diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e4392ed..4695ecc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ OpenMRS API in node or the browser.
 ## Install
 
 ```sh
-npm install openmrs.js@alpha
+npm install openmrs.js
 ```
 
 ## Setup
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ operations for the 'patient' tag
   * createPatient: Create with properties in request
 ```
 
-See the [examples](docs/examples) for further demonstrations.
+See the [examples](examples) for further demonstrations.
 
 ## API Documentation
 
diff --git a/src/openmrs.js b/src/openmrs.js
index 971cf6c..cedcdf3 100644
--- a/src/openmrs.js
+++ b/src/openmrs.js
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export default class OpenMRS {
     let specUrl = url;
 
     // make sure a protocol is specified
-    if (url.substring(0, 3) !== constants.OMRSJS_DEFAULT_PROTOCOL) {
+    if (url.substring(0, 4) !== constants.OMRSJS_DEFAULT_PROTOCOL) {
       specUrl = `${constants.OMRSJS_DEFAULT_PROTOCOL}://${specUrl}`;
     }
 
diff --git a/test/openmrs.spec.js b/test/openmrs.spec.js
index c596b90..cc4f2c6 100644
--- a/test/openmrs.spec.js
+++ b/test/openmrs.spec.js
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ describe('Contructing a new instance of OpenMRS with the base URL and protocol',
 
     it('should succeed with just the user and password', () => {
       fauxJax.on('request', (req) => {
+        expect(req.requestURL).to.be.equal('http://localhost:8080/openmrs/module/webservices/rest/swagger.json');
         req.respond(200, {
           'Content-Type': 'application/json',
         }, JSON.stringify(swaggerSpec));
@@ -169,6 +170,7 @@ describe('Contructing a new instance of OpenMRS with the full URL without protoc
 
     it('should succeed with just the user and password', () => {
       fauxJax.on('request', (req) => {
+        expect(req.requestURL).to.be.equal('http://localhost:8080/openmrs/module/webservices/rest/swagger.json');
         req.respond(200, {
           'Content-Type': 'application/json',
         }, JSON.stringify(swaggerSpec));
@@ -197,6 +199,7 @@ describe('Contructing a new instance of OpenMRS with the base URL without protoc
 
     it('should succeed with just the user and password', () => {
       fauxJax.on('request', (req) => {
+        expect(req.requestURL).to.be.equal('http://localhost:8080/openmrs/module/webservices/rest/swagger.json');
         req.respond(200, {
           'Content-Type': 'application/json',
         }, JSON.stringify(swaggerSpec));
@@ -231,6 +234,7 @@ describe('Contructing a new instance of OpenMRS with the config object', () => {
 
     it('should succeed with no parameters', () => {
       fauxJax.on('request', (req) => {
+        expect(req.requestURL).to.be.equal('http://localhost:8080/openmrs/module/webservices/rest/swagger.json');
         req.respond(200, {
           'Content-Type': 'application/json',
         }, JSON.stringify(swaggerSpec));