diff --git a/src/kamokan/main.cpp b/src/kamokan/main.cpp
index edc5438..abb2752 100644
--- a/src/kamokan/main.cpp
+++ b/src/kamokan/main.cpp
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ int main (int parArgc, char* parArgv[], char* parEnvp[]) {
 		resp_factory.register_jolly_maker(&make_response<PastieResponse>, RequestMethodType::GET);
 
 		std::unique_ptr<Response> response = resp_factory.make_response(
-			cgi_env->path_info(),
+			cgi_env->request_uri_relative(),
 			cgi_env->request_method()
 		);
 		if (response)
diff --git a/src/tawashi/cgi_env.cpp b/src/tawashi/cgi_env.cpp
index 0c39366..5f08dcb 100644
--- a/src/tawashi/cgi_env.cpp
+++ b/src/tawashi/cgi_env.cpp
@@ -83,25 +83,25 @@ namespace cgi {
 				return optional<Env::VersionInfo>();
 		}
 
-		std::size_t calculate_skip_path_length (const boost::string_ref& parPathInfo, const boost::string_ref& parBasePath) {
+		std::size_t calculate_skip_path_length (const boost::string_ref& paPath, const boost::string_ref& parBasePath) {
 			const std::size_t base_path_tr_slash = (not parBasePath.empty() and parBasePath[parBasePath.size() - 1] == '/' ? 1 : 0);
 			boost::string_ref base_path = parBasePath.substr(0, parBasePath.size() - base_path_tr_slash);
-			SPDLOG_TRACE(spdlog::get("statuslog"), "calculating skip prefix for PATH_INFO=\"{}\", base path=\"{}\", parBasePath=\"{}\", base path trailing slash={}",
-				std::string(parPathInfo.begin(), parPathInfo.end()),
+			SPDLOG_TRACE(spdlog::get("statuslog"), "calculating skip prefix for REQUEST_URI=\"{}\", base path=\"{}\", parBasePath=\"{}\", base path trailing slash={}",
+				std::string(paPath.begin(), paPath.end()),
 				std::string(base_path.begin(), base_path.end()),
 				std::string(parBasePath.begin(), parBasePath.end()),
 				base_path_tr_slash
 			);
 
-			if (boost::starts_with(parPathInfo, base_path)) {
+			if (boost::starts_with(paPath, base_path)) {
 				//account for the trailing slash in either base path and path info
-				return std::min(parBasePath.size(), parPathInfo.size());
+				return std::min(parBasePath.size(), paPath.size());
 			}
 			else {
 				std::string str_base_path(parBasePath.begin(), parBasePath.end());
-				std::string str_path(parPathInfo.begin(), parPathInfo.end());
+				std::string str_path(paPath.begin(), paPath.end());
 				spdlog::get("statuslog")->error(
-					"base path is not a prefix of PATH_INFO: base path={}, PATH_INFO={}, tawashi will most likely malfunction",
+					"base path is not a prefix of REQUEST_URI: base path={}, REQUEST_URI={}, tawashi will most likely malfunction",
 					str_base_path,
 					str_path
 				);
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ namespace cgi {
 
 	Env::Env(const char* const* parEnvList, const boost::string_ref& parBasePath) :
 		m_cgi_env(cgi_environment_vars(parEnvList)),
-		m_skip_path_info(calculate_skip_path_length(m_cgi_env[CGIVars::PATH_INFO], parBasePath)),
+		m_skip_path_info(calculate_skip_path_length(m_cgi_env[CGIVars::REQUEST_URI], parBasePath)),
 		m_request_method_type(RequestMethodType::_from_string(m_cgi_env[CGIVars::REQUEST_METHOD].data()))
 	{
 		{
@@ -149,10 +149,8 @@ namespace cgi {
 		return split_version(m_cgi_env[CGIVars::GATEWAY_INTERFACE]);
 	}
 
-	boost::string_ref Env::path_info() const {
-		const std::string& path = m_cgi_env[CGIVars::PATH_INFO];
-		assert(m_skip_path_info <= path.size());
-		return boost::string_ref(path).substr(m_skip_path_info);
+	const std::string& Env::path_info() const {
+		return m_cgi_env[CGIVars::PATH_INFO];
 	}
 
 	const std::string& Env::path_translated() const {
@@ -191,6 +189,10 @@ namespace cgi {
 		return m_request_method_type;
 	}
 
+	const std::string& Env::request_uri() const {
+		return m_cgi_env[CGIVars::REQUEST_URI];
+	}
+
 	const std::string& Env::script_name() const {
 		return m_cgi_env[CGIVars::SCRIPT_NAME];
 	}
@@ -242,5 +244,10 @@ namespace cgi {
 		return parStream;
 	}
 
+	boost::string_ref Env::request_uri_relative() const {
+		const std::string& path = m_cgi_env[CGIVars::REQUEST_URI];
+		assert(m_skip_path_info <= path.size());
+		return boost::string_ref(path).substr(m_skip_path_info);
+	}
 } //namespace cgi
 } //namespace tawashi
diff --git a/src/tawashi/cgi_env.hpp b/src/tawashi/cgi_env.hpp
index f074ac0..da5e5fd 100644
--- a/src/tawashi/cgi_env.hpp
+++ b/src/tawashi/cgi_env.hpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ namespace tawashi {
 			std::size_t content_length() const;
 			const std::string& content_type() const;
 			boost::optional<VersionInfo> gateway_interface() const a_pure;
-			boost::string_ref path_info() const;
+			const std::string& path_info() const;
 			const std::string& path_translated() const;
 			const std::string& query_string() const;
 			const std::string& http_client_ip() const;
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ namespace tawashi {
 			const std::string& remote_ident() const;
 			const std::string& remote_user() const;
 			RequestMethodType request_method() const;
+			const std::string& request_uri() const;
 			const std::string& script_name() const;
 			const std::string& server_name() const;
 			bool https() const;
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ namespace tawashi {
 
 			GetMapType query_string_split() const a_pure;
 			const SplitMime& content_type_split() const a_pure;
+			boost::string_ref request_uri_relative() const;
 
 			std::ostream& print_all (std::ostream& parStream, const char* parNewline) const;
 
diff --git a/src/tawashi/pastie_response.cpp b/src/tawashi/pastie_response.cpp
index f7f3b48..5daf7d5 100644
--- a/src/tawashi/pastie_response.cpp
+++ b/src/tawashi/pastie_response.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ namespace tawashi {
 		using opt_string = redis::IncRedis::opt_string;
 		using opt_string_list = redis::IncRedis::opt_string_list;
 
-		boost::string_ref token = cgi_env().path_info();
+		boost::string_ref token = cgi_env().request_uri_relative();
 		auto& redis = this->redis();
 		opt_string_list pastie_reply = redis.hmget(token, "pastie");
 		opt_string pastie = (pastie_reply and not pastie_reply->empty() ? (*pastie_reply)[0] : opt_string());