diff --git a/lib/Mojolicious/Plugin/Yancy.pm b/lib/Mojolicious/Plugin/Yancy.pm
index 7846d3a3..f345869d 100644
--- a/lib/Mojolicious/Plugin/Yancy.pm
+++ b/lib/Mojolicious/Plugin/Yancy.pm
@@ -87,8 +87,10 @@ C<schema> configuration as needed.
 
     my $be = $c->yancy->backend;
 
-Get the currently-configured Yancy backend object. See L<Yancy::Backend>
-for the methods you can call on a backend object and their purpose.
+Get the Yancy backend object. By default, gets the backend configured
+while loading the Yancy plugin. Requests can override the backend by
+setting the C<backend> stash value. See L<Yancy::Backend> for the
+methods you can call on a backend object and their purpose.
 
 =head2 yancy.plugin
 
@@ -586,7 +588,13 @@ sub register {
     # Load the backend and schema
     $config = { %$config };
     $app->helper( 'yancy.backend' => sub {
-        state $backend = load_backend( $config->{backend}, $config->{schema} || $config->{openapi}{definitions} );
+        my ( $c ) = @_;
+        state $default_backend = load_backend( $config->{backend}, $config->{schema} || $config->{openapi}{definitions} );
+        if ( my $backend = $c->stash( 'backend' ) ) {
+            $c->app->log->debug( 'Using override backend from stash: ' . ref $backend );
+            return $backend;
+        }
+        return $default_backend;
     } );
     if ( $config->{schema} || $config->{read_schema} ) {
         $config->{schema} = $config->{schema} ? dclone( $config->{schema} ) : {};
diff --git a/lib/Yancy/Plugin/Editor.pm b/lib/Yancy/Plugin/Editor.pm
index 98898b22..1b13a231 100644
--- a/lib/Yancy/Plugin/Editor.pm
+++ b/lib/Yancy/Plugin/Editor.pm
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ has moniker => 'editor';
 has route =>;
 has includes => sub { [] };
 has menu_items => sub { +{} };
+has backend =>;
+has schema =>;
 
 sub _helper_name {
     my ( $self, $name ) = @_;
@@ -176,6 +178,9 @@ sub _helper_name {
 sub register {
     my ( $self, $app, $config ) = @_;
 
+    $self->backend( $config->{backend} );
+    $self->schema( $config->{schema} );
+
     for my $key ( grep exists $config->{ $_ }, qw( moniker ) ) {
         $self->$key( $config->{ $key } );
     }
@@ -184,6 +189,7 @@ sub register {
         derp 'api_controller configuration is deprecated. Use editor.default_controller instead';
     }
 
+    # XXX: Throw an error if there is already a route here
     my $route = $config->{route} // $app->routes->any( '/yancy' );
     $route->to( return_to => $config->{return_to} // '/' );
 
@@ -232,7 +238,7 @@ sub register {
     $self->_openapi_spec_add_mojo( $spec, $config );
 
     my $openapi = $app->plugin( OpenAPI => {
-        route => $route->any( '/api' )->name( 'yancy.api' ),
+        route => $route->any( '/api' )->to( backend => $self->backend )->name( 'yancy.api' ),
         spec => $spec,
         default_response_name => '_Error',
     } );
diff --git a/t/lib/Yancy/Backend/Test.pm b/t/lib/Yancy/Backend/Test.pm
index 8303c78d..b830a787 100644
--- a/t/lib/Yancy/Backend/Test.pm
+++ b/t/lib/Yancy/Backend/Test.pm
@@ -16,15 +16,13 @@ our @SCHEMA_ADDED_COLLS;
 
 sub new {
     my ( $class, $url, $schema ) = @_;
-    my ( $path ) = $url =~ m{^[^:]+://[^/]+(?:/(.+))?$};
-    if ( $path ) {
-        %DATA = %{ from_json( path( ( $ENV{MOJO_HOME} || () ), $path )->slurp ) };
-    } elsif ( %Yancy::Backend::Test::SCHEMA ) {
-        # M::P::Y relies on "read_schema" to give back the "real" schema.
-        # If given the micro thing, this is needed to make it actually
-        # operate like it would with a real database
-        $schema = \%Yancy::Backend::Test::SCHEMA;
+    if ( $url ) {
+        my ( $path ) = $url =~ m{^[^:]+://[^/]+(?:/(.+))?$};
+        if ( $path ) {
+            %DATA = %{ from_json( path( ( $ENV{MOJO_HOME} || () ), $path )->slurp ) };
+        }
     }
+    $schema //= \%SCHEMA;
     return bless { init_arg => $url, schema => $schema }, $class;
 }
 
@@ -193,7 +191,8 @@ sub _is_type {
 
 sub read_schema {
     my ( $self, @table_names ) = @_;
-    my $cloned = dclone $self->collections;
+    my $schema = %SCHEMA ? \%SCHEMA : $self->schema;
+    my $cloned = dclone $schema;
     delete @$cloned{@SCHEMA_ADDED_COLLS}; # ones not in the "database" at all
     # zap all things that DB can't know about
     for my $c ( values %$cloned ) {
diff --git a/t/plugin/editor.t b/t/plugin/editor.t
index 23203dcd..4644b871 100644
--- a/t/plugin/editor.t
+++ b/t/plugin/editor.t
@@ -47,4 +47,60 @@ subtest 'menu' => sub {
       ;
 };
 
+subtest 'non-default backend' => sub {
+    my $new_schema = {
+        pets => {
+            required => [qw( name type )],
+            properties => {
+                id => {
+                    type => 'integer',
+                    readOnly => 1,
+                },
+                name => {
+                    type => 'string',
+                },
+                type => {
+                    type => 'string',
+                    enum => [qw( cat dog bird rat snake )],
+                },
+            },
+        },
+    };
+
+    my $ted = {
+        name => 'Theodore',
+        type => 'cat',
+    };
+    my $franklin = {
+        name => 'Franklin',
+        type => 'cat',
+    };
+
+    my $new_backend = Yancy::Backend::Test->new( undef, $new_schema );
+    $ted->{id} = $new_backend->create( pets => $ted );
+    $franklin->{id} = $new_backend->create( pets => $franklin );
+
+    my $app = Mojolicious->new;
+    $app->plugin( Yancy => { %backend_conf } );
+    $app->yancy->plugin( Editor => {
+        backend => $new_backend,
+        schema => $new_schema,
+        moniker => 'pets',
+        require_user => undef,
+        route => $app->routes->get( '/pets/editor' ),
+    } );
+
+    my $t = Test::Mojo->new( $app );
+    $t->get_ok( '/yancy/api' )->status_is( 200 )
+      ->json_has( '/definitions/people', 'got original schema at original url' )
+      ->or( sub { diag explain shift->tx->res->json } )
+      ->get_ok( '/pets/editor/api' )->status_is( 200 )
+      ->json_has( '/definitions/pets', 'got new schema at new url' )
+      ->or( sub { diag explain shift->tx->res->json } )
+      ->get_ok( '/pets/editor/api/pets/' . $ted->{id} )->status_is( 200 )
+      ->json_is( $ted )
+      ->or( sub { diag explain shift->tx->res->json } )
+      ;
+};
+
 done_testing;