it will fallback to extract the username from the host header.
-module.exports.base_url     = '(?:/api/:version|/user/:user/api/:version)';
+module.exports.routes = {
+  paths: [
+    // In case the base_url has a :user param the username will be the one specified in the URL,
+    // otherwise it will fallback to extract the username from the host header.
+    '/api/:version',
+    '/user/:user/api/:version',
+  ],
+  // Attach middlewares at the begining of the req/res cycle
+  // to perform custom operations.
+  middlewares: [
+    function noop () {
+      return function noopMiddleware (req, res, next) {
+          next();
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+};
 // If useProfiler is true every response will be served with an
 // X-SQLAPI-Profile header containing elapsed timing for various
 // steps taken for producing the response.
diff --git a/config/environments/production.js.example b/config/environments/production.js.example
index ac663399..85b6cf2a 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/production.js.example
@@ -1,9 +1,23 @@
 // Time in milliseconds to force GC cycle.
 // Disable by using <=0 value.
 module.exports.gc_interval = 10000;
-// In case the base_url has a :user param the username will be the one specified in the URL,
-// otherwise it will fallback to extract the username from the host header.
-module.exports.base_url     = '(?:/api/:version|/user/:user/api/:version)';
+module.exports.routes = {
+  paths: [
+    // In case the base_url has a :user param the username will be the one specified in the URL,
+    // otherwise it will fallback to extract the username from the host header.
+    '/api/:version',
+    '/user/:user/api/:version',
+  ],
+  // Attach middlewares at the begining of the req/res cycle
+  // to perform custom operations.
+  middlewares: [
+    function noop () {
+      return function noopMiddleware (req, res, next) {
+          next();
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+};
 // If useProfiler is true every response will be served with an
 // X-SQLAPI-Profile header containing elapsed timing for various
 // steps taken for producing the response.
diff --git a/config/environments/staging.js.example b/config/environments/staging.js.example
index 06e91ec5..65ca48fe 100644
--- a/config/environments/staging.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/staging.js.example
@@ -1,9 +1,23 @@
 // Time in milliseconds to force GC cycle.
 // Disable by using <=0 value.
 module.exports.gc_interval = 10000;
-// In case the base_url has a :user param the username will be the one specified in the URL,
-// otherwise it will fallback to extract the username from the host header.
-module.exports.base_url     = '(?:/api/:version|/user/:user/api/:version)';
+module.exports.routes = {
+  paths: [
+    // In case the base_url has a :user param the username will be the one specified in the URL,
+    // otherwise it will fallback to extract the username from the host header.
+    '/api/:version',
+    '/user/:user/api/:version',
+  ],
+  // Attach middlewares at the begining of the req/res cycle
+  // to perform custom operations.
+  middlewares: [
+    function noop () {
+      return function noopMiddleware (req, res, next) {
+          next();
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+};
 // If useProfiler is true every response will be served with an
 // X-SQLAPI-Profile header containing elapsed timing for various
 // steps taken for producing the response.
diff --git a/config/environments/test.js.example b/config/environments/test.js.example
index 5a123e90..6b55652a 100644
--- a/config/environments/test.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/test.js.example
@@ -1,9 +1,23 @@
 // Time in milliseconds to force GC cycle.
 // Disable by using <=0 value.
 module.exports.gc_interval = 10000;
-// In case the base_url has a :user param the username will be the one specified in the URL,
-// otherwise it will fallback to extract the username from the host header.
-module.exports.base_url     = '(?:/api/:version|/user/:user/api/:version)';
+module.exports.routes = {
+  paths: [
+    // In case the base_url has a :user param the username will be the one specified in the URL,
+    // otherwise it will fallback to extract the username from the host header.
+    '/api/:version',
+    '/user/:user/api/:version',
+  ],
+  // Attach middlewares at the begining of the req/res cycle
+  // to perform custom operations.
+  middlewares: [
+    function noop () {
+      return function noopMiddleware (req, res, next) {
+          next();
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+};
 // If useProfiler is true every response will be served with an
 // X-SQLAPI-Profile header containing elapsed timing for various
 // steps taken for producing the response.