diff --git a/lib/App/Netdisco/Web.pm b/lib/App/Netdisco/Web.pm
index e50d167e..307e7c58 100644
--- a/lib/App/Netdisco/Web.pm
+++ b/lib/App/Netdisco/Web.pm
@@ -112,29 +112,6 @@ eval {
 };
 Dancer::Session::Cookie::init(session);
 
-# setup for swagger API
-my $swagger = Dancer::Plugin::Swagger->instance->doc;
-$swagger->{schemes} = ['http','https'];
-$swagger->{consumes} = 'application/json';
-$swagger->{produces} = 'application/json';
-$swagger->{tags} = [
-  {name => 'General',
-    description => 'Log in and Log out'},
-  {name => 'Search',
-    description => 'Search Operations'},
-  {name => 'Objects',
-    description => 'Retrieve Device, Port, and associated Node Data'},
-  {name => 'Reports',
-    description => 'Canned and Custom Reports'},
-];
-$swagger->{securityDefinitions} = {
-  APIKeyHeader =>
-    { type => 'apiKey', name => 'Authorization', in => 'header' },
-  BasicAuth =>
-    { type => 'basic'  },
-};
-$swagger->{security} = [ { APIKeyHeader => [] } ];
-
 # workaround for https://github.com/PerlDancer/Dancer/issues/935
 hook after_error_render => sub { setting('layout' => 'main') };
 
@@ -279,7 +256,7 @@ hook before_layout_render => sub {
 hook 'after' => sub {
     my $r = shift; # a Dancer::Response
 
-    if (request->path eq '/swagger.json') {
+    if (request->path eq uri_for('/swagger.json')->path) {
         $r->content( to_json( $r->content ) );
         header('Content-Type' => 'application/json');
     }
@@ -292,6 +269,55 @@ hook 'after' => sub {
     }
 };
 
+# setup for swagger API
+my $swagger = Dancer::Plugin::Swagger->instance;
+my $swagger_doc = $swagger->doc;
+
+$swagger_doc->{schemes} = ['http','https'];
+$swagger_doc->{consumes} = 'application/json';
+$swagger_doc->{produces} = 'application/json';
+$swagger_doc->{tags} = [
+  {name => 'General',
+    description => 'Log in and Log out'},
+  {name => 'Search',
+    description => 'Search Operations'},
+  {name => 'Objects',
+    description => 'Retrieve Device, Port, and associated Node Data'},
+  {name => 'Reports',
+    description => 'Canned and Custom Reports'},
+];
+$swagger_doc->{securityDefinitions} = {
+  APIKeyHeader =>
+    { type => 'apiKey', name => 'Authorization', in => 'header' },
+  BasicAuth =>
+    { type => 'basic'  },
+};
+$swagger_doc->{security} = [ { APIKeyHeader => [] } ];
+
+# manually install Swagger UI routes because plugin doesn't handle non-root
+# hosting, so we cannot use show_ui(1)
+my $swagger_base = config->{plugins}->{Swagger}->{ui_url};
+
+get $swagger_base => sub {
+    redirect uri_for($swagger_base)->path
+      . '/?url=' . uri_for('/swagger.json')->path;
+};
+
+get $swagger_base.'/' => sub {
+    # user might request /swagger-ui/ initially (Plugin doesn't handle this)
+    params->{url} or redirect $swagger_base;
+
+    my $file = $swagger->ui_dir->child('index.html');
+    send_error "file not found", 404 unless -f $file;
+    return $file->slurp;
+};
+
+get $swagger_base.'/**' => sub {
+    my $file = $swagger->ui_dir->child( @{ (splat())[0] } );
+    send_error "file not found", 404 unless -f $file;
+    send_file $file, system_path => 1;
+};
+
 # remove empty lines from CSV response
 # this makes writing templates much more straightforward!
 hook 'after' => sub {
diff --git a/share/config.yml b/share/config.yml
index db6fb71d..01470dcd 100644
--- a/share/config.yml
+++ b/share/config.yml
@@ -499,6 +499,7 @@ plugins:
   Swagger:
      main_api_module: 'App::Netdisco'
      ui_url: '/swagger-ui'
+     show_ui: false
   Auth::Extensible:
     no_api_change_warning: true
     no_default_pages: true