diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c6f9dde3..8095988e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ To create an fresh zipball run
 * adds auto-refresh (PHP)
 * adds drag'n'drop upload (PHP)
 * adds file deletion (PHP)
+* cleans and improves PHP code
 * PHP ignore patterns might include paths now
 * adds optional binary prefixes for file sizes
 * improves filter: autofocus on keypress, clear on `ESC`
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/conf/config.json b/src/_h5ai/conf/config.json
index f2cfeb41..e7abe9c0 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/conf/config.json
+++ b/src/_h5ai/conf/config.json
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ options, types and langs
 	"options": {
 
 		/*
-		The absolute link to h5ai.
-		Must point to the "_h5ai" directory.
+		The absolute link to {{pkg.name}}.
+		Must point to the "_{{pkg.name}}" directory.
 		*/
-		"h5aiAbsHref": "/_h5ai/",
+		"h5aiAbsHref": "/_{{pkg.name}}/",
 
 		/*
 		Spacing of the main content.
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ options, types and langs
 		"view": {
 			"modes": ["details", "list", "grid", "icons"],
 			"setParentFolderLabels": true,
-			"binaryPrefix": false
+			"binaryPrefix": false,
+			"indexFiles": ["index.html", "index.htm", "index.php"],
+			"ignore": ["^\\.", "^_{{pkg.name}}"]
 		},
 
 
@@ -75,8 +77,8 @@ options, types and langs
 		*/
 		"custom": {
 			"enabled": true,
-			"header": "_h5ai.header.html",
-			"footer": "_h5ai.footer.html"
+			"header": "_{{pkg.name}}.header.html",
+			"footer": "_{{pkg.name}}.footer.html"
 		},
 
 		/* [php]
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/conf/config.php b/src/_h5ai/conf/config.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b24157c..00000000
--- a/src/_h5ai/conf/config.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/*
-{{pkg.name}} {{pkg.version}}
-{{pkg.url}}
-
-PHP Configuration
-filesystem paths and file ignore rules
-*/
-
-global $H5AI_CONFIG;
-
-$H5AI_CONFIG = array(
-
-	/*
-	Files/folders that should not be listed. Specified
-	by the complete filename or by a regular expression.
-	http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match.php
-	*/
-	"IGNORE" => array(),
-	"IGNORE_PATTERNS" => array("/^\\./", "/^_h5ai/"),
-
-	/*
-	Folders that contain one of these files will be considered
-	not to be h5ai indexed folders.
-	*/
-	"INDEX_FILES" => array("index.html", "index.htm", "index.php")
-);
-
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/server/php/api.php b/src/_h5ai/server/php/api.php
index f547d4df..17107fe5 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/server/php/api.php
+++ b/src/_h5ai/server/php/api.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 require_once(str_replace("\\", "/", dirname(__FILE__)) . "/inc/init.php");
 $h5ai = $APP;
-$options = $h5ai->getOptions();
+$options = $h5ai->get_options();
 
 
 list($action) = use_request_params(array("action"));
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ else if ($action === "getarchive") {
 	list($id, $as) = use_request_params(array("id", "as"));
 	json_fail(2, "file not found", !preg_match("/^package-/", $id));
 
-	$target = $h5ai->getCacheAbsPath() . "/" . $id;
+	$target = $h5ai->get_cache_abs_path() . "/" . $id;
 	json_fail(3, "file not found", !file_exists($target));
 
 	header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream");
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ else if ($action === "getchecks") {
 		$gdinfo = gd_info();
 		$gd = array_key_exists("JPG Support", $gdinfo) && $gdinfo["JPG Support"] || array_key_exists("JPEG Support", $gdinfo) && $gdinfo["JPEG Support"];
 	}
-	$cache = @is_writable($h5ai->getCacheAbsPath());
+	$cache = @is_writable($h5ai->get_cache_abs_path());
 	$tar = @preg_match("/tar$/", `which tar`) > 0;
 	$zip = @preg_match("/zip$/", `which zip`) > 0;
 	$convert = @preg_match("/convert$/", `which convert`) > 0;
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ else if ($action === "getentries") {
 
 	$content = intval($content, 10);
 
-	json_exit(array("entries" => $h5ai->getEntries($href, $content)));
+	json_exit(array("entries" => $h5ai->get_entries($href, $content)));
 }
 
