diff --git a/web/__init__.py b/web/__init__.py
index 337d9bf1..33340a0d 100644
--- a/web/__init__.py
+++ b/web/__init__.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 from debugerror import *
 from application import *
 from browser import *
-import test
 try:
     import webopenid as openid
 except ImportError:
diff --git a/web/application.py b/web/application.py
index 8d4b859c..571d2da3 100755
--- a/web/application.py
+++ b/web/application.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def add_processor(self, processor):
         self.processors.append(processor)
 
     def request(self, localpart='/', method='GET', data=None,
-                host="0.0.0.0:8080", headers=None, https=False, **kw):
+                host="127.0.0.1:8080", headers=None, https=False, **kw):
         """Makes request to this application for the specified path and method.
         Response will be a storage object with data, status and headers.
 
@@ -161,10 +161,10 @@ def request(self, localpart='/', method='GET', data=None,
             ...
             >>> response = app.request("/redirect")
             >>> response.headers['Location']
-            'http://0.0.0.0:8080/foo'
+            'http://127.0.0.1:8080/foo'
             >>> response = app.request("/redirect", https=True)
             >>> response.headers['Location']
-            'https://0.0.0.0:8080/foo'
+            'https://127.0.0.1:8080/foo'
 
         The headers argument specifies HTTP headers as a mapping object
         such as a dict.
diff --git a/web/session.py b/web/session.py
index 5a98cbd6..ab75aca9 100644
--- a/web/session.py
+++ b/web/session.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 """
 
 import os, time, datetime, random, base64
+import os.path
 try:
     import cPickle as pickle
 except ImportError:
@@ -217,7 +218,9 @@ class DiskStore(Store):
     def __init__(self, root):
         # if the storage root doesn't exists, create it.
         if not os.path.exists(root):
-            os.mkdir(root)
+            os.makedirs(
+                    os.path.abspath(root)
+                    )
         self.root = root
 
     def _get_path(self, key):