diff --git a/core/modules/server/server.js b/core/modules/server/server.js
index a763773bb..c82d3f4eb 100644
--- a/core/modules/server/server.js
+++ b/core/modules/server/server.js
@@ -232,17 +232,19 @@ Server.prototype.requestHandler = function(request,response) {
 /*
 Listen for requests
 port: optional port number (falls back to value of "port" variable)
-host: optional host address (falls back to value of "hist" variable)
+host: optional host address (falls back to value of "host" variable)
+prefix: optional prefix (falls back to value of "path-prefix" variable)
 */
-Server.prototype.listen = function(port,host) {
+Server.prototype.listen = function(port,host,prefix) {
 	// Handle defaults for port and host
 	port = port || this.get("port");
 	host = host || this.get("host");
+	prefix = prefix || this.get("path-prefix");
 	// Check for the port being a string and look it up as an environment variable
 	if(parseInt(port,10).toString() !== port) {
 		port = process.env[port] || 8080;
 	}
-	$tw.utils.log("Serving on " + this.protocol + "://" + host + ":" + port,"brown/orange");
+	$tw.utils.log("Serving on " + this.protocol + "://" + host + ":" + port + prefix,"brown/orange");
 	$tw.utils.log("(press ctrl-C to exit)","red");
 	// Warn if required plugins are missing
 	if(!$tw.wiki.getTiddler("$:/plugins/tiddlywiki/tiddlyweb") || !$tw.wiki.getTiddler("$:/plugins/tiddlywiki/filesystem")) {