 
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ else if ($action === "upload") {
 	json_fail(3, "something went wrong [" . $userfile["error"] . "]", $userfile["error"] !== 0);
 	json_fail(4, "folders not supported", file_get_contents($userfile["tmp_name"]) === "null");
 
-	$upload_dir = $h5ai->getAbsPath($href);
-	$code = $h5ai->getHttpCode($href);
+	$upload_dir = $h5ai->get_abs_path($href);
+	$code = $h5ai->get_http_code($href);
 
 	json_fail(5, "upload dir no h5ai folder or ignored", $code !== "h5ai" || $h5ai->is_ignored($upload_dir));
 
@@ -150,13 +150,13 @@ else if ($action === "delete") {
 		$d = normalize_path(dirname($href), true);
 		$n = basename($href);
 
-		$code = $h5ai->getHttpCode($d);
+		$code = $h5ai->get_http_code($d);
 		if ($code == 401) {
 		}
 
 		if ($code == "h5ai" && !$h5ai->is_ignored($n)) {
 
-			$absPath = $h5ai->getAbsPath($href);
+			$absPath = $h5ai->get_abs_path($href);
 
 			if (!unlink($absPath)) {
 				$errors[] = $href;
@@ -181,13 +181,13 @@ else if ($action === "rename") {
 	$d = normalize_path(dirname($href), true);
 	$n = basename($href);
 
-	$code = $h5ai->getHttpCode($d);
+	$code = $h5ai->get_http_code($d);
 	if ($code == 401) {
 	}
 
 	if ($code == "h5ai" && !$h5ai->is_ignored($n)) {
 
-		$absPath = $h5ai->getAbsPath($href);
+		$absPath = $h5ai->get_abs_path($href);
 		$folder = normalize_path(dirname($absPath));
 
 		if (!rename($absPath, $folder . "/" . $name)) {
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/App.php b/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/App.php
index 1d31a7e7..7c3356ae 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/App.php
+++ b/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/App.php
@@ -1,111 +1,101 @@
 <?php
 
-class H5ai {
+class App {
 
-	private static $H5AI_CONTENT_TYPE = "Content-Type: text/html;h5ai=";
+	public static $MAGIC_SEQUENCE = "={{pkg.name}}=";
+	public static $FILE_PREFIX = "_{{pkg.name}}";
+
+	private static $RE_DELIMITER = "|";
+	private static $CACHE_DIR = "cache";
 
 
-	private $h5aiAbsPath, $rootAbsPath,
-			$h5aiAbsHref, $rootAbsHref,
-			$absHref, $absPath,
-			$ignore_names, $ignore_patterns, $index_files,
-			$config, $options;
+	private $app_abs_path, $root_abs_path,
+			$app_abs_href, $root_abs_href,
+			$abs_href, $abs_path,
+			$options;
 
 
-	public function __construct($app_abs_path, $app_abs_href) {
+	public function __construct($app_abs_path, $app_abs_href, $abs_href) {
 
-		$this->h5aiAbsPath = normalize_path($app_abs_path);
-		$this->rootAbsPath = normalize_path(dirname($app_abs_path));
+		$this->app_abs_path = normalize_path($app_abs_path);
+		$this->root_abs_path = normalize_path(dirname($this->app_abs_path));
 
-		$this->h5aiAbsHref = normalize_path($app_abs_href, true);
-		$this->rootAbsHref = normalize_path(dirname($app_abs_href), true);
+		$this->app_abs_href = normalize_path($app_abs_href, true);
+		$this->root_abs_href = normalize_path(dirname($this->app_abs_href), true);
 
-		$this->absHref = normalize_path(preg_replace('/[^\\/]*$/', '', getenv("REQUEST_URI")), true);
-		$this->absPath = $this->getAbsPath($this->absHref);
+		$this->abs_href = normalize_path($abs_href, true);
+		$this->abs_path = $this->get_abs_path($this->abs_href);
 
-		global $H5AI_CONFIG;
-		$this->ignore_names = $H5AI_CONFIG["IGNORE"];
-		$this->ignore_patterns = $H5AI_CONFIG["IGNORE_PATTERNS"];
-		$this->index_files = $H5AI_CONFIG["INDEX_FILES"];
-
-		$this->config = array("options" => array(), "types" => array(), "langs" => array());
-		$this->config = merge_config($this->config, load_commented_json($this->h5aiAbsPath . "/conf/config.json"));
-		$this->options = $this->config["options"];
-
-		$this->config = merge_config($this->config, load_commented_json($this->absPath . "/_h5ai.config.json"));
-		$this->options = $this->config["options"];
+		$config = array("options" => array(), "types" => array(), "langs" => array());
+		$config = merge_config($config, load_commented_json($this->app_abs_path . "/conf/config.json"));
+		$config = merge_config($config, load_commented_json($this->abs_path . "/" . App::$FILE_PREFIX . ".config.json"));
+		$this->options = $config["options"];
 	}
 
