diff --git a/src/main/java/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/internal/www/NshmpMicronautServlet.java b/src/main/java/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/internal/www/NshmpMicronautServlet.java
index 72bcf611fd07ba13722feb96591337b95ef4f9b6..f5253e90f111ae42db3b54a2d364b5f7968b13b3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/internal/www/NshmpMicronautServlet.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/internal/www/NshmpMicronautServlet.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import io.reactivex.schedulers.Schedulers;
 @Filter("/**")
 public class NshmpMicronautServlet implements HttpServerFilter {
 
-  @Value("${micronaut.server.context-path:nshmp}")
+  @Value("${micronaut.server.context-path:}")
   private String contextPath;
 
   /*
diff --git a/src/main/java/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/internal/www/WsUtils.java b/src/main/java/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/internal/www/WsUtils.java
index 97eb035c38630d64d47fbf2c0bce8dbc57221cbe..d6c78c40997e6400c807bbd0d146bce41c245102 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/internal/www/WsUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/internal/www/WsUtils.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class WsUtils {
 
   public static <T, E extends Enum<E>> T checkValue(E key, T value) {
     if (value == null) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException("Missing query key [" + key.toString() + "]");
+      throw new IllegalStateException("Missing [" + key.toString() + "]");
     }
 
     return value;