diff --git a/ui/compatibility.js b/ui/compatibility.js
index 6101d170..69235818 100755
--- a/ui/compatibility.js
+++ b/ui/compatibility.js
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ if(window.CEF_dumpJSON != null){
 	// XXX make this work across fs...
 	// XXX this will not overwrite...
 	window.copyFile = function(src, dst){
+		var deferred = $.Deferred()
 		if(fp.test(src)){
 			// XXX will this work on Mac???
 			src = src.replace(fp, '')
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ if(window.CEF_dumpJSON != null){
 		path = path.join('/')
 
 
-		// XXX make dirs...
+		// make dirs...
 		if(!fs.existsSync(path)){
 			console.log('making:', path)
 			fse.mkdirRecursiveSync(path)
@@ -66,8 +67,17 @@ if(window.CEF_dumpJSON != null){
 
 		if(!fs.existsSync(dst)){
 			// NOTE: this is not sync...
-			return fse.copy(src, dst)
+			fse.copy(src, dst, function(err){
+				if(err){
+					deferred.reject(err)
+				} else {
+					deferred.resolve()
+				}
+			})
+			return deferred
 		}
+		deferred.notify(dst, 'exists')
+		return deferred.resolve()
 	}
 	window.dumpJSON = function(path, data){
 		if(fp.test(path)){
diff --git a/ui/files.js b/ui/files.js
index 9dc5e45d..85cbe515 100755
--- a/ui/files.js
+++ b/ui/files.js
@@ -563,6 +563,9 @@ function exportTo(path, im_name, dir_name, size){
 	dir_name = dir_name == null ? 'fav' : dir_name
 	size = size == null ? 1000 : size
 
+	// starting point...
+	//var deferred = $.Deferred().resolve()
+
 	var base_path = path
 	path = normalizePath(path)
 
diff --git a/ui/ui.js b/ui/ui.js
index 887cf5f2..ce86744c 100755
--- a/ui/ui.js
+++ b/ui/ui.js
@@ -718,16 +718,28 @@ function exportPreviewsDialog(state, dfl){
 
 	updateStatus('Export...').show()
 
-	formDialog(null, '<b>Export source:</b> '+ state +'.', {
-		'Image name pattern | %f - full filename \n%n - filename \n%e - extension \n%gid - log gid \n%g - short gid \n%i - order': '%f',
-		'Fav directory name': 'fav',
-		'Destination': {ndir: dfl},
-	}, 'OK', 'exportPreviewsDialog')
+	// NOTE: we are not defining the object in-place here because some 
+	// 		keys become unreadable with JS syntax preventing us from 
+	// 		splitting the key into several lines...
+	var cfg = {}
+	cfg['Image name pattern | '+
+			'%f - full filename\n'+
+			'%n - filename\n'+
+			'%e - extension\n'+
+			'%gid - log gid\n'+
+			'%g - short gid\n'+
+			'%i - order'] = '%f'
+	cfg['Fav directory name'] = 'fav'
+	cfg['Destination'] = {ndir: dfl}
+
+	var keys = Object.keys(cfg)
+
+	formDialog(null, '<b>Export source:</b> '+ state +'.', cfg, 'OK', 'exportPreviewsDialog')
 		.done(function(data){
 			exportTo(
-				data['Destination'], 
-				data['Image name pattern'], 
-				data['Fav directory name'])
+				normalizePath(data[keys[2]]), 
+				data[keys[0]], 
+				data[keys[1]])
 
 			// XXX do real reporting...
 			showStatusQ('Copying data...')
@@ -758,7 +770,7 @@ function loadDirectoryDialog(dfl){
 			toggleSingleRibbonMode('off')
 			toggleMarkedOnlyView('off')
 
-			path = path.trim()
+			path = normalizePath(path.trim())
 			statusNotify(loadDir(path))
 		})
 		.fail(function(){