 
-	public function getRootAbsPath() {
+	public function get_root_abs_path() {
 
-		return $this->rootAbsPath;
+		return $this->root_abs_path;
 	}
 
 
-	public function getH5aiAbsPath() {
+	public function get_root_abs_href() {
 
-		return $this->h5aiAbsPath;
+		return $this->root_abs_href;
 	}
 
 
-	public function getRootAbsHref() {
+	public function get_app_abs_href() {
 
-		return $this->rootAbsHref;
+		return $this->app_abs_href;
 	}
 
 
-	public function getH5aiAbsHref() {
+	public function get_cache_abs_path() {
 
-		return $this->h5aiAbsHref;
+		return $this->app_abs_path . '/' . App::$CACHE_DIR;
 	}
 
 
-	public function getCacheAbsPath() {
+	public function get_cache_abs_href() {
 
-		return $this->h5aiAbsPath . '/cache';
+		return $this->app_abs_href . App::$CACHE_DIR . '/';
 	}
 
 
-	public function getCacheAbsHref() {
-
-		return $this->h5aiAbsHref . 'cache/';
-	}
-
-
-	public function getOptions() {
+	public function get_options() {
 
 		return $this->options;
 	}
 
 
-	public function getAbsHref($absPath = null, $endWithSlash = true) {
+	public function get_abs_href($abs_path = null, $trailing_slash = true) {
 
-		if ($absPath === null) {
-			return $this->absHref;
+		if ($abs_path === null) {
+			return $this->abs_href;
 		}
 
-		$absPath = substr($absPath, strlen($this->rootAbsPath));
+		$abs_path = substr($abs_path, strlen($this->root_abs_path));
 
-		$parts = explode("/", $absPath);
-		$encodedParts = array();
+		$parts = explode("/", $abs_path);
+		$encoded_parts = array();
 		foreach ($parts as $part) {
-			$encodedParts[] = rawurlencode($part);
+			$encoded_parts[] = rawurlencode($part);
 		}
 
-		return normalize_path($this->rootAbsHref . implode("/", $encodedParts), $endWithSlash);
+		return normalize_path($this->root_abs_href . implode("/", $encoded_parts), $trailing_slash);
 	}
 
 
-	public function getAbsPath($absHref = null) {
+	public function get_abs_path($abs_href = null) {
 
-		if ($absHref === null) {
-			return $this->absPath;
+		if ($abs_href === null) {
+			return $this->abs_path;
 		}
 
-		$absHref = substr($absHref, strlen($this->rootAbsHref));
+		$abs_href = substr($abs_href, strlen($this->root_abs_href));
 
-		return normalize_path($this->rootAbsPath . "/" . rawurldecode($absHref));
+		return normalize_path($this->root_abs_path . "/" . rawurldecode($abs_href));
 	}
 
 
@@ -116,10 +106,8 @@ class H5ai {
 			return true;
 		}
 
-		if (in_array($name, $this->ignore_names)) {
-			return true;
-		}
-		foreach ($this->ignore_patterns as $re) {
+		foreach ($this->options["view"]["ignore"] as $re) {
+			$re = App::$RE_DELIMITER . str_replace(App::$RE_DELIMITER, '\\' . App::$RE_DELIMITER, $re) . App::$RE_DELIMITER;
 			if (preg_match($re, $name)) {
 				return true;
 			}
@@ -135,7 +123,7 @@ class H5ai {
 		if (is_dir($path)) {
 			if ($dir = opendir($path)) {
 				while (($file = readdir($dir)) !== false) {
-					if (!$this->is_ignored($file) && !$this->is_ignored($this->getAbsHref($path) . $file)) {
+					if (!$this->is_ignored($file) && !$this->is_ignored($this->get_abs_href($path) . $file)) {
 						$content[] = $file;
 					}
 				}
@@ -146,20 +134,16 @@ class H5ai {
 	}
 
