diff --git a/bin/wercconf.rc b/bin/wercconf.rc
index e98cbff..2855b9c 100644
--- a/bin/wercconf.rc
+++ b/bin/wercconf.rc
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ fn conf_perm_redirect {
 
 fn conf_hide_paths {
     for(i in $*)
-       dirfilter=$dirfilter^'/^'$i'$/d; '
+       dirfilter=$dirfilter^'/'^`{echo $i|sed 's!/!\\/!g'}^'/d; '
 }
diff --git a/lib/sitemap.tpl b/lib/sitemap.tpl
index e873ba2..3ade1e9 100644
--- a/lib/sitemap.tpl
+++ b/lib/sitemap.tpl
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ fn getMdDesc {
     sed 's/^(.......................................................................................................[^ ]*).*$/\1/g; 1q' < $1 
 }
 
+# XXX Instead of recursion should use du(1) or similar.
 fn listDir {
     d=$1
     if(~ $#d 0)