diff --git a/couchpotato/__init__.py b/couchpotato/__init__.py
index 0390afc0..7058b111 100644
--- a/couchpotato/__init__.py
+++ b/couchpotato/__init__.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import os
 
 log = CPLog(__name__)
 
-app = Flask(__name__)
+app = Flask(__name__, static_folder = 'nope')
 web = Blueprint('web', __name__)
 
 
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/_base/_core/main.py b/couchpotato/core/_base/_core/main.py
index 007d1723..1e318fbb 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/_base/_core/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/_base/_core/main.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class Core(Plugin):
 
     def crappyShutdown(self):
         try:
-            self.urlopen('%sapp.shutdown' % self.createApiUrl(), show_error = False)
+            self.urlopen('%s/app.shutdown' % self.createApiUrl(), show_error = False)
             return True
         except:
             self.initShutdown()
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class Core(Plugin):
 
     def crappyRestart(self):
         try:
-            self.urlopen('%sapp.restart' % self.createApiUrl(), show_error = False)
+            self.urlopen('%s/app.restart' % self.createApiUrl(), show_error = False)
             return True
         except:
             self.initShutdown(restart = True)
@@ -163,8 +163,7 @@ class Core(Plugin):
             host = 'localhost'
         port = Env.setting('port')
 
-        return '%s:%d' % (cleanHost(host).rstrip('/'), int(port))
+        return '%s:%d%s' % (cleanHost(host).rstrip('/'), int(port), '/' + Env.setting('url_base').lstrip('/') if Env.setting('url_base') else '')
 
     def createApiUrl(self):
-
-        return '%s/%s/' % (self.createBaseUrl(), Env.setting('api_key'))
+        return '%s/%s' % (self.createBaseUrl(), Env.setting('api_key'))
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/auth.py b/couchpotato/core/auth.py
index 743a4c79..032bdf28 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/auth.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/auth.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def requires_auth(f):
     @wraps(f)
     def decorated(*args, **kwargs):
         auth = getattr(request, 'authorization')
-        if Env.setting('username') and (not auth or not check_auth(auth.username, md5(auth.password))):
+        if Env.setting('username') and Env.setting('password') and (not auth or not check_auth(auth.username, md5(auth.password))):
             return authenticate()
 
         return f(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/event.py b/couchpotato/core/event.py
index 546883d8..232c7403 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/event.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/event.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from axl.axel import Event
 from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import mergeDicts
 from couchpotato.core.logger import CPLog
 import threading
+import time
 import traceback
 
 log = CPLog(__name__)
@@ -25,15 +26,17 @@ def addEvent(name, handler, priority = 100):
 
         try:
             parent = handler.im_self
-            parent.beforeCall(handler)
+            bc = hasattr(parent, 'beforeCall')
+            if bc: parent.beforeCall(handler)
             h = runHandler(name, handler, *args, **kwargs)
-            parent.afterCall(handler)
+            ac = hasattr(parent, 'afterCall')
+            if ac: parent.afterCall(handler)
         except:
             h = runHandler(name, handler, *args, **kwargs)
 
         return h
 
-    e.handle(createHandle, priority = priority)
+    e.handle(handler, priority = priority)
 
 def removeEvent(name, handler):
     e = events[name]
@@ -64,8 +67,10 @@ def fireEvent(name, *args, **kwargs):
         except: pass
 
         e = events[name]
+        e.lock.acquire()
         e.asynchronous = False
         result = e(*args, **kwargs)
+        e.lock.release()
 
         if single and not merge:
             results = None
@@ -123,10 +128,11 @@ def fireEventAsync(name, *args, **kwargs):
     #log.debug('Async "%s": %s, %s' % (name, args, kwargs))
     try:
         e = events[name]
+        e.lock.acquire()
         e.asynchronous = True
         e.error_handler = errorHandler
-
         e(*args, **kwargs)
+        e.lock.release()
         return True
     except Exception, e:
         log.error('%s: %s' % (name, e))
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/notifications/growl/main.py b/couchpotato/core/notifications/growl/main.py
index fb80bbd7..a37e8ef3 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/notifications/growl/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/notifications/growl/main.py
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
+from couchpotato.core.event import fireEvent
 from couchpotato.core.logger import CPLog
 from couchpotato.core.notifications.base import Notification
 from gntp import notifier
 import logging
+import thread
+import time
+import traceback
 
 log = CPLog(__name__)
 