 
-	public function getHttpCode($absHref) {
+	public function get_http_code($abs_href) {
 
-		if (!is_dir($this->getAbsPath($absHref))) {
-			return null;
+		if (!is_dir($this->get_abs_path($abs_href))) {
+			return 500;
 		}
 
-		$absPath = $this->getAbsPath($absHref);
+		$abs_path = $this->get_abs_path($abs_href);
 
-		foreach ($this->index_files as $if) {
-			if (file_exists($absPath . "/" . $if)) {
-				if ($if === "index.php") {
-					$fileheader = file_get_contents($absPath . "/" . $if, false, null, -1, 50);
-					return stripos($fileheader, H5ai::$H5AI_CONTENT_TYPE) === false ? 200 : "h5ai";
-				}
+		foreach ($this->options["view"]["indexFiles"] as $if) {
+			if (file_exists($abs_path . "/" . $if)) {
 				return 200;
 			}
 		}
@@ -173,14 +157,14 @@ class H5ai {
 	}
 
 
-	public function getGenericJson() {
+	public function get_generic_json() {
 
-		$entries = $this->getEntries($this->absHref, 1);
+		$entries = $this->get_entries($this->abs_href, 1);
 
 		$header = $this->options["custom"]["header"];
 		$footer = $this->options["custom"]["footer"];
-		$header = $this->fileExists($header ? $this->absPath . "/" . $header : null) ? $header : null;
-		$footer = $this->fileExists($footer ? $this->absPath . "/" . $footer : null) ? $footer : null;
+		$header = $this->fileExists($header ? $this->abs_path . "/" . $header : null) ? $header : null;
+		$footer = $this->fileExists($footer ? $this->abs_path . "/" . $footer : null) ? $footer : null;
 
 		$json = array(
 			"id" => "php",
@@ -195,24 +179,26 @@ class H5ai {
 	}
 
 
-	public function getCustomConfig() {
+	public function get_custom_config() {
 
-		$config = "_h5ai.config.json";
-		$config = $this->fileExists($config ? $this->absPath . "/" . $config : "ignore") ? $config : "ignore";
+		$config = App::$FILE_PREFIX . ".config.json";
+		$config = $this->fileExists($config ? $this->abs_path . "/" . $config : "ignore") ? $config : "ignore";
 		return $config;
 	}
 
 
-	public function getEntries($absHref, $content) {
+	public function get_entries($abs_href, $what) {
 
-		$folder = Entry::get($this, $this->getAbsPath($absHref), $absHref);
-		if ($content > 1 && $folder !== null) {
+		$folder = Entry::get($this, $this->get_abs_path($abs_href), $abs_href);
+
+		if ($what > 1 && $folder !== null) {
 			foreach ($folder->getContent() as $entry) {
 				$entry->getContent();
 			}
 			$folder = $folder->getParent();
 		}
-		while ($content > 0 && $folder !== null) {
+
+		while ($what > 0 && $folder !== null) {
 			$folder->getContent();
 			$folder = $folder->getParent();
 		}
@@ -227,11 +213,11 @@ class H5ai {
 	}
 
 
-	public function getNoJsFallback() {
+	public function get_no_js_fallback() {
 
-		date_default_timezone_set ("UTC");
+		date_default_timezone_set("UTC");
 
-		function _cmp($entry1, $entry2) {
+		function _cmp_no_js_fallback($entry1, $entry2) {
 
 			if ($entry1->isFolder && !$entry2->isFolder) {
 				return -1;
@@ -243,9 +229,9 @@ class H5ai {
 			return strcasecmp($entry1->absHref, $entry2->absHref);
 		}
 
-		$folder = Entry::get($this, $this->absPath, $this->absHref);
+		$folder = Entry::get($this, $this->abs_path, $this->abs_href);
 		$entries = $folder->getContent();
-		uasort($entries, "_cmp");
+		uasort($entries, "_cmp_no_js_fallback");
 
 		$html = "<table>";
 		$html .= "<tr><th></th><th><span>Name</span></th><th><span>Last modified</span></th><th><span>Size</span></th></tr>";
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/Archive.php b/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/Archive.php
index ea766102..bdc1acb4 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/Archive.php
+++ b/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/Archive.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class Archive {
 			return 404;
 		}
 
