diff --git a/pwiki/store/base.js b/pwiki/store/base.js
index 3a8682e..fe209aa 100755
--- a/pwiki/store/base.js
+++ b/pwiki/store/base.js
@@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ module.BaseStore = {
 	// XXX revise naming...
 	next: undefined,
 
+	// XXX HIDE name??
+	hide_paths: [
+		'System',
+	],
+
 	// NOTE: .data is not part of the spec and can be implementation-specific,
 	// 		only .__<name>__(..) use it internally... (XXX check this)
 	__data: undefined,
@@ -319,6 +324,7 @@ module.BaseStore = {
 	// match all sub-paths.
 	//
 	match: async function(path, strict=false){
+		var that = this
 		// pattern match * / **
 		if(path.includes('*') 
 				|| path.includes('**')){
@@ -352,7 +358,13 @@ module.BaseStore = {
 						// skip metadata paths...
 						if(p.includes('*')){
 							return res }
-						if(pwpath.basename(p)[0] == '.' 
+						if((pwpath.basename(p)[0] == '.' 
+									// XXX CACHE this???
+									|| (that.hide_paths
+										&& that.hide_paths
+											.reduce(function(res, h){
+												return res === true
+													|| p.startsWith(h) }, false)))
 								&& !all){
 							return res }
 						var m = p.match(pattern)
diff --git a/pwiki2.html b/pwiki2.html
index 83b34dc..ba60d99 100755
--- a/pwiki2.html
+++ b/pwiki2.html
@@ -224,7 +224,9 @@ require(['./browser'], function(browser){
 			//		when the hash is actually changed...
 			for(var lnk of this.dom.querySelectorAll(`a[href="${location.hash}"]`)){
 				lnk.addEventListener('click', function(evt){
-					that.refresh() }) } })
+					startSpinner()
+					setTimeout(function(){
+						that.refresh() }, 0) }) } })
 
 	// wait for stuff to finish...
 	browser.setup.then(function(){
diff --git a/pwiki2.js b/pwiki2.js
index 1cc155a..ec109aa 100755
--- a/pwiki2.js
+++ b/pwiki2.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 /**********************************************************************
 * 
 *
+* XXX changing the URL does not start the spinner...
+* XXX HIDE revise .hide_paths...
 * XXX Q: can we access fs from a pwa???
 * XXX start writing docs in pwiki
 * 		- WYSIWYG markdown editor/viewer (ASAP)
@@ -20,6 +22,17 @@
 * 			...likely no...
 * 			...would depend on where we iterate pages and on whether 
 * 			we can/should reach that spot from within the parser...
+* XXX page access mothods (.get(..) / .__get__(..) via path + args)
+* 			- path	   			 -- DONE
+* 			- tags	   			 -- 
+* 			- search   			 -- 
+* 		Syntax:
+* 			/path/to/*:tags=a,b,c:search=some text
+* 			+--------+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  path           
+* 			           +--------+ . . . . . . . . . . . tags
+* 			                      +--------------+ . .  search
+*		order is not relevant here...
+*		each of the methods narrows down the previous' results
 * XXX FEATURE tags and accompanying API...
 * 		- add tags to page -- macro/filter
 * 			- <page>.text -> <page>.tags (cached on .update(..))