diff --git a/src/base/api/interfaces/IApiRequest.h b/src/base/api/interfaces/IApiRequest.h
index 35fb27d5f..fb55c2807 100644
--- a/src/base/api/interfaces/IApiRequest.h
+++ b/src/base/api/interfaces/IApiRequest.h
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ public:
     enum RequestType {
         REQ_UNKNOWN,
         REQ_SUMMARY,
+        REQ_BACKENDS,
+        REQ_CONFIG,
         REQ_JSON_RPC
     };
 
diff --git a/src/base/api/requests/ApiRequest.h b/src/base/api/requests/ApiRequest.h
index c87e822c0..4bfb1637c 100644
--- a/src/base/api/requests/ApiRequest.h
+++ b/src/base/api/requests/ApiRequest.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ protected:
     inline Source source() const override           { return m_source; }
     inline void done(int) override                  { m_state = STATE_DONE; }
 
-    int m_version       = 1;
+    int m_version       = 0;
     RequestType m_type  = REQ_UNKNOWN;
     State m_state       = STATE_NEW;
     String m_rpcMethod;
diff --git a/src/base/api/requests/HttpApiRequest.cpp b/src/base/api/requests/HttpApiRequest.cpp
index de43f752e..c9f56b075 100644
--- a/src/base/api/requests/HttpApiRequest.cpp
+++ b/src/base/api/requests/HttpApiRequest.cpp
@@ -67,10 +67,33 @@ xmrig::HttpApiRequest::HttpApiRequest(const HttpData &req, bool restricted) :
     m_res(req.id()),
     m_url(req.url.c_str())
 {
-    if (method() == METHOD_GET) {
-        if (url() == "/1/summary" || url() == "/2/summary" || url() == "/api.json") {
-            m_type = REQ_SUMMARY;
+    if (url().size() > 4 && memcmp(url().data(), "/", 1) == 0 && memcmp(url().data()+2, "/", 1) == 0) {
+        if (memcmp(url().data(), "/2/", 3) == 0) {
+            m_version = 2;
+        } else if (memcmp(url().data(), "/1/", 3) == 0) {
+            m_version = 1;
         }
+        switch (url().size()) {
+        case 9:
+            if (memcmp(url().data()+3, "config", 6) == 0) {
+                m_type = REQ_CONFIG;
+            }
+            break;
+        case 10:
+            if (memcmp(url().data()+3, "summary", 7) == 0) {
+                m_type = REQ_SUMMARY;
+            }
+            break;
+        case 11:
+            if (memcmp(url().data()+3, "backends", 8) == 0) {
+                m_type = REQ_BACKENDS;
+            }
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (url() == "/api.json") {
+            m_type = REQ_SUMMARY;
     }
 
     if (method() == METHOD_POST && url() == "/json_rpc") {
@@ -94,12 +117,6 @@ xmrig::HttpApiRequest::HttpApiRequest(const HttpData &req, bool restricted) :
 
         return;
     }
-
-    if (url().size() > 4) {
-        if (memcmp(url().data(), "/2/", 3) == 0) {
-            m_version = 2;
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/base/kernel/Base.cpp b/src/base/kernel/Base.cpp
index 4aa2e466e..b5d30af3e 100644
--- a/src/base/kernel/Base.cpp
+++ b/src/base/kernel/Base.cpp
@@ -45,13 +45,6 @@
 #ifdef XMRIG_FEATURE_API
 #   include "base/api/Api.h"
 #   include "base/api/interfaces/IApiRequest.h"
-
-namespace xmrig {
-
-static const char *kConfigPathV1 = "/1/config";
-static const char *kConfigPathV2 = "/2/config";
-
-} // namespace xmrig
 #endif
 
 
@@ -317,7 +310,7 @@ void xmrig::Base::onFileChanged(const String &fileName)
 void xmrig::Base::onRequest(IApiRequest &request)
 {
     if (request.method() == IApiRequest::METHOD_GET) {
-        if (request.url() == kConfigPathV1 || request.url() == kConfigPathV2) {
+        if (request.type() == IApiRequest::REQ_CONFIG) {
             if (request.isRestricted()) {
                 return request.done(403);
             }
@@ -327,7 +320,7 @@ void xmrig::Base::onRequest(IApiRequest &request)
         }
     }
     else if (request.method() == IApiRequest::METHOD_PUT || request.method() == IApiRequest::METHOD_POST) {
-        if (request.url() == kConfigPathV1 || request.url() == kConfigPathV2) {
+        if (request.type() == IApiRequest::REQ_CONFIG) {
             request.accept();
 
             if (!reload(request.json())) {
diff --git a/src/core/Miner.cpp b/src/core/Miner.cpp
index 9cc9092b3..71f73ea42 100644
--- a/src/core/Miner.cpp
+++ b/src/core/Miner.cpp
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ void xmrig::Miner::onRequest(IApiRequest &request)
             d_ptr->getMiner(request.reply(), request.doc(), request.version());
             d_ptr->getHashrate(request.reply(), request.doc(), request.version());
         }
-        else if (request.url() == "/2/backends") {
+        else if (request.type() == IApiRequest::REQ_BACKENDS && request.version() == 2) {
             request.accept();
 
             d_ptr->getBackends(request.reply(), request.doc());
@@ -711,6 +711,12 @@ void xmrig::Miner::onRequest(IApiRequest &request)
 
             stop();
         }
+        else if (request.rpcMethod() == "start") {
+            request.accept();
+
+            const auto config = d_ptr->controller->config();
+            onConfigChanged(config, config);
+        }
     }
 
     for (IBackend *backend : d_ptr->backends) {