diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 7d8abaabb..ac5fe2e48 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ Changelog
 
 - TBD
 
+0.8.1 (2014/09/04)
+------------------
+
+- Fixed a bug requesting new item numbers from the server.
+
 0.8 (2014/08/28)
 ----------------
 
diff --git a/doorstop/cli/test/__init__.py b/doorstop/cli/test/__init__.py
index e5a8b97f3..acd73a3f3 100644
--- a/doorstop/cli/test/__init__.py
+++ b/doorstop/cli/test/__init__.py
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ def setUp(self):
                        settings.CACHE_ITEMS,
                        settings.CACHE_PATHS,
                        settings.WARN_ALL,
-                       settings.ERROR_ALL)
+                       settings.ERROR_ALL,
+                       settings.SERVER_HOST,
+                       settings.SERVER_PORT)
 
     def tearDown(self):
         (settings.REFORMAT,
@@ -49,4 +51,6 @@ def tearDown(self):
          settings.CACHE_ITEMS,
          settings.CACHE_PATHS,
          settings.WARN_ALL,
-         settings.ERROR_ALL) = self.backup
+         settings.ERROR_ALL,
+         settings.SERVER_HOST,
+         settings.SERVER_PORT) = self.backup
diff --git a/doorstop/server/main.py b/doorstop/server/main.py
index 5069c1e53..7a71dfb06 100644
--- a/doorstop/server/main.py
+++ b/doorstop/server/main.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 log = common.logger(__name__)
 
+app = utilities.StripPathMiddleware(bottle.app())
 tree = None  # set in `run`, read in the route functions
 numbers = defaultdict(int)  # cache of next document numbers
 
@@ -68,7 +69,8 @@ def run(args, cwd, _):
     if args.launch:
         url = utilities.build_url(host=host, port=port)
         webbrowser.open(url)
-    bottle.run(host=host, port=port, debug=args.debug, reloader=args.debug)
+    bottle.run(app=app, host=host, port=port,
+               debug=args.debug, reloader=args.debug)
 
 
 @get('/')
@@ -159,7 +161,7 @@ def get_attr(prefix, uid, name):
 def post_numbers(prefix):
     """Create the next number in a document."""
     document = tree.find_document(prefix)
-    number = max(document.next, numbers[prefix])
+    number = max(document.next_number, numbers[prefix])
     numbers[prefix] = number + 1
     if utilities.json_response(request):
         data = {'next': number}
diff --git a/doorstop/server/test/__init__.py b/doorstop/server/test/__init__.py
index dfa98c2f1..8cce51fdc 100644
--- a/doorstop/server/test/__init__.py
+++ b/doorstop/server/test/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""Package for the doorstop.web tests."""
+"""Package for the doorstop.server tests."""
 
 ENV = 'TEST_INTEGRATION'  # environment variable to enable integration tests
 REASON = "'{0}' variable not set".format(ENV)
diff --git a/doorstop/server/test/test_all.py b/doorstop/server/test/test_all.py
index 1195aea0b..a59dad218 100644
--- a/doorstop/server/test/test_all.py
+++ b/doorstop/server/test/test_all.py
@@ -1 +1,46 @@
-"""Integration tests for the doorstop.web package."""
+"""Integration tests for the doorstop.server package."""
+
+import os
+import time
+import unittest
+from unittest.mock import patch
+from multiprocessing import Process
+import logging
+
+from doorstop import server
+from doorstop.server import main
+
+from doorstop.server.test import ENV, REASON
+
+
+@unittest.skipUnless(os.getenv(ENV), REASON)
+@patch('doorstop.settings.SERVER_HOST', 'localhost')
+class TestServer(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    """Integration tests for the client/server feature."""
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        cls.process = Process(target=main.main, kwargs={'args': []})
+        cls.process.start()
+        logging.info("delaying for the server to initialize...")
+        time.sleep(3)
+        assert cls.process.is_alive()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(cls):
+        cls.process.terminate()
+        logging.info("delaying for the server to shutdown...")
+        time.sleep(1)
+
+    def test_check(self):  # pylint: disable=R0201
+        """Verify the server can be checked."""
+        server.check()
+
+    def test_get_next_number(self):
+        """Verify the next number can be requested from the server."""
+        number1 = server.get_next_number('req')
+        number2 = server.get_next_number('req')
+        self.assertIsNot(None, number1)
+        self.assertIsNot(None, number2)
+        self.assertLess(number1, number2)
diff --git a/doorstop/server/test/test_client.py b/doorstop/server/test/test_client.py
index 5d1ac6b5a..8c6c3cfe5 100644
--- a/doorstop/server/test/test_client.py
+++ b/doorstop/server/test/test_client.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""Unit tests for the doorstop.web.client package."""
+"""Unit tests for the doorstop.server.client module."""
 
