diff --git a/airtime_mvc/public/index.php b/airtime_mvc/public/index.php
index 78f94c489..46b97adfc 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/public/index.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/public/index.php
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 <?php
 
-//error_reporting(E_ALL|E_STRICT);
-//error_reporting(E_ALL);
-//ini_set('display_errors', 'on');
+error_reporting(E_ALL|E_STRICT);
+
+function exception_error_handler($errno, $errstr, $errfile, $errline)
+{
+    throw new ErrorException($errstr, $errno, 0, $errfile, $errline);
+}
+set_error_handler("exception_error_handler");
 
 // Define path to application directory
 defined('APPLICATION_PATH')
@@ -53,6 +57,7 @@ try {
         $application->bootstrap()->run();
     }
 } catch (Exception $e) {
+    echo $e->getMessage();
     Logging::info($e->getMessage());
 }
 
diff --git a/python_apps/api_clients/api_client.py b/python_apps/api_clients/api_client.py
index d2fbf23be..130724f66 100644
--- a/python_apps/api_clients/api_client.py
+++ b/python_apps/api_clients/api_client.py
@@ -477,6 +477,7 @@ class AirtimeApiClient():
     def list_all_db_files(self, dir_id, all_files=True):
         logger = self.logger
         try:
+            all_files = u"1" if all_files else u"0"
             url = self.construct_url("list_all_db_files")
             url = url.replace("%%dir_id%%", dir_id)
             url = url.replace("%%all%%", all_files)
diff --git a/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/airtime.py b/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/airtime.py
index bb8f1dd9d..a295686b1 100644
--- a/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/airtime.py
+++ b/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/airtime.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ class AirtimeNotifier(Loggable):
         message.ack()
         self.logger.info("Received md from RabbitMQ: %s" % str(body))
         m = json.loads(message.body)
+        if 'directory' in m: m['directory'] = normpath(m['directory'])
         self.handler.message(m)
 
 class AirtimeMessageReceiver(Loggable):
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ class AirtimeMessageReceiver(Loggable):
                     % md_path, e)
 
     def new_watch(self, msg):
+        msg['directory'] = normpath(msg['directory'])
         self.logger.info("Creating watch for directory: '%s'" %
                 msg['directory'])
         if not os.path.exists(msg['directory']):
diff --git a/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/pure.py b/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/pure.py
index d60373d26..480778ebc 100644
--- a/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/pure.py
+++ b/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/pure.py
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ def organized_path(old_path, root_path, orig_md):
     filepath = None
     ext = extension(old_path)
     def default_f(dictionary, key):
-        if key in dictionary: return len(dictionary[key]) == 0
+        if key in dictionary: return len(str(dictionary[key])) == 0
         else: return True
     # We set some metadata elements to a default "unknown" value because we use
     # these fields to create a path hence they cannot be empty Here "normal"