diff --git a/data/core/init.lua b/data/core/init.lua
index 42b7b8e3..17eb2561 100644
--- a/data/core/init.lua
+++ b/data/core/init.lua
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ local function normalize_path(s)
 end
 
 
-local function add_project_to_recents(dirname)
-  dirname = normalize_path(system.absolute_path(dirname))
+local function add_project_to_recents(dir_path_abs)
+  local dirname = normalize_path(dir_path_abs)
   if not dirname then return end
   local recents = core.recent_projects
   local n = #recents
@@ -74,11 +74,11 @@ function core.set_project_dir(new_dir, change_project_fn)
 end
 
 
-function core.open_folder_project(dirname)
-  if core.set_project_dir(dirname, core.on_quit_project) then
+function core.open_folder_project(dir_path_abs)
+  if core.set_project_dir(dir_path_abs, core.on_quit_project) then
     core.root_view:close_all_docviews()
-    add_project_to_recents(dirname)
-    core.on_enter_project(dirname)
+    add_project_to_recents(dir_path_abs)
+    core.on_enter_project(dir_path_abs)
   end
 end
 
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ function core.init()
   local project_dir_abs = system.absolute_path(project_dir)
   local set_project_ok = core.set_project_dir(project_dir_abs)
   if set_project_ok then
-    add_project_to_recents(project_dir)
+    add_project_to_recents(project_dir_abs)
   else
     core.error("Cannot enter project directory %q", project_dir)
     project_dir_abs = system.absolute_path(".")
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ end
 
 function core.temp_filename(ext)
   temp_file_counter = temp_file_counter + 1
-  return EXEDIR .. PATHSEP .. temp_file_prefix
+  return USERDIR .. PATHSEP .. temp_file_prefix
       .. string.format("%06x", temp_file_counter) .. (ext or "")
 end
 
diff --git a/data/plugins/projectsearch.lua b/data/plugins/projectsearch.lua
index 50cd3c4a..22c16ef8 100644
--- a/data/plugins/projectsearch.lua
+++ b/data/plugins/projectsearch.lua
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ function ResultsView:begin_search(text, fn)
     local i = 1
     for dir_name, file in core.get_project_files() do
       if file.type == "file" then
-        find_all_matches_in_file(self.results, dir_name .. PATHSEP .. file.filename, fn)
+        local path = (dir_name == core.project_dir and "" or (dir_name .. PATHSEP))
+        find_all_matches_in_file(self.results, path .. file.filename, fn)
       end
       self.last_file_idx = i
       i = i + 1
diff --git a/data/plugins/treeview.lua b/data/plugins/treeview.lua
index 71ea9869..08ec94ad 100644
--- a/data/plugins/treeview.lua
+++ b/data/plugins/treeview.lua
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ function TreeView:get_cached(item, dirname)
     dir_cache = {}
     self.cache[dirname] = dir_cache
   end
-  local t = dir_cache[item.filename]
+  -- to discriminate top directories from regular files or subdirectories
+  -- we add ':' at the end of the top directories' filename. it will be
+  -- used only to identify the entry into the cache.
+  local cache_name = item.filename .. (item.topdir and ":" or "")
+  local t = dir_cache[cache_name]
   if not t then
     t = {}
     local basename = common.basename(item.filename)
@@ -51,7 +55,7 @@ function TreeView:get_cached(item, dirname)
     end
     t.name = basename
     t.type = item.type
-    dir_cache[item.filename] = t
+    dir_cache[cache_name] = t
   end
   return t
 end
diff --git a/dev-utils/repackage.sh b/dev-utils/repackage.sh
index d3d40ba3..99368582 100644
--- a/dev-utils/repackage.sh
+++ b/dev-utils/repackage.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ copy_directory_from_repo () {
 
 lite_copy_third_party_modules () {
     local build="$1"
-    curl --insecure -L "https://github.com/rxi/lite-colors/archive/master.zip" -o "$build/rxi-lite-colors.zip"
+    curl --retry 5 --retry-delay 3 --insecure -L "https://github.com/rxi/lite-colors/archive/master.zip" -o "$build/rxi-lite-colors.zip" || exit 1
     mkdir -p "$build/third/data/colors" "$build/third/data/plugins"
     unzip -qq "$build/rxi-lite-colors.zip" -d "$build"
     mv "$build/lite-colors-master/colors" "$build/third/data"
@@ -36,15 +36,17 @@ while [ ! -z ${1+x} ]; do
   esac
 done
 
+wget="wget --retry-connrefused --waitretry=1 --read-timeout=20 --no-check-certificate" 
+
 workdir=".repackage"
 rm -fr "$workdir" && mkdir "$workdir" && pushd "$workdir"
 
 fetch_packages_from_github () {
-  assets=($(wget --no-check-certificate -q -nv -O- https://api.github.com/repos/franko/lite-xl/releases/latest | grep "browser_download_url" | cut -d '"' -f 4))
+  assets=($($wget -q -nv -O- https://api.github.com/repos/franko/lite-xl/releases/latest | grep "browser_download_url" | cut -d '"' -f 4))
 
   for url in "${assets[@]}"; do
     echo "getting: $url"
-    wget -q --no-check-certificate "$url"
+    $wget -q "$url" || exit 1
   done
 }