diff --git a/brouter-server/src/main/java/btools/server/request/ProfileUploadHandler.java b/brouter-server/src/main/java/btools/server/request/ProfileUploadHandler.java
index 831c0a5..b6ecfbe 100644
--- a/brouter-server/src/main/java/btools/server/request/ProfileUploadHandler.java
+++ b/brouter-server/src/main/java/btools/server/request/ProfileUploadHandler.java
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ public class ProfileUploadHandler
   // maximum number of characters (file size limit for custom profiles)
   private static final int MAX_LENGTH = 100000;
 
+  // prefix for custom profile id to distinguish from default profiles
+  public static final String CUSTOM_PREFIX = "custom_";
+
 	private ServiceContext serviceContext;
   
 	public ProfileUploadHandler( ServiceContext serviceContext)
@@ -29,8 +32,8 @@ public class ProfileUploadHandler
 
     try
     {
-      String id = getOrCreateCustomProfileDir() + "/" + System.currentTimeMillis();
-      File file = new File ( id + ".brf" );
+      String id = "" + System.currentTimeMillis();
+      File file = new File( getOrCreateCustomProfileDir(), id + ".brf" );
       fileWriter = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream( file ) ) );
       //StringWriter sw = new StringWriter(); bw = new BufferedWriter(sw);
 
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@ public class ProfileUploadHandler
       fileWriter.flush();
       //System.out.println("data: |" + sw.toString() + "|");
 
-      response.write("profileid=" + id);
+      response.write("profileid=" + CUSTOM_PREFIX + id);
     }
     finally
     {
diff --git a/brouter-server/src/main/java/btools/server/request/ServerHandler.java b/brouter-server/src/main/java/btools/server/request/ServerHandler.java
index 2ca962a..afa717c 100644
--- a/brouter-server/src/main/java/btools/server/request/ServerHandler.java
+++ b/brouter-server/src/main/java/btools/server/request/ServerHandler.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import btools.router.OsmNodeNamed;
 import btools.router.OsmTrack;
 import btools.router.RoutingContext;
 import btools.server.ServiceContext;
+import java.io.File;
 
 /**
  * URL query parameter handler for web and standalone server. Supports all 
@@ -38,7 +39,15 @@ public class ServerHandler extends RequestHandler {
 	{
     RoutingContext rc = new RoutingContext();
 
-    rc.localFunction = params.get( "profile" );
+    String profile = params.get( "profile" );
+    // when custom profile replace prefix with directory path
+    if ( profile.startsWith( ProfileUploadHandler.CUSTOM_PREFIX ) )
+    {
+      String customProfile = profile.substring( ProfileUploadHandler.CUSTOM_PREFIX.length() );
+      profile = new File( serviceContext.customProfileDir, customProfile ).getPath();
+    }
+    rc.localFunction = profile;
+
     rc.setAlternativeIdx(Integer.parseInt(params.get( "alternativeidx" )));
     
     List<OsmNodeNamed> nogoList = readNogoList();