diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/test_tethys_apps/test_base/test_controller.py b/tests/unit_tests/test_tethys_apps/test_base/test_controller.py
index 419790189..cabd670ac 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/test_tethys_apps/test_base/test_controller.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/test_tethys_apps/test_base/test_controller.py
@@ -259,3 +259,24 @@ def test_register_controllers_catch_all(
         mock_UrlMap.assert_called_with(
             name="catch_all", url="root/.*/", controller=mock_controller
         )
+
+    def test__get_url_map_kwargs_list_url_dict(self):
+        result = tethys_controller._get_url_map_kwargs_list(
+            url={
+                "test": "test/url/",
+                "another_test": "test/{another}/url/",
+            }
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(result[0]["title"], "Test")
+        self.assertEqual(result[1]["title"], "Another Test")
+
+    def test__get_url_map_kwargs_list_url_list(self):
+        result = tethys_controller._get_url_map_kwargs_list(
+            name="test",
+            url=[
+                "test/url/",
+                "test/{another}/url/",
+            ],
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(result[0]["title"], "Test")
+        self.assertEqual(result[1]["title"], "Test 1")
diff --git a/tethys_apps/base/controller.py b/tethys_apps/base/controller.py
index c1f9d6a9e..b6cc7c6aa 100644
--- a/tethys_apps/base/controller.py
+++ b/tethys_apps/base/controller.py
@@ -821,9 +821,6 @@ def _get_url_map_kwargs_list(
             for i, final_url in enumerate(final_urls)
         }
 
-    if not title:
-        title = url_name.replace("_", " ").title()
-
     return [
         dict(
             name=url_name,
@@ -833,7 +830,7 @@ def _get_url_map_kwargs_list(
             regex=regex,
             handler=handler,
             handler_type=handler_type,
-            title=title,
+            title=title or url_name.replace("_", " ").title(),
             index=index,
         )
         for url_name, final_url in final_urls.items()
@@ -950,7 +947,7 @@ def register_controllers(
     UrlMap = url_map_maker(root_url)
     url_maps = [UrlMap(**kwargs) for name, kwargs in names.items()]
 
-    # Add a catch all endpoint for any URL following the app's root URL and map it to the named controller
+    # Add a catch-all endpoint for any URL following the app's root URL and map it to the named controller
     if catch_all and catch_all in names:
         url_maps.append(
             UrlMap(