diff --git a/pkg/cloudcfg/cloudcfg.go b/pkg/cloudcfg/cloudcfg.go
index b2d2df6fea1..07a6bd16cad 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudcfg/cloudcfg.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudcfg/cloudcfg.go
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ func (s *Server) Verb(verb string) *Request {
 	return &Request{
 		verb: verb,
 		s:    s,
+		path: "/",
 	}
 }
 
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ func (r *Request) Do() (interface{}, error) {
 	if r.err != nil {
 		return nil, r.err
 	}
-	finalUrl := path.Join(r.s.rawUrl, r.path)
+	finalUrl := r.s.rawUrl + r.path
 	query := url.Values{}
 	if r.selector != nil {
 		query.Add("labels", r.selector.String())
diff --git a/pkg/cloudcfg/cloudcfg_test.go b/pkg/cloudcfg/cloudcfg_test.go
index 178d983df53..9ccff33d69a 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudcfg/cloudcfg_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudcfg/cloudcfg_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"os"
+	"reflect"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client"
@@ -170,6 +172,43 @@ func TestDoRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	fakeHandler.ValidateRequest(t, "/foo/bar", "GET", nil)
 }
 
+func TestDoRequestNewWay(t *testing.T) {
+	reqBody := "request body"
+	expectedObj := &api.Service{Port: 12345}
+	expectedBody, _ := api.Encode(expectedObj)
+	fakeHandler := util.FakeHandler{
+		StatusCode:   200,
+		ResponseBody: string(expectedBody),
+		T:            t,
+	}
+	testServer := httptest.NewTLSServer(&fakeHandler)
+	auth := client.AuthInfo{User: "user", Password: "pass"}
+	s := New(testServer.URL, &auth)
+	obj, err := s.Verb("POST").
+		Path("foo/bar").
+		Path("baz").
+		Selector("name=foo").
+		Timeout(time.Second).
+		Body([]byte(reqBody)).
+		Do()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected error: %v %#v", err, err)
+		return
+	}
+	if obj == nil {
+		t.Error("nil obj")
+	} else if !reflect.DeepEqual(obj, expectedObj) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected: %#v, got %#v", expectedObj, obj)
+	}
+	fakeHandler.ValidateRequest(t, "/foo/bar/baz", "POST", &reqBody)
+	if fakeHandler.RequestReceived.URL.RawQuery != "labels=name%3Dfoo&timeout=1s" {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected query: %v", fakeHandler.RequestReceived.URL.RawQuery)
+	}
+	if fakeHandler.RequestReceived.Header["Authorization"] == nil {
+		t.Errorf("Request is missing authorization header: %#v", *fakeHandler.RequestReceived)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestRunController(t *testing.T) {
 	fakeClient := FakeKubeClient{}
 	name := "name"
diff --git a/pkg/cloudcfg/resource_printer.go b/pkg/cloudcfg/resource_printer.go
index 9ca587116b7..58bffc48de1 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudcfg/resource_printer.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudcfg/resource_printer.go
@@ -165,19 +165,11 @@ func (h *HumanReadablePrinter) printStatus(status *api.Status, w io.Writer) erro
 // TODO replace this with something that returns a concrete printer object, rather than
 //  having the secondary switch below.
 func (h *HumanReadablePrinter) Print(data []byte, output io.Writer) error {
-	w := tabwriter.NewWriter(output, 20, 5, 3, ' ', 0)
-	defer w.Flush()
 	var mapObj map[string]interface{}
 	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(data), &mapObj); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// Don't complain about empty objects returned by DELETE commands.
-	if len(mapObj) == 0 {
-		fmt.Fprint(w, "<empty>")
-		return nil
-	}
-
 	if _, contains := mapObj["kind"]; !contains {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected object with no 'kind' field: %s", data)
 	}
@@ -189,7 +181,9 @@ func (h *HumanReadablePrinter) Print(data []byte, output io.Writer) error {
 	return h.PrintObj(obj, output)
 }
 
-func (h *HumanReadablePrinter) PrintObj(obj interface{}, output io.Writer) {
+func (h *HumanReadablePrinter) PrintObj(obj interface{}, output io.Writer) error {
+	w := tabwriter.NewWriter(output, 20, 5, 3, ' ', 0)
+	defer w.Flush()
 	switch o := obj.(type) {
 	case *api.Pod:
 		h.printHeader(podColumns, w)
@@ -212,6 +206,7 @@ func (h *HumanReadablePrinter) PrintObj(obj interface{}, output io.Writer) {
 	case *api.Status:
 		return h.printStatus(o, w)
 	default:
-		return h.unknown(data, w)
+		_, err := fmt.Fprintf(w, "Error: unknown type %#v", obj)
+		return err
 	}
 }