diff --git a/fp-plugins/prettyurls/lang/lang.en-us.php b/fp-plugins/prettyurls/lang/lang.en-us.php
index de017af..4fab0d0 100644
--- a/fp-plugins/prettyurls/lang/lang.en-us.php
+++ b/fp-plugins/prettyurls/lang/lang.en-us.php
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 		'submit'	=> 'Save'
 	);
 	$lang['admin']['plugin']['prettyurls']['msgs'] = array(
-		1		=> 'API key saved',
-		-1		=> 'API key is not valid'
+		1		=> '.htaccess saved successfully',
+		-1		=> '.htaccess could not be saved (do you have writing permissions on <code>'. BLOG_ROOT .'</code>)?'
 	);
 	
 ?>
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diff --git a/fp-plugins/prettyurls/plugin.prettyurls.php b/fp-plugins/prettyurls/plugin.prettyurls.php
index f87e256..0ec22a7 100644
--- a/fp-plugins/prettyurls/plugin.prettyurls.php
+++ b/fp-plugins/prettyurls/plugin.prettyurls.php
@@ -226,7 +226,11 @@ class Plugin_PrettyURLs {
 
 		
 		if (strpos($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], BLOG_ROOT)!==false) {
-			$url = substr($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], strlen(BLOG_ROOT)-1);
+			$url = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
+			$del = BLOG_ROOT;
+			if (strpos($url, 'index.php')!==false)
+				$del = $del . 'index.php/';
+			$url = substr($url, strlen($del)-1);
 		}
 		
 		if ($url=='/')
@@ -268,7 +272,6 @@ class Plugin_PrettyURLs {
 		if ($this->status == 2)
 			return;	
 		
-		
 		if ($this->date_handled){
 			$url = preg_replace_callback('|^/([^/]+)|', array(&$this, 'handle_entry'), $url);
 			// if status = 2
@@ -502,9 +505,7 @@ STR;
 		function onsubmit() {
 			global $fp_config;
 			
-			if ($_POST['wp-apikey']){
-				
-				
+			if (!empty($_POST['htaccess']) && io_write_file(ABS_PATH.'.htaccess', $_POST['htaccess'])){
 				$this->smarty->assign('success', 1);
 			} else {
 			 	$this->smarty->assign('success', -1);
diff --git a/fp-plugins/prettyurls/tpls/admin.plugin.prettyurls.tpl b/fp-plugins/prettyurls/tpls/admin.plugin.prettyurls.tpl
index fa71788..dd75992 100644
--- a/fp-plugins/prettyurls/tpls/admin.plugin.prettyurls.tpl
+++ b/fp-plugins/prettyurls/tpls/admin.plugin.prettyurls.tpl
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
 {include file=shared:errorlist.tpl}
 
 	
-<form method="post"
-	action="{$smarty.const.BLOG_BASEURL}admin.php?{$smarty.server.QUERY_STRING|escape:"html"}"
-	enctype="multipart/form-data">
+{html_form}
 	
 	<p>	
 	<textarea id="htaccess" name="htaccess" cols="70" rows="16">{$htaccess|escape:'html'}</textarea>
@@ -20,4 +18,4 @@
 	{/if}
 	</div>
 		
-</form>
+{/html_form}
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