@@ -15,13 +19,19 @@ class Growl(Notification):
         logger.disabled = True
 
         try:
-            self.growl = notifier.GrowlNotifier(
-                applicationName = 'CouchPotato',
-                notifications = ["Updates"],
-                defaultNotifications = ["Updates"],
-                applicationIcon = 'http://couchpota.to/media/images/couch.png',
-            )
-            self.growl.register()
+            def startGrowl():
+                time.sleep(2)
+                try:
+                    self.growl = notifier.GrowlNotifier(
+                        applicationName = 'CouchPotato',
+                        notifications = ["Updates"],
+                        defaultNotifications = ["Updates"],
+                        applicationIcon = '%s/static/images/couch.png' % fireEvent('app.api_url', single = True),
+                    )
+                    self.growl.register()
+                except:
+                    log.error('Failed register of growl: %s' % traceback.format_exc())
+            thread.start_new_thread(startGrowl, ())
         except:
             pass
 
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/plugins/base.py b/couchpotato/core/plugins/base.py
index 6648fdd0..6eb1d020 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/plugins/base.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/plugins/base.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class Plugin(object):
         s1 = re.sub('(.)([A-Z][a-z]+)', r'\1_\2', self.__class__.__name__)
         class_name = re.sub('([a-z0-9])([A-Z])', r'\1_\2', s1).lower()
 
-        path = 'static/' + class_name + '/'
+        path = '%s/static/%s/' % (Env.setting('api_key'), class_name)
         addView(path + '<path:filename>', self.showStatic, static = True)
 
         if add_to_head:
@@ -94,8 +94,6 @@ class Plugin(object):
     # http request
     def urlopen(self, url, timeout = 10, params = {}, headers = {}, multipart = False, show_error = True):
 
-        socket.setdefaulttimeout(timeout)
-
         # Fill in some headers
         if not headers.get('Referer'):
             headers['Referer'] = urlparse(url).hostname
@@ -114,13 +112,13 @@ class Plugin(object):
                 cookies = cookielib.CookieJar()
                 opener = urllib2.build_opener(urllib2.HTTPCookieProcessor(cookies), MultipartPostHandler)
 
-                data = opener.open(request).read()
+                data = opener.open(request, timeout = timeout).read()
             else:
                 log.info('Opening url: %s, params: %s' % (url, [x for x in params.iterkeys()]))
                 data = urllib.urlencode(params) if len(params) > 0 else None
                 request = urllib2.Request(url, data, headers)
 
-                data = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
+                data = urllib2.urlopen(request, timeout = timeout).read()
         except IOError:
             if show_error:
                 log.error('Failed opening url in %s: %s %s' % (self.getName(), url, traceback.format_exc(1)))
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/plugins/renamer/main.py b/couchpotato/core/plugins/renamer/main.py
index 98c7b102..2700dc64 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/plugins/renamer/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/plugins/renamer/main.py
@@ -290,11 +290,11 @@ class Renamer(Plugin):
 
             # Remove files
             for src in remove_files:
-                log.info('Removing "%s"' % src)
+                log.info('(fake) Removing "%s"' % src)
 
             # Remove matching releases
             for release in remove_releases:
-                log.info('Removing release %s' % release)
+                log.info('(fake) Removing release %s' % release)
 
