diff --git a/tools/cli/cloudmonkey/cloudmonkey.py b/tools/cli/cloudmonkey/cloudmonkey.py
index 9ba7e8df31f..4630136b84b 100644
--- a/tools/cli/cloudmonkey/cloudmonkey.py
+++ b/tools/cli/cloudmonkey/cloudmonkey.py
@@ -81,8 +81,9 @@ class CloudStackShell(cmd.Cmd):
             for key in self.config_fields.keys():
                 setattr(self, key, self.config_fields[key])
             config = self.write_config()
-            print("Set your apikey, secretkey, host, port, prompt, color,"
-                  " log_file, history_file using the set command!")
+            print("Set your apikey, secretkey, host, port, prompt,"
+                  " protocol, path, color, log_file and history_file"
+                  " using the set command!")
 
         for key in self.config_fields.keys():
             try:
@@ -195,10 +196,13 @@ class CloudStackShell(cmd.Cmd):
     def make_request(self, command, requests={}, isAsync=False):
         conn = cloudConnection(self.host, port=int(self.port),
                                apiKey=self.apikey, securityKey=self.secretkey,
-                               asyncTimeout=self.timeout, logging=logger)
+                               asyncTimeout=self.timeout, logging=logger,
+                               protocol=self.protocol, path=self.path)
         response = None
         try:
+            self.print_shell("Starting call")
             response = conn.make_request_with_auth(command, requests)
+            self.print_shell("Ending call")
         except cloudstackAPIException, e:
             self.print_shell("API Error:", e)
         except HTTPError, e:
diff --git a/tools/cli/cloudmonkey/common.py b/tools/cli/cloudmonkey/common.py
index d525086f7e4..a6f3a770b2b 100644
--- a/tools/cli/cloudmonkey/common.py
+++ b/tools/cli/cloudmonkey/common.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ except ImportError, e:
 # Add config key:value
 config_file = os.path.expanduser('~/.cloudmonkey_config')
 config_fields = {'host': 'localhost', 'port': '8080',
+                 'protocol': 'http', 'path': '/client/api', 
                  'apikey': '', 'secretkey': '',
                  'timeout': '3600', 'asyncblock': 'true',
                  'prompt': '🐵 cloudmonkey>', 'color': 'true',