 import unittest
 from unittest.mock import patch, Mock
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 @patch('doorstop.settings.SERVER_PORT', 8080)
 class TestModule(unittest.TestCase):
 
-    """Unit tests for the doorstop.web.client module."""
+    """Unit tests for the doorstop.server.client module."""
 
     @patch('doorstop.settings.SERVER_HOST', '1.2.3.4')
     def test_exists(self):
diff --git a/doorstop/server/test/test_server.py b/doorstop/server/test/test_server.py
index 24e2bfa9a..0db901d6d 100644
--- a/doorstop/server/test/test_server.py
+++ b/doorstop/server/test/test_server.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""Unit tests for the doorstop.web.server package."""
+"""Unit tests for the doorstop.server.main module."""
 
 import unittest
 from unittest.mock import patch, Mock, MagicMock
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class BaseTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     mock_document = MagicMock()
     mock_document.__iter__.return_value = [mock_item, mock_item2]
     mock_document.prefix = 'PREFIX'
-    mock_document.next = 42
+    mock_document.next_number = 42
     mock_document.find_item = Mock(return_value=mock_item)
 
     mock_document2 = Mock()
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def setUp(self):
 
 class TestModule(BaseTestCase):
 
-    """Unit tests for the doorstop.web.server module."""
+    """Unit tests for the doorstop.server.main module."""
 
     @patch('doorstop.server.main.build')
     @patch('bottle.run')
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def test_main_debug(self, mock_run, mock_open, mock_build):
 
 class TestRoutesHTML(BaseTestCase):
 
-    """Unit tests for the doorstop.web.server module HTML responses."""
+    """Unit tests for the doorstop.server.main module HTML responses."""
 
     def test_get_index(self):
         """Verify `/` works (HTML)."""
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def test_post_numbers(self):
 @patch('doorstop.server.utilities.json_response', Mock(return_value=True))
 class TestRoutesJSON(BaseTestCase):
 
-    """Unit tests for the doorstop.web.server module JSON responses."""
+    """Unit tests for the doorstop.server.main module JSON responses."""
 
     def test_get_documents(self):
         """Verify `/documents` works (JSON)."""
diff --git a/doorstop/server/utilities.py b/doorstop/server/utilities.py
index e0c2a6c4a..e6d8e065c 100644
--- a/doorstop/server/utilities.py
+++ b/doorstop/server/utilities.py
@@ -1,12 +1,28 @@
-"""Shared functions for the `doorstop.web` package."""
+"""Shared functions for the `doorstop.server` package."""
 
+from doorstop import common
 from doorstop import settings
 
+log = common.logger(__name__)
+
+
+class StripPathMiddleware(object):  # pylint: disable=R0903
+
+    """WSGI middleware that strips trailing slashes from all URLs."""
+
+    def __init__(self, app):
+        self.app = app
+
+    def __call__(self, e, h):  # pragma: no cover (integration test)
+        e['PATH_INFO'] = e['PATH_INFO'].rstrip('/')
+        return self.app(e, h)
+
 
 def build_url(host=None, port=None, path=None):
     """Build the server's URL with optional path."""
     host = host or settings.SERVER_HOST
     port = port or settings.SERVER_PORT
+    log.debug("building URL: {} + {} + {}".format(host, port, path))
     if not host:
         return None
     url = 'http://{}'.format(host)