diff --git a/diskover-web/CHANGELOG.md b/diskover-web/CHANGELOG.md
index 8b65e14b..618de32e 100644
--- a/diskover-web/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/diskover-web/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Diskover-web v2 Community Edition Change Log
 
+# [2.0.6] - 2022-11-06
+### fixed
+- issue searching for full paths to hidden dot files/folders and files with double extensions (e.g. tar.gz)
+- issue searching for full file path
+- issue with rootpath not updating and directory searches showing no results
+- es search error [ids] unknown field [type]
+- occasional php fatal error when search contains parent_path field
+
+
 # [2.0.5] - 2022-10-21
 ### fixed
 - changing index in url params doesn't set the index or root path
diff --git a/diskover-web/public/logout.php b/diskover-web/public/logout.php
index 62fb6a79..0b2968e6 100644
--- a/diskover-web/public/logout.php
+++ b/diskover-web/public/logout.php
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 session_destroy();
 // Delete any path cookies
 setcookie('path');
-setcookie('prevpath');
 setcookie('rootpath');
 setcookie('parentpath');
 setcookie('toppath');
diff --git a/diskover-web/public/search.php b/diskover-web/public/search.php
index e528afe8..19e2249f 100644
--- a/diskover-web/public/search.php
+++ b/diskover-web/public/search.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     $request = predict_search($searchquery);
 
     // check for path in search query and update paths in session and cookies
-    if (!isset($_GET['path']) && strpos($request, 'parent_path:') !== false) {
+    if (!isset($_GET['path']) && strpos($request, 'parent_path:\/') !== false) {
         // parse out actual path from es query string
         $pp = explode('parent_path:', $request)[1];
         $pp = preg_replace('/ (AND|OR) .*/i', '', $pp);
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
             // set path cookie to update tree
             createCookie('path', $path);
             createCookie('parentpath', getParentDir($path));
+            $_GET['path'] = $path;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/diskover-web/public/view.php b/diskover-web/public/view.php
index 89eab1eb..bb37fa82 100644
--- a/diskover-web/public/view.php
+++ b/diskover-web/public/view.php
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         $searchParams['body'] = [
             'query' => [
                 'ids' => [
-                    'type' => '_doc',
+                    //'type' => '_doc',
                     'values' => [ $_REQUEST['id'] ]
                 ]
             ]
diff --git a/diskover-web/src/diskover/Diskover.php b/diskover-web/src/diskover/Diskover.php
index 0b70993b..510ad38a 100644
--- a/diskover-web/src/diskover/Diskover.php
+++ b/diskover-web/src/diskover/Diskover.php
@@ -499,7 +499,6 @@ function setPaths()
             $path = get_es_path($esIndex, 1);
             $_SESSION['rootpath'] = $path;
             createCookie('rootpath', $path);
-            createCookie('prevpath', $path);
             createCookie('parentpath', getParentDir($path));
         }
     }
@@ -507,12 +506,6 @@ function setPaths()
     if ($path !== "/") {
         $path = rtrim($path, '/');
     }
-    createCookie('path', $path);
-    createCookie('parentpath', getParentDir($path));
-    // check rootpath session is set
-    if (!isset($_SESSION['rootpath'])) {
-        $_SESSION['rootpath'] = $path;
-    }
     
     $toppath = $_SESSION['toppath'];
     if (empty($toppath)) {
@@ -526,15 +519,11 @@ function setPaths()
         $_SESSION['toppath'] = $toppath;
     }
 
-    $prevpath = getCookie('prevpath');
-
-    // update prevpath to be current path
-    createCookie('prevpath', $path);
-
-    // update rootpath session and cookie and parentpath if path changed
-    if ($path == $toppath && $path != $prevpath) {
-        $_SESSION['rootpath'] = $path;
-        createCookie('rootpath', $path);
+    $rootpath = getRootpath($path);
+    if (!is_null($rootpath)) {
+        $_SESSION['rootpath'] = $rootpath;
+        createCookie('rootpath', $rootpath);
+        createCookie('path', $path);
         createCookie('parentpath', getParentDir($path));
     }
 }
@@ -632,7 +621,6 @@ function checkIndices()
 function clearPaths() {
     deleteCookie('path');
     deleteCookie