diff --git a/lib/helpers.js b/lib/helpers.js
index f7f0f5a..647a612 100644
--- a/lib/helpers.js
+++ b/lib/helpers.js
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ helpers.unresolve = function (base, abs) {
 
 helpers.buildToc = function (src) {
 
-  console.log(src);
   var src = "./pages";
 
   // get list of directories.
@@ -27,22 +26,24 @@ helpers.buildToc = function (src) {
 
   Object.keys(_articles).forEach(function (i) {
     if (_articles[i].isDirectory) {
-      _articles[i] = "";
+      _articles[i] = null;
     }
   });
 
   // build up the tree.
   var toc = fs2.dirToTree(_articles);
 
+  // sort the tree.
+  toc = helpers.tocSort(toc)[0];
+
   // digs until there is a layer with >1 item in it.
-  while(toc.length === 1) {
-    var key = Object.keys(toc[0])[0];
+  while (toc.length === 1) {
+    var row = toc[0];
+    var key = Object.keys(row)[0];
 
     toc = toc[0][key];
   }
 
-  //console.log(JSON.stringify(toc, true, 2));
-
   return helpers.treeToHTML(toc);
 }
 
@@ -54,42 +55,66 @@ var isElement = helpers.isElement = function(xs, e) {
 
 //
 // Function to use with sorting the ToC.
-// ie. tocSort(xs, order);
+// ie. tocSort(toc);
 //
-helpers.tocSort = function (xs, order) {
+helpers.tocSort = function(toc) {
+  return toc.map(function sortToc (row, paths) {
+    var paths = paths || [];
+    var key = Object.keys(row)[0];
+    var subtoc = row[key];
 
-  Object.keys(order).forEach(function (t) {
-    if (order[t] < 0) {
-      // This is so you can use negative indices, like python
-      order[t] = xs.length + order[t];
-    }
-  })
-
-  return xs.sort( function (a, b) {
-
-    //console.log(path.basename(a));
-    //console.log(path.basename(b));
-    var aHasOrder = order.hasOwnProperty(path.basename(a)),
-        bHasOrder = order.hasOwnProperty(path.basename(b));
-
-    if (aHasOrder && bHasOrder) {
-      return order[a]-order[b];
-    } else if (aHasOrder) {
-      console.log("a: "+order[path.basename(a)]);
-      console.log("b: "+xs.indexOf(b));
-      return order[path.basename(a)] - xs.indexOf(b)
-    } else if (bHasOrder) {
-      console.log(path.basename(a)+": "+xs.indexOf(a));
-      console.log(path.basename(b)+": "+order[path.basename(b)]);
-      return  order[path.basename(b)]; - xs.indexOf(a)
+    var paths = paths.concat([[key]]);
+
+    //Pretty sweet directory view XD
+    //console.log(Array(paths.length+1).join(Array(3).join(" ")) + "-"+paths[paths.length-1]);
+
+    // TODO: fs.fileExists instead
+    try {
+      var order = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(paths.join("/")+"/../metadata.json").toString()).order;
+
+      // try to sort the table of contents
+      subtoc = subtoc.sort(function (a, b) {
+        var aKey = Object.keys(a)[0];
+        var bKey = Object.keys(b)[0];
+
+        var aIndex = order[aKey] || 0;
+        var bIndex = order[bKey] || 0;
+
+
+        // would be cleaner with a sgn() function
+        if (aIndex < 0) {
+          aIndex = subtoc.length + aIndex;
+        } else if (aIndex > 0) {
+          aIndex = aIndex - subtoc.length;
+        }
+
+        if (bIndex < 0) {
+          bIndex = subtoc.length + bIndex;
+        } else if (bIndex > 0) {
+          bIndex = bIndex - subtoc.length;
+        }
+
+        return aIndex-bIndex;
+      });
+
+
+    } catch (e) {
+      //this just means there's nothing to sort.
+      if (e.code !== "EBADF") {
+        throw e;
+      }
     }
 
-    if (a > b) {
-      return 1;
-    } else if (a < b) {
-      return -1;
+    if (typeof subtoc === "object" && subtoc !== null) {
+      return subtoc.map(function (row) {
+        var newRow = {};
+        var key = Object.keys(row)[0];
+
+        newRow[key] = sortToc(row, paths);
+        return newRow;
+      });
     } else {
-      return 0;
+      return subtoc;
     }
   });
 };