diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3c6fb5c..45797f2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 all:
 
 init:
-	(cd isso/js && ender build jeesh reqwest)
+	(cd isso/js && ender build jeesh)
 
 js:
 	cat isso/js/ender.js isso/js/isso.js > _.js
diff --git a/isso/__init__.py b/isso/__init__.py
index 1dafd73..ba64e07 100644
--- a/isso/__init__.py
+++ b/isso/__init__.py
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ import sys; reload(sys)
 sys.setdefaultencoding('utf-8')  # we only support UTF-8 and python 2.X :-)
 
 import io
+import os
 import json
 import traceback
 
-from os.path import dirname
 from optparse import OptionParser, make_option, SUPPRESS_HELP
 
 from itsdangerous import URLSafeTimedSerializer
@@ -117,9 +117,13 @@ class Isso(object):
 
             if code == 404:
                 try:
-                    code, body, headers = wsgi.sendfile(environ['PATH_INFO'], dirname(__file__))
+                    code, body, headers = wsgi.sendfile(environ['PATH_INFO'], os.getcwd())
                 except (IOError, OSError):
-                    pass
+                    try:
+                        path = environ['PATH_INFO'].rstrip('/') + '/index.html'
+                        code, body, headers = wsgi.sendfile(path, os.getcwd())
+                    except (IOError, OSError):
+                        pass
 
             if request == 'HEAD':
                 body = ''
diff --git a/isso/js/isso.js b/isso/js/isso.js
index cfea3ae..d0e9bdb 100644
--- a/isso/js/isso.js
+++ b/isso/js/isso.js
@@ -12,20 +12,21 @@
 
 /* utility functions -- JS Y U SO STUPID?
  *
- * read(cookie): return `cookie` string if set
- * zfill(argument, i): zero fill `argument` with `i` zeros
+ * read(cookie):  return `cookie` string if set
+ * format(date):  human-readable date formatting
+ * brew(array):   similar to DOMinate essentials
  */
 
- // var prefix = "/comments";
- var prefix = "";
+// var prefix = "/comments";
+var prefix = "";
 
 
-function read(cookie){
-    return(document.cookie.match('(^|; )' + cookie + '=([^;]*)') || 0)[2]
+function read(cookie) {
+    return (document.cookie.match('(^|; )' + cookie + '=([^;]*)') || 0)[2]
 };
 
 
-function format(date){
+function format(date) {
     /*!
      * JavaScript Pretty Date
      * Copyright (c) 2011 John Resig (ejohn.org)
@@ -34,20 +35,49 @@ function format(date){
     var diff = (((new Date()).getTime() - date.getTime()) / 1000),
         day_diff = Math.floor(diff / 86400);
 
-    if ( isNaN(day_diff) || day_diff < 0 || day_diff >= 31 )
+    if (isNaN(day_diff) || day_diff < 0 || day_diff >= 31)
         return;
 
     return day_diff == 0 && (
             diff < 60 && "just now" ||
             diff < 120 && "1 minute ago" ||
-            diff < 3600 && Math.floor( diff / 60 ) + " minutes ago" ||
+            diff < 3600 && Math.floor(diff / 60) + " minutes ago" ||
             diff < 7200 && "1 hour ago" ||
-            diff < 86400 && Math.floor( diff / 3600 ) + " hours ago") ||
+            diff < 86400 && Math.floor(diff / 3600) + " hours ago") ||
         day_diff == 1 && "Yesterday" ||
         day_diff < 7 && day_diff + " days ago" ||
-        day_diff < 31 && Math.ceil( day_diff / 7 ) + " weeks ago";
+        day_diff < 31 && Math.ceil(day_diff / 7) + " weeks ago";
 }
 
+
+function brew(arr) {
+    /*
+     * Element creation utility.  Similar to DOMinate, but with a slightly different syntax:
+     * brew([TAG, {any: attribute, ...}, 'Hello World', ' Foo Bar', ['TAG', 'Hello World'], ...])
+     * --> <TAG any="attribute">Hello World Foo Bar<TAG>Hello World</TAG></TAG>
+     */
+
+    var rv = document.createElement(arr[0]);
+
+    for (var i = 1; i < arr.length; i++) {
+
+        if (arr[i] instanceof Array) {
+            rv.appendChild(brew(arr[i]));
+        } else if (typeof(arr[i]) == "string") {
+            rv.appendChild(document.createTextNode(arr[i]));
+        } else {
+            attrs = arr[i] || {};
+            for (var k in attrs) {
+                if (!attrs.hasOwnProperty(k)) continue;
+                rv.setAttribute(k, attrs[k]);
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
+   return rv;
+}
+
+
 /*
  * isso specific helpers to create, modify, delete and receive comments
  */
@@ -91,24 +121,21 @@ function form(id, appendfunc, eventfunc) {
     :param eventfunc: function, when the user submits the form
     */
 
