diff --git a/api/server/api.py b/api/server/api.py
index 85408de..ad2be31 100644
--- a/api/server/api.py
+++ b/api/server/api.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 from .code_snippet import get_sourcecode, add_sample_code
 
 from ..common import general_logger, access_logger, NotFound, SapiBaseException
-from ..siibra_api_config import GIT_HASH
+from ..siibra_api_config import GIT_HASH, FASTAPI_ROOT_PATH
 
 siibra_version_header = "x-siibra-api-version"
 
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     title="siibra api",
     description="This is the REST api for siibra tools",
     version=__version__,
+    root_path=FASTAPI_ROOT_PATH or ""
 )
 
 for prefix_router in [*core_prefixed_routers, *volume_prefixed_routers, *compound_prefixed_routers]:
diff --git a/api/siibra_api_config.py b/api/siibra_api_config.py
index aa6437e..fbf8c33 100644
--- a/api/siibra_api_config.py
+++ b/api/siibra_api_config.py
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ def get_config_dir_short_hash(path_to_config: str):
 MONITOR_FIRSTLVL_DIR = os.getenv("MONITOR_FIRSTLVL_DIR") or os.getenv("_MONITOR_FIRSTLVL_DIR")
 """MONITOR_FIRSTLVL_DIR"""
 
+FASTAPI_ROOT_PATH = os.getenv("FASTAPI_ROOT_PATH")
+
 queues = [
     "core",
     "features",
diff --git a/requirements/siibra.txt b/requirements/siibra.txt
index 668abba..ddc92fe 100644
--- a/requirements/siibra.txt
+++ b/requirements/siibra.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # siibra==1.0a5
-git+https://github.com/FZJ-INM1-BDA/siibra-python.git@5fda08cb19f856c00420f4a14c3cb89b085925fe
+git+https://github.com/FZJ-INM1-BDA/siibra-python.git@586c694ecde9d91ab6a8c3eb7255425d05f43013
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