--- a/lib/common.inc.php
+++ b/lib/common.inc.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 }
 
 define('ROOT', pathinfo(__FILE__, PATHINFO_DIRNAME));
-if (strstr($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], "labs/")) {
+if (strstr($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], "labs/") || strstr($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], "admin/") || strstr($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], "heuristics/")) {
     $basePath = "../";
 }
 require $basePath."lib/amon-php/amon.php";
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
 
 require ROOT . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '..' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'lib' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'openid.php';
 $openid = new LightOpenID($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']);
-
+// you have to open the session to be able to modify or remove it
+session_start();
 function login() {
     global $openid;
     if (!$openid->mode) {
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@
 function databaseError($errMsg) {
     if ($errMsg[2] != "") {
         echo '<div class="alert-message error">';
-        Amon::log(print_r($errMsg, true), array('error'));
+        Amon::log(print_r($errMsg, true).print_r($_REQUEST, true).print_r($_SERVER, true), array('error'));
         die(print_r($errMsg, true));
         echo "</div>";
     }