diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b7517b72..c9107339 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This is the React comment box example from [the React tutorial](http://facebook.
 
 ## To use
 
-There are several simple server implementations included. They all serve static files from `public/` and handle requests to `comments.json` to fetch or add data. Start a server with one of the following:
+There are several simple server implementations included. They all serve static files from `public/` and handle requests to `comments` to fetch or add data. Start a server with one of the following:
 
 ### Node
 
diff --git a/public/scripts/example.js b/public/scripts/example.js
index c547e038..f3e32b18 100644
--- a/public/scripts/example.js
+++ b/public/scripts/example.js
@@ -120,6 +120,6 @@ var CommentForm = React.createClass({
 });
 
 React.render(
-  <CommentBox url="comments.json" pollInterval={2000} />,
+  <CommentBox url="comments" pollInterval={2000} />,
   document.getElementById('content')
 );
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index cba31fd9..88a4ace0 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func main() {
 	if port == "" {
 		port = "3000"
 	}
-	http.HandleFunc("/comments.json", handleComments)
+	http.HandleFunc("/comments", handleComments)
 	http.Handle("/", http.FileServer(http.Dir("./public")))
 	log.Println("Server started: http://localhost:" + port)
 	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":"+port, nil))
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index fd4b81dd..e7888b84 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ app.use('/', express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
 app.use(bodyParser.json());
 app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: true}));
 
-app.get('/comments.json', function(req, res) {
+app.get('/comments', function(req, res) {
   fs.readFile('comments.json', function(err, data) {
     res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json');
     res.send(data);
   });
 });
 
-app.post('/comments.json', function(req, res) {
+app.post('/comments', function(req, res) {
   fs.readFile('comments.json', function(err, data) {
     var comments = JSON.parse(data);
     comments.push(req.body);
diff --git a/server.php b/server.php
index e140ea83..af90625d 100644
--- a/server.php
+++ b/server.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function routeRequest()
         case '/':
             echo file_get_contents('./public/index.html');
             break;
-        case '/comments.json':
+        case '/comments':
             if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'POST') {
                 $commentsDecoded = json_decode($comments, true);
                 $commentsDecoded[] = ['author'  => $_POST['author'],
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 730e39b3..e39662cf 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 app = Flask(__name__, static_url_path='', static_folder='public')
 app.add_url_rule('/', 'root', lambda: app.send_static_file('index.html'))
 
-@app.route('/comments.json', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
+@app.route('/comments', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
 def comments_handler():
 
     with open('comments.json', 'r') as file:
diff --git a/server.rb b/server.rb
index 18099ae5..afec6de9 100644
--- a/server.rb
+++ b/server.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 root = File.expand_path './public'
 server = WEBrick::HTTPServer.new :Port => port, :DocumentRoot => root
 
-server.mount_proc '/comments.json' do |req, res|
+server.mount_proc '/comments' do |req, res|
   comments = JSON.parse(File.read('./comments.json'))
 
   if req.request_method == 'POST'