diff --git a/src/cmd/tusd/main.go b/src/cmd/tusd/main.go
index 5b8a619..61da14e 100644
--- a/src/cmd/tusd/main.go
+++ b/src/cmd/tusd/main.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 )
 
+const basePath = "/files/"
+
 func main() {
 	log.SetFlags(log.Ldate | log.Ltime | log.Lmicroseconds)
 	log.Printf("tusd started")
@@ -36,20 +38,34 @@ func main() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	config := tushttp.HandlerConfig{
-		Dir:          dir,
-		MaxSize:      maxSize,
+	tusConfig := tushttp.HandlerConfig{
+		Dir:      dir,
+		MaxSize:  maxSize,
+		BasePath: basePath,
 	}
 
-	log.Printf("handler config: %+v", config)
+	log.Printf("handler config: %+v", tusConfig)
 
-	handler, err := tushttp.NewHandler(config)
+	tusHandler, err := tushttp.NewHandler(tusConfig)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
+	http.Handle(basePath, tusHandler)
+
+	go handleUploads(tusHandler)
+
 	log.Printf("servering clients at http://localhost%s", addr)
-	if err := http.ListenAndServe(addr, handler); err != nil {
+	if err := http.ListenAndServe(addr, nil); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 }
+
+func handleUploads(tus *tushttp.Handler) {
+	for {
+		select {
+		case err := <-tus.Error:
+			log.Printf("error: %s", err)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/http/handler.go b/src/http/handler.go
index 3204f0d..b70a823 100644
--- a/src/http/handler.go
+++ b/src/http/handler.go
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 package http
 
 import (
-	"log"
+	"errors"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 )
 
-type HandlerConfig struct{
+// HandlerConfig holds the configuration for a tus Handler.
+type HandlerConfig struct {
 	// Dir points to a filesystem path used by tus to store uploaded and partial
 	// files. Will be created if does not exist yet. Required.
 	Dir string
@@ -15,23 +18,76 @@ type HandlerConfig struct{
 	// limit will cause the oldest upload files to be deleted until enough space
 	// is available again. Required.
 	MaxSize int64
+
+	// BasePath defines the url path used for handling uploads, e.g. "/files/".
+	// Must contain a trailling "/". Requests not matching this base path will
+	// cause a 404, so make sure you dispatch only appropriate requests to the
+	// handler. Required.
+	BasePath string
 }
 
+// NewHandler returns an initialized Handler. An error may occur if the
+// config.Dir is not writable.
 func NewHandler(config HandlerConfig) (*Handler, error) {
 	// Ensure the data store directory exists
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(config.Dir, 0777); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	errChan := make(chan error)
+
 	return &Handler{
-		store: newDataStore(config.Dir, config.MaxSize),
+		store:     newDataStore(config.Dir, config.MaxSize),
+		basePath:  config.BasePath,
+		Error:     errChan,
+		sendError: errChan,
 	}, nil
 }
 
-type Handler struct{
-	store *DataStore
+// Handler is a http.Handler that implements tus resumable upload protocol.
+type Handler struct {
+	store    *DataStore
+	basePath string
+
+	// Error provides error events for logging purposes.
+	Error <-chan error
+	// same chan as Error, used for sending.
+	sendError chan<- error
 }
 
 func (h *Handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	log.Printf("request: %s %s", r.Method, r.URL.RequestURI())
+	absPath := r.URL.Path
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(absPath, h.basePath) {
+		err := errors.New("invalid url path: " + absPath + " - does not match basePath: " + h.basePath)
+		h.err(err, w, http.StatusNotFound)
+		return
+	}
+
+	relPath := absPath[len(h.basePath)-1:]
+
+	// File creation request
+	if relPath == "/" {
+		// Must use POST method according to tus protocol
+		if r.Method != "POST" {
+			w.Header().Set("Allow", "POST")
+			err := errors.New(r.Method + " used against file creation url. Only POST is allowed.")
+			h.err(err, w, http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	err := errors.New("invalid url path: " + absPath + " - does not match file pattern")
+	h.err(err, w, http.StatusNotFound)
+}
+
+// err sends a http error response and publishes to the Error channel.
+func (h *Handler) err(err error, w http.ResponseWriter, status int) {
+	w.WriteHeader(status)
+	io.WriteString(w, err.Error()+"\n")
+
+	// non-blocking send
+	select {
+	case h.sendError <- err:
+	default:
+	}
 }