diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/GlobalSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/GlobalSettings.cs
index 67eefd07a2..d45e8583a5 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/GlobalSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/GlobalSettings.cs
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Configuration
         /// <value>The fullpath to root.</value>
         public static string FullpathToRoot
         {
-            get { return HttpRuntime.AppDomainAppPath; }
+            get { return IOHelper.GetRootDirectorySafe(); }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/UmbracoSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/UmbracoSettings.cs
index 9abf225166..c24810c57c 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/UmbracoSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/UmbracoSettings.cs
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Configuration
 			get
 			{
                 // default: true
-                return _useLegacySchema ?? GetKeyValue("/settings/content/UseLegacyXmlSchema", true);
+                return _useLegacySchema ?? GetKeyValue("/settings/content/UseLegacyXmlSchema", false);
 			}
 			internal set
 			{
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/ContentStores/PublishContentStoreTests.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/ContentStores/PublishContentStoreTests.cs
index a8a335dd5a..bbbcff3c00 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/ContentStores/PublishContentStoreTests.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/ContentStores/PublishContentStoreTests.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Xml;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using Umbraco.Core;
+using Umbraco.Core.Configuration;
 using Umbraco.Tests.TestHelpers;
 using Umbraco.Web;
 using Umbraco.Web.Routing;
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.ContentStores
 		public void SetUp()
 		{
 			TestHelper.SetupLog4NetForTests();
-			Umbraco.Core.Configuration.UmbracoSettings.UseLegacyXmlSchema = false;
+
 			_httpContextFactory = new FakeHttpContextFactory("~/Home");
 			//ensure the StateHelper is using our custom context
 			StateHelper.HttpContext = _httpContextFactory.HttpContext;
@@ -105,9 +106,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.ContentStores
 		[TearDown]
 		public void TearDown()
 		{
-			//TODO: need to reset everything!
-
-			Umbraco.Core.Configuration.UmbracoSettings.UseLegacyXmlSchema = false;
+			UmbracoSettings.ResetSetters();
 		}
 
 		[Test]
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/PublishedContent/StronglyTypedQueryTests.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/PublishedContent/StronglyTypedQueryTests.cs
index 45ef120481..a69d5f917c 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/PublishedContent/StronglyTypedQueryTests.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/PublishedContent/StronglyTypedQueryTests.cs
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.PublishedContent
         public override void Initialize()
         {
             base.Initialize();
-            UmbracoSettings.UseLegacyXmlSchema = false;
         }
 
         public override void TearDown()
         {
             base.TearDown();
-            UmbracoSettings.ResetSetters();
         }
 
 		protected override bool RequiresDbSetup
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Routing/LookupByNiceUrlTests.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Routing/LookupByNiceUrlTests.cs
index 0cf954c09e..fb4886b4c1 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Routing/LookupByNiceUrlTests.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Routing/LookupByNiceUrlTests.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System.Configuration;
 using NUnit.Framework;
+using Umbraco.Core.Configuration;
 using Umbraco.Tests.TestHelpers;
 using Umbraco.Web.Routing;
 using umbraco.BusinessLogic;
@@ -10,6 +11,16 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Routing
 	[TestFixture]
 	public class LookupByNiceUrlTests : BaseRoutingTest
 	{
+        public override void Initialize()
+        {
+            base.Initialize();            
+        }
+
+        public override void TearDown()
+        {
+            base.TearDown();
+        }
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// We don't need a db for this test, will run faster without one
 		/// </summary>
@@ -18,7 +29,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Routing
 			get { return false; }
 		}
         
-        [Ignore]
+        
 		[TestCase("/", 1046)]
 		[TestCase("/default.aspx", 1046)] //this one is actually rather important since this is the path that comes through when we are running in pre-IIS 7 for the root document '/' !
 		[TestCase("/Sub1", 1173)]
@@ -35,7 +46,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Routing
 			var routingContext = GetRoutingContext(urlString);
 			var url = routingContext.UmbracoContext.CleanedUmbracoUrl; //very important to use the cleaned up umbraco url
 			var docreq = new PublishedContentRequest(url, routingContext);
-			var lookup = new LookupByNiceUrl();
+			var lookup = new LookupByNiceUrl(false);
             SettingsForTests.HideTopLevelNodeFromPath = true;
 
 			var result = lookup.TrySetDocument(docreq);
@@ -51,7 +62,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Routing
 			}
 		}
 
-        [Ignore]
+        
 		[TestCase("/", 1046)]
 		[TestCase("/default.aspx", 1046)] //this one is actually rather important since this is the path that comes through when we are running in pre-IIS 7 for the root document '/' !
 		[TestCase("/home", 1046)]
@@ -63,7 +74,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Routing
 			var routingContext = GetRoutingContext(urlString);
 			var url = routingContext.UmbracoContext.CleanedUmbracoUrl;	//very important to use the cleaned up umbraco url		
 			var docreq = new PublishedContentRequest(url, routingContext);			
-			var lookup = new LookupByNiceUrl();
+			var lookup = new LookupByNiceUrl(false);
             SettingsForTests.HideTopLevelNodeFromPath = false;
 			
 			var result = lookup.TrySetDocument(docreq);
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/LookupByNiceUrl.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/LookupByNiceUrl.cs
index d802555387..ea47c45de8 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/LookupByNiceUrl.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/LookupByNiceUrl.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,23 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Routing
 	//[ResolutionWeight(10)]
 	internal class LookupByNiceUrl : IPublishedContentLookup
     {
-		/// <summary>
+	    private readonly bool _doDomainLookup;
+
+	    public LookupByNiceUrl()
+	    {
+	        _doDomainLookup = true;
+	    }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Constructor to specify whether we also want to lookup domains stored in the repository
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="doDomainLookup"></param>
+	    internal LookupByNiceUrl(bool doDomainLookup)
+	    {
+	        _doDomainLookup = doDomainLookup;
+	    }
+
+	    /// <summary>
 		/// Tries to find and assign an Umbraco document to a <c>PublishedContentRequest</c>.
 		/// </summary>
 		/// <param name="docRequest">The <c>PublishedContentRequest</c>.</param>		
@@ -82,7 +98,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Routing
                     docreq.PublishedContent = node;
 					LogHelper.Debug<LookupByNiceUrl>("Query matches, id={0}", () => docreq.DocumentId);
 
-					var iscanon = !DomainHelper.ExistsDomainInPath(docreq.Domain, node.Path);
+					var iscanon = _doDomainLookup && !DomainHelper.ExistsDomainInPath(docreq.Domain, node.Path);
 					if (!iscanon)
 						LogHelper.Debug<LookupByNiceUrl>("Non canonical url");