diff --git a/copyparty/web/browser.js b/copyparty/web/browser.js
index 98c14d0c..562a05a3 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/browser.js
+++ b/copyparty/web/browser.js
@@ -1813,19 +1813,21 @@ function MPlayer() {
 }
 
 
-function ft2dict(tr) {
+function ft2dict(tr, skip) {
 	var th = ebi('files').tHead.rows[0].cells,
 		rv = [],
 		rh = [],
 		ra = [],
 		rt = {};
 
+	skip = skip || {};
+
 	for (var a = 1, aa = th.length; a < aa; a++) {
 		var tv = tr.cells[a].textContent,
 			tk = a == 1 ? 'file' : th[a].getAttribute('name').split('/').pop().toLowerCase(),
 			vis = th[a].className.indexOf('min') === -1;
 
-		if (!tv)
+		if (!tv || skip[tk])
 			continue;
 
 		(vis ? rv : rh).push(tk);
@@ -1838,7 +1840,7 @@ function ft2dict(tr) {
 
 function get_np() {
 	var tr = QS('#files tr.play');
-	return ft2dict(tr);
+	return ft2dict(tr, { 'up_ip': 1 });
 };
 
 
@@ -1899,7 +1901,7 @@ var widget = (function () {
 			np = npr[0];
 
 		for (var a = 0; a < npk.length; a++)
-			m += (npk[a] == 'file' ? '' : npk[a]) + '(' + cv + np[npk[a]] + ck + ') // ';
+			m += (npk[a] == 'file' ? '' : npk[a]).replace(/^\./, '') + '(' + cv + np[npk[a]] + ck + ') // ';
 
 		m += '[' + cv + s2ms(mp.au.currentTime) + ck + '/' + cv + s2ms(mp.au.duration) + ck + ']';
 
@@ -5830,7 +5832,7 @@ var treectl = (function () {
 			var res = JSON.parse(this.responseText);
 		}
 		catch (ex) {
-			return;
+			return toast.err(30, "bad <code>?tree</code> reply;\nexpected json, got this:\n\n" + esc(this.responseText + ''));
 		}
 		rendertree(res, this.ts, this.top, this.dst, this.rst);
 	}
@@ -5995,7 +5997,7 @@ var treectl = (function () {
 		thegrid.setvis(true);
 	}
 
-	r.reqls = function (url, hpush, back) {
+	r.reqls = function (url, hpush, back, hydrate) {
 		if (IE && !history.pushState)
 			return window.location = url;
 
@@ -6003,6 +6005,7 @@ var treectl = (function () {
 		xhr.top = url.split('?')[0];
 		xhr.back = back
 		xhr.hpush = hpush;
+		xhr.hydrate = hydrate;
 		xhr.ts = Date.now();
 		xhr.open('GET', xhr.top + '?ls' + (r.dots ? '&dots' : ''), true);
 		xhr.onload = xhr.onerror = recvls;
@@ -6049,8 +6052,10 @@ var treectl = (function () {
 			var res = JSON.parse(this.responseText);
 		}
 		catch (ex) {
-			location = this.top;
-			return;
+			if (!this.hydrate)
+				location = this.top;
+
+			return toast.err(30, "bad <code>?ls</code> reply;\nexpected json, got this:\n\n" + esc(this.responseText + ''));
 		}
 
 		if (r.chk_index_html(this.top, res))
@@ -6272,7 +6277,7 @@ var treectl = (function () {
 			xhr.send();
 
 			r.ls_cb = showfile.addlinks;
-			return r.reqls(get_evpath(), false);
+			return r.reqls(get_evpath(), false, undefined, true);
 		}
 
 		var top = get_evpath();
diff --git a/copyparty/web/util.js b/copyparty/web/util.js
index 6ea920b2..057b8ad9 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/util.js
+++ b/copyparty/web/util.js
@@ -1470,6 +1470,8 @@ var toast = (function () {
     };
 
     r.show = function (cl, sec, txt, tag) {
+        txt = (txt + '').slice(0, 16384);
+
         var same = r.visible && txt == r.p_txt && r.p_sec == sec,
             delta = Date.now() - r.p_t;
 
diff --git a/scripts/docker/README.md b/scripts/docker/README.md
index d90cd975..6ab1e711 100644
--- a/scripts/docker/README.md
+++ b/scripts/docker/README.md
@@ -79,6 +79,15 @@ or using commandline arguments,
 ```
 
 
+# faq
+
+the following advice is best-effort and not guaranteed to be entirely correct
+
+* q: starting a rootless container on debian 12 fails with `failed to register layer: lsetxattr user.overlay.impure /etc: operation not supported`
+  * a: docker's default rootless configuration on debian is to use the overlay2 storage driver; this does not work. Your options are to replace docker with podman (good choice), or to configure docker to use the `fuse-overlayfs` storage driver
+
+
+
 # build the images yourself
 
 basically `./make.sh hclean pull img push` but see [devnotes.md](./devnotes.md)
diff --git a/scripts/pyinstaller/deps.sha512 b/scripts/pyinstaller/deps.sha512
index 90550a7f..de7912b1 100644
--- a/scripts/pyinstaller/deps.sha512
+++ b/scripts/pyinstaller/deps.sha512
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ ba91ab0518c61eff13e5612d9e6b532940813f6b56e6ed81ea6c7c4d45acee4d98136a383a250675
 8a6e2b13a2ec4ef914a5d62aad3db6464d45e525a82e07f6051ed10474eae959069e165dba011aefb8207cdfd55391d73d6f06362c7eb247b08763106709526e  mutagen-1.47.0-py3-none-any.whl
 656015f5cc2c04aa0653ee5609c39a7e5f0b6a58c84fe26b20bd070c52d20b4effb810132f7fb771168483e9fd975cc3302837dd7a1a687ee058b0460c857cc4  packaging-23.2-py3-none-any.whl
 424e20dc7263a31d524307bc39ed755a9dd82f538086fff68d98dd97e236c9b00777a8ac2e3853081b532b0e93cef44983e74d0ab274877440e8b7341b19358a  pillow-10.2.0-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl
-2e6a57bab45b5a825a2073780c73980cbf5aafd99dc3b28660ea3f5f658f04668cd0f01c7de0bb79e362ff4e3b8f01dd4f671d3a2e054d3071baefdcf0b0e4ba  python-3.11.7-amd64.exe
+e6bdbae1affd161e62fc87407c912462dfe875f535ba9f344d0c4ade13715c947cd3ae832eff60f1bad4161938311d06ac8bc9b52ef203f7b0d9de1409f052a5  python-3.11.8-amd64.exe
diff --git a/scripts/pyinstaller/notes.txt b/scripts/pyinstaller/notes.txt
index 287c655b..91904192 100644
--- a/scripts/pyinstaller/notes.txt
+++ b/scripts/pyinstaller/notes.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ fns=(
   mutagen-1.47.0-py3-none-any.whl
   packaging-23.2-py3-none-any.whl
   pillow-10.2.0-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl
-  python-3.11.7-amd64.exe
+  python-3.11.8-amd64.exe
 )
 [ $w7 ] && fns+=(
   pyinstaller-5.13.2-py3-none-win32.whl