diff --git a/cake/dispatcher.php b/cake/dispatcher.php
index ec4b4bb96..8a8367639 100644
--- a/cake/dispatcher.php
+++ b/cake/dispatcher.php
@@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ class Dispatcher extends Object
       $docRoot = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];
       $scriptName = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
       
+      //print "base: $base<br>";
+      
 
       // if document root ends with 'webroot', it's probably correctly set
       $r = null;
@@ -270,25 +272,59 @@ class Dispatcher extends Object
       }
       else
       {
-          if(empty($base)){
+          if(empty($base))
+          {
+        //      print "setUri: ".setUri()."<br>";
               $isDir = explode('/', setUri());
+              foreach ($isDir as $xyz)
+              {
+              	if (!empty($xyz))
+              	{
+              		$isDir2[] = $xyz;
+              	}
+              }
+              $isDir = $isDir2;
+              if (isset($isDir[1]))
+              {              	
               $first = $isDir[1];
+              }
+              else
+              {
+              	
+              $first = $isDir[0];
+              }
               $webPath[] = DS.$first.DS;
+              $dir = $docRoot.$first.DS;
+              //$x = 1;
               foreach ($isDir as $dirName)
               {
-                  if(!empty($dirName) && is_dir($docRoot.$first.DS.$dirName))
+                  if (empty($dirName))
+                  {
+                       // continue;
+                  }
+                  //print "<br>$x: $dir<br>";
+                  $dir .= $dirName.DS;
+                  //$x += 1;
+                  if(!empty($dirName) && is_dir($dir))
                   {
                       $webPath[] = $dirName.DS;
                   }
+                  //print "<br>";
+            //      print_r($webPath);
+              //    print "<br>";
               }
               $webroot = implode('', $webPath);
               $base = substr($webroot, 0, -1);
+      
+      //print "base: $base<br>";
           }
           else
           {
               $webroot =setUri();
           } 
           $this->webroot = preg_replace('/(?:'.APP_DIR.'(.*)|index\\.php(.*))/i', '', $webroot).APP_DIR.DS.WEBROOT_DIR.DS;
+        //  print "webrot:".$this->webroot."<br>";
+          
           // document root is probably not set to Cake 'webroot' dir
           if (preg_match('/\\/index.php(\/)?$/i', $scriptName, $r))
           {
@@ -298,6 +334,8 @@ class Dispatcher extends Object
               }
               else
               {
+          //        print "base: $base<br>";
+                  
                   return $base;
               }
           }