diff --git a/core/io/backend/backend.factor b/core/io/backend/backend.factor
index 1595ecd576..8cfcbb71de 100755
--- a/core/io/backend/backend.factor
+++ b/core/io/backend/backend.factor
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ M: object normalize-directory ;
 
 HOOK: normalize-pathname io-backend ( str -- newstr )
 
-M: object normalize-pathname ;
-
 : set-io-backend ( io-backend -- )
     io-backend set-global init-io init-stdio ;
 
diff --git a/core/io/files/files-tests.factor b/core/io/files/files-tests.factor
index 36b32ea34c..51bf79e29c 100755
--- a/core/io/files/files-tests.factor
+++ b/core/io/files/files-tests.factor
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 IN: io.files.tests
-USING: tools.test io.files io threads kernel continuations io.encodings.ascii
-io.files.unique sequences strings accessors ;
+USING: tools.test io.files io threads kernel continuations
+io.encodings.ascii io.files.unique sequences strings accessors
+io.encodings.utf8 ;
 
 [ ] [ "blahblah" temp-file dup exists? [ delete-directory ] [ drop ] if ] unit-test
 [ ] [ "blahblah" temp-file make-directory ] unit-test
@@ -130,6 +131,18 @@ io.files.unique sequences strings accessors ;
 
 [ t ] [ cwd "misc" resource-path [ ] with-directory cwd = ] unit-test
 
+[ t ] [
+    temp-directory [ "hi" "test41" utf8 set-file-contents ] with-directory
+    temp-directory "test41" append-path utf8 file-contents "hi41" =
+] unit-test
+
+[ t ] [
+    temp-directory [
+        "test43" utf8 <file-writer> [ "hi43" write ] with-stream
+    ] with-directory
+    temp-directory "test43" append-path utf8 file-contents "hi43" =
+] unit-test
+
 [ ] [ "append-test" temp-file dup exists? [ delete-file ] [ drop ] if ] unit-test
 
 [ ] [ "append-test" temp-file ascii <file-appender> dispose ] unit-test
diff --git a/core/io/files/files.factor b/core/io/files/files.factor
index 6500bdb387..64d8e25ee2 100755
--- a/core/io/files/files.factor
+++ b/core/io/files/files.factor
@@ -272,6 +272,9 @@ DEFER: copy-tree-into
 
 : temp-file ( name -- path ) temp-directory prepend-path ;
 
+M: object normalize-pathname ( path -- path' )
+    current-directory get prepend-path ;
+
 ! Pathname presentations
 TUPLE: pathname string ;
 
diff --git a/extra/ui/gadgets/scrollers/scrollers.factor b/extra/ui/gadgets/scrollers/scrollers.factor
index 98951b74e3..7966f4e206 100755
--- a/extra/ui/gadgets/scrollers/scrollers.factor
+++ b/extra/ui/gadgets/scrollers/scrollers.factor
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@
 USING: arrays ui.gadgets
 ui.gadgets.viewports ui.gadgets.frames ui.gadgets.grids
 ui.gadgets.theme ui.gadgets.sliders ui.gestures kernel math
-namespaces sequences models combinators math.vectors ;
+namespaces sequences models combinators math.vectors
+tuples ;
 IN: ui.gadgets.scrollers
 
 TUPLE: scroller viewport x y follows ;
 
 : find-scroller ( gadget -- scroller/f )
-    [ scroller? ] find-parent ;
+    [ [ scroller? ] is? ] find-parent ;
 
 : scroll-up-page scroller-y -1 swap slide-by-page ;
 
diff --git a/extra/ui/tools/listener/listener.factor b/extra/ui/tools/listener/listener.factor
index 75401b3861..7db0d63f45 100755
--- a/extra/ui/tools/listener/listener.factor
+++ b/extra/ui/tools/listener/listener.factor
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ kernel models namespaces parser quotations sequences ui.commands
 ui.gadgets ui.gadgets.editors ui.gadgets.labelled
 ui.gadgets.panes ui.gadgets.buttons ui.gadgets.scrollers
 ui.gadgets.tracks ui.gestures ui.operations vocabs words
-prettyprint listener debugger threads boxes concurrency.flags ;
+prettyprint listener debugger threads boxes concurrency.flags
+math arrays ;
 IN: ui.tools.listener
 
 TUPLE: listener-gadget input output stack ;
@@ -23,9 +24,19 @@ TUPLE: listener-gadget input output stack ;
 : <listener-input> ( listener -- gadget )
     listener-gadget-output <pane-stream> <interactor> ;
 
+TUPLE: input-scroller ;
+
+: <input-scroller> ( interactor -- scroller )
+    <scroller>
+    input-scroller construct-empty
+    [ set-gadget-delegate ] keep ;
+
+M: input-scroller pref-dim*
+    drop { 0 100 } ;
+
 : listener-input, ( -- )
     g <listener-input> g-> set-listener-gadget-input
-    <scroller> "Input" <labelled-gadget> f track, ;
+    <input-scroller> "Input" <labelled-gadget> f track, ;
 
 : welcome. ( -- )
    "If this is your first time with Factor, please read the " print