diff --git a/pandora/archive/admin.py b/pandora/archive/admin.py
index 4af841b8a..6a7763f81 100644
--- a/pandora/archive/admin.py
+++ b/pandora/archive/admin.py
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ from django.contrib import admin
 import models
 
 class FileAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
-    search_fields = ['path', 'video_codec']
+    search_fields = ['name', 'video_codec']
 
     #form = FileAdminForm
 
 admin.site.register(models.File, FileAdmin)
 
 class InstanceAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
-    search_fields = ['path', 'volume__name']
+    search_fields = ['name', 'volume', 'volume__name']
     #form = ArchiveFileAdminForm
 
 admin.site.register(models.Instance, InstanceAdmin)
diff --git a/pandora/item/utils.py b/pandora/item/utils.py
index ca002be48..989bae721 100644
--- a/pandora/item/utils.py
+++ b/pandora/item/utils.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def oxdb_id(title, directors=[], year='', season='', episode='', episode_title='
     return u'0x' + oxdb_id
 
 def oxdb_directors(director):
-    director = os.path.basename(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(director)))
+    director = os.path.basename(os.path.dirname(director))
     if director.endswith('_'):
         director = "%s." % director[:-1]
     directors = [normalizeName(d) for d in director.split('; ')]
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def oxdb_year(data):
 def oxdb_series_title(path):
     seriesTitle = u''
     if path.startswith('Series'):
-        seriesTitle = os.path.basename(os.path.dirname(path))
+        seriesTitle = os.path.basename(path)
     else:
         t = oxdb_title(path)
         if " (S" in t:
@@ -142,6 +142,12 @@ def oxdb_part(path):
     return part
 
 def parse_path(path):
+    '''
+        expects path in the form
+            L/Last, First/Title (YYYY)
+            M/McCarthy, Thomas/The Visitor (2007)
+            G/Godard, Jean-Luc/Histoire(s) du cinema_ Toutes les histoires (1988)
+    '''
     import ox.web.imdb
     search_title = oxdb_title(path, True)
     r = {}