diff --git a/app/config.js b/app/config.js
index af794eae..c18121b3 100644
--- a/app/config.js
+++ b/app/config.js
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ console.log(`Configuring .env and expanding .env to include environment variable
 const path = require('path');
 const dotenv = require('dotenv');
 const dotenvExpand = require('dotenv-expand');
+const process = require('process');
 
 let env = dotenv.config();
 dotenvExpand.expand(env);
 
 const getAppHttpHost = () => env.APP_HTTP_HOST||'nm3clol-express-app';
-const getAppHttpPort = () => parseInt(env.APP_HTTP_PORT||env.PORT||3000);
+const getAppHttpPort = () => process.env.PORT||env.APP_HTTP_PORT||3000;
 const getAppHttpUrl = () => {
     return env.APP_HTTP_URL || `http://${getAppHttpHost() + ((getAppHttpPort() === 80) ? '' : ':' + getAppHttpPort())}`
 };
@@ -30,20 +31,24 @@ const getSolrLawPort = () => parseInt(env.SOLR_LAW_PORT||getSolrDocsPort());
 const getSolrLawCore = () => env.SOLR_LAW_CORE||'vacode_core';
 
 module.exports = {
-    config: {
-        publicPath: getPublicPath(),
-        pagesPath: getPagesPath(),
-        staticPath: getStaticPath(),
+    config: {       
+        appHttpHost: getAppHttpHost(),
+        appHttpPort: getAppHttpPort(),
+        appHttpUrl: getAppHttpUrl(),
+
         siteName: getSiteName(),
         siteWelcomeMessage: getSiteWelcomeMessage(),
         siteHost: getSiteHost(),
         siteUrl: getSiteUrl(),
-        appHttpHost: getAppHttpHost(),
-        appHttpPort: getAppHttpPort(),
-        appHttpUrl: getAppHttpUrl(),
+
+        publicPath: getPublicPath(),
+        pagesPath: getPagesPath(),
+        staticPath: getStaticPath(),
+
         solrDocsHost: getSolrDocsHost(),
         solrDocsPort: getSolrDocsPort(),
         solrDocsCore: getSolrDocsCore(),
+
         solrLawHost: getSolrLawHost(),
         solrLawPort: getSolrLawPort(),
         solrLawCore: getSolrLawCore(),
diff --git a/app/server.js b/app/server.js
index d312343f..0ce91ea2 100644
--- a/app/server.js
+++ b/app/server.js
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ glob.globSync('**/*.md', {
     const fmData = { fm: fm.data, excerpt: fm.excerpt };
     const content = helpers.md.render(fm.content, fmData );
     const renderData = { content, route, filePath, fullFilePath, req, paths, ...fmData };
-    res.render("page", { h: helpers, ...renderData });
+    res.render("page", { h: helpers, require, ...renderData });
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/app/vercel-serve.js b/app/vercel-serve.js
index d59b25a8..9de0f09a 100644
--- a/app/vercel-serve.js
+++ b/app/vercel-serve.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const helpers = require('../views/helpers/functions');
 // const errorTemplate = require('./views/error');
 const directoryTemplate = (vals) => {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    ejs.renderFile(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'views', 'directory.ejs'), { h: helpers, ...vals }, (err, str) => {
+    ejs.renderFile(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'views', 'directory.ejs'), { h: helpers, require, ...vals }, (err, str) => {
     if (err) {
       reject(err);
     } else {
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const directoryTemplate = (vals) => {
 };
 const errorTemplate = (vals) => {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    ejs.renderFile(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'views', 'error.ejs'), { h: helpers, ...vals }, (err, str) => {
+    ejs.renderFile(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'views', 'error.ejs'), { h: helpers, require, ...vals }, (err, str) => {
     if (err) {
       reject(err);
     } else {
diff --git a/views/directory.ejs b/views/directory.ejs
index 4040eb7a..c613b8c9 100644
--- a/views/directory.ejs
+++ b/views/directory.ejs
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
             <i>&nbsp;</i>  
             <%= h.getSiteWelcomeMessage() %>
           <% } else if (h.shouldOmitLinkOnLastBreadcrumb({paths, index})) { %>
-            <%= h.trimSlashes({path: value.name}).replaceAll('_', ' ') %>
+            <%= h.trimSlashes(value.name).replaceAll('_', ' ') %>
+          <% } else if (index == 0) { %>
+            <a href="/"><%= h.getSiteName() %></a>
           <% } else { %>
             <a href="/<%= value.url %>">
               <%= h.getDirectoryName({directory: value.name}).replaceAll('_', ' ') %>
diff --git a/views/helpers/functions.js b/views/helpers/functions.js
index 753e0d43..d072da2b 100644
--- a/views/helpers/functions.js
+++ b/views/helpers/functions.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const path = require('path');
 const glob = require('glob');
 const fs = require('fs');
-const config = require('../../app/config');
+const { config } = require('../../app/config');
 const markdownit = require('markdown-it');
 var markdownItAttrs = require('markdown-it-attrs');
 const md = markdownit({
@@ -18,34 +18,50 @@ const md = markdownit({
 );
 const moment = require('moment-timezone').tz.setDefault("UTC");
 
-const getSiteName = config.getSiteName;
+const getSiteName = () => config.siteName;
 
