diff --git a/src/main/resources/Java/api.mustache b/src/main/resources/Java/api.mustache
index 9632e3ce763..aca68fc2117 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/Java/api.mustache
+++ b/src/main/resources/Java/api.mustache
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public class {{classname}} {
   {{#operation}}
   public {{#returnType}}{{{returnType}}} {{/returnType}}{{^returnType}}void {{/returnType}} {{nickname}} ({{#allParams}}{{{dataType}}} {{paramName}}{{#hasMore}}, {{/hasMore}}{{/allParams}}) throws ApiException {
     // create path and map variables
-    String path = "{{path}}".replaceAll("\\{format\\}","json"){{#pathParams}}.replaceAll("\\{" + "{{paramName}}" + "\\}", apiInvoker.escapeString({{{paramName}}})){{/pathParams}};
+    String path = "{{path}}".replaceAll("\\{format\\}","json"){{#pathParams}}.replaceAll("\\{" + "{{paramName}}" + "\\}", apiInvoker.escapeString({{{paramName}}}.toString())){{/pathParams}};
 
     // query params
     Map<String, String> queryParams = new HashMap<String, String>();
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/BasicJavaGenerator.scala b/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/BasicJavaGenerator.scala
index 00b19468fa4..b2238baecfc 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/BasicJavaGenerator.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/BasicJavaGenerator.scala
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class BasicJavaGenerator extends BasicGenerator {
     "Date" -> "java.util.Date",
     "Array" -> "java.util.*",
     "ArrayList" -> "java.util.*",
-    "List" -> "java.util.List")
+    "List" -> "java.util.*")
 
   // package for models
   override def modelPackage = Some("com.wordnik.client.model")