diff --git a/php/app.php b/php/app.php
index 597dd825..208b96bc 100644
--- a/php/app.php
+++ b/php/app.php
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ if (!$action) {
     $sql = sprintf('select * from ownership where name="%s"', mysql_real_escape_string($name));
     $result = mysql_query($sql);
     $ok = false;
+    $created = false;
 
     header('content-type: application/json');
 
@@ -163,9 +164,11 @@ if (!$action) {
       // store and okay (note "key" is a reserved word - typical!)
       $key = $bcrypt->hash($key);
       $sql = sprintf('insert into ownership (`name`, `key`, `email`, `last_login`, `created`, `updated`) values ("%s", "%s", "%s", NOW(), NOW(), NOW())', mysql_real_escape_string($name), mysql_real_escape_string($key), mysql_real_escape_string($email));
-      $ok = mysql_query($sql);
-      if ($ok) {
-        echo json_encode(array('ok' => true, 'created' => true));
+      $result = mysql_query($sql);
+      if ($result) {
+        $ok = true;
+        $created = true;
+        // echo json_encode(array('ok' => true, 'created' => true));
       } else {
         echo json_encode(array('ok' => false, 'error' => mysql_error()));
       }
@@ -205,7 +208,7 @@ if (!$action) {
       )));
       $hash = session_hash($data);
       setcookie('session', $hash . $data, time() + 60 * 60 * 24 * 30, '/', null, false, true);
-      echo json_encode(array('ok' => true, 'created' => false));
+      echo json_encode(array('ok' => true, 'created' => $created));
     }
     exit;
   }
diff --git a/php/index.php b/php/index.php
index f021cc91..a17d98d2 100644
--- a/php/index.php
+++ b/php/index.php
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ echo $mustache->render($view, array(
   'home' => $home,
   'revision' => $revision,
   'code_id' => $code_id,
+  'url' => $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'],
   'code_id_path' => $code_id_path,
   'code_id_domain' => $code_id_domain,
   'json_template' => json_encode(array(
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ echo $mustache->render($view, array(
   'production?' => IS_PRODUCTION,
   'analytics_id' => ANALYTICS_ID,
   'embed' => $embed,
-  'tips' => file_get_contents('tips.json'),
+  'tips' => file_get_contents('../public/tips.json'),
   'list_history' => $embed ? '' : $list_history,
   'jsbin' => json_encode(array(
     'root' => ROOT,
diff --git a/php/sprocketize.php b/php/sprocketize.php
index 0eeb463f..edb0050a 100644
--- a/php/sprocketize.php
+++ b/php/sprocketize.php
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ if ($pos !== false) $pos = strlen(PATH);
 
 $request_uri = substr($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], $pos);
 $filePath = '/' . preg_replace('/\?.*/', '', $request_uri);
- 
+
+chdir('../public');
+
 // prepare sprocket
 $sprocket = new Sprocket($filePath, array(    
 	'contentType' => 'application/x-javascript',