diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index 234915b..aee1bea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: julia-actions/julia-buildpkg@v1
       - uses: julia-actions/julia-runtest@v1
         env:
-          MLFLOW_TRACKING_URI: "http://localhost:5000"
+          MLFLOW_API_URI: "http://localhost:5000/api"
       - uses: julia-actions/julia-processcoverage@v1
       - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v2
         with:
diff --git a/docs/src/reference.md b/docs/src/reference.md
index 656754f..7f79daf 100644
--- a/docs/src/reference.md
+++ b/docs/src/reference.md
@@ -56,5 +56,4 @@ uri
 generatefilterfromentity_type
 generatefilterfromparams
 generatefilterfromattributes
-healthcheck
 ```
diff --git a/src/types/mlflow.jl b/src/types/mlflow.jl
index 9ba467b..640f8c2 100644
--- a/src/types/mlflow.jl
+++ b/src/types/mlflow.jl
@@ -4,14 +4,15 @@
 Base type which defines location and version for MLFlow API service.
 
 # Fields
-- `baseuri::String`: base MLFlow tracking URI, e.g. `http://localhost:5000`
-- `apiversion`: used API version, e.g. `2.0`
-- `headers`: HTTP headers to be provided with the REST API requests (useful for authetication tokens)
+- `apiroot::String`: API root URL, e.g. `http://localhost:5000/api`
+- `apiversion::Union{Integer, AbstractFloat}`: used API version, e.g. `2.0`
+- `headers::Dict`: HTTP headers to be provided with the REST API requests (useful for authetication tokens)
+Default is `false`, using the REST API endpoint.
 
 # Constructors
 
-- `MLFlow(baseuri; apiversion=2.0,headers=Dict())`
-- `MLFlow()` - defaults to `MLFlow(ENV["MLFLOW_TRACKING_URI"])` or `MLFlow("http://localhost:5000")`
+- `MLFlow(apiroot; apiversion=2.0,headers=Dict())`
+- `MLFlow()` - defaults to `MLFlow(ENV["MLFLOW_API_URI"])` or `MLFlow("http://localhost:5000")`
 
 # Examples
 
@@ -26,17 +27,16 @@ mlf = MLFlow(remote_url, headers=Dict("Authorization" => "Bearer <your-secret-to
 
 """
 struct MLFlow
-    baseuri::String
+    apiroot::String
     apiversion::Union{Integer, AbstractFloat}
     headers::Dict
 end
-MLFlow(baseuri; apiversion=2.0,headers=Dict()) = MLFlow(baseuri, apiversion,headers)
+MLFlow(apiroot; apiversion=2.0, headers=Dict()) = MLFlow(apiroot, apiversion, headers)
 function MLFlow()
-    baseuri = "http://localhost:5000"
-    if haskey(ENV, "MLFLOW_TRACKING_URI")
-        baseuri = ENV["MLFLOW_TRACKING_URI"]
+    apiroot = "http://localhost:5000/api"
+    if haskey(ENV, "MLFLOW_API_URI")
+        apiroot = ENV["MLFLOW_API_URI"]
     end
-    return MLFlow(baseuri)
+    return MLFlow(apiroot)
 end
-
-Base.show(io::IO, t::MLFlow) = show(io, ShowCase(t, [:baseuri,:apiversion], new_lines=true))
+Base.show(io::IO, t::MLFlow) = show(io, ShowCase(t, [:apiroot,:apiversion], new_lines=true))
diff --git a/src/utils.jl b/src/utils.jl
index db29b2b..bc8e225 100644
--- a/src/utils.jl
+++ b/src/utils.jl
@@ -1,19 +1,3 @@
-"""
-    healthcheck(mlf::MLFlow)
-
-Checks if MLFlow server is up and running. Returns `true` if it is, `false`
-otherwise.
-"""
-function healthcheck(mlf)
-    uri = "$(mlf.baseuri)/health"
-    try
-        response = HTTP.get(uri)
-        return String(response.body) == "OK"
-    catch e
-        return false
-    end
-end
-
 """
     uri(mlf::MLFlow, endpoint="", query=missing)
 
@@ -25,7 +9,7 @@ MLFlowClient.uri(mlf, "experiments/get", Dict(:experiment_id=>10))
 ```
 """
 function uri(mlf::MLFlow, endpoint="", query=missing)
-    u = URI("$(mlf.baseuri)/ajax-api/$(mlf.apiversion)/mlflow/$(endpoint)")
+    u = URI("$(mlf.apiroot)/$(mlf.apiversion)/mlflow/$(endpoint)")
     !ismissing(query) && return URI(u; query=query)
     u
 end
diff --git a/test/base.jl b/test/base.jl
index 2561ed0..3fdf83a 100644
--- a/test/base.jl
+++ b/test/base.jl
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function mlflow_server_is_running(mlf::MLFlow)
 end
 
