diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index aa6ebd9..c4ca87b 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@
         [org.clojars.tavisrudd/redis-clojure "1.3.1-SNAPSHOT"]
         ]
   :dev-dependencies [[lein-ring "0.4.5"]]
-  :ring {:handler testify.core/app}
+  :ring {:handler testify.routes/app}
  )
diff --git a/src/testify/appear.clj b/src/testify/appear.clj
index 20c20c8..edc17c3 100644
--- a/src/testify/appear.clj
+++ b/src/testify/appear.clj
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   (:require [clojure.string :as string]))
 
 
-(deftemplate base "testify/templates/base.html" [pagetitle content] 
+(deftemplate base "../resources/templates/base.html" [pagetitle content] 
   ;if a header is passed in, give substi fun
   ;otherwise, give identity fun (leave html unchng)
   [:div#header :span#pagetitle] (maybe-appear pagetitle)
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   [:div#content] (maybe-content content))
 
 
-(deftemplate link-base "testify/templates/base.html"
+(deftemplate link-base "../resources/templates/base.html"
   [pagetitle linkname linkref content]
   ;if a header is passed in, give substi fun
   ;otherwise , give identity fun (leave html unchng)
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@
         (maybe-href linkref)) 
   [:div#content] (maybe-content content))
 
-(defsnippet message "testify/templates/base.html" [:span.message]
+(defsnippet message "../resources/templates/base.html" [:span.message]
   [message]
   ;TODO: make this more expressive?
   [:span.message] (maybe-content message))
 
-(defsnippet input "testify/templates/user_input.html" [:input.field]
+(defsnippet input "../resources/templates/user_input.html" [:input.field]
   [type name classy value]
   [:input.field]  
   (do-> (maybe-type type) 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         (maybe-name name) 
         (maybe-value value)))
 
-(defsnippet ul-link "testify/templates/user_list.html"
+(defsnippet ul-link "../resources/templates/user_list.html"
   ;grab the whole unordered list
   [:ul.mainlist]
   ;take link name and ref as params
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
   (do-> (content linkname) 
         (set-attr :href linkref)))
 
-(defsnippet ul-link-delete "testify/templates/admin_list.html"
+(defsnippet ul-link-delete "../resources/templates/admin_list.html"
   ;grab the whole unordered list
   [:ul.mainlist]
   ;take link name and ref as params
@@ -62,14 +62,14 @@
   (do-> (maybe-name postname) 
         (maybe-value postval)))
 
-(defsnippet form "testify/templates/user_input.html" [:form]
+(defsnippet form "../resources/templates/user_input.html" [:form]
   [method action content] 
   [:form] 
   (do-> (set-attr :action action 
                   :method method) 
         (maybe-content content)))
 
-(defsnippet save-form "testify/templates/user_input.html" [:form]
+(defsnippet save-form "../resources/templates/user_input.html" [:form]
   [method action content] 
   [:form] 
   (do-> (set-attr :action action 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
         (append (input "submit" "save" "saver" "Save Page"))))
 
 ;page form has a hidden field for the template name
-(defsnippet page-form "testify/templates/user_input.html" [:form]
+(defsnippet page-form "../resources/templates/user_input.html" [:form]
   [method action template content] 
   [:form] 
   (do-> (set-attr :action action 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
         (prepend (input "hidden" "template" "passer" template)) 
         (append (input "submit" "save" "saver" "Save Page"))))
 
-(defsnippet input-row "testify/templates/user_input.html"
+(defsnippet input-row "../resources/templates/user_input.html"
  ;take the typeclass and the name, plug in into an inputrow
  ;TODO Have typing pick which field (textarea or which input) we pull
  ;TODO Give ajaxified validation based on typeclass to the user
diff --git a/src/testify/core.clj b/src/testify/core.clj
index eb139fc..2816b65 100755
--- a/src/testify/core.clj
+++ b/src/testify/core.clj
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
         [testify.debug :as debug]
         [testify.routes :as routes]))
 
+;;This main is used from a Java environment (lein run)
+;;lein-ring's main is specified in project.clj
 (defn -main [] 
   (let [port (System/getenv "PORT")] 
     (if port  
diff --git a/src/testify/process/fileops.clj b/src/testify/process/fileops.clj
index 592866e..121c5d0 100644
--- a/src/testify/process/fileops.clj
+++ b/src/testify/process/fileops.clj
@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@
 
 ;;differentiate cloud foundry & other paths by env variable
 (defn real-dir [relpath] 
-  (let [testifydir (. System getenv "TESTIFYDIR") ] 
-    (cond (nil? testifydir) 
-          (str "/resources/" relpath) 
-          :else (str testifydir "/" relpath))))
\ No newline at end of file
+  (let [testifyenv (. System getenv "TESTIFYDIR")
+        userdir (.. System (getProperties) (get "user.dir"))] 
+    (cond (nil? testifyenv)  
+          (str userdir "/resources/" relpath) 
+          :else (str userdir testifyenv "/" relpath))))
+
+(defn find-template
+  "given a template filename, return the full path to the template"
+  [tname]
+  (real-dir (str "templates/" tname))) 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/testify/process/transform.clj b/src/testify/process/transform.clj
index 6f92f59..55e242e 100644
--- a/src/testify/process/transform.clj
+++ b/src/testify/process/transform.clj
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 (defn process-fname
   "Take a function name string and return the appropriate Clojure symbol"
   [fname]
-  (load-string (str "html/" (.trim fname))))
+  (load-string (str "net.cgrand.enlive-html/" (.trim fname))))
 
 (defn single-transform
   "take one user-script transformation statement and apply it to the given HTML nodes"
@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@
 (defn bulk-transform
   "apply a user transformation from the specified transform file to the the specified HTML file"
   [#^java.lang.String html #^java.lang.String transform ]
-  (apply str (html/emit* (make-transform (html/html-snippet (slurp html)) (slurp transform)))))
+  (apply str (html/emit* (make-transform (html/html-snippet (slurp (fileops/find-template html))) (slurp (fileops/find-template transform))))))
+
+;;TODO: code generic bulk and specific file or redis string retrieval
+
 
 ;;;;Testing/debugging
 
diff --git a/src/testify/views/page.clj b/src/testify/views/page.clj
index a50d2fa..debdac6 100644
--- a/src/testify/views/page.clj
+++ b/src/testify/views/page.clj
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
       ;;use the ids to populate a linklist
       ;;TODO: switch this to use template context
       ;;(link-base nil  "Add Page?" "/template" (linknodes pagelist "/page/view?pname="))
-      (bulk-transform "../templates/base.html" "../templates/main.tr")))
+      (bulk-transform "base.html" "main.tr")))
 
 
 (defn form-page [template]