diff --git a/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/components/data-form/index.hbs b/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/components/data-form/index.hbs
index 1e1cb912e8..32c5658a1f 100644
--- a/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/components/data-form/index.hbs
+++ b/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/components/data-form/index.hbs
@@ -1,8 +1,28 @@
-<DataLoader @items={{item}} @src={{uri nspace dc type src}} @onchange={{action "setData"}} @once={{true}}>
+<DataLoader
+  @items={{item}}
+  @src={{uri
+    '/${nspace}/${dc}/${type}/${src}'
+    (hash
+      nspace=nspace
+      dc=dc
+      type=type
+      src=src
+    )
+  }}
+  @onchange={{action "setData"}}
+  @once={{true}}
+>
   <BlockSlot @name="loaded">
 
     <DataWriter
-      @sink={{uri nspace (or data.Datacenter dc) type}}
+      @sink={{uri
+        '/${nspace}/${dc}/${type}'
+        (hash
+          nspace=nspace
+          dc=(or data.Datacenter dc)
+          type=type
+        )
+      }}
       @type={{type}}
       @label={{label}}
       @ondelete={{action ondelete}}
diff --git a/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/components/topology-metrics/series/index.hbs b/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/components/topology-metrics/series/index.hbs
index 2253cefdef..bc650987a6 100644
--- a/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/components/topology-metrics/series/index.hbs
+++ b/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/components/topology-metrics/series/index.hbs
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 {{#if (not @noMetricsReason)}}
   <DataSource
-    @src={{uri @nspace @dc 'metrics' 'summary-for-service' @service @protocol}}
+    @src={{uri
+      '/${nspace}/${dc}/metrics/summary-for-service/${service}/${protocol}'
+      (hash
+        nspace=@nspace
+        dc=@dc
+        service=@service
+        protocol=@protocol
+      )
+    }}
     @onchange={{action 'change'}}
     @onerror={{action (mut error) value="error"}}
   />
diff --git a/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/components/topology-metrics/stats/index.hbs b/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/components/topology-metrics/stats/index.hbs
index a5ee66112e..b116a9bf7b 100644
--- a/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/components/topology-metrics/stats/index.hbs
+++ b/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/components/topology-metrics/stats/index.hbs
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 {{#if (not @noMetricsReason)}}
   <DataSource
-    @src={{uri @nspace @dc 'metrics' @endpoint @service @protocol}}
+    @src={{uri
+      '/${nspace}/${dc}/metrics/${endpoint}/${service}/${protocol}'
+      (hash
+        nspace=@nspace
+        dc=@dc
+        endpoint=@endpoint
+        service=@service
+        protocol=@protocol
+      )
+    }}
     @onchange={{action 'statsUpdate'}}
     @onerror={{action (mut error) value="error"}}
   />
diff --git a/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/helpers/render-template.js b/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/helpers/render-template.js
index 8c743a8b80..57c006b84c 100644
--- a/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/helpers/render-template.js
+++ b/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/helpers/render-template.js
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
-import { helper } from '@ember/component/helper';
-import { get } from '@ember/object';
+import Helper from '@ember/component/helper';
+import { inject as service } from '@ember/service';
 
-// Covers alpha-capitalized dot separated API keys such as
-// `{{Name}}`, `{{Service.Name}}` etc. but not `{{}}`
+// simple mustache regexp `/{{item.Name}}/`
 const templateRe = /{{([A-Za-z.0-9_-]+)}}/g;
-export default helper(function renderTemplate([template, vars]) {
-  if (typeof vars !== 'undefined' && typeof template !== 'undefined') {
-    return template.replace(templateRe, function(match, group) {
-      try {
-        return encodeURIComponent(get(vars, group) || '');
-      } catch (e) {
-        return '';
-      }
-    });
+let render;
+export default class RenderTemplateHelper extends Helper {
+  @service('encoder') encoder;
+  constructor() {
+    super(...arguments);
+    if (typeof render !== 'function') {
+      render = this.encoder.createRegExpEncoder(templateRe, encodeURIComponent, false);
+    }
   }
-  return '';
-});
+
+  compute([template, vars]) {
+    return render(template, vars);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/helpers/uri.js b/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/helpers/uri.js
index 46dd443d1b..8c3667ea11 100644
--- a/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/helpers/uri.js
+++ b/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/helpers/uri.js
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
 import Helper from '@ember/component/helper';
 import { inject as service } from '@ember/service';
 
+const templateRe = /\${([A-Za-z.0-9_-]+)}/g;
+let render;
 export default class UriHelper extends Helper {
   @service('encoder') encoder;
+  constructor() {
+    super(...arguments);
+    if (typeof render !== 'function') {
+      render = this.encoder.createRegExpEncoder(templateRe, encodeURIComponent);
+    }
+  }
 
-  compute(params, hash) {
-    return this.encoder.uriJoin(params);
+  compute([template, vars]) {
+    return render(template, vars);
   }
 }
diff --git a/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/services/encoder.js b/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/services/encoder.js
index c9a6c135b9..12b2f71d97 100644
--- a/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/services/encoder.js
+++ b/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/services/encoder.js
@@ -1,10 +1,32 @@
 import Service from '@ember/service';
+import { get } from '@ember/object';
+import { runInDebug } from '@ember/debug';
 import atob from 'consul-ui/utils/atob';
 import btoa from 'consul-ui/utils/btoa';
 
+const createRegExpEncoder = function(re, encoder = str => str, strict = true) {
+  return (template = '', vars = {}) => {
+    if (template !== '') {
+      return template.replace(re, (match, group) => {
+        const value = get(vars, group);
+        runInDebug(() => {
+          if (strict && typeof value === 'undefined') {
+            console.error(new Error(`${group} is undefined in ${template}`));
+          }
+        });
+        return encoder(value || '');
+      });
+    }
+    return '';
+  };
+};
 export default class EncoderService extends Service {
   uriComponent = encodeURIComponent;
 
+  createRegExpEncoder(re, encoder) {
+    return createRegExpEncoder(re, encoder);
+  }
+
   atob() {
     return atob(...arguments);
   }
diff --git a/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/templates/dc/services/show/intentions/index.hbs b/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/templates/dc/services/show/intentions/index.hbs
index 4a27e352e1..7456e16c3c 100644
--- a/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/templates/dc/services/show/intentions/index.hbs
+++ b/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/templates/dc/services/show/intentions/index.hbs
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
-<DataLoader @src={{uri nspace dc 'intentions' 'for-service' slug}} as |api|>
+<DataLoader
+  @src={{uri
+    '/${nspace}/${dc}/intentions/for-service/${slug}'
+    (hash
+      nspace=nspace
+      dc=dc
+      slug=slug
+    )
+  }}
+as |api|>
   <BlockSlot @name="error">
     <ErrorState @error={{api.error}} />
   </BlockSlot>