diff --git a/scribeengine/controllers/media.py b/scribeengine/controllers/media.py
index b71e112..35f30d1 100644
--- a/scribeengine/controllers/media.py
+++ b/scribeengine/controllers/media.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 import os
 import logging
-from pprint import pprint
+from pprint import pprint, pformat
 
 from scribeengine.lib.base import *
 from scribeengine.lib import utils
@@ -34,36 +34,19 @@ log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 class MediaController(BaseController):
 
     def _get_directories(self, parent=None, tree={}):
-        if not parent:
-            parent = config[u'paths.media']
-        parent = os.path.abspath(parent)
-        dir_start = os.path.split(parent)[1]
-        tree[dir_start] = {}
+        old_root = parent
+        dirname = os.path.split(parent)[1]
+        tree[dirname] = {u'dirpath': parent, u'children': {}}
         for root, dirs, files in os.walk(parent):
-            root_parts = root.split(os.sep)
-            root_start = u''
-            for root_part in root_parts:
-                if root_part == dir_start:
-                    root_start = root_part
-                    break
-
+            if root != old_root:
+                break
             for dirpath in dirs:
-                root_parts =
                 full_dirpath = os.path.join(root, dirpath)
-                tree[full_dirpath] = {}
-
-        for dirpath in os.listdir(parent):
-            full_dirpath = os.path.abspath(dirpath)
-            print 'path:', full_dirpath
-            if os.path.isdir(full_dirpath):
-                tree[full_dirpath] = {
-                    u'path': dirpath,
-                    u'children': self._get_directories(full_dirpath)
-                }
-        return tree
+                self._get_directories(full_dirpath, tree[dirname][u'children'])
 
     def index(self):
-        c.directories = self._get_directories()
+        c.directories = {}
+        self._get_directories(config[u'paths.media'], c.directories)
         pprint(c.directories)
-        return c.directories
+        return pformat(c.directories, indent=2)
         #return render(u'/media/index.html')