diff --git a/etc/settings.php b/etc/settings.php
index 1a22c72..c33e4d9 100644
--- a/etc/settings.php
+++ b/etc/settings.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php
-$path = "/path/to/your/files";
-$thumbs = "/var/tmp/sharing-gallery/thumbnails/";
+$imagepath = "/path/to/your/files";
+$thumbpath = "/var/tmp/sharing-gallery/thumbnails/";
 $max_validity_days = "30";
 ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/html/index.php b/html/index.php
index 4ccf5f4..353701e 100644
--- a/html/index.php
+++ b/html/index.php
@@ -58,33 +58,33 @@
      return $header;
    }
    function checkPath($pathToCheck) {
-     global $path, $subpath;
-     $fullpath = $path.'/'.$pathToCheck
+     global $imagepath, $subpath;
+     $fullpath = $imagepath.'/'.$pathToCheck
      if ($fullpath==realpath($fullpath) && is_dir($fullpath)) {
        $subpath=$pathToCheck;
-       $path = $fullpath;
+       $imagepath = $fullpath;
      } else {
       error_die('path not allowed: '.htmlentities($pathToCheck));
      }
    }
    function checkFile($fileToCheck, $thumb = false) {
-     global $path, $file, $subpath, $thumbs, $imgfile;
-     if (!ereg('/', $fileToCheck) && is_file($path.'/'.$fileToCheck)) {
+     global $imagepath, $file, $subpath, $thumbpath, $imgfile;
+     if (!ereg('/', $fileToCheck) && is_file($imagepath.'/'.$fileToCheck)) {
        $imgfile = $fileToCheck;
      } else {
        error_die('file not found', '404 Not Found');
      }
      if ($thumb) { // image from thumbnail path
-       $file = $thumbs.'/'.$subpath.'/'.$fileToCheck;
-       if (!is_dir($thumbs.'/'.$subpath)) mkdir($thumbs.'/'.$subpath, 0777, true);
+       $file = $thumbpath.'/'.$subpath.'/'.$fileToCheck;
+       if (!is_dir($thumbpath.'/'.$subpath)) mkdir($thumbpath.'/'.$subpath, 0777, true);
        if (!is_file($file)) { // create thumbnail
          $image = new Imagick();
-         $image->readImage($path.'/'.$fileToCheck);
+         $image->readImage($imagepath.'/'.$fileToCheck);
          $image->thumbnailImage(200, 200, true);
          $image->writeImage($file);
        }
      } else {
-       $file = $path.'/'.$fileToCheck;
+       $file = $imagepath.'/'.$fileToCheck;
      }
    }
    function returnFile($file) {
@@ -160,9 +160,9 @@
      if ($username=="") error_die('not authorized', '403 Forbidden');
      if (isset($_REQUEST['path'])) checkPath($_REQUEST['path']);
      if (isset($_REQUEST['folder']) && !ereg('/', $_REQUEST['folder'])) {
-       $file = $thumbs.'/folders/'.$subpath.'/'.$_REQUEST['folder'].'.png';
+       $file = $thumbpath.'/folders/'.$subpath.'/'.$_REQUEST['folder'].'.png';
        $type="image/png";
-       if (!is_dir($thumbs.'/folders/'.$subpath)) mkdir($thumbs.'/folders/'.$subpath, 0777, true);
+       if (!is_dir($thumbpath.'/folders/'.$subpath)) mkdir($thumbpath.'/folders/'.$subpath, 0777, true);
        if (!is_file($file)) { // create folder image
          $txt = wordwrap(preg_replace('/ +/', ' ', preg_replace('/-/', ' - ', preg_replace('/_/', " ", $_REQUEST['folder']))), 16, "\n", true);
          $image = new Imagick();
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@
            makelink('?path='.urlencode($subpath).'&file='.urlencode($f).'&view', '?path='.urlencode($subpath).'&file='.urlencode($f).'&thumb', $f);
        } else {
          if (isset($_REQUEST['view'])) { // view single image
-           $objects = extractDir($path);
+           $objects = extractDir($imagepath);
            $pos = array_search($imgfile, $objects['files']);
            if ($pos>0) 
              echo '<a href="?path='.urlencode($subpath).'&file='.urlencode($objects['files'][$pos-1]).'&view"><img src="?folder=←" alt="previous"/></a>';
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
            } elseif ($subpath!="") {
              echo '<a href="?"><img src="?folder=↑" alt="↑"/></a>';
            }
-           $objects = extractDir($path);
+           $objects = extractDir($imagepath);
            foreach ($objects['dirs'] as $f)
              makelink('?path='.urlencode($subpath.($subpath!=""?'/':'').$f), '?path='.urlencode($subpath).'&folder='.urlencode($f), $f);
            echo '</div><div class="images">';