-		$target = $this->h5ai->getCacheAbsPath() . "/package-" . sha1(microtime(true) . rand()) .  "." . $format;
+		$target = $this->h5ai->get_cache_abs_path() . "/package-" . sha1(microtime(true) . rand()) .  "." . $format;
 
 		try {
 			if ($execution === "shell") {
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class Archive {
 				} else {
 					return null;
 				}
-				$cmd = str_replace("[ROOTDIR]", "\"" . $this->h5ai->getRootAbsPath() . "\"", $cmd);
+				$cmd = str_replace("[ROOTDIR]", "\"" . $this->h5ai->get_root_abs_path() . "\"", $cmd);
 				$cmd = str_replace("[TARGET]", "\"" . $target . "\"", $cmd);
 				$cmd = str_replace("[DIRS]", count($this->dirs) ? "\"" . implode("\"  \"", array_values($this->dirs)) . "\"" : "", $cmd);
 				$cmd = str_replace("[FILES]", count($this->files) ? "\"" . implode("\"  \"", array_values($this->files)) . "\"" : "", $cmd);
@@ -74,15 +74,15 @@ class Archive {
 			$d = normalize_path(dirname($href), true);
 			$n = basename($href);
 
-			$code = $this->h5ai->getHttpCode($d);
+			$code = $this->h5ai->get_http_code($d);
 			if ($code == 401) {
 				$this->sc401 = true;
 			}
 
 			if ($code == "h5ai" && !$this->h5ai->is_ignored($n)) {
 
-				$realFile = $this->h5ai->getAbsPath($href);
-				$archivedFile = preg_replace("!^" . normalize_path($this->h5ai->getRootAbsPath(), true) . "!", "", $realFile);
+				$realFile = $this->h5ai->get_abs_path($href);
+				$archivedFile = preg_replace("!^" . normalize_path($this->h5ai->get_root_abs_path(), true) . "!", "", $realFile);
 
 				if (is_dir($realFile)) {
 					$this->add_dir($realFile, $archivedFile);
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class Archive {
 
 	private function add_dir($realDir, $archivedDir) {
 
-		$code = $this->h5ai->getHttpCode($this->h5ai->getAbsHref($realDir));
+		$code = $this->h5ai->get_http_code($this->h5ai->get_abs_href($realDir));
 		if ($code == 401) {
 			$this->sc401 = true;
 		}
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/Entry.php b/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/Entry.php
index 64d3b4b4..5c50ec4a 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/Entry.php
+++ b/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/Entry.php
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ class Entry {
 
 	public static function get($h5ai, $absPath, $absHref) {
 
-		if (!starts_with($absHref, $h5ai->getRootAbsHref())) {
-			error_log("ILLEGAL REQUEST: " . $absHref . ", " . $absPath . ", " . $h5ai->getRootAbsHref());
+		if (!starts_with($absHref, $h5ai->get_root_abs_href())) {
+			error_log("ILLEGAL REQUEST: " . $absHref . ", " . $absPath . ", " . $h5ai->get_root_abs_href());
 			return null;
 		}
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class Entry {
 
 		if ($this->isFolder) {
 			$this->size = null;
-			$options = $h5ai->getOptions();
+			$options = $h5ai->get_options();
 			if ($options["foldersize"]["enabled"]) {
 				$cmd = str_replace("[DIR]", $this->absPath, Entry::$FOLDER_SIZE_CMD);
 				$this->size = intval(preg_replace("/\s.*$/", "", `$cmd`), 10);
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class Entry {
 
 		$this->parent = null;
 		$parentAbsHref = normalize_path(dirname($this->absHref), true);
-		if ($this->absHref !== "/" && starts_with($parentAbsHref, $h5ai->getRootAbsHref())) {
+		if ($this->absHref !== "/" && starts_with($parentAbsHref, $h5ai->get_root_abs_href())) {
 			$this->parent = Entry::get($this->h5ai, normalize_path(dirname($this->absPath)), $parentAbsHref);
 		}
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class Entry {
 		);
 
 		if ($withStatus && $this->isFolder) {
-			$obj["status"] = $this->h5ai->getHttpCode($this->absHref);
+			$obj["status"] = $this->h5ai->get_http_code($this->absHref);
 			$obj["content"] = $this->isContentFetched;
 		}
 
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class Entry {
 
 		$content = array();
 
