diff --git a/python/couchapp/app.py b/python/couchapp/app.py
index 829bf4ec..c3065133 100755
--- a/python/couchapp/app.py
+++ b/python/couchapp/app.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def initialize(self, default_conf=None, verbose=False):
         else:
             message = "CouchApp already initialized in %s." % app_dir
             return error(message, verbose)
-        return ok()
+        return is_ok()
             
     def generate(self, verbose=False):
         """ Generates a CouchApp in app_dir 
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ def clone(self, design_doc, verbose=None):
         
         app_name = get_appname(design_doc['_id'])
 
+        self.app_dir = os.path.join(self.app_dir, app_name)
+
         if not os.path.isdir(self.app_dir):
             os.makedirs(self.app_dir)
             
@@ -462,4 +464,4 @@ def attachments(self, doc, attach_dir, docid, verbose=False, vendor=None):
             doc['couchapp']['signatures'] = {}
             
         doc['_attachments'].update(_attachments)
-        doc['couchapp']['signatures'].update(_signatures)
\ No newline at end of file
+        doc['couchapp']['signatures'].update(_signatures)
diff --git a/python/couchapp/ui.py b/python/couchapp/ui.py
index 5bce41f3..cc27f137 100644
--- a/python/couchapp/ui.py
+++ b/python/couchapp/ui.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class ui(object):
     
     def __init__(self, app_dir):
         self.app_dir = app_dir
-        self.app = Couchapp(app_dir=app_dir)
+        self.app = Couchapp(app_dir=self.app_dir)
 
         # load conf
         self.conf = get_config(app_dir)
@@ -298,4 +298,4 @@ def make_index_url(self, uri, app_name, attach_dir, index):
           if os.path.isfile(index_fpath):
             return "%s/%s/%s/%s" % (uri, '_design', app_name, 'index.html')
           else:
-            return False
\ No newline at end of file
+            return False
diff --git a/python/couchapp/utils.py b/python/couchapp/utils.py
index fd32f031..79fc1d50 100755
--- a/python/couchapp/utils.py
+++ b/python/couchapp/utils.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 __all__ = ['_md5', '_popen3', 'in_couchapp', 'parse_uri', 'parse_auth',
         'get_appname', 'to_bytestring', 'read_file', 'sign_file', 
-        'write_content', 'write_json', 'read_json', 'ok', 'error']
+        'write_content', 'write_json', 'read_json', 'is_ok', 'error']
 
 # compatibility with python 2.4
 try:
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def error(message, verbose=False):
         print >>sys.stderr, message
     return { 'ok': False, 'error': message }
     
-def ok():
+def is_ok():
     return { 'ok': True }
     
 def in_couchapp():