diff --git a/js/FileRetriever.js b/js/FileRetriever.js
index 997c82afc..2bb444674 100644
--- a/js/FileRetriever.js
+++ b/js/FileRetriever.js
@@ -47,21 +47,29 @@ console.error("Retrieved " + task.url);
 
 // Retrieve a file given a filepath specifier and a context path. If the filepath isn't an absolute
 // filepath or an absolute URL, then it is interpreted relative to the context path, which can also be
-// a filepath or a URL. It returns the final path used to reach the file. On completion, the callback
-// function is called as callback(err,data)
+// a filepath or a URL. On completion, the callback function is called as callback(err,data). It
+// returns an object:
+//		path: full path used to reach the file
+//		basename: the basename of the file (used as the default tiddler title)
+//		extname: the extension of the file
 FileRetriever.retrieveFile = function(filepath,contextPath,callback) {
 	var httpRegExp = /^(https?:\/\/)/gi,
-		newpath,
+		result = {},
 		filepathIsHttp = httpRegExp.test(filepath),
 		contextPathIsHttp = httpRegExp.test(contextPath);
 	if(contextPathIsHttp || filepathIsHttp) {
 		// If we've got a full HTTP URI then we're good to go
-		newpath = url.resolve(contextPath,filepath);
-		httpRequestQueue.push({url: newpath},callback);
+		result.path = url.resolve(contextPath,filepath);
+		var parsedPath = url.parse(result.path);
+		result.extname = path.extname(parsedPath.pathname);
+		result.basename = path.basename(parsedPath.extname);
+		httpRequestQueue.push({url: result.path},callback);
 	} else {
 		// It's a file requested in a file context
-		newpath = path.resolve(path.dirname(contextPath),filepath);
-		fileRequestQueue.push({filepath: newpath},callback);
+		result.path = path.resolve(path.dirname(contextPath),filepath);
+		result.extname = path.extname(result.path);
+		result.basename = path.basename(result.path,result.extname);
+		fileRequestQueue.push({filepath: result.path},callback);
 	}
-	return newpath;
+	return result;
 }
diff --git a/js/Recipe.js b/js/Recipe.js
index dc011f5cf..16b604633 100755
--- a/js/Recipe.js
+++ b/js/Recipe.js
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ Recipe.prototype.decFetchCount = function() {
 Recipe.prototype.readRecipe = function(filepath,contextPath) {
 	var me = this;
 	this.incFetchCount();
-	var actualPath = retrieveFile(filepath, contextPath, function(err, data) {
+	var rf = retrieveFile(filepath, contextPath, function(err, data) {
 		if (err) throw err;
-		me.processRecipe(data,actualPath);
+		me.processRecipe(data,rf.path);
 		me.decFetchCount();
 	});
 }
@@ -83,8 +83,7 @@ Recipe.prototype.processRecipe = function (data,contextPath) {
 				if(!(marker in me.ingredients)) {
 					me.ingredients[marker] = [];
 				}
-				var ingredientLocation = me.ingredients[marker].length;
-				me.ingredients[marker][ingredientLocation] = null;
+				var ingredientLocation = me.ingredients[marker].push(null) - 1;
 				me.readIngredient(value,contextPath,function(fields) {
 					var postProcess = me.readIngredientPostProcess[marker];
 					if(postProcess)
@@ -109,17 +108,15 @@ Recipe.prototype.readIngredientPostProcess = {
 
 // Read an ingredient file and return it as a hashmap of tiddler fields. Also read the .meta file, if present
 Recipe.prototype.readIngredient = function(filepath,contextPath,callback) {
-	var me = this,
-		extname = path.extname(filepath),
-		basename = path.basename(filepath,extname),
-		fields = {
-			title: basename
-		};
+	var me = this;
 	me.incFetchCount();
 	// Read the tiddler file
-	retrieveFile(filepath,contextPath,function(err,data) {
+	var rf = retrieveFile(filepath,contextPath,function(err,data) {
 		if (err) throw err;
-		fields = tiddlerInput.parseTiddler(data,extname,fields);
+		var fields = {
+			title: rf.basename
+		};
+		fields = tiddlerInput.parseTiddler(data,rf.extname,fields);
 		// Check for the .meta file
 		var metafile = filepath + ".meta";
 		me.incFetchCount();