diff --git a/barbican/api/app.py b/barbican/api/app.py
index a18cb67ab..905678a7b 100644
--- a/barbican/api/app.py
+++ b/barbican/api/app.py
@@ -57,3 +57,13 @@ def create_main_app(global_config, **local_conf):
     api.add_route('/{0}'.format(performance_uri), performance)
 
     return wsgi_app
+
+
+def create_admin_app(global_config, **local_conf):
+    config.parse_args()
+
+    versions = res.VersionResource()
+    wsgi_app = api = falcon.API()
+    api.add_route('/', versions)
+
+    return wsgi_app
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/etc/barbican/barbican-admin-paste.ini b/etc/barbican/barbican-admin-paste.ini
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e24b9fb72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/barbican/barbican-admin-paste.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[pipeline:main]
+pipeline = unauthenticated-context admin
+
+[app:admin]
+paste.app_factory = barbican.api.app:create_admin_app
+
+[filter:unauthenticated-context]
+paste.filter_factory = barbican.api.middleware.context:UnauthenticatedContextMiddleware.factory
diff --git a/etc/barbican/barbican-api.ini b/etc/barbican/barbican-api.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index 10f384a09..000000000
--- a/etc/barbican/barbican-api.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-[uwsgi] 
-socket = :9311
-protocol = http
-processes = 1
-master = true
-vaccum = true
-no-default-app = true 
-memory-report = true
-
-pythonpath = /etc/barbican
-module = barbican.api.app:application
diff --git a/etc/barbican/vassals/barbican-admin.ini b/etc/barbican/vassals/barbican-admin.ini
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..636ad18b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/barbican/vassals/barbican-admin.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[uwsgi]
+socket = :9312
+protocol = http
+processes = 1
+vacuum = true
+no-default-app = true
+memory-report = true
+paste = config:/etc/barbican/barbican-admin-paste.ini
diff --git a/etc/barbican/vassals/barbican-api.ini b/etc/barbican/vassals/barbican-api.ini
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f2d55bde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/barbican/vassals/barbican-api.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[uwsgi]
+socket = :9311
+protocol = http
+processes = 1
+vacuum = true
+no-default-app = true
+memory-report = true
+paste = config:/etc/barbican/barbican-api-paste.ini