diff --git a/src/_h5ai/client/js/inc/core/location.js b/src/_h5ai/client/js/inc/core/location.js
index 7b3f2be6..0a62f8c7 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/client/js/inc/core/location.js
+++ b/src/_h5ai/client/js/inc/core/location.js
@@ -121,13 +121,13 @@ modulejs.define('core/location', ['_', 'modernizr', 'core/settings', 'core/event
 			}
 
 			var item = getItem();
-			if (item.isLocationLoaded) {
+			if (item.isLoaded) {
 				event.pub('location.changed', item);
 				refresh();
 			} else {
 				notify.set('loading...');
 				load(function () {
-					item.isLocationLoaded = true;
+					item.isLoaded = true;
 					notify.set();
 					event.pub('location.changed', item);
 				});
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ modulejs.define('core/location', ['_', 'modernizr', 'core/settings', 'core/event
 
 		refresh = function () {
 
-
 			var item = getItem(),
 				oldItems = _.values(item.content);
 
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/server/php/index.php b/src/_h5ai/server/php/index.php
index aca10b8f..1f3f54b2 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/server/php/index.php
+++ b/src/_h5ai/server/php/index.php
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ function normalize_path($path, $trailing_slash = false) {
 }
 
 define("APP_ABS_PATH", normalize_path(dirname(dirname(dirname(__FILE__)))));
-define("APP_ABS_HREF", normalize_path(dirname(dirname(dirname(getenv("SCRIPT_NAME")))), true));
+// define("APP_ABS_HREF", normalize_path(dirname(dirname(dirname(getenv("SCRIPT_NAME")))), true));
+define("APP_ABS_HREF", normalize_path(dirname(dirname(dirname(preg_replace('#^.*//#', '/', getenv("SCRIPT_NAME"))))), true)); // fixes lighttpd issues
 define("ABS_HREF", normalize_path(preg_replace('/[^\\/]*$/', '', getenv("REQUEST_URI")), true));
 
 function normalized_require_once($lib) {