diff --git a/src/rewriter.js b/src/rewriter.js
index 846605e..da80b51 100644
--- a/src/rewriter.js
+++ b/src/rewriter.js
@@ -3,17 +3,27 @@ var express = require('express')
 module.exports = function (routes) {
   var router = express.Router()
 
-  for (var route in routes) {
-    router.all(route, function (req, res, next) {
-      var target = routes[route]
-      for (var param in req.params) {
-        target = target.replace(':' + param, req.params[param])
-      }
-      console.log(target)
-      req.url = target
-      next()
-    })
-  }
+  Object.keys(routes).forEach(function (route) {
+
+    if (route.indexOf(':') !== -1) {
+      router.all(route, function (req, res, next) {
+        // Rewrite target url using params
+        var target = routes[route]
+        for (var param in req.params) {
+          target = target.replace(':' + param, req.params[param])
+        }
+        req.url = target
+        next()
+      })
+    } else {
+      router.all(route + '*', function (req, res, next) {
+        // Rewrite url by replacing prefix
+        req.url = req.url.replace(route, routes[route])
+        next()
+      })
+    }
+
+  })
 
   return router
 }
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index e793e8a..098c964 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ describe('Server', function () {
     router = jsonServer.router(db)
     server.use(jsonServer.defaults)
     server.use(jsonServer.rewriter({
-      '/api/:resource/:id': '/:resource/:id',
+      '/api/': '/',
       '/blog/posts/:id/show': '/posts/:id'
     }))
     server.use(router)
@@ -370,14 +370,14 @@ describe('Server', function () {
 
   describe('Rewriter', function () {
 
-    it('should rewrite URL (1)', function (done) {
+    it('should rewrite using prefix', function (done) {
       request(server)
         .get('/api/posts/1')
         .expect(db.posts[0])
         .end(done)
     })
 
-    it('should rewrite URL (2)', function (done) {
+    it('should rewrite using params', function (done) {
       request(server)
         .get('/blog/posts/1/show')
         .expect(db.posts[0])