diff --git a/cloud.js b/cloud.js
index 243fad58..480c4f92 100644
--- a/cloud.js
+++ b/cloud.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 /*global modules, IDE_Morph, SnapSerializer, hex_sha512, alert, nop*/
 
-modules.cloud = '2013-May-10';
+modules.cloud = '2013-September-17';
 
 // Global stuff
 
@@ -579,6 +579,18 @@ Cloud.prototype.parseResponse = function (src) {
     return ans;
 };
 
+Cloud.prototype.parseDict = function (src) {
+    var dict = {};
+    if (!src) {return dict; }
+    src.split("&").forEach(function (entry) {
+        var pair = entry.split("="),
+            key = decodeURIComponent(pair[0]),
+            val = decodeURIComponent(pair[1]);
+        dict[key] = val;
+    });
+    return dict;
+};
+
 Cloud.prototype.encodeDict = function (dict) {
     var str = '',
         pair,
@@ -589,7 +601,7 @@ Cloud.prototype.encodeDict = function (dict) {
             pair = encodeURIComponent(key)
                 + '='
                 + encodeURIComponent(dict[key]);
-            if (pair.length > 0) {
+            if (str.length > 0) {
                 str += '&';
             }
             str += pair;
diff --git a/gui.js b/gui.js
index 43fb5359..c11793e8 100644
--- a/gui.js
+++ b/gui.js
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ sb, CommentMorph, CommandBlockMorph*/
 
 // Global stuff ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-modules.gui = '2013-September-16';
+modules.gui = '2013-September-17';
 
 // Declarations
 
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ IDE_Morph.prototype.openIn = function (world) {
     */
 
     function interpretUrlAnchors() {
+        var dict;
         if (location.hash.substr(0, 6) === '#open:') {
             hash = location.hash.substr(6);
             if (hash.charAt(0) === '%'
@@ -335,8 +336,13 @@ IDE_Morph.prototype.openIn = function (world) {
             this.shield.setExtent(this.parent.extent());
             this.parent.add(this.shield);
             myself.showMessage('Fetching project\nfrom the cloud...');
+
+            // make sure to lowercase the username
+            dict = SnapCloud.parseDict(location.hash.substr(9));
+            dict.Username = dict.Username.toLowerCase();
+
             SnapCloud.getPublicProject(
-                location.hash.substr(9),
+                SnapCloud.encodeDict(dict),
                 function (projectData) {
                     var msg;
                     myself.nextSteps([
@@ -3735,7 +3741,7 @@ IDE_Morph.prototype.setCloudURL = function () {
                 'https://snapcloud.miosoft.com/miocon/app/' +
                     'login?_app=SnapCloud',
             'local network lab' :
-                '192.168.2.110:8087/miocon/app/login?_app=SnapCloud',
+                '192.168.2.107:8087/miocon/app/login?_app=SnapCloud',
             'local network office' :
                 '192.168.186.167:8087/miocon/app/login?_app=SnapCloud',
             'localhost dev' :
diff --git a/history.txt b/history.txt
index 32efec26..795e1914 100755
--- a/history.txt
+++ b/history.txt
@@ -1905,3 +1905,8 @@ ______
 * GUI: prompt() - invocation fixes (null-choices)
 * GUI: synchronous URL fetching simplifications for libraries and example projects
 * GUI: fixed #115 - prevent loading several instances of the same block definition
+
+130917
+------
+* Cloud: encodeDict() fix and new parseDict() method - used for accessing shared projects
+* GUI: fixed #119, #149 (accessing a shared projects requires lowercasing the username)