diff --git a/index b/index
index 969a5f2..8a1eb25 100755
--- a/index
+++ b/index
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@
 # format: filename;size;date
 typeset -alU files
 
+# globals set by recursive_index
+typeset archive=""
+typeset urlsuffix=""
+typeset indextype=""
+typeset dataurl=""
+
 
 filetype_icon() {
 
@@ -90,7 +96,7 @@ recursive_index() {
     dirs=`find "$archive" -type d`
     basedir="/`basename "$archive"`/"
 
-    diralias="$2"
+    urlsuffix="$2"
 
     indextype="$3"
 
@@ -98,7 +104,7 @@ recursive_index() {
 
     func "index archive $archive"
     func "index basedir: $basedir"
-    func "index aliasdir: $diralias"
+    func "index aliasdir: $urlsuffix"
     # copy default icons
     mkdir -p $destination/icons$THUMB_SIZE
     cp $SYS/icons/$THUMB_SIZE/image-x-generic.png $destination/icons$THUMB_SIZE
@@ -127,9 +133,9 @@ EOF
 	    test -r "${d}/README" } && {
 	    print "<div class=\"span4\">" >> index${EXTENSION} }
 
-	# takes 3 arguments: base dir, alias dir and indexed directory
+	# takes 1 argument: indexed directory
 	# we must check if its the parent directory
-	index_${indextype%_readme*} "${archive}" "${diralias}" "${dir}" >> index${EXTENSION}
+	index_${indextype%_readme*} "${dir}" >> index${EXTENSION}
 	# here also strips the _readme modifier
 
         [[ "$indextype" =~ "readme" ]] && {
@@ -155,8 +161,8 @@ EOF
 
 
 index_short() {
-    func "index_short \"$1\" \"$2\" \"$3\""
-    dir="${1}${3}"
+    func "index_short \"$1\""
+    dir="${archive}${1}"
     { test -d "$dir" } || { error "cannot index: not a directory '$dir'"; return 1 }
     files=()
     ttmp=`ls -l --time-style=long-iso "$dir" | awk '
@@ -173,8 +179,7 @@ index_short() {
     
     act "${#files} files parsed in $dir"
 
-    diralias="$2"
-    dirbase="$3"
+    dirbase="$1"
 
     # setup paths for test
     if [ "$CMD" = "test" ]; then
@@ -182,7 +187,7 @@ index_short() {
 	tpwd=`pwd`
 	parent="${tpwd%/*}"
     else
-	LINK_PREFIX="${diralias}${dirbase}"
+	LINK_PREFIX="${urlsuffix}${dirbase}"
 	parent=".."
     fi
     func "LINK_PREFIX = $LINK_PREFIX"
@@ -273,8 +278,8 @@ EOF
 }
 
 index_long_preview() {
-    func "index_long_preview \"$1\" \"$2\" \"$3\""
-    dir="${1}${3}"
+    func "index_long_preview \"$1\""
+    dir="${1}"
     { test -d "$dir" } || { error "cannot index: not a directory '$dir'"; return 1 }
     files=()
     ttmp=`ls -l --time-style=long-iso "$dir" | awk '
@@ -290,13 +295,12 @@ index_long_preview() {
 
     act "${#files} files parsed in $dir"
     
-    diralias="$2"
-    dirbase="$3"
+    dirbase="$1"
     # setup paths for test
     if [ "$CMD" = "test" ]; then
 	LINK_PREFIX="file://${dir}"
     else
-	LINK_PREFIX="${diralias}${dirbase}"
+	LINK_PREFIX="${urlsuffix}${dirbase}"
     fi
     func "LINK_PREFIX = $LINK_PREFIX"