diff --git a/core/lib/generators/refinery/engine/engine_generator.rb b/core/lib/generators/refinery/engine/engine_generator.rb
index b326b99b82..a34949790d 100644
--- a/core/lib/generators/refinery/engine/engine_generator.rb
+++ b/core/lib/generators/refinery/engine/engine_generator.rb
@@ -43,5 +43,6 @@ def reject_file?(file)
     def in_frontend_directory?(file)
       file.to_s.include?('app') && file.to_s.scan(/admin|models|mailers/).empty?
     end
+
   end
 end
diff --git a/core/lib/generators/refinery/engine/templates/app/controllers/refinery/namespace/plural_name_controller.rb.erb b/core/lib/generators/refinery/engine/templates/app/controllers/refinery/namespace/plural_name_controller.rb.erb
index 42e614761b..c71cfa6a5f 100644
--- a/core/lib/generators/refinery/engine/templates/app/controllers/refinery/namespace/plural_name_controller.rb.erb
+++ b/core/lib/generators/refinery/engine/templates/app/controllers/refinery/namespace/plural_name_controller.rb.erb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ module Refinery
       end
 
       def find_page
-        @page = ::Refinery::Page.where(:link_url => "/<%= plural_name %>").first
+        @page = ::Refinery::Page.where(link_url: "<%= index_route %>").first
       end
 
     end
diff --git a/core/lib/refinery/extension_generation.rb b/core/lib/refinery/extension_generation.rb
index c7b6207571..742804aa9e 100644
--- a/core/lib/refinery/extension_generation.rb
+++ b/core/lib/refinery/extension_generation.rb
@@ -333,6 +333,14 @@ def substitute_path_placeholders(path)
                              gsub('namespace', namespacing.underscore)
     end
 
+    def index_route
+      if namespacing.underscore == plural_name
+        '/' + plural_name
+      else
+        '/' + namespacing.underscore + '/' + plural_name
+      end
+    end
+
     def viable_templates
       @viable_templates ||= begin
         all_templates.reject(&method(:reject_template?)).inject({}) do |hash, path|
@@ -393,8 +401,10 @@ def templated_merge!
         end
       end
 
+      # merge_rb is only used for merging routes.rb
+      # Put destination lines first, so that extension namespaced routes precede the default extension route
       def merge_rb
-        (source_lines[0..-2] + destination_lines[1..-2] + [source_lines.last]).join "\n"
+        (destination_lines[0..-2] + source_lines[1..-2] + [destination_lines.last]).join "\n"
       end
 
       def merge_yaml
diff --git a/core/spec/lib/generators/refinery/engine/engine_generator_multiple_resources_spec.rb b/core/spec/lib/generators/refinery/engine/engine_generator_multiple_resources_spec.rb
index 4d63c0549c..f79f79489d 100644
--- a/core/spec/lib/generators/refinery/engine/engine_generator_multiple_resources_spec.rb
+++ b/core/spec/lib/generators/refinery/engine/engine_generator_multiple_resources_spec.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ module Refinery
   describe EngineGenerator do
     include GeneratorSpec::TestCase
     destination File.expand_path("../../../../../../tmp", __FILE__)
+    let(:extension_root){"#{destination_root}/vendor/extensions/rspec_product_tests"}
 
     before do
       prepare_destination
@@ -41,6 +42,13 @@ module Refinery
           end
         }
       end
+
+      it "does not namespace the link_url in the extension controller" do
+        File.read("#{extension_root}/app/controllers/refinery/rspec_product_tests/rspec_product_tests_controller.rb") do |file|
+          expect(file.grep(%r{/:link_url => "/rspec_product_tests"\)\.first/})).to be_truthy
+        end
+      end
+
     end
 
     context "when generating a resource inside existing extensions dir" do
@@ -66,16 +74,29 @@ module Refinery
       end
 
       it "appends existing seeds file" do
-        File.open("#{destination_root}/vendor/extensions/rspec_product_tests/db/seeds.rb") do |file|
+        File.open("#{extension_root}/db/seeds.rb") do |file|
           expect(file.grep(%r{/rspec_product_tests|/rspec_item_tests}).count).to eq(2)
         end
       end
 
       it "appends routes to the routes file" do
-        File.open("#{destination_root}/vendor/extensions/rspec_product_tests/config/routes.rb") do |file|
+        File.open("#{extension_root}/config/routes.rb") do |file|
           expect(file.grep(%r{rspec_item_tests}).count).to eq(2)
         end
       end
+
+      it "places second and subsequent routes before the primary extension routes" do
+        content = File.read("#{extension_root}/config/routes.rb")
+        item_front_end_route = content.index("resources :rspec_item_tests, :only => [:index, :show]")
+        product_front_end_route =  content.index("resources :rspec_product_tests, :path => '', :only => [:index, :show]")
+        expect(item_front_end_route).to be < product_front_end_route
+      end
+
+      it "uses the namespaced url in the extension controller" do
+        content = File.read("#{extension_root}/app/controllers/refinery/rspec_product_tests/rspec_item_tests_controller.rb") do |file|
+          expect(file.grep(%r{/:link_url => "/rspec_product_tests/rspec_item_tests"\)\.first/})).to be_truthy
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 end