diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b4ff182..1261800 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ scale it can call the outscaler to persist the right action
 curl -v -d '{"direction": true}' \
     http://localhost:8000/handle/infra_scale/docker
 ```
+Or if you prefer
+
+```sh
+curl -v -X POST http://localhost:8000/handle/infra_scale/docker/up
+```
+
 
 ## Autodetect
 The autodetect mode starts when you don't specify any configuration file.
diff --git a/api/handle.go b/api/handle.go
index 915df2c..b9a65ad 100644
--- a/api/handle.go
+++ b/api/handle.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httputil"
 
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/gianarb/orbiter/autoscaler"
@@ -21,6 +22,11 @@ type scaleRequest struct {
 func Handle(scalers autoscaler.Autoscalers) func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		var err error
+		requestDump, err := httputil.DumpRequest(r, true)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println(err)
+		}
+		fmt.Println(string(requestDump))
 		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 		decoder := json.NewDecoder(r.Body)
 		var scaleRequest scaleRequest
@@ -35,6 +41,16 @@ func Handle(scalers autoscaler.Autoscalers) func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.
 			w.WriteHeader(406)
 			return
 		}
+
+		directionByRoute, ok := vars["direction"]
+		if ok {
+			if directionByRoute == "up" {
+				scaleRequest.Direction = DIRECTION_UP
+			} else {
+				scaleRequest.Direction = DIRECTION_DOWN
+			}
+		}
+
 		serviceName, ok := vars["service_name"]
 		if !ok {
 			logrus.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
diff --git a/api/router.go b/api/router.go
index 9d0f6a3..722238a 100644
--- a/api/router.go
+++ b/api/router.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 func GetRouter(core core.Core, eventChannel chan *logrus.Entry) *mux.Router {
 	r := mux.NewRouter()
 	r.HandleFunc("/handle/{autoscaler_name}/{service_name}", Handle(core.Autoscalers)).Methods("POST")
+	r.HandleFunc("/handle/{autoscaler_name}/{service_name}/{direction}", Handle(core.Autoscalers)).Methods("POST")
 	r.HandleFunc("/autoscaler", AutoscalerList(core.Autoscalers)).Methods("GET")
 	r.HandleFunc("/health", Health()).Methods("GET")
 	r.HandleFunc("/events", Events(eventChannel)).Methods("GET")