diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/ui-status.js b/ui (gen4)/features/ui-status.js
index 1da7663f..eb8279ec 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/ui-status.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/ui-status.js	
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ var StatusBarActions = actions.Actions({
 		'status-bar-items': [
 			'index',
 			'gid',
-			//'path',
+			'path',
 
 			// separates left/right aligned elements...
 			'---',
@@ -226,10 +226,12 @@ var StatusBarActions = actions.Actions({
 				text = gid || '-'
 
 			// path...
-			// XXX
+			// XXX use generic, platform independent path processing...
 			} else if(type == 'path'){
-				text = img && img.path || '---'
-				txt = text
+				text = (img && ((img.base_path || '') +'/'+ img.path) || '---')
+					// remove /./
+					.replace(/[\\\/]\.[\\\/]/, '/')
+				txt = text.split(/[\\\/]/).pop()
 			}
 
 			item.find('.shown').text(txt)
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/ui.js b/ui (gen4)/features/ui.js
index ec29f88b..5eedb3fa 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/ui.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/ui.js	
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ var PartialRibbonsActions = actions.Actions({
 					&& that.images.getBestPreview(c, size, true).url
 			}
 
-			// get a stet of paths...
+			// get a set of paths...
 			// NOTE: we are also ordering the resulting gids by their 
 			// 		distance from target...
 			var _get = function(i, lst, source, radius, oddity, step){
@@ -1261,7 +1261,6 @@ var PartialRibbonsActions = actions.Actions({
 			// no threshold means force load...
 			if(threshold == 0 
 					// the target is not loaded...
-					//|| this.ribbons.getImage(target).length == 0
 					|| img.length == 0
 					// passed hard threshold on the right...
 					|| (nl < w && na > nl)