diff --git a/ui (gen4)/file.js b/ui (gen4)/file.js
index aeb859b1..3574bb9d 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/file.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/file.js	
@@ -319,7 +319,15 @@ function(path, logger){
 				// collect the found indexes...
 				.on('match', function(path){
 					loadIndex(path, logger) 
-						.done(function(obj){ res[path] = obj[path] })
+						.done(function(obj){ 
+							// NOTE: considering that all the paths within
+							// 		the index are relative to the preview 
+							// 		dir (the parent dir to the index root)
+							// 		we do not need to include the index 
+							// 		itself in the base path...
+							var p = path.split(INDEX_DIR)[0]
+							res[p] = obj[path] 
+						})
 				})
 				// done...
 				.on('end', function(paths){
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/ribbons.js b/ui (gen4)/ribbons.js
index b3e2cf50..a7197d6f 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/ribbons.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/ribbons.js	
@@ -1115,6 +1115,12 @@ var RibbonsPrototype = {
 			// preview...
 			var p_url = that.images.getBestPreview(img_data.id, size, img_data).url
 
+			// XXX experimental...
+			if(img_data.base != null){
+				// XXX need to check if p_url is already absolute...
+				p_url = img_data.base +'/'+ p_url
+			}
+
 			// update the preview if it's a new image or...
 			// XXX this should be pushed as far back as possible...
 			if(old_gid != gid 
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/ui.js b/ui (gen4)/ui.js
index 7497e199..666230e2 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/ui.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/ui.js	
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ $(function(){
 
 	// setup base keyboard for devel, in case something breaks...
 	// This branch does not drop keys...
-	if(module.MAX_KEY_REPEAT_RATE < 0 || module.MAX_KEY_REPEAT_RATE == null){
+	if(a.config['max-key-repeat-rate'] < 0 || a.config['max-key-repeat-rate'] == null){
 		$(document)
 			.keydown(
 				keyboard.makeKeyboardHandler(
@@ -305,8 +305,7 @@ $(function(){
 						},
 						a), 
 					function(){ 
-						// XXX get this from config...
-						return module.MAX_KEY_REPEAT_RATE
+						return a.config['max-key-repeat-rate']
 					}))
 	}
 })
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/viewer.js b/ui (gen4)/viewer.js
index bf9346cf..133becfc 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/viewer.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/viewer.js	
@@ -810,8 +810,9 @@ var ViewerActions =
 module.ViewerActions = 
 actions.Actions({
 
-	/*
 	// Images...
+	// XXX this seems like a hack...
+	// 		...should this be here???
 	get images(){
 		return this.ribbons != null ? this.ribbons.images : null
 	},
@@ -821,7 +822,6 @@ actions.Actions({
 			this.ribbons.images = value
 		}
 	},
-	*/
 
 	get screenwidth(){
 		return this.ribbons != null ? this.ribbons.getScreenWidthImages() : null
@@ -1329,6 +1329,14 @@ module.Viewer = ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
 		// ...this effectively sets the closest distance an image can be from
 		// the viewer edge...
 		'fit-overflow': 0.2,
+
+		
+		// limit key repeat to one per N milliseconds.
+		//
+		// Set this to -1 or null to run keys without any limitations.
+		// XXX at this point the keyboard is setup in ui.js, need to 
+		// 		move to a more logical spot...
+		'max-key-repeat-rate': 0,
 	},
 
 	actions: ViewerActions,
@@ -2889,6 +2897,55 @@ module.AppControl = ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------
 // XXX at this point this is a stub...
+if(window.nodejs != null){
+	var file = requirejs('./file')
+}
+
+var FileSystemLoaderActions = actions.Actions({
+	// XXX
+	loadPath: ['File/',
+		function(path){
+			var that = this
+			// XXX does not appear to load correctly...
+			file.loadIndex(path)
+				.done(function(res){
+					// XXX res may contain multiple indexes, need to 
+					// 		combine them...
+					var k = Object.keys(res)[0]
+
+					// XXX use the logger...
+					console.log('LOADING:', k)
+
+					var d = data.Data.fromJSON(res[k].data)
+					// XXX need to load tags, marks, bookmarks, ...
+					// XXX
+
+					// XXX need to make this segment specific...
+					d.base = k
+
+					// XXX STUB remove ASAP... 
+					// 		...need a real way to handle base dir, possible
+					// 		approaches:
+					// 			1) .base attr in image, set on load and 
+					// 				do not save (or ignore on load)...
+					// 				if exists prepend to all paths...
+					// 				- more to do in view-time
+					// 				+ more flexible
+					// 			2) add/remove on load/save (approach below)
+					// 				+ less to do in real time
+					// 				- more processing on load/save
+					var img = images.Images(res[k].images)
+						.forEach(function(_, img){ img.base = k })
+
+					that.load({
+						data: d,
+						images: img,
+					})
+				})
+		}],
+})
+
+
 var FileSystemLoader = 
 module.FileSystemLoader = ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
 	title: '',
@@ -2896,6 +2953,8 @@ module.FileSystemLoader = ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
 
 	tag: 'fs-loader',
 
+	actions: FileSystemLoaderActions,
+
 	isApplicable: function(){
 		return window.nodejs != null
 	},