--- a/lib/common.inc.php
+++ b/lib/common.inc.php
@@ -11,18 +11,22 @@
 }
 
 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 = "../";
 }
+    if (php_sapi_name() != "cli") {
+
 require $basePath."lib/amon-php/amon.php";
 Amon::config(array('address'=> 'http://127.0.0.1:2464', 
 		'protocol' => 'http', 
 		'secret_key' => "JBcSUdFOi5lK0vCjLjbHDpQamcBnRA4iV7QLaTADeDQ"));
 Amon::setup_exception_handler();
+    }
 
 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) {