diff --git a/ui/TODO.otl b/ui/TODO.otl
index 1e99c16c..f0d49fcb 100755
--- a/ui/TODO.otl
+++ b/ui/TODO.otl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Roadmap
-	[_] 41% Pre-Alpha - limited preview
+	[_] 43% Pre-Alpha - limited preview
 		[_] 31% UI
 			[_] 0% Tablet-specific
 				[_] screen buttons
@@ -53,16 +53,16 @@ Roadmap
 				[X] marked
 				[_] tag
 				[_] date
-		[_] 39% storage and loading
+		[_] 45% storage and loading
 			[_] 75% ImageGrid cache
 				[X] generate
 				[X] load
 				[X] save
 				[_] update
 				| needs revision...
-			[_] 25% fav tree
+			[_] 50% fav tree
 				[X] generate
-				[_] load
+				[X] load
 				[_] save
 				[_] update
 			[_] 25% xmp files
@@ -77,12 +77,12 @@ Roadmap
 		[_] 14% build targets
 			[X] 100% Windows
 				[X] CEF (Python/...)
-				[X] AppJS
-			[_] MacOS X (AppJS)
+				[X] node-webkit
+			[_] MacOS X (node-webkit)
 			[_] Android (PhoneGap)
 			[_] iOS (PhoneGap)
 			[_] Windows 8 (Native?)
-			[_] Linux (AppJS)
+			[_] Linux (node-webkit)
 			[_] Windows Phone 8 (PhoneGap/Native)
 	[_] 0% Alpha - limited preview
 	[_] 0% Beta - public?
@@ -92,11 +92,12 @@ Roadmap
 
 [_] 24% Gen 3 current todo
 	[_] 49% High priority
+		[_] ASAP: directory selector UI...
 		[_] usable empty view -- w.o. data...
 		[_] 0% Tablet UI
 			[_] screen buttons
 		[_] save settings to config.json
-		[_] Q: do we need seporate theme settings?
+		[_] Q: do we need separate theme settings?
 		| ...for ribbon and single-image modes?
 		[_] editable list of external commands...
 		| to add things like exportdirs.py etc.
diff --git a/ui/files.js b/ui/files.js
index 8dc23645..5774eb12 100755
--- a/ui/files.js
+++ b/ui/files.js
@@ -93,11 +93,17 @@ function bubbleProgress(prefix, from, to, only_progress){
 // 		is essentially the same as $.getJSON(...)
 // NOTE: this needs listDir(...) to search for latest versions of files.
 function loadLatestFile(path, dfl, pattern, diff_pattern){
-	dfl = dfl == null ? path.split(/[\/\\]/).pop() : dfl
-	path = path == dfl ? '.' : path
+	var pparts = path.split(/[\/\\]/)
+	dfl = dfl == null ? pparts.pop() : dfl
+	//path = path == dfl ? '.' : path
+	path = pparts.join('/')
 
 	var res = $.Deferred()
 	
+	if(dfl == ''){
+		return res.reject()
+	}
+
 	// can't find diffs if can't list dirs...
 	if(window.listDir == null && (pattern != null || diff_pattern != null)){
 		res.notify('Unsupported', 'directory listing.')
@@ -246,16 +252,8 @@ function loadFileImages(path, no_load_diffs){
 				IMAGES_DIFF_FILE_PATTERN)
 	
 	// explicit path...
-	// XXX need to account for paths without a CACHE_DIR
 	} else {
-		path = normalizePath(path)
-		var base = path.split(CACHE_DIR)[0]
-		base += '/'+ CACHE_DIR
-
-		// XXX is this correct???
-		var loader = loadLatestFile(base, 
-				path.split(base)[0], 
-				RegExp(path.split(base)[0]))
+		var loader = loadLatestFile(normalizePath(path))
 	}
 
 	bubbleProgress('Images', loader, res)