diff --git a/lib/dao.js b/lib/dao.js
index 0eb7da46..3a4ebfed 100644
--- a/lib/dao.js
+++ b/lib/dao.js
@@ -298,7 +298,8 @@ DataAccessObject.exists = function exists(id, cb) {
 // exists ~ remoting attributes
 setRemoting(DataAccessObject.exists, {
   description: 'Check whether a model instance exists in the data source',
-  accepts: {arg: 'id', type: 'any', description: 'Model id', required: true},
+  accepts: {arg: 'id', type: 'any', description: 'Model id', required: true,
+            http: {source: 'path'}},
   returns: {arg: 'exists', type: 'any'},
   http: {verb: 'get', path: '/:id/exists'}
 });
@@ -328,7 +329,8 @@ DataAccessObject.findById = function find(id, cb) {
 // find ~ remoting attributes
 setRemoting(DataAccessObject.findById, {
   description: 'Find a model instance by id from the data source',
-  accepts: {arg: 'id', type: 'any', description: 'Model id', required: true},
+  accepts: {arg: 'id', type: 'any', description: 'Model id', required: true,
+            http: {source: 'path'}},
   returns: {arg: 'data', type: 'any', root: true},
   http: {verb: 'get', path: '/:id'},
   rest: {after: convertNullToNotFoundError}
@@ -674,7 +676,8 @@ DataAccessObject.removeById =
 // deleteById ~ remoting attributes
 setRemoting(DataAccessObject.deleteById, {
   description: 'Delete a model instance by id from the data source',
-  accepts: {arg: 'id', type: 'any', description: 'Model id', required: true},
+  accepts: {arg: 'id', type: 'any', description: 'Model id', required: true,
+            http: {source: 'path'}},
   http: {verb: 'del', path: '/:id'}
 });