diff --git a/pwiki/page.js b/pwiki/page.js
index a1a78e4..e512b97 100755
--- a/pwiki/page.js
+++ b/pwiki/page.js
@@ -124,13 +124,14 @@ object.Constructor('BasePage', {
 	},
 	resolvePathVars: function(path, context={}){
 		var that = this
-		return Object.entries(this.path_vars)
-			.reduce(function(res, [key, func]){
-				return res
-					.replace(
-						new RegExp('(\\${'+key+'}|\\$'+key+')', 'g'), 
-						func.call(that, context))
-			}, path) },
+		return pwpath.normalize(
+			Object.entries(this.path_vars)
+				.reduce(function(res, [key, func]){
+					return res
+						.replace(
+							new RegExp('(\\${'+key+'}|\\$'+key+')', 'g'), 
+							func.call(that, context))
+				}, path)) },
 
 	// page location...
 	//
@@ -914,7 +915,6 @@ object.Constructor('Page', BasePage, {
 				// XXX DEPENDS_PATTERN
 				depends.add(src)
 
-
 				handler = handler 
 					?? async function(src, state){
 						return isolated ?
@@ -1036,7 +1036,6 @@ object.Constructor('Page', BasePage, {
 				// XXX DEPENDS_PATTERN
 				depends.add(src)
 
-
 				var pages = src ?
 						(!expandactions 
 								&& await this.get(src).type == 'action' ?
@@ -1295,7 +1294,6 @@ object.Constructor('Page', BasePage, {
 					// XXX DEPENDS_PATTERN
 					depends.add(src)
 
-
 					join = _getBlock('join') 
 						?? join 
 					join = join
diff --git a/pwiki/path.js b/pwiki/path.js
index ba6603a..c757c96 100755
--- a/pwiki/path.js
+++ b/pwiki/path.js
@@ -123,6 +123,12 @@ module = {
 		// clear the trailing '/'...
 		path.at(-1) == ''
 			&& path.pop()
+		// trim trailing ':'...
+		path.at(-1) 
+			&& path.at(-1).endsWith(':')
+			&& (path.push(
+				path.pop()
+					.replace(/:*$/, '')))
 		/*/ XXX NORMCACHE...
 		var res = format == 'string' ?
 			// special case: root -> keep '/'