diff --git a/files/routes/__init__.py b/files/routes/__init__.py
index d933355f6..32c0313b1 100644
--- a/files/routes/__init__.py
+++ b/files/routes/__init__.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from files.routes.jinja2 import *
 from .admin import *
 from .comments import *
 from .errors import *
-from .api import *
+from .docs import *
 from .reporting import *
 from .front import *
 from .login import *
diff --git a/files/routes/api.py b/files/routes/api.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 415eeebea..000000000
--- a/files/routes/api.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
-
-from flask import render_template
-
-from files.routes.wrappers import auth_required, auth_desired
-from files.__main__ import app
-
-tree = ET.parse('docs/api.xml')
-
-@app.get("/api")
-@auth_required
-def api(v):
-	return render_template("api.html", v=v)
-
-@app.get("/api/docs")
-@auth_desired
-def get_docs_page(v):
-    # TODO cache
-    root = tree.getroot()
-
-    return render_template("docs.html", root=tree.getroot(), v=v)
diff --git a/files/routes/docs.py b/files/routes/docs.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e8d3e7971
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/routes/docs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import xml
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+from files.__main__ import app, cache, limiter
+
+tree = ET.parse('docs/api.xml')
+
+@app.get("/dev/api")
+@auth_desired
+def get_docs_page():
+    # TODO cache
+    root = tree.getroot()
+
+    return render_template("docs.html", root=tree.getroot())
diff --git a/files/routes/static.py b/files/routes/static.py
index 5ac875f40..a5db159bd 100644
--- a/files/routes/static.py
+++ b/files/routes/static.py
@@ -188,6 +188,11 @@ def log_item(id, v):
 def static_megathread_index(v:User):
 	return render_template("megathread_index.html", v=v)
 
+@app.get("/api")
+@auth_required
+def api(v):
+	return render_template("api.html", v=v)
+
 @app.get("/contact")
 @app.get("/contactus")
 @app.get("/contact_us")
diff --git a/files/templates/docs.html b/files/templates/docs.html
index 9de5db38e..272859049 100644
--- a/files/templates/docs.html
+++ b/files/templates/docs.html
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
             used to it</em></p>
 
         <p>You're probably here because you want to create your own application
-            which calls our REST api.</p>
+            which calls our REST api. Some of the stuff you see here might seem
+            ugly (it is), but it's mainly inherited from the old Ruqqus API.</p>
 
         <p><em class="text-info">This documentation is generated from an XML WADL file.</em></p>