diff --git a/assets/config.php b/assets/config.php
index 37306806..13dc416e 100644
--- a/assets/config.php
+++ b/assets/config.php
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ return [
             Resolvers\PathTenantResolver::class => [
                 'tenant_parameter_name' => 'tenant', // todo0 test changing this
                 'tenant_model_column' => null, // null = tenant key
-                'tenant_route_name_prefix' => null, // null = 'tenant.'
+                'tenant_route_name_prefix' => 'tenant.',
                 'allowed_extra_model_columns' => [], // used with binding route fields
 
                 'cache' => false,
@@ -127,8 +127,9 @@ return [
                 'cache_store' => null, // null = default
             ],
             Resolvers\RequestDataTenantResolver::class => [
+                // Set any of these to null to disable that method of identification
                 'header' => 'X-Tenant',
-                'cookie' => 'tenant', // todo0 test in url generator
+                'cookie' => 'tenant',
                 'query_parameter' => 'tenant',
 
                 'cache' => false,
diff --git a/src/Bootstrappers/UrlGeneratorBootstrapper.php b/src/Bootstrappers/UrlGeneratorBootstrapper.php
index 6ead7cfd..09259145 100644
--- a/src/Bootstrappers/UrlGeneratorBootstrapper.php
+++ b/src/Bootstrappers/UrlGeneratorBootstrapper.php
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ class UrlGeneratorBootstrapper implements TenancyBootstrapper
 
             foreach (PathTenantResolver::allowedExtraModelColumns() as $column) {
                 // todo0 should this be tenantParameterName() concatenated to :$column?
-                // add tests
                 $defaultParameters["tenant:$column"] = $tenant->getAttribute($column);
             }
         }
diff --git a/tests/Bootstrappers/UrlGeneratorBootstrapperTest.php b/tests/Bootstrappers/UrlGeneratorBootstrapperTest.php
index eeedd05a..b4b9d40e 100644
--- a/tests/Bootstrappers/UrlGeneratorBootstrapperTest.php
+++ b/tests/Bootstrappers/UrlGeneratorBootstrapperTest.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use Stancl\Tenancy\Middleware\InitializeTenancyByPath;
 use Illuminate\Routing\Exceptions\UrlGenerationException;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
 use Stancl\Tenancy\Bootstrappers\UrlGeneratorBootstrapper;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\Exceptions\TenantCouldNotBeIdentifiedByRequestDataException;
 use Stancl\Tenancy\Middleware\InitializeTenancyByRequestData;
 use function Stancl\Tenancy\Tests\pest;
 
@@ -47,80 +48,87 @@ test('url generator bootstrapper swaps the url generator instance correctly', fu
 });
 
 test('tenancy url generator can prefix route names passed to the route helper', function() {
-    Route::get('/central/home', fn () => route('home'))->name('home');
-    // Tenant route name prefix is 'tenant.' by default
-    Route::get('/tenant/home', fn () => route('tenant.home'))->name('tenant.home');
+    config([
+        'tenancy.identification.resolvers.' . PathTenantResolver::class . '.tenant_route_name_prefix' => 'custom_prefix.',
+    ]);
+
+    Route::get('/central/home', fn () => '')->name('home');
+    Route::get('/tenant/home', fn () => '')->name('custom_prefix.home');
 
     $tenant = Tenant::create();
-    $centralRouteUrl = route('home');
-    $tenantRouteUrl = route('tenant.home');
 
     config(['tenancy.bootstrappers' => [UrlGeneratorBootstrapper::class]]);
 
     tenancy()->initialize($tenant);
 
     // Route names don't get prefixed when TenancyUrlGenerator::$prefixRouteNames is false (default)
-    expect(route('home'))->toBe($centralRouteUrl);
+    expect(route('home'))->toBe('http://localhost/central/home');
 
-    // When $prefixRouteNames is true, the route name passed to the route() helper ('home') gets prefixed with 'tenant.' automatically.
+    // When $prefixRouteNames is true, the route name passed to the route() helper ('home') gets prefixed automatically.
     TenancyUrlGenerator::$prefixRouteNames = true;
 
-    expect(route('home'))->toBe($tenantRouteUrl);
+    expect(route('home'))->toBe('http://localhost/tenant/home');
 
-    // The 'tenant.home' route name doesn't get prefixed -- it is already prefixed with 'tenant.'
-    expect(route('tenant.home'))->toBe($tenantRouteUrl);
+    // The 'custom_prefix.home' route name doesn't get prefixed -- it is already prefixed with 'custom_prefix.'
+    expect(route('custom_prefix.home'))->toBe('http://localhost/tenant/home');
 
     // Ending tenancy reverts route() behavior changes
     tenancy()->end();
 
-    expect(route('home'))->toBe($centralRouteUrl);
+    expect(route('home'))->toBe('http://localhost/central/home');
 });
 