 # creates an instance of mlf
-# skips test if mlflow is not available on default location, ENV["MLFLOW_TRACKING_URI"]
+# skips test if mlflow is not available on default location, ENV["MLFLOW_API_URI"]
 macro ensuremlf()
     e = quote
         mlf = MLFlow()
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index e478e47..401ac17 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
+if ~haskey(ENV, "MLFLOW_API_URI")
+    error("WARNING: MLFLOW_API_URI is not set. To run this tests, you need to set the URI of your MLFlow server API")
+end
+
 include("base.jl")
 
+include("test_functional.jl")
 include("test_experiments.jl")
 include("test_runs.jl")
 include("test_loggers.jl")
diff --git a/test/test_functional.jl b/test/test_functional.jl
index 5534fc1..0e64fa0 100644
--- a/test/test_functional.jl
+++ b/test/test_functional.jl
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 @testset "MLFlow" begin
     mlf = MLFlow()
-    @test mlf.baseuri == ENV["MLFLOW_TRACKING_URI"]
+    @test mlf.apiroot == ENV["MLFLOW_API_URI"]
     @test mlf.apiversion == 2.0
     @test mlf.headers == Dict()
-    mlf = MLFlow("https://localhost:5001", apiversion=3.0)
-    @test mlf.baseuri == "https://localhost:5001"
+    mlf = MLFlow("https://localhost:5001/api", apiversion=3.0)
+    @test mlf.apiroot == "https://localhost:5001/api"
     @test mlf.apiversion == 3.0
     @test mlf.headers == Dict()
     let custom_headers = Dict("Authorization" => "Bearer EMPTY")
-        mlf = MLFlow("https://localhost:5001", apiversion=3.0, headers=custom_headers)
-        @test mlf.baseuri == "https://localhost:5001"
+        mlf = MLFlow("https://localhost:5001/api", apiversion=3.0, headers=custom_headers)
+        @test mlf.apiroot == "https://localhost:5001/api"
         @test mlf.apiversion == 3.0
         @test mlf.headers == custom_headers
     end
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ end
         secret_token = "SECRET"
 
         custom_headers = Dict("Authorization" => "Bearer $secret_token")
-        mlf = MLFlow("https://localhost:5001", apiversion=3.0, headers=custom_headers)
-        @test mlf.baseuri == "https://localhost:5001"
+        mlf = MLFlow("https://localhost:5001/api", apiversion=3.0, headers=custom_headers)
+        @test mlf.apiroot == "https://localhost:5001/api"
         @test mlf.apiversion == 3.0
         @test mlf.headers == custom_headers
         show(io, mlf)
@@ -35,17 +35,15 @@ end
     using MLFlowClient: uri, headers
     using URIs: URI
 
-    @test healthcheck(MLFlow()) == true
-
-    let baseuri = "http://localhost:5001", apiversion = "2.0", endpoint = "experiments/get"
-        mlf = MLFlow(baseuri; apiversion)
+    let apiroot = "http://localhost:5001/api", apiversion = 2.0, endpoint = "experiments/get"
+        mlf = MLFlow(apiroot; apiversion=apiversion)
         apiuri = uri(mlf, endpoint)
-        @test apiuri == URI("$baseuri/ajax-api/$apiversion/mlflow/$endpoint")
+        @test apiuri == URI("$apiroot/$apiversion/mlflow/$endpoint")
     end
-    let baseuri = "http://localhost:5001", auth_headers = Dict("Authorization" => "Bearer 123456"),
+    let apiroot = "http://localhost:5001/api", auth_headers = Dict("Authorization" => "Bearer 123456"),
         custom_headers = Dict("Content-Type" => "application/json")
 
-        mlf = MLFlow(baseuri; headers=auth_headers)
+        mlf = MLFlow(apiroot; headers=auth_headers)
         apiheaders = headers(mlf, custom_headers)
         @test apiheaders == Dict("Authorization" => "Bearer 123456", "Content-Type" => "application/json")
     end