             # Search for trailers etc
             fireEventAsync('renamer.after', group)
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/plugins/scanner/main.py b/couchpotato/core/plugins/scanner/main.py
index 2ddb94cf..40d24b76 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/plugins/scanner/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/plugins/scanner/main.py
@@ -528,7 +528,9 @@ class Scanner(Plugin):
         return True
 
     def isSampleFile(self, filename):
-        return re.search('(^|[\W_])sample\d*[\W_]', filename.lower())
+        is_sample = re.search('(^|[\W_])sample\d*[\W_]', filename.lower())
+        if is_sample: log.debug('Is sample file: %s' % filename)
+        return is_sample
 
     def filesizeBetween(self, file, min = 0, max = 100000):
         try:
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/plugins/searcher/main.py b/couchpotato/core/plugins/searcher/main.py
index adf3c91d..fedd01dd 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/plugins/searcher/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/plugins/searcher/main.py
@@ -16,18 +16,18 @@ log = CPLog(__name__)
 class Searcher(Plugin):
 
     def __init__(self):
-        addEvent('searcher.all', self.all)
+        addEvent('searcher.all', self.all_movies)
         addEvent('searcher.single', self.single)
         addEvent('searcher.correct_movie', self.correctMovie)
         addEvent('searcher.download', self.download)
 
         # Schedule cronjob
-        fireEvent('schedule.cron', 'searcher.all', self.all, day = self.conf('cron_day'), hour = self.conf('cron_hour'), minute = self.conf('cron_minute'))
+        fireEvent('schedule.cron', 'searcher.all', self.all_movies, day = self.conf('cron_day'), hour = self.conf('cron_hour'), minute = self.conf('cron_minute'))
 
         if not Env.setting('development'):
-            addEvent('app.load', self.all)
+            addEvent('app.load', self.all_movies)
 
-    def all(self):
+    def all_movies(self):
 
         db = get_session()
 
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/settings/__init__.py b/couchpotato/core/settings/__init__.py
index 5b36e6ad..5ef04523 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/settings/__init__.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/settings/__init__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import os.path
 import time
 
 
-class Settings():
+class Settings(object):
 
     options = {}
     types = {}
diff --git a/couchpotato/runner.py b/couchpotato/runner.py
index a331d93b..1888906c 100644
--- a/couchpotato/runner.py
+++ b/couchpotato/runner.py
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import locale
 import logging
 import os.path
 import sys
-import traceback
 import time
+import traceback
 
 def getOptions(base_path, args):
 
@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ def runCouchPotato(options, base_path, args, desktop = None):
     }
 
     # Static path
-    web.add_url_rule('static/<path:filename>',
+    app.static_folder = os.path.join(base_path, 'couchpotato', 'static')
+    web.add_url_rule('%s/static/<path:filename>' % api_key,
                       endpoint = 'static',
                       view_func = app.send_static_file)
 
diff --git a/couchpotato/static/images/couch.png b/couchpotato/static/images/couch.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0910c5cb
Binary files /dev/null and b/couchpotato/static/images/couch.png differ
diff --git a/couchpotato/static/scripts/page/wanted.js b/couchpotato/static/scripts/page/wanted.js
index d656e422..c2ac6c08 100644
--- a/couchpotato/static/scripts/page/wanted.js
+++ b/couchpotato/static/scripts/page/wanted.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Page.Wanted = new Class({
 			// Wanted movies
 			self.wanted = new MovieList({
 				'status': 'active',
+				'navigation': true,
 				'actions': MovieActions
 			});
 			$(self.wanted).inject(self.el);
diff --git a/libs/axl/axel.py b/libs/axl/axel.py
index de6da8a3..bbd145bd 100644
--- a/libs/axl/axel.py
+++ b/libs/axl/axel.py
@@ -6,59 +6,61 @@
 # http://www.valuedlessons.com/2008/04/events-in-python.html
 #
 # This module is part of Axel and is released under
-# the MIT License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php 
+# the MIT License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
 #
 # Source: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/axel
 # Docs:   http://packages.python.org/axel
 
 from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import natcmp
 import Queue
+import hashlib
 import sys
 import threading
+import time
 