-test('the route helper can receive the tenant parameter automatically', function (
-    string $identification,
-    bool $addTenantParameterToDefaults,
-    bool $passTenantParameterToRoutes,
-) {
+test('path identification route helper behavior', function (bool $addTenantParameterToDefaults, bool $passTenantParameterToRoutes) {
     config(['tenancy.bootstrappers' => [UrlGeneratorBootstrapper::class]]);
 
     $appUrl = config('app.url');
-
     UrlGeneratorBootstrapper::$addTenantParameterToDefaults = $addTenantParameterToDefaults;
-
-    // When the tenant parameter isn't added to defaults, the tenant parameter has to be passed "manually"
-    // by setting $passTenantParameterToRoutes to true. This is only preferable with query string identification.
-    // With path identification, this ultimately doesn't have any effect
-    // if UrlGeneratorBootstrapper::$addTenantParameterToDefaults is true,
-    // but TenancyUrlGenerator::$passTenantParameterToRoutes can still be used instead.
     TenancyUrlGenerator::$passTenantParameterToRoutes = $passTenantParameterToRoutes;
 
     $tenant = Tenant::create();
     $tenantKey = $tenant->getTenantKey();
 
-    Route::get('/central/home', fn () => route('home'))->name('home');
-
-    $tenantRoute = $identification === InitializeTenancyByPath::class ? "/{tenant}/home" : "/tenant/home";
-
-    Route::get($tenantRoute, fn () => route('tenant.home'))
+    Route::get('/{tenant}/home', fn () => '')
         ->name('tenant.home')
-        ->middleware(['tenant', $identification]);
+        ->middleware(['tenant', InitializeTenancyByPath::class]);
 
     tenancy()->initialize($tenant);
 
-    $expectedUrl = match (true) {
-        $identification === InitializeTenancyByRequestData::class && $passTenantParameterToRoutes => "{$appUrl}/tenant/home?tenant={$tenantKey}",
-        $identification === InitializeTenancyByRequestData::class => "{$appUrl}/tenant/home", // $passTenantParameterToRoutes is false
-        $identification === InitializeTenancyByPath::class && ($addTenantParameterToDefaults || $passTenantParameterToRoutes) => "{$appUrl}/{$tenantKey}/home",
-        $identification === InitializeTenancyByPath::class => null, // Should throw an exception -- route() doesn't receive the tenant parameter in this case
-    };
-
-    if ($expectedUrl === null) {
+    if (! $addTenantParameterToDefaults && ! $passTenantParameterToRoutes) {
         expect(fn () => route('tenant.home'))->toThrow(UrlGenerationException::class, 'Missing parameter: tenant');
     } else {
-        expect(route('tenant.home'))->toBe($expectedUrl);
+        // If at least *one* of the approaches was used, the parameter will make its way to the route
+        expect(route('tenant.home'))->toBe("{$appUrl}/{$tenantKey}/home");
     }
-})->with([InitializeTenancyByPath::class, InitializeTenancyByRequestData::class])
-    ->with([true, false]) // UrlGeneratorBootstrapper::$addTenantParameterToDefaults
+})->with([true, false]) // UrlGeneratorBootstrapper::$addTenantParameterToDefaults
+    ->with([true, false]); // TenancyUrlGenerator::$passTenantParameterToRoutes
+
+test('request data identification route helper behavior', function (bool $addTenantParameterToDefaults, bool $passTenantParameterToRoutes) {
+    config(['tenancy.bootstrappers' => [UrlGeneratorBootstrapper::class]]);
+
+    $appUrl = config('app.url');
+    UrlGeneratorBootstrapper::$addTenantParameterToDefaults = $addTenantParameterToDefaults;
+    TenancyUrlGenerator::$passTenantParameterToRoutes = $passTenantParameterToRoutes;
+
+    $tenant = Tenant::create();
+    $tenantKey = $tenant->getTenantKey();
+
+    Route::get('/tenant/home', fn () => tenant('id'))
+        ->name('tenant.home')
+        ->middleware(['tenant', InitializeTenancyByRequestData::class]);
+
+    tenancy()->initialize($tenant);
+
+    // todo0 test changing tenancy.identification.resolvers.<request data>.query_parameter
+
+    if ($passTenantParameterToRoutes) {
+        expect(route('tenant.home'))->toBe("{$appUrl}/tenant/home?tenant={$tenantKey}");
+        pest()->get(route('tenant.home'))->assertSee($tenant->id);
+    } else {
+        expect(route('tenant.home'))->toBe("{$appUrl}/tenant/home");
+        expect(fn () => $this->withoutExceptionHandling()->get(route('tenant.home')))->toThrow(TenantCouldNotBeIdentifiedByRequestDataException::class);
+    }
+})->with([true, false]) // UrlGeneratorBootstrapper::$addTenantParameterToDefaults
     ->with([true, false]); // TenancyUrlGenerator::$passTenantParameterToRoutes
 
 test('setting extra model columns sets additional URL defaults', function () {
diff --git a/tests/RequestDataIdentificationTest.php b/tests/RequestDataIdentificationTest.php
index 365b652c..1b76d57c 100644
--- a/tests/RequestDataIdentificationTest.php
+++ b/tests/RequestDataIdentificationTest.php
@@ -14,12 +14,9 @@ beforeEach(function () {
         'tenancy.identification.central_domains' => [
             'localhost',
         ],
-        'tenancy.identification.' . RequestDataTenantResolver::class . '.header' => 'X-Tenant',
-        'tenancy.identification.' . RequestDataTenantResolver::class . '.query_parameter' => 'tenant',
-        'tenancy.identification.' . RequestDataTenantResolver::class . '.cookie' => 'tenant',
     ]);
 
-    Route::middleware(['tenant', InitializeTenancyByRequestData::class])->get('/test', function () {
+    Route::middleware([InitializeTenancyByRequestData::class])->get('/test', function () {
         return 'Tenant id: ' . tenant('id');
     });
 });
@@ -27,35 +24,52 @@ beforeEach(function () {
 test('header identification works', function () {
     $tenant = Tenant::create();
 
-    $this
-        ->withoutExceptionHandling()
-        ->withHeader('X-Tenant', $tenant->id)
-        ->get('test')
-        ->assertSee($tenant->id);
+    // Default header name
+    $this->withoutExceptionHandling()->withHeader('X-Tenant', $tenant->id)->get('test')->assertSee($tenant->id);
+
+    // Custom header name
+    config(['tenancy.identification.resolvers.' . RequestDataTenantResolver::class . '.header' => 'X-Custom-Tenant']);
+    $this->withoutExceptionHandling()->withHeader('X-Custom-Tenant', $tenant->id)->get('test')->assertSee($tenant->id);
+
+    // Setting the header to null disables header identification
+    config(['tenancy.identification.resolvers.' . RequestDataTenantResolver::class . '.header' => null]);
+    expect(fn () => $this->withoutExceptionHandling()->withHeader('X-Tenant', $tenant->id)->get('test'))->toThrow(TenantCouldNotBeIdentifiedByRequestDataException::class);
 });
 
 test('query parameter identification works', function () {
     $tenant = Tenant::create();
 
-    $this
-        ->withoutExceptionHandling()
-        ->get('test?tenant=' . $tenant->id)
-        ->assertSee($tenant->id);
+    // Default query parameter name
+    $this->withoutExceptionHandling()->get('test?tenant=' . $tenant->id)->assertSee($tenant->id);
+
+    // Custom query parameter name
+    config(['tenancy.identification.resolvers.' . RequestDataTenantResolver::class . '.query_parameter' => 'custom_tenant']);
+    $this->withoutExceptionHandling()->get('test?custom_tenant=' . $tenant->id)->assertSee($tenant->id);
+
+    // Setting the query parameter to null disables query parameter identification
+    config(['tenancy.identification.resolvers.' . RequestDataTenantResolver::class . '.query_parameter' => null]);
+    expect(fn () => $this->withoutExceptionHandling()->get('test?tenant=' . $tenant->id))->toThrow(TenantCouldNotBeIdentifiedByRequestDataException::class);
 });
 
 test('cookie identification works', function () {
     $tenant = Tenant::create();
 
-    $this
-        ->withoutExceptionHandling()
-        ->withUnencryptedCookie('tenant', $tenant->id)
-        ->get('test')
-        ->assertSee($tenant->id);
+    // Default cookie name
+    $this->withoutExceptionHandling()->withUnencryptedCookie('tenant', $tenant->id)->get('test')->assertSee($tenant->id);
+
+    // Custom cookie name
+    config(['tenancy.identification.resolvers.' . RequestDataTenantResolver::class . '.cookie' => 'custom_tenant_id']);
+    $this->withoutExceptionHandling()->withUnencryptedCookie('custom_tenant_id', $tenant->id)->get('test')->assertSee($tenant->id);
+
+    // Setting the cookie to null disables cookie identification
+    config(['tenancy.identification.resolvers.' . RequestDataTenantResolver::class . '.cookie' => null]);
+    expect(fn () => $this->withoutExceptionHandling()->withUnencryptedCookie('tenant', $tenant->id)->get('test'))->toThrow(TenantCouldNotBeIdentifiedByRequestDataException::class);
 });
 
 // todo@tests encrypted cookie
 
-test('middleware throws exception when tenant data is not provided in the request', function () {
+test('an exception is thrown when no tenant data is not provided in the request', function () {
     pest()->expectException(TenantCouldNotBeIdentifiedByRequestDataException::class);
     $this->withoutExceptionHandling()->get('test');
 });
+