diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/Action/REST.pm b/lib/Catalyst/Action/REST.pm
index f1bf410..9802d33 100644
--- a/lib/Catalyst/Action/REST.pm
+++ b/lib/Catalyst/Action/REST.pm
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ sub _get_allowed_methods {
     my ( $self, $controller, $c, $name ) = @_;
     my $class = ref($controller) ? ref($controller) : $controller;
     my $methods = Class::Inspector->methods($class);
-    return map { /^$name\_(.+)$/ } @$methods;
+    return map { /^$name\_([^[:lower:]]+)$/ } @$methods;
 };
 
 sub _return_options {
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ sub _return_not_implemented {
     $c->response->body( "Method "
           . $c->request->method
           . " not implemented for "
-          . $c->uri_for( $method_name ) );
+          . $c->req->uri );
+    $c->log->debug( "Not implemented for: " . $c->uri_for( $method_name ) ) if $c->debug;
 }
 
 __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;
diff --git a/t/catalyst-action-rest.t b/t/catalyst-action-rest.t
index 324df80..fd30856 100644
--- a/t/catalyst-action-rest.t
+++ b/t/catalyst-action-rest.t
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ is(
     "not_implemented handler had proper response"
 );
 
+my $ni_def_res = request( $t->delete( url => '/default/not_implemented/a/b' ) );
+is( $ni_def_res->code, 405, "Default not_implemented handler succeeded" );
+like(
+    $ni_def_res->content,
+    qr|Method.*?http://.*?/default/not_implemented/a/b$|, 
+    "Default not_implemented handler had proper path for response"
+);
+
 1;
 
 done_testing;
diff --git a/t/lib/Test/Catalyst/Action/REST/Controller/Root.pm b/t/lib/Test/Catalyst/Action/REST/Controller/Root.pm
index b42ee24..4fdde1f 100644
--- a/t/lib/Test/Catalyst/Action/REST/Controller/Root.pm
+++ b/t/lib/Test/Catalyst/Action/REST/Controller/Root.pm
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ sub notreally_GET {
     $c->forward('ok');
 }
 
+sub notreally_TeSt : Local {
+    my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
+
+    $c->stash->{'entity'} = "notreally test";
+    $c->forward('ok');
+}
+
 sub not_implemented : Local : ActionClass('REST') {
 }
 
@@ -75,6 +82,9 @@ sub not_implemented_not_implemented {
     $c->forward('ok');
 }
 
+sub default_not_implemented : Path('/default/not_implemented') : Args(2) : ActionClass('REST') {
+}
+
 sub not_modified : Local : ActionClass('REST') { }
 
 sub not_modified_GET {