 class Event(object):
-    """ 
+    """
     Event object inspired by C# events. Handlers can be registered and
-    unregistered using += and -= operators. Execution and result are  
+    unregistered using += and -= operators. Execution and result are
     influenced by the arguments passed to the constructor and += method.
-        
+
     from axel import Event
-     
+
     event = Event()
     def on_event(*args, **kwargs):
         return (args, kwargs)
-    
+
     event += on_event                        # handler registration
-    print(event(10, 20, y=30))        
+    print(event(10, 20, y=30))
     >> ((True, ((10, 20), {'y': 30}), <function on_event at 0x00BAA270>),)
-     
+
     event -= on_event                        # handler is unregistered
-    print(event(10, 20, y=30))     
+    print(event(10, 20, y=30))
     >> None
-     
+
     class Mouse(object):
         def __init__(self):
             self.click = Event(self)
             self.click += self.on_click      # handler registration
-    
+
         def on_click(self, sender, *args, **kwargs):
             assert isinstance(sender, Mouse), 'Wrong sender'
             return (args, kwargs)
-    
+
     mouse = Mouse()
-    print(mouse.click(10, 20))        
-    >> ((True, ((10, 20), {}), 
+    print(mouse.click(10, 20))
+    >> ((True, ((10, 20), {}),
     >>  <bound method Mouse.on_click of <__main__.Mouse object at 0x00B6F470>>),)
-    
+
     mouse.click -= mouse.on_click            # handler is unregistered
-    print(mouse.click(10, 20))                        
+    print(mouse.click(10, 20))
     >> None
     """
 
     def __init__(self, sender = None, asynch = False, exc_info = False,
                  lock = None, threads = 3, traceback = False):
-        """ Creates an event 
-        
+        """ Creates an event
+
         asynch
             if True handler's are executes asynchronous
         exc_info
@@ -66,31 +68,31 @@ class Event(object):
         lock
             threading.RLock used to synchronize execution
         sender
-            event's sender. The sender is passed as the first argument to the 
+            event's sender. The sender is passed as the first argument to the
             handler, only if is not None. For this case the handler must have
             a placeholder in the arguments to receive the sender
         threads
             maximum number of threads that will be started
         traceback
-            if True, the execution result will contain sys.exc_info() 
-            on error. exc_info must be also True to get the traceback      
-                
-        hash = hash(handler)
-        
-        Handlers are stored in a dictionary that has as keys the handler's hash        
-            handlers = { 
+            if True, the execution result will contain sys.exc_info()
+            on error. exc_info must be also True to get the traceback
+
+        hash = self.hash(handler)
+
+        Handlers are stored in a dictionary that has as keys the handler's hash
+            handlers = {
                 hash : (handler, memoize, timeout),
-                hash : (handler, memoize, timeout), ... 
+                hash : (handler, memoize, timeout), ...
+            }
+        The execution result is cached using the following structure
+            memoize = {
+                hash : ((args, kwargs, result), (args, kwargs, result), ...),
+                hash : ((args, kwargs, result), ...), ...
             }
-        The execution result is cached using the following structure    
-            memoize = { 
-                hash : ((args, kwargs, result), (args, kwargs, result), ...), 
-                hash : ((args, kwargs, result), ...), ...                      
-            } 
         The execution result is returned as a tuple having this structure
             exec_result = (
                 (True, result, handler),        # on success
-                (False, error_info, handler),   # on error 
+                (False, error_info, handler),   # on error
                 (None, None, handler), ...      # asynchronous execution
             )
         """
@@ -103,31 +105,34 @@ class Event(object):
         self.handlers = {}
         self.memoize = {}
 
+    def hash(self, handler):
+        return hashlib.md5(str(handler)).hexdigest()
+
     def handle(self, handler, priority = 0):
-        """ Registers a handler. The handler can be transmitted together 
+        """ Registers a handler. The handler can be transmitted together
         with two arguments as a list or dictionary. The arguments are:
-        
-        memoize 
+
+        memoize
             if True, the execution result will be cached in self.memoize
-        timeout 
+        timeout
             will allocate a predefined time interval for the execution
-            
-        If arguments are provided as a list, they are considered to have 
-        this sequence: (handler, memoize, timeout)                
-        
+
+        If arguments are provided as a list, they are considered to have
+        this sequence: (handler, memoize, timeout)
+
         Examples:
-            event += handler    
+            event += handler
             event += (handler, True, 1.5)
-            event += {'handler':handler, 'memoize':True, 'timeout':1.5}         
+            event += {'handler':handler, 'memoize':True, 'timeout':1.5}
         """
         handler_, memoize, timeout = self._extract(handler)
-        self.handlers['%s.%s' % (priority, hash(handler_))] = (handler_, memoize, timeout)
+        self.handlers['%s.%s' % (priority, self.hash(handler_))] = (handler_, memoize, timeout)
         return self
 
