diff --git a/node_modules/frontdoor/lib/section.js b/node_modules/frontdoor/lib/section.js
index 1e8edbfa..1e027ef0 100644
--- a/node_modules/frontdoor/lib/section.js
+++ b/node_modules/frontdoor/lib/section.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ module.exports = function Section(name, description, types) {
     var self = this;
     
     this.middlewares = [];
+    this.globals = [];
     this.errorHandlers = [];
     this.name = name;
 
@@ -45,10 +46,22 @@ module.exports = function Section(name, description, types) {
         });
     };
     
+    /**
+     * Insert global middleware(s) for this section: The parent section is
+     * always an empty container that delegates to it's sub-sections, and
+     * executes all the middelwares for that section.
+     * 
+     * This method allows us to inject a "global" middleware that is inserted
+     * *after* decodeParams and *before* all other middelwares.
+     */
+    this.global = function( middleware ){
+        this.globals.push.apply(this.globals, flatten(middleware));
+    };
+    
     this.use = function(middleware) {
         this.middlewares.push.apply(this.middlewares, flatten(middleware));
     };
-    
+
     this.error = function(middleware) {
         this.errorHandlers.push.apply(this.errorHandlers, flatten(middleware));
     };
@@ -70,6 +83,13 @@ module.exports = function Section(name, description, types) {
         return section;
     };
 
+    this.mount = function(name, section) {
+        if (!sections[name])
+            sections[name] = [];
+
+        sections[name].push(section);
+    };
+    
     this._rootHandler = function(req, res) {
         this.handle(req, res, function(err) {
             if (err) {
@@ -105,7 +125,7 @@ module.exports = function Section(name, description, types) {
         var method = req.method.toLowerCase();
         if (methods.indexOf(method) == -1)
             return next();
-        
+            
         var handler = this.match(req, path, method);
         if (!handler)
             return next();
@@ -118,6 +138,9 @@ module.exports = function Section(name, description, types) {
             handler = handler.parent;
         }
 
+        if (this.globals.length)
+            middleware.splice.apply( middleware, [1, 0].concat( this.globals ) );
+
         var i = 0;
         function processNext() {
             handler = middleware[i++];
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3e9beccb..3deee154 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
         "c9.ide.language.javascript.tern": "#7aab8b0b6a",
         "c9.ide.language.javascript.infer": "#cfec494a3c",
         "c9.ide.language.jsonalyzer": "#c253f093a0",
-        "c9.ide.collab": "#aeaa248d54",
+        "c9.ide.collab": "#f0e96dd2cf",
         "c9.ide.local": "#a9703b630c",
         "c9.ide.find": "#6cc6d3379d",
         "c9.ide.find.infiles": "#72582de3cd",
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@
         "c9.ide.imgeditor": "#ed89162aa7",
         "c9.ide.immediate": "#6845a93705",
         "c9.ide.installer": "#3e6f7a72c9",
-        "c9.ide.mount": "#74f50c40a7",
-        "c9.ide.navigate": "#055a1f1a80",
+        "c9.ide.mount": "#20339aeeaf",
+        "c9.ide.navigate": "#f358997d93",
         "c9.ide.newresource": "#f1f0624768",
         "c9.ide.openfiles": "#28a4f5af16",
         "c9.ide.preview": "#0bd8dd6e8c",
diff --git a/plugins/c9.core/api.js b/plugins/c9.core/api.js
index 4a29a4b0..65e049f0 100644
--- a/plugins/c9.core/api.js
+++ b/plugins/c9.core/api.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ define(function(require, exports, module) {
 
         /***** Methods *****/
 
-        var REST_METHODS = ["get", "post", "put", "delete"];
+        var REST_METHODS = ["get", "post", "put", "delete", "patch"];
 
         function wrapMethod(urlPrefix, method) {
             return function(url, options, callback) {
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ define(function(require, exports, module) {
                 }
                 var headers = options.headers = options.headers || {};
                 headers.Accept = headers.Accept || "application/json";
-                options.method = method;
+                options.method = method.toUpperCase();
                 if (!options.timeout)
                     options.timeout = 60000;