diff --git a/src/3rd/js/three/navigator.js b/src/3rd/js/three/navigator.js
index de21129..2e60ecb 100644
--- a/src/3rd/js/three/navigator.js
+++ b/src/3rd/js/three/navigator.js
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ xrf.navigator.to = (url,flags,loader,data) => {
   URI.duplicatePos  = URI.source == xrf.navigator.URI.source && URI.hasPos
   URI.hashChange    = String(xrf.navigator.URI.fragment||"") != String(URI.fragment||"")
   let hashbus       = xrf.hashbus
-  console.dir({URI1:xrf.navigator.URI,URI2:URI})
-            debugger
+
+  //console.dir({URI1:xrf.navigator.URI,URI2:URI})
+  
   xrf.navigator.URI = URI
   let {directory,file,fragment,fileExt} = URI;
 
diff --git a/src/3rd/js/three/xrf/src.js b/src/3rd/js/three/xrf/src.js
index 849f54d..d8f60d1 100644
--- a/src/3rd/js/three/xrf/src.js
+++ b/src/3rd/js/three/xrf/src.js
@@ -6,18 +6,20 @@ xrf.frag.src = function(v, opts){
 
   if( mesh.isSRC ) return // only embed src once 
 
-  // correct for relative urls
-  if( v.string.charAt(0) != '#' && xrf.URI.isRelative( xrf.URI.parse( v.string ) ) ){
-    v.string = xrf.navigator.URI.URN + v.string 
-  }
-
-  let url       = xrf.frag.src.expandURI( mesh, v.string )
-  let srcFrag   = opts.srcFrag = xrfragment.URI.parse(url).XRF
-
   opts.isLocal  = v.string[0] == '#'
   opts.isPortal = xrf.frag.src.renderAsPortal(mesh)
   opts.isSRC    = mesh.isSRC = true 
 
+  // correct for relative urls
+  let url = v.string
+  if( v.string.charAt(0) != '#' && xrf.URI.isRelative( xrf.URI.parse( v.string ) ) ){
+    url = xrf.navigator.URI.URN + v.string 
+  }
+  url       = xrf.frag.src.expandURI( mesh, url )
+
+  let srcFrag   = opts.srcFrag = xrfragment.URI.parse(url).XRF
+
+
   if(xrf.debug) console.log(`src.js: instancing ${opts.isLocal?'local':'remote'} object ${url}`)
 
   if( opts.isLocal ){
diff --git a/src/xrfragment/URI.hx b/src/xrfragment/URI.hx
index 9bb3f24..d7860b7 100644
--- a/src/xrfragment/URI.hx
+++ b/src/xrfragment/URI.hx
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ class URI {
             directory = url.directory;
         }
         
-        if (newURI.directory != null && newURI.source.charAt(0) != "#")
+        if (newURI.directory != null && newURI.source.charAt(0) != "#" && newURI.directory.length > 0)
         {
             if( newUrl.charAt(0) != '/' && newUrl.indexOf("://") == -1 ){
               var stripRelative : EReg = ~/\.\/.*/;
@@ -444,15 +444,12 @@ class URI {
         
         resultURI.directory = directory;
        
-       trace("1:"+newURI.file);
-       trace("2:"+url.file);
-        if (newURI.file != null)
+        if (newURI.file != null && newURI.file.length > 0)
         {
             resultURI.file = newURI.file;
         }else{
             resultURI.file = url.file;
         }
-       trace("3:"+resultURI.file);
        
         resultURI.path = resultURI.directory + resultURI.file;