-    var formid = 'issoform' + (id ? ('_' + id) : ''), form =
-    '<div class="issoform" id="' + formid + '">' +
-        '<div>' +
-        '    <input type="text" name="author" id="author" value="" placeholder="Name">' +
-        '</div>' +
-        '<div>' +
-        '    <input type="email" name="email" id="email" value="" placeholder="Email">' +
-        '</div>' +
-        '<div>' +
-            '<input type="url" name="website" id="website" value="" placeholder="Website URL">' +
-        '</div>' +
-        '<div>' +
-        '    <textarea rows="10" name="text" id="comment" placeholder="Comment"></textarea>' +
-        '</div>' +
-        '<div>' +
-            '<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Add Comment">' +
-        '</div>' +
-    '</div>'
+    var formid = 'issoform' + (id ? ('_' + id) : ''), form = brew([
+        'div', {'class': 'issoform', 'id': formid},
+            ['div',
+                ['input', {'type': 'text', 'name': 'author', 'id': 'author', 'value': '', 'placeholder': "Name"}]],
+            ['div',
+                ['input', {'type': 'email', 'name': 'email', 'id': 'email', 'value': '', 'placeholder': "Email"}]],
+            ['div',
+                ['input', {'type': 'email', 'name': 'email', 'id': 'email', 'value': '', 'placeholder': "Email"}]],
+            ['div',
+                ['input', {'type': 'url', 'name': 'website', 'id': 'website', 'value': '', 'placeholder': "website URL"}]],
+            ['div',
+                ['textarea', {'rows': '10', 'name': 'text', 'id': 'comment', 'placeholder': "Comment"}]],
+            ['div',
+                ['input', {'type': 'submit', 'value': 'Add Comment'}]],
+    ]);
 
     appendfunc(form);
     $('#' + formid + ' ' + 'input[type="submit"]').on('click', eventfunc);
@@ -130,19 +157,16 @@ function insert(post) {
         $('#isso_' + post['parent']).append('<ul></ul>');
 
     $(post['parent'] ? '#isso_' + post['parent'] + ' > ul:last-child' : '#isso_thread > ul')
-    .append(
-        '<article class="isso" id="isso_' + post['id'] + '">' +
-        '  <header></header>' +
-        '  <div></div>' +
-        '  <footer></footer>' +
-        '</article>'
-    );
+    .append(brew([
+        'article', {'class': 'isso', 'id': 'isso_' + post['id']},
+            ['header'], ['div'], ['footer']
+    ]));
 
     var node = $('#isso_' + post['id']),
         author = post['author'] || 'Anonymous';
 
     if (post['website'])
-        author = '<a href="' + post['website'] + '" rel="nofollow">' + author + '</a>';
+        author = brew(['a', {'href': post['website'], 'rel': 'nofollow'}]);
 
     // deleted
     if (post['mode'] == 4) {
@@ -154,28 +178,22 @@ function insert(post) {
 
     $('header', node).append('<span class="author">' + author + '</span>');
     if (post['mode'] == 2 )
-        $('helpers', node).append('<span class="note">Kommentar muss noch freigeschaltet werden</span>');
+        $('header', node).append(brew(['span', {'class': 'note'}, 'Kommentar muss noch freigeschaltet werden']));
 
     $('div', node).html(post['text']);
 
-    $('footer', node).append(
-        '<a href="#">Antworten</a>' +
-        '<a href="#isso_' + post['id'] + '">#' + post['id'] + '</a>' +
-        '<time datetime="' + date.getUTCFullYear() + '-' + date.getUTCMonth() + '-' +
-                             date.getUTCDate() + '">' + format(date) +
-        '</time>'
-    )
-
-    // pending notification
-    if (post['mode'] == 2 ) {
-        $('#isso_' + post['id'] + ' header')
-         .append('<span class="note">Kommentar muss noch freigeschaltet werden</span>');
-    }
+    $('footer', node).append(brew([
+        'a', {'href': '#'}, 'Antworten',
+    ])).append(brew([
+        'a', {'href': '#isso_' + post['id']}, '#' + post['id'],
+    ])).append(brew([
+        'time', {'datetime': date.getUTCFullYear() + '-' + date.getUTCMonth() + '-' + date.getUTCDate()}, format(date)
+    ]));
 
     if (read(path + '-' + post['id'])) {
         $('#isso_' + post['id'] + '> footer > a:first-child')
-            .after('<a class="delete" href="#">Löschen</a>')
-            .after('<a class="edit" href="#">Bearbeiten</a>');
+            .after(brew(['a', {'class': 'delete', 'href': '#'}, 'Löschen']))
+            .after(brew(['a', {'class': 'edit', 'href': '#'}, 'Bearbeiten']));
 
         // DELETE
         $('#isso_' + post['id'] + ' > footer .delete').on('click', function(event) {
@@ -289,7 +307,6 @@ function initialize(thread) {
 
 
 function fetch(thread) {
-    console.log(window.location.pathname);
     $.ajax('GET', prefix + '/1.0/' + encodeURIComponent(window.location.pathname),
     {}, {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}).then(function(status, rv) {