diff --git a/lib/hooks/blueprints/onRoute.js b/lib/hooks/blueprints/onRoute.js
index 45836c519..e71d0370b 100644
--- a/lib/hooks/blueprints/onRoute.js
+++ b/lib/hooks/blueprints/onRoute.js
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ module.exports = function(sails) {
 
       // On a match, merge leftover items in the target object into route options:
       options = _.merge(options, _.omit(target, 'blueprint'));
+      // Note: this (^) could be moved up into lib/router/bind.js, since its
+      // only pertinent for core options such as `skipAssets`.  There would need
+      // to be changes in other hooks as well.
+
       return bindBlueprintAction(path, target.blueprint, verb, options);
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/hooks/controllers/to-interpret-route-syntax.js b/lib/hooks/controllers/to-interpret-route-syntax.js
index 321f40d79..c4fab45cf 100644
--- a/lib/hooks/controllers/to-interpret-route-syntax.js
+++ b/lib/hooks/controllers/to-interpret-route-syntax.js
@@ -37,9 +37,11 @@ module.exports = function to(sails) {
     // `{ controller: 'UserController' }`
     if (_.isObject(target) && !_.isFunction(target) && !_.isArray(target)) {
 
-      // Merge target into `options` to get hold of relevant
-      // route options:
+      // Merge target into `options` to get hold of relevant route options:
       options = _.merge(options, target);
+      // Note: this (^) could be moved up into lib/router/bind.js, since its
+      // only pertinent for core options such as `skipAssets`.  There would need
+      // to be changes in other hooks as well.
 
       // Support { controller: 'FooController' } notation (with or without `action`)
       if ( !_.isUndefined(target.controller) ) {
diff --git a/lib/hooks/views/index.js b/lib/hooks/views/index.js
index 6a081ce71..3e1159c78 100644
--- a/lib/hooks/views/index.js
+++ b/lib/hooks/views/index.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
  * Module dependencies
  */
 
-var _ = require('lodash');
 var configure = require('./configure');
 var defaults = require('./defaults');
 var onRoute = require('./onRoute');
@@ -25,7 +24,9 @@ module.exports = function (sails) {
 
     defaults: defaults,
 
-    configure: _.partial(configure, sails),
+    configure: function (){
+      configure(sails);
+    },
 
     render: render,
 
@@ -66,7 +67,9 @@ module.exports = function (sails) {
       });
 
       // Register `{view:'/foo'}` route target syntax.
-      sails.on('route:typeUnknown', _.partial(onRoute, sails));
+      sails.on('route:typeUnknown', function (route){
+        return onRoute(sails, route);
+      });
 
       // Declare hook loaded when ejs layouts have been applied,
       // views have been inventoried, and view-serving middleware has been prepared
diff --git a/lib/hooks/views/onRoute.js b/lib/hooks/views/onRoute.js
index eeed8abe2..39528b121 100644
--- a/lib/hooks/views/onRoute.js
+++ b/lib/hooks/views/onRoute.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ var _ = require('lodash');
 
 module.exports = function onRoute (sails, route) {
 
+
   // Ignore unknown route syntax
   if ( !_.isPlainObject(route.target) || !_.isString(route.target.view) ) {
     // If it needs to be understood by another hook, the hook would have also received
@@ -42,6 +43,13 @@ module.exports = function onRoute (sails, route) {
   }
   // Otherwise construct an action function which serves a view and then bind it to the route.
   else {
+
+    // Merge target into `options` to get hold of relevant route options:
+    route.options = _.merge(route.options, route.target);
+    // Note: this (^) could be moved up into lib/router/bind.js, since its
+    // only pertinent for core options such as `skipAssets`.  There would need
+    // to be changes in other hooks as well.
+
     // Transform the view path into something Lodash _.get will understand (i.e. dots not slashes)
     var transformedViewAddress = route.target.view.replace(/\//g, '.');
     var referenceInViewsHash = _.get(sails.views, transformedViewAddress);
@@ -51,7 +59,7 @@ module.exports = function onRoute (sails, route) {
     if (referenceInViewsHash === true) {
       return sails.router.bind(route.path, function serveView(req, res) {
         return res.view(route.target.view);
-      });
+      }, route.verb, route.options);
     }
     // Look for a relative `/index` view if the specified view
     // is in the views hash as a dictionary (i.e. indicating it is a directory)
@@ -59,7 +67,7 @@ module.exports = function onRoute (sails, route) {
       var indexViewIdentity = path.join(route.target.view,'/index');
       return sails.router.bind(route.path, function serveView(req, res) {
         return res.view(indexViewIdentity);
-      });
+      }, route.verb, route.options);
     }
     // Otherwise, the specified view in this route target doesn't match a
     // known view in the project, so ignore the attempt and inform the user.
diff --git a/lib/router/bind.js b/lib/router/bind.js
index f6f81ca1b..5a3f1a348 100644
--- a/lib/router/bind.js
+++ b/lib/router/bind.js
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ function bindFunction(path, fn, verb, options) {
   var sails = this.sails;
 
   // Regex to check if a URL is an asset (something with a file extension)
-  var skipAssetsRegex = /^[^?]*\/[^?/]+\.[^?/]+(\?.*)?$/;
+  var skipAssetsRegex = /^[^?]*\/[^?\/]+\.[^?\/]+(\?.*)?$/;
 
   // Make sure (optional) options is a valid plain object ({})
   options = _.isPlainObject(options) ? _.cloneDeep(options) : {};
diff --git a/test/helpers/test-spawning-sails-lift-child-process-in-cwd.js b/test/helpers/test-spawning-sails-lift-child-process-in-cwd.js
index a60e70af7..73dc7ba3f 100644
--- a/test/helpers/test-spawning-sails-lift-child-process-in-cwd.js
+++ b/test/helpers/test-spawning-sails-lift-child-process-in-cwd.js
@@ -86,6 +86,14 @@ module.exports = function testSpawningSailsLiftChildProcessInCwd (opts){
         cliArgs: [opts.pathToSailsCLI, 'lift'].concat(opts.liftCliArgs)
       }).execSync();
 
+      // // For debugging, as needed:
+      // sailsLiftProc.stdout.on('data', function (data){
+      //   console.log('stdout:',''+data);
+      // });
+      // sailsLiftProc.stderr.on('data', function (data){
+      //   console.log('stderr:',''+data);
+      // });
+
       // After N seconds, continue to the test.
       setTimeout(function (){
         return done();