diff --git a/bigbluebutton/django/urls.py b/bigbluebutton/django/urls.py
index e9c6acde99673a6709a3b1c8f4572c62a525ac64..688400590041fe62f42f915f0aa3a56f77f74e92 100644
--- a/bigbluebutton/django/urls.py
+++ b/bigbluebutton/django/urls.py
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ from django.urls import path
 from .views import APIView
 
 urlpatterns = [
-    path("api/<str:method>", APIView.as_view(), name="api_request"),
+    path("api/<str:method>", APIView.as_view()),
+    path("api", APIView.as_view()),
 ]
diff --git a/bigbluebutton/django/views.py b/bigbluebutton/django/views.py
index 81ca9b38726fc33f724e4fe9f4a3b10b325b616a..72fc70ef852ca5d5d047e12390888e6d57516fa7 100644
--- a/bigbluebutton/django/views.py
+++ b/bigbluebutton/django/views.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class APIView(View):
     # Set to False to mimic the reference implementation more closely
     _fix_status = True
 
-    def dispatch(self, request: HttpRequest, method: str) -> HttpResponse:
+    def dispatch(self, request: HttpRequest, method: str = "ping") -> HttpResponse:
         # Find API tokens to allow for this request
         site = get_current_site(request)
         api_tokens = APIToken.objects.filter(server_group__site=site)
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class APIView(View):
         # Proprietary extension for test purposes
         if method == "ping":
             return self._success(
-                "xInfraBluePong", "The API is working correctly and your request was valid."
+                "xInfraBluePong", "The API is working correctly and your request was valid.", {"version": "2.0"}
             )
 
         # Create mutable copy of request args without checksum