-const trimSlashes = ({path}) => {
-  return path.replace(/^[\/\\]|[\/\\]$/g, '');
+const trimSlashes = (dirPath) => {
+  return dirPath.replace(/^[\/\\]|[\/\\]$/g, '');
 };
+
+const getLeftMostDirectory = (directory) => {
+  if (directory.indexOf(path.sep)) {
+    return directory.substring(0, directory.indexOf(path.sep));
+  }
+  return directory;
+}
+
+const leftTrimFirstDirectory = (directory) => {
+  if (directory.indexOf(path.sep)) {
+    return directory.substring(directory.indexOf(path.sep));
+  }
+  return directory;
+}
+
 const getDirectoryName = ({directory}) => {
-  directory = trimSlashes({path: directory});
-  let title = trimSlashes({path: directory.replace("public", "")}).replaceAll(path.sep, path.posix.sep);
-  return (directory=="public") ? getSiteName() : title;
+  directory = trimSlashes(directory);
+  const leftMostDirectory = getLeftMostDirectory(directory);
+  let title = trimSlashes(leftTrimFirstDirectory(directory)).replaceAll(path.sep, path.posix.sep);
+  return (trimSlashes(directory)==leftMostDirectory) ? getSiteName() : title;
 };
 const getDirectoryTitle = ({directory}) => {
-  directory = trimSlashes({path: directory});
-  let title = trimSlashes({path: directory.replace("public", "")})
+  const leftMostDirectory = getLeftMostDirectory(directory);
+  let title = trimSlashes(leftTrimFirstDirectory(directory))
               .replaceAll(path.sep, path.posix.sep)
               .replaceAll('_', ' ')
               .split('/')
               .reverse()
               .join(' - ');
-  return (directory=="public") ? getSiteName() : `${title} - ${getSiteName()}`;
+  return (trimSlashes(directory)==leftMostDirectory) ? getSiteName() : `${title} - ${getSiteName()}`;
 };
-const getSiteWelcomeMessage = config.getSiteWelcomeMessage;
+const getSiteWelcomeMessage = () => config.siteWelcomeMessage;
 const shouldShowDirectorySeparator = ({index}) => (index > 0);
 const shouldShowSiteWelcomeMessage = ({paths}) => (paths.length == 1);
 const shouldOmitLinkOnLastBreadcrumb = ({paths, index}) => (index == paths.length-1);
 
 const resolveReadmeFile = ({directory}) => {
   const resolveFile = (file) => {
-    const pathToFile = path.join(__dirname, "..", "..", directory, file);
+    const pathToFile = path.join(config.publicPath, trimSlashes(leftTrimFirstDirectory(directory)), file);
     return fs.existsSync(pathToFile) ? pathToFile : "";
   };
   return (
@@ -157,18 +173,19 @@ const renderArchive = (html, paths) => {
 }
 
 module.exports = {
-    trimSlashes,
-    getSiteName,
-    getDirectoryName,
-    getDirectoryTitle,
-    getSiteWelcomeMessage,
-    shouldShowDirectorySeparator,
-    shouldShowSiteWelcomeMessage,
-    shouldOmitLinkOnLastBreadcrumb,
-    directoryContainsReadme,
-    printReadme,
-    stripWebVTT,
-    renderArchive,
-    md,
-    moment,
+  leftTrimFirstDirectory,
+  trimSlashes,
+  getSiteName,
+  getDirectoryName,
+  getDirectoryTitle,
+  getSiteWelcomeMessage,
+  shouldShowDirectorySeparator,
+  shouldShowSiteWelcomeMessage,
+  shouldOmitLinkOnLastBreadcrumb,
+  directoryContainsReadme,
+  printReadme,
+  stripWebVTT,
+  renderArchive,
+  md,
+  moment,
 };
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diff --git a/views/page.ejs b/views/page.ejs
index add5b040..c9b4b96e 100644
--- a/views/page.ejs
+++ b/views/page.ejs
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@
             <% } %>
             <% if (h.shouldOmitLinkOnLastBreadcrumb({paths, index})) { %>
               <%= (typeof fm.title !== 'undefined') ? `${fm.title}` : value %>
-            <% } else { %>
-              <a href="/<%= value.replace('public', '') != '' ? value.replace('public', '') : '' %>">
+              <% } else if (index == 0) { %>
+                <a href="/"><%= h.getSiteName() %></a>
+              <% } else { %>
+                  <a href="/<%= h.trimSlashes(h.leftTrimFirstDirectory(value)) %>">
                 <%= (value == 'public' ? h.getSiteName() : value) %>
               </a>
             <% } %>
diff --git a/views/video-player.ejs b/views/video-player.ejs
index 9c02d16f..28dbaa31 100644
--- a/views/video-player.ejs
+++ b/views/video-player.ejs
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@
             Welcome to <%= h.getDirectoryTitle({directory}) %>
           <% } else if (h.shouldOmitLinkOnLastBreadcrumb({paths, index})) { %>
             <%= h.trimSlashes({path: value.name}) %>
-          <% } else { %>
-            <a href="/<%= value.url %>">
+            <% } else if (index == 0) { %>
+              <a href="/"><%= h.getSiteName() %></a>
+            <% } else { %>
+              <a href="/<%= value.url %>">
               <%= h.getDirectoryName({directory: value.name}) %>
             </a>
           <% } %>
diff --git a/web.config b/web.config
index d02dbde9..59865d79 100644
--- a/web.config
+++ b/web.config
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
        </requestFiltering>
      </security>
         <httpErrors errorMode="Detailed" />
-        <urlCompression doDynamicCompression="false" />
+        <urlCompression doStaticCompression="true" doDynamicCompression="true" />
         <staticContent>
             <mimeMap fileExtension=".md" mimeType="text/markdown" />
         </staticContent>