diff --git a/src/services/api/base.ts b/src/services/api/base.ts
index a222b04ed3..c7177ddf4b 100644
--- a/src/services/api/base.ts
+++ b/src/services/api/base.ts
@@ -18,17 +18,20 @@ export type AxiosOptions = {
 export interface BaseAPIParams {
     singleClusterMode: undefined | boolean;
     proxyMeta: undefined | boolean;
+    useRelativePath: undefined | boolean;
 }
 
 export class BaseYdbAPI extends AxiosWrapper {
     DEFAULT_RETRIES_COUNT = 0;
 
     singleClusterMode: BaseAPIParams['singleClusterMode'];
+    useRelativePath: BaseAPIParams['useRelativePath'];
 
     constructor(axiosOptions: AxiosWrapperOptions, baseApiParams: BaseAPIParams) {
         super(axiosOptions);
 
         this.singleClusterMode = baseApiParams.singleClusterMode;
+        this.useRelativePath = baseApiParams.useRelativePath;
 
         axiosRetry(this._axios, {
             retries: this.DEFAULT_RETRIES_COUNT,
@@ -91,8 +94,19 @@ export class BaseYdbAPI extends AxiosWrapper {
         return `${BACKEND ?? ''}${path}`;
     }
 
-    getSchemaPath(props: {path?: string; database?: string}) {
-        return props.path;
+    getSchemaPath({path, database}: {path?: string; database?: string}) {
+        if (!this.useRelativePath || !path || !database) {
+            return path;
+        }
+
+        if (path === database) {
+            return '';
+        }
+
+        if (path.startsWith(database + '/')) {
+            return path.slice(database.length + 1);
+        }
+        return path;
     }
 
     prepareArrayRequestParam(arr: (string | number)[]) {
diff --git a/src/services/api/index.ts b/src/services/api/index.ts
index 2bd3b439ab..b7c6e524c3 100644
--- a/src/services/api/index.ts
+++ b/src/services/api/index.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ interface YdbEmbeddedAPIProps {
     withCredentials: undefined | boolean;
     singleClusterMode: undefined | boolean;
     proxyMeta: undefined | boolean;
+    // this setting allows to use schema object path relative to database in api requests
+    useRelativePath: undefined | boolean;
     csrfTokenGetter: undefined | (() => string | undefined);
     defaults: undefined | AxiosRequestConfig;
 }
@@ -48,9 +50,10 @@ export class YdbEmbeddedAPI {
         proxyMeta = false,
         csrfTokenGetter = () => undefined,
         defaults = {},
+        useRelativePath = false,
     }: YdbEmbeddedAPIProps) {
         const axiosParams: AxiosWrapperOptions = {config: {withCredentials, ...defaults}};
-        const baseApiParams = {singleClusterMode, proxyMeta};
+        const baseApiParams = {singleClusterMode, proxyMeta, useRelativePath};
 
         this.auth = new AuthAPI(axiosParams, baseApiParams);
         if (webVersion) {
diff --git a/src/services/api/scheme.ts b/src/services/api/scheme.ts
index a12e47ce70..5febade721 100644
--- a/src/services/api/scheme.ts
+++ b/src/services/api/scheme.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export class SchemeAPI extends BaseYdbAPI {
             {},
             {
                 database,
-                path,
+                path: this.getSchemaPath({path, database}),
             },
             {
                 requestConfig: {signal},
diff --git a/src/store/configureStore.ts b/src/store/configureStore.ts
index b73cca461a..820e7df1da 100644
--- a/src/store/configureStore.ts
+++ b/src/store/configureStore.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ export function configureStore({
         withCredentials: !customBackend,
         proxyMeta: false,
         csrfTokenGetter: undefined,
+        useRelativePath: false,
         defaults: undefined,
     }),
 } = {}) {