-		if ($this->h5ai->getHttpCode($this->absHref) !== "h5ai") {
+		if ($this->h5ai->get_http_code($this->absHref) !== "h5ai") {
 			return $content;
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/Thumb.php b/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/Thumb.php
index 8f1ba24f..f471f18f 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/Thumb.php
+++ b/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/Thumb.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class Thumb {
 
 	public function thumb($type, $sourceAbsHref, $mode, $width, $height) {
 
-		$sourceAbsPath = $this->h5ai->getAbsPath($sourceAbsHref);
+		$sourceAbsPath = $this->h5ai->get_abs_path($sourceAbsHref);
 
 		if ($type === "img") {
 			$captureAbsPath = $sourceAbsPath;
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ class Thumb {
 		}
 
 		$name = "thumb-" . sha1("$sourceAbsPath-$width-$height-$mode") . ".jpg";
-		$thumbAbsPath = $this->h5ai->getCacheAbsPath() . "/" . $name;
-		$thumbAbsHref = $this->h5ai->getCacheAbsHref() . $name;
+		$thumbAbsPath = $this->h5ai->get_cache_abs_path() . "/" . $name;
+		$thumbAbsHref = $this->h5ai->get_cache_abs_href() . $name;
 
 		if (!file_exists($thumbAbsPath) || filemtime($sourceAbsPath) >= filemtime($thumbAbsPath)) {
 			$image = new Image();
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class Thumb {
 			return null;
 		}
 
-		$captureAbsPath = $this->h5ai->getCacheAbsPath() . "/capture-" . sha1($sourceAbsPath) . ".jpg";
+		$captureAbsPath = $this->h5ai->get_cache_abs_path() . "/capture-" . sha1($sourceAbsPath) . ".jpg";
 
 		if (!file_exists($captureAbsPath) || filemtime($sourceAbsPath) >= filemtime($captureAbsPath)) {
 			$cmd = str_replace("[SOURCE]", $sourceAbsPath, $cmd);
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/init.php b/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/init.php
index 9b11d170..4f989b25 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/init.php
+++ b/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/init.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ function normalize_path($path, $trailing_slash = false) {
 
 define("APP_ABS_PATH", normalize_path(dirname(dirname(dirname(dirname(__FILE__))))));
 define("APP_ABS_HREF", normalize_path(dirname(dirname(dirname(getenv("SCRIPT_NAME")))), true));
+define("ABS_HREF", normalize_path(preg_replace('/[^\\/]*$/', '', getenv("REQUEST_URI")), true));
 
 function normalized_require_once($lib) {
 
@@ -17,8 +18,7 @@ function normalized_require_once($lib) {
 normalized_require_once("/server/php/inc/util.php");
 normalized_require_once("/server/php/inc/App.php");
 normalized_require_once("/server/php/inc/Entry.php");
-normalized_require_once("/conf/config.php");
 
-$APP = new H5ai(APP_ABS_PATH, APP_ABS_HREF);
+$APP = new App(APP_ABS_PATH, APP_ABS_HREF, ABS_HREF);
 
 ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/server/php/index.php.jade b/src/_h5ai/server/php/index.php.jade
index 663c1d3b..e8166069 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/server/php/index.php.jade
+++ b/src/_h5ai/server/php/index.php.jade
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 |<?php
 |	header("Content-type: text/html;{{pkg.name}}={{pkg.version}}");
 |	require_once(str_replace("\\", "/", dirname(__FILE__)) . "/inc/init.php");
-|	$h5ai = $APP;
-|	$h5aiAbsHref = $h5ai->getH5aiAbsHref();
-|	$isHeadRequest = stripos($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"], "HEAD");
+|	$app_abs_href = $APP->get_app_abs_href();
+|	$is_head_request = stripos($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"], "HEAD");
 |?>
 
-- var appHref = "<?php echo $h5aiAbsHref; ?>client"
-- var json = "<?php if (!$isHeadRequest) { echo $h5ai->getGenericJson(); }?>"
-- var fallback = "<?php if (!$isHeadRequest) { echo $h5ai->getNoJsFallback(); }?>"
-- var config = "<?php if (!$isHeadRequest) { echo $h5ai->getCustomConfig(); }?>"
+- var appHref = "<?php echo $app_abs_href; ?>client"
+- var json = "<?php if (!$is_head_request) { echo $APP->get_generic_json(); }?>"
+- var fallback = "<?php if (!$is_head_request) { echo $APP->get_no_js_fallback(); }?>"
+- var config = "<?php if (!$is_head_request) { echo $APP->get_custom_config(); }?>"
 
 doctype 5
 //if lt IE 9