     def unhandle(self, handler):
         """ Unregisters a handler """
         handler_, memoize, timeout = self._extract(handler)
-        key = hash(handler_)
+        key = self.hash(handler_)
         if not key in self.handlers:
             raise ValueError('Handler "%s" was not found' % str(handler_))
         del self.handlers[key]
@@ -139,6 +144,7 @@ class Event(object):
         self.result = []
 
         if self.handlers:
+
             max_threads = self._threads()
 
             for i in range(max_threads):
@@ -172,10 +178,8 @@ class Event(object):
         """ Executes all handlers stored in the queue """
         while True:
             try:
-                handler, memoize, timeout = self.handlers[self.queue.get()]
-
-                if isinstance(self.lock, threading._RLock):
-                    self.lock.acquire() #synchronization
+                h_ = self.queue.get()
+                handler, memoize, timeout = self.handlers[h_]
 
                 try:
                     r = self._memoize(memoize, timeout, handler, *args, **kwargs)
@@ -189,14 +193,9 @@ class Event(object):
                     else:
                         self.error_handler(sys.exc_info())
                 finally:
-                    if isinstance(self.lock, threading._RLock):
-                        self.lock.release()
 
                     if not self.asynchronous:
-                        try:
-                            self.queue.task_done()
-                        except ValueError:
-                            pass
+                        self.queue.task_done()
 
                     if self.queue.empty():
                         raise Queue.Empty
@@ -205,9 +204,9 @@ class Event(object):
                 break
 
     def _extract(self, queue_item):
-        """ Extracts a handler and handler's arguments that can be provided 
-        as list or dictionary. If arguments are provided as list, they are 
-        considered to have this sequence: (handler, memoize, timeout)                
+        """ Extracts a handler and handler's arguments that can be provided
+        as list or dictionary. If arguments are provided as list, they are
+        considered to have this sequence: (handler, memoize, timeout)
         Examples:
             event += handler
             event += (handler, True, 1.5)
@@ -234,11 +233,11 @@ class Event(object):
         return (handler, bool(memoize), float(timeout))
 
     def _memoize(self, memoize, timeout, handler, *args, **kwargs):
-        """ Caches the execution result of successful executions        
-        hash = hash(handler)
-        memoize = { 
-            hash : ((args, kwargs, result), (args, kwargs, result), ...), 
-            hash : ((args, kwargs, result), ...), ...                       
+        """ Caches the execution result of successful executions
+        hash = self.hash(handler)
+        memoize = {
+            hash : ((args, kwargs, result), (args, kwargs, result), ...),
+            hash : ((args, kwargs, result), ...), ...
         }
         """
         if not isinstance(handler, Event) and self.sender is not None:
@@ -247,7 +246,8 @@ class Event(object):
 
         if not memoize:
             if timeout <= 0:    #no time restriction
-                return [True, handler(*args, **kwargs), handler]
+                result = [True, handler(*args, **kwargs), handler]
+                return result
 
             result = self._timeout(timeout, handler, *args, **kwargs)
             if isinstance(result, tuple) and len(result) == 3:
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ class Event(object):
                     return [False, self._error(result), handler]
             return [True, result, handler]
         else:
-            hash_ = hash(handler)
+            hash_ = self.hash(handler)
             if hash_ in self.memoize:
                 for args_, kwargs_, result in self.memoize[hash_]:
                     if args_ == args and kwargs_ == kwargs: