diff --git a/modules/gallery/config/routes.php b/modules/gallery/config/routes.php
index 503d6f5b6e..63cc6150ba 100644
--- a/modules/gallery/config/routes.php
+++ b/modules/gallery/config/routes.php
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@
 $config["^form/(edit|add)/(\w+)/(.*)$"] = "$2/form_$1/$3";
 
 // Default page is the root album
-$config["_default"] = "albums/1";
+$config["_default"] = "albums";
diff --git a/modules/gallery/controllers/admin_theme_options.php b/modules/gallery/controllers/admin_theme_options.php
index 27a67bdb2c..9de54c780f 100644
--- a/modules/gallery/controllers/admin_theme_options.php
+++ b/modules/gallery/controllers/admin_theme_options.php
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ public function save() {
       module::set_var("gallery", "footer_text", $form->edit_theme->footer_text->value);
       module::set_var("gallery", "show_credits", $form->edit_theme->show_credits->value);
 
+      module::event("theme_edit_form_completed", $form);
+
       message::success(t("Updated theme details"));
       url::redirect("admin/theme_options");
     } else {
diff --git a/modules/gallery/controllers/albums.php b/modules/gallery/controllers/albums.php
index 32db48d4a3..760326553c 100644
--- a/modules/gallery/controllers/albums.php
+++ b/modules/gallery/controllers/albums.php
@@ -18,7 +18,16 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
  */
 class Albums_Controller extends Items_Controller {
-  public function _show($album) {
+  public function index() {
+    $this->show(ORM::factory("item", 1));
+  }
+
+  public function show($album) {
+    if (!is_object($album)) {
+      // show() must be public because we route to it in url::parse_url(), so make
+      // sure that we're actually receiving an object
+      Kohana::show_404();
+    }
     $page_size = module::get_var("gallery", "page_size", 9);
     if (!access::can("view", $album)) {
       if ($album->id == 1) {
diff --git a/modules/gallery/controllers/file_proxy.php b/modules/gallery/controllers/file_proxy.php
index 53afe0e480..8c46de0873 100644
--- a/modules/gallery/controllers/file_proxy.php
+++ b/modules/gallery/controllers/file_proxy.php
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public function __call($function, $args) {
     Session::abort_save();
 
     // Dump out the image.  If the item is a movie, then its thumbnail will be a JPG.
-    if (in_array($item->mime_type, array("video/x-flv", "video/mp4"))) {
+    if ($item->is_movie() && $type != "albums") {
       header("Content-type: image/jpeg");
     } else {
       header("Content-Type: $item->mime_type");
diff --git a/modules/gallery/controllers/items.php b/modules/gallery/controllers/items.php
index 86782469f5..f261e3a93f 100644
--- a/modules/gallery/controllers/items.php
+++ b/modules/gallery/controllers/items.php
@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@ public function __call($function, $args) {
     if (!$item->loaded()) {
       throw new Kohana_404_Exception();
     }
+
     // Redirect to the more specific resource type, since it will render
-    // differently.  We could also just delegate here, but it feels more appropriate
-    // to have a single canonical resource mapping.
+    // differently.  We can't delegate here because we may have gotten to this
+    // page via /items/<id> which means that we don't have a type-specific controller.  Also, we
+    // want to drive a single canonical resource mapping where possible.
     access::required("view", $item);
-    return $this->_show($item);
+    url::redirect($item->abs_url());
   }
 }
diff --git a/modules/gallery/controllers/movies.php b/modules/gallery/controllers/movies.php
index e017b8c8dd..6e25e6eab9 100644
--- a/modules/gallery/controllers/movies.php
+++ b/modules/gallery/controllers/movies.php
@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
  */
 class Movies_Controller extends Items_Controller {
-  public function _show($movie) {
+  public function show($movie) {
+    if (!is_object($movie)) {
+      // show() must be public because we route to it in url::parse_url(), so make
+      // sure that we're actually receiving an object
+      Kohana::show_404();
+    }
     access::required("view", $movie);
 
     $where = array(array("type", "!=", "album"));
diff --git a/modules/gallery/controllers/photos.php b/modules/gallery/controllers/photos.php
index 5431fcfe32..f7c5039ef9 100644
--- a/modules/gallery/controllers/photos.php
+++ b/modules/gallery/controllers/photos.php
@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
  */
 class Photos_Controller extends Items_Controller {
-  public function _show($photo) {
+  public function show($photo) {
+    if (!is_object($photo)) {
+      // show() must be public because we route to it in url::parse_url(), so make
+      // sure that we're actually receiving an object
+      Kohana::show_404();
+    }
     access::required("view", $photo);
 
     $where = array(array("type", "!=", "album"));
diff --git a/modules/gallery/helpers/MY_url.php b/modules/gallery/helpers/MY_url.php
index a2b2e461d1..742849516b 100644
--- a/modules/gallery/helpers/MY_url.php
+++ b/modules/gallery/helpers/MY_url.php
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ static function parse_url() {
     if ($item && $item->loaded()) {
       Router::$controller = "{$item->type}s";
       Router::$controller_path = MODPATH . "gallery/controllers/{$item->type}s.php";
-      Router::$method = $item->id;
+      Router::$method = "show";
+      Router::$arguments = array($item);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/gallery/helpers/access.php b/modules/gallery/helpers/access.php
index 445f9b86fd..0d19759789 100644
--- a/modules/gallery/helpers/access.php
+++ b/modules/gallery/helpers/access.php
@@ -609,7 +609,8 @@ private static function _update_htaccess_files($album, $group, $perm_name, $valu
       $dirs[] = dirname($album->thumb_path());
     }
 
-    $base_url = url::site("file_proxy");
+    $base_url = url::site("?kohana_uri=/file_proxy");
+    $base_url = str_replace("/?", "?", $base_url);
     foreach ($dirs as $dir) {
       if ($value === self::DENY) {
         $fp = fopen("$dir/.htaccess", "w+");
diff --git a/modules/gallery/helpers/theme.php b/modules/gallery/helpers/theme.php
index 5245b16c1e..b836292f30 100644
--- a/modules/gallery/helpers/theme.php
+++ b/modules/gallery/helpers/theme.php
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ static function get_edit_form_admin() {
       ->value(module::get_var("gallery", "footer_text"));
     $group->checkbox("show_credits")->label(t("Show site credits"))->id("g-footer-text")
       ->checked(module::get_var("gallery", "show_credits"));
+
+    module::event("theme_edit_form", $form);
+
+    $group = $form->group("buttons");
     $group->submit("")->value(t("Save"));
     return $form;
   }