diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/filesystem.js b/ui (gen4)/features/filesystem.js
index d11aa837..9eb7bc2f 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/filesystem.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/filesystem.js	
@@ -130,14 +130,6 @@ var FileSystemLoaderActions = actions.Actions({
 		'load-first-index-only': false,
 	},
 
-	clone: [function(full){
-		return function(res){
-			if(this.location){
-				res.__location = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(this.__location))
-			}
-		}
-	}],
-
 	// XXX should this be more general???
 	reloadState: ['File/Reload viewer state...',
 		function(){
@@ -328,6 +320,9 @@ var FileSystemLoaderActions = actions.Actions({
 					})
 					*/
 					.on('end', function(lst){ 
+						// XXX might be a good idea to make image paths relative to path...
+						//lst = lst.map(function(p){ return pathlib.relative(base, p) })
+
 						that.loadURLs(lst, path)
 						// XXX do we need to normalize paths after we get them from glob??
 						//that.loadURLs(lst.map(pathlib.posix.normalize), path)
@@ -456,10 +451,6 @@ var FileSystemLoaderActions = actions.Actions({
 					logger && logger.emit('loaded', lst)
 				})
 		}],
-
-	clear: [function(){
-		delete this.__location
-	}],
 })
 
 
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/location.js b/ui (gen4)/features/location.js
index fb80d9d3..9390a5cf 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/location.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/location.js	
@@ -110,6 +110,24 @@ module.Location = core.ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
 	actions: LocationActions,
 
 	handlers: [
+		['clone',
+			function(res){
+				if(this.location){
+					res.__location = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(this.__location))
+				}
+			}],
+		['clear',
+			function(){
+				delete this.__location
+			}],
+
+		// 1) store .location
+		// 2) cleanup .images[..].base_path
+		//
+		// XXX might be good to make the .base_path relative to location 
+		// 		if possible...
+		// XXX not sure if this is the right place for .images[..].base_path 
+		// 		handling...
 		['json',
 			function(res){
 				if(this.location){
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/images.js b/ui (gen4)/images.js
index 76729c53..a03d3c45 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/images.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/images.js	
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ module.ImagesClassPrototype = {
 				ext: name[1],
 			}
 
-			// remove only of base path is given and in path...
+			// remove only if base path is given and in path...
 			if(base && base_pattern.test(path)){
 				images[gid].base_path = base
 			}
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/lib/widget/browse.js b/ui (gen4)/lib/widget/browse.js
index 19b8c9ea..018e2849 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/lib/widget/browse.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/lib/widget/browse.js	
@@ -1084,7 +1084,8 @@ var BrowserPrototype = {
 
 				// select the item...
 				if(selection){
-					that.select(selection)
+					//that.select(selection)
+					that.select('"'+ selection +'"')
 				}
 
 				// maintain focus within the widget...