diff --git a/src/emuvim/api/sonata/README.md b/src/emuvim/api/sonata/README.md
index a1708d4..30586e7 100644
--- a/src/emuvim/api/sonata/README.md
+++ b/src/emuvim/api/sonata/README.md
@@ -22,20 +22,20 @@
 
 To upload the file `sonata-demo.son` (from son-schema repo) do:
 
-* `curl -i -X POST -F file=@sonata-demo.son http://127.0.0.1:5000/api/packages`
+* `curl -i -X POST -F package=@sonata-demo.son http://127.0.0.1:5000/packages`
 
 To list all uploaded packages do:
 
-* `curl http://127.0.0.1:5000/api/packages`
+* `curl http://127.0.0.1:5000/packages`
 
 To instantiate (start) a service do:
 
-* Specific service: `curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:5000/api/instantiations -d "{\"service_uuid\":\"59446b64-f941-40a8-b511-effb0512c21b\"}"`
-* Last uploaded service (makes manual tests easier): `curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:5000/api/instantiations -d "{}"`
+* Specific service: `curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:5000/instantiations -d "{\"service_uuid\":\"59446b64-f941-40a8-b511-effb0512c21b\"}"`
+* Last uploaded service (makes manual tests easier): `curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:5000/instantiations -d "{}"`
 
 To list all running services do:
 
-* `curl http://127.0.0.1:5000/api/instantiations`
+* `curl http://127.0.0.1:5000/instantiations`
 
 
 ## API definition
@@ -56,28 +56,28 @@
 <th>Response:</th>
 </tr>
 <tr>
-<td>/api/packages</td>
+<td>/packages</td>
 <td>POST</td>
 <td>-</td>
 <td>{file-content} as "content-type": "multipart/form-data"</td>
 <td>{"service_uuid": "c880aaab-f3b9-43ac-ac6b-3d27b46146b7", size=456, sha1=49ee6468dfa4ecbad440d669b249d523a38651be, error: null}</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
-<td>/api/packages</td>
+<td>/packages</td>
 <td>GET</td>
 <td>-</td>
 <td></td>
 <td>{service_uuid_list: ["c880aaab-f3b9-43ac-ac6b-3d27b46146b7", "c880aaab-f3b9-43ac-ac6b-3d27b46146b8", "c880aaab-f3b9-43ac-ac6b-3d27b46146b9"]}</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
-<td>/api/instantiations</td>
+<td>/instantiations</td>
 <td>POST</td>
 <td>-</td>
 <td>{service_uuid: "c880aaab-f3b9-43ac-ac6b-3d27b46146b7"}</td>
 <td>{service_instance_uuid: "de4567-f3b9-43ac-ac6b-3d27b461123"}</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
-<td>/api/instantiations</td>
+<td>/instantiations</td>
 <td>GET</td>
 <td>-</td>
 <td></td>
diff --git a/src/emuvim/api/sonata/dummygatekeeper.py b/src/emuvim/api/sonata/dummygatekeeper.py
index c69fd9a..6475044 100644
--- a/src/emuvim/api/sonata/dummygatekeeper.py
+++ b/src/emuvim/api/sonata/dummygatekeeper.py
@@ -272,7 +272,13 @@
         try:
             # get file contents
             print(request.files)
-            son_file = request.files['file']
+            # lets search for the package in the request
+            if "package" in request.files:
+                son_file = request.files["package"]
+            # elif "file" in request.files:
+            #     son_file = request.files["file"]
+            else:
+                return {"service_uuid": None, "size": 0, "sha1": None, "error": "upload failed. file not found."}, 500
             # generate a uuid to reference this package
             service_uuid = str(uuid.uuid4())
             file_hash = hashlib.sha1(str(son_file)).hexdigest()
@@ -289,7 +295,7 @@
             return {"service_uuid": service_uuid, "size": size, "sha1": file_hash, "error": None}
         except Exception as ex:
             LOG.exception("Service package upload failed:")
-            return {"service_uuid": None, "size": 0, "sha1": None, "error": "upload failed"}
+            return {"service_uuid": None, "size": 0, "sha1": None, "error": "upload failed"}, 500
 
     def get(self):
         """
@@ -338,8 +344,8 @@
 app.config['MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH'] = 512 * 1024 * 1024  # 512 MB max upload
 api = fr.Api(app)
 # define endpoints
-api.add_resource(Packages, '/api/packages')
-api.add_resource(Instantiations, '/api/instantiations')
+api.add_resource(Packages, '/packages')
+api.add_resource(Instantiations, '/instantiations')
 
 
 def start_rest_api(host, port, datacenters=dict()):
diff --git a/src/emuvim/test/test_sonata_dummy_gatekeeper.py b/src/emuvim/test/test_sonata_dummy_gatekeeper.py
index ce5bcbf..7365502 100644
--- a/src/emuvim/test/test_sonata_dummy_gatekeeper.py
+++ b/src/emuvim/test/test_sonata_dummy_gatekeeper.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import time
 import requests
+import subprocess
 import os
 from emuvim.test.base import SimpleTestTopology
 from emuvim.api.sonata import SonataDummyGatekeeperEndpoint
@@ -27,30 +28,33 @@
 
         # download example from GitHub
         print "downloading latest son-demo.son from GitHub"
-        download = requests.get("https://github.com/sonata-nfv/son-schema/blob/master/package-descriptor/examples/sonata-demo.son?raw=true")
-        with open("son-demo.son", 'wb') as f:
-            f.write(download.content)
+        subprocess.call(
+            ["wget",
+             "http://github.com/sonata-nfv/son-schema/blob/master/package-descriptor/examples/sonata-demo.son?raw=true",
+             "-O",
+             "son-demo.son"]
+        )
 
         print "starting tests"
         # board package
-        files = {"file": open("son-demo.son", "rb")}
-        r = requests.post("http://127.0.0.1:5000/api/packages", files=files)
+        files = {"package": open("son-demo.son", "rb")}
+        r = requests.post("http://127.0.0.1:5000/packages", files=files)
         self.assertEqual(r.status_code, 200)
         self.assertTrue(r.json().get("service_uuid") is not None)
         os.remove("son-demo.son")
 
         # instantiate service
         service_uuid = r.json().get("service_uuid")
-        r2 = requests.post("http://127.0.0.1:5000/api/instantiations", json={"service_uuid": service_uuid})
+        r2 = requests.post("http://127.0.0.1:5000/instantiations", json={"service_uuid": service_uuid})
         self.assertEqual(r2.status_code, 200)
 
         # give the emulator some time to instantiate everything
         time.sleep(2)
 
         # check get request APIs
-        r3 = requests.get("http://127.0.0.1:5000/api/packages")
+        r3 = requests.get("http://127.0.0.1:5000/packages")
         self.assertEqual(len(r3.json().get("service_uuid_list")), 1)
-        r4 = requests.get("http://127.0.0.1:5000/api/instantiations")
+        r4 = requests.get("http://127.0.0.1:5000/instantiations")
         self.assertEqual(len(r4.json().get("service_instance_list")), 1)
 
         # check number of running nodes