diff --git a/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/Api.php b/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/Api.php
index 518a4702..fe063c64 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/Api.php
+++ b/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/Api.php
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 class Api {
 
 
+	private $app;
+
+
 	public function __construct($app) {
 
 		$this->app = $app;
@@ -19,50 +22,50 @@ class Api {
 
 			$response = array();
 
-			if (array_key_exists("options", $_REQUEST)) {
+			if (has_request_param("options")) {
 
 				use_request_params("options");
 				$response["options"] = $this->app->get_options();
 			}
 
-			if (array_key_exists("types", $_REQUEST)) {
+			if (has_request_param("types")) {
 
 				use_request_params("types");
 				$response["types"] = $this->app->get_types();
 			}
 
-			if (array_key_exists("langs", $_REQUEST)) {
+			if (has_request_param("langs")) {
 
 				use_request_params("langs");
 				$response["langs"] = $this->app->get_l10n_list();
 			}
 
-			if (array_key_exists("l10n", $_REQUEST)) {
+			if (has_request_param("l10n")) {
 
 				list($iso_codes) = use_request_params("l10nCodes", "l10n");
 				$iso_codes = explode(":", $iso_codes);
 				$response["l10n"] = $this->app->get_l10n($iso_codes);
 			}
 
-			if (array_key_exists("checks", $_REQUEST)) {
+			if (has_request_param("checks")) {
 
 				use_request_params("checks");
 				$response["checks"] = $this->app->get_server_checks();
 			}
 
-			if (array_key_exists("server", $_REQUEST)) {
+			if (has_request_param("server")) {
 
 				use_request_params("server");
 				$response["server"] = $this->app->get_server_details();
 			}
 
-			if (array_key_exists("custom", $_REQUEST)) {
+			if (has_request_param("custom")) {
 
 				list($abs_href) = use_optional_request_params("customHref", "custom");
 				$response["custom"] = $this->app->get_customizations($abs_href);
 			}
 
-			if (array_key_exists("items", $_REQUEST)) {
+			if (has_request_param("items")) {
 
 				list($abs_href, $what) = use_optional_request_params("itemsHref", "itemsWhat", "items");
 				$what = is_numeric($what) ? intval($what, 10) : 1;
@@ -83,7 +86,7 @@ class Api {
 				json_fail(1, "thumbnails disabled");
 			}
 
-			normalized_require_once("/server/php/inc/Thumb.php");
+			normalized_require_once("Thumb.php");
 			if (!Thumb::is_supported()) {
 				json_fail(2, "thumbnails not supported");
 			}
@@ -106,7 +109,7 @@ class Api {
 
 			list($as, $type, $hrefs) = use_request_params(array("as", "type", "hrefs"));
 
-			normalized_require_once("/server/php/inc/Archive.php");
+			normalized_require_once("Archive.php");
 			$archive = new Archive($this->app);
 
 			$hrefs = explode("|:|", trim($hrefs));
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/App.php b/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/App.php
index 63166f34..11b69732 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/App.php
+++ b/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/App.php
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ class App {
 			$server_version = $matches[2];
 		}
 
+		$app_abs_path = normalize_path(dirname(dirname(dirname(dirname(__FILE__)))));
+
 		$script_name = getenv("SCRIPT_NAME");
 		if ($server_name === "lighttpd") {
 			$script_name = preg_replace("#^.*//#", "/", $script_name);
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ class App {
 		$url_parts = parse_url(getenv("REQUEST_URI"));
 		$abs_href = $url_parts["path"];
 
-		return new App($server_name, $server_version, APP_ABS_PATH, $app_abs_href, $abs_href);
+		return new App($server_name, $server_version, $app_abs_path, $app_abs_href, $abs_href);
 	}
 
 
@@ -57,6 +59,10 @@ class App {
 		$this->abs_href = normalize_path($abs_href, true);
 		$this->abs_path = $this->get_abs_path($this->abs_href);
 
+		// echo("<pre>");
+		// var_dump($this);
+		// exit();
+
 		$this->options = load_commented_json($this->app_abs_path . "/conf/options.json");
 	}
 
@@ -235,8 +241,6 @@ class App {
 
 	public function get_fallback() {
 
-		date_default_timezone_set("UTC");
-
 		$cache = array();
 		$folder = Item::get($this, $this->abs_path, $cache);
 		$items = $folder->get_content($cache);
@@ -327,10 +331,10 @@ class App {
 		$results = array();
 
 		$results["path_index"] = $this->app_abs_href . "server/php/index.php";
+		$results["path_cache_writable"] = @is_writable($this->get_cache_abs_path());
 		$results["php_version"] = PHP_VERSION;
 		$results["php_version_supported"] = $this->is_supported_php;
 		$results["php_exif"] = function_exists("exif_thumbnail");
-		$results["path_cache_writable"] = @is_writable($this->get_cache_abs_path());
 
 		$gd = false;
 		if (function_exists("gd_info")) {
@@ -365,6 +369,7 @@ class App {
 
 		return array(
 			"backend" => "php",
+			"api" => true,
 			"name" => $this->server_name,
 			"version" => $this->server_version
 		);
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/Thumb.php b/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/Thumb.php
index 00dad454..f982cb7f 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/Thumb.php
+++ b/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/Thumb.php
@@ -6,19 +6,16 @@ class Thumb {
 	private static $AVCONV_CMD = "avconv -ss 0:01:00 -i [SOURCE] -an -vframes 1 [TARGET]";
 	private static $CONVERT_CMD = "convert -strip [SOURCE][0] [TARGET]";
 	private static $THUMB_CACHE = "thumbs";
+	private static $CAPTURE_CACHE = "captures";
+
 
 	public static final function is_supported() {
 
-		if (!function_exists("gd_info")) {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		$gdinfo = gd_info();
-		return array_key_exists("JPG Support", $gdinfo) && $gdinfo["JPG Support"] || array_key_exists("JPEG Support", $gdinfo) && $gdinfo["JPEG Support"];
+		return Image::is_supported();
 	}
 
 
-	private $app;
+	private $app, $thumbs_path, $thumbs_href;
 
 
 	public function __construct($app) {
@@ -93,7 +90,7 @@ class Thumb {
 			return null;
 		}
 
-		$capture_abs_path = $this->app->get_cache_abs_path() . "/capture-" . sha1($source_abs_path) . ".jpg";
+		$capture_abs_path = $this->thumbs_path . "/capture-" . sha1($source_abs_path) . ".jpg";
 
 		if (!file_exists($capture_abs_path) || filemtime($source_abs_path) >= filemtime($capture_abs_path)) {
 			$cmd = str_replace("[SOURCE]", escapeshellarg($source_abs_path), $cmd);
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/main.php b/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/main.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..66badf85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/main.php
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+<?php
+
+putenv("LANG=en_US.UTF-8");
+date_default_timezone_set("UTC");
+
+normalized_require_once("util.php");
+normalized_require_once("App.php");
+normalized_require_once("Item.php");
+
+
+function create_app() {
+
+	$server_name = null;
+	$server_version = null;
+	$server_software = getenv("SERVER_SOFTWARE");
+	if ($server_software && preg_match("#^(.*?)/(.*?)(?: |$)#", strtolower($server_software), $matches)) {
+		$server_name = $matches[1];
+		$server_version = $matches[2];
+	}
+
+	$app_abs_path = normalize_path(dirname(dirname(dirname(dirname(__FILE__)))));
+
+	$script_name = getenv("SCRIPT_NAME");
+	if ($server_name === "lighttpd") {
+		$script_name = preg_replace("#^.*//#", "/", $script_name);
+	}
+	$app_abs_href = dirname(dirname(dirname($script_name)));
+
+	$url_parts = parse_url(getenv("REQUEST_URI"));
+	$abs_href = $url_parts["path"];
+
+	return new App($server_name, $server_version, $app_abs_path, $app_abs_href, $abs_href);
+}
+
+
+$app = create_app();
+
+
+if (has_request_param("action")) {
+
+	header("Content-type: application/json;charset=utf-8");
+
+	normalized_require_once("Api.php");
+	$api = new Api($app);
+	$api->apply();
+
+} else {
+
+	header("Content-type: text/html;charset=utf-8");
+
+	global $HREF, $FALLBACK;
+	$HREF = $app->get_app_abs_href();
+	$FALLBACK = $app->get_fallback();
+	normalized_require_once("page.php");
+}
+
+?>
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diff --git a/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/util.php b/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/util.php
index e684bf5c..534fcdba 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/util.php
+++ b/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/util.php
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 <?php
 
+function normalize_path($path, $trailing_slash = false) {
+
+	$path = str_replace("\\", "/", $path);
+	return preg_match("#^(\w:)?/$#", $path) ? $path : (rtrim($path, "/") . ($trailing_slash ? "/" : ""));
+}
+
 function json_exit($obj = array()) {
 
 	$obj["code"] = 0;
@@ -15,6 +21,11 @@ function json_fail($code, $msg = "", $cond = true) {
 	}
 }
 
+function has_request_param($key) {
+
+	return array_key_exists($key, $_REQUEST);
+}
+
 function use_request_params($keys) {
 
 	if (!is_array($keys)) {
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/server/php/index.php b/src/_h5ai/server/php/index.php
index 78b177c7..cfb15c19 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/server/php/index.php
+++ b/src/_h5ai/server/php/index.php
@@ -1,48 +1,12 @@
 <?php
 
-
-/* Bootstrap */
-
-function normalize_path($path, $trailing_slash = false) {
-
-	$path = str_replace("\\", "/", $path);
-	return preg_match("#^(\w:)?/$#", $path) ? $path : (preg_replace('#/$#', '', $path) . ($trailing_slash ? "/" : ""));
-}
-
-define("APP_ABS_PATH", normalize_path(dirname(dirname(dirname(__FILE__)))));
-
 function normalized_require_once($lib) {
 
-	require_once(APP_ABS_PATH . $lib);
+	$path = dirname(__FILE__) . "/inc/" . $lib;
+	$path = preg_replace("#\\+|/+#", "/", $path);
+	require_once($path);
 }
 
-
-/* Init */
-
-normalized_require_once("/server/php/inc/util.php");
-normalized_require_once("/server/php/inc/App.php");
-normalized_require_once("/server/php/inc/Item.php");
-$app = App::from_env();
-
-
-/* Run */
-
-if (array_key_exists("action", $_REQUEST)) {
-
-	header("Content-type: application/json;charset=utf-8");
-
-	normalized_require_once("/server/php/inc/Api.php");
-	$api = new Api($app);
-	$api->apply();
-
-} else {
-
-	header("Content-type: text/html;charset=utf-8");
-
-	$HREF = $app->get_app_abs_href();
-	$FALLBACK = $app->get_fallback();
-
-	normalized_require_once("/server/php/inc/page.php");
-}
+normalized_require_once("main.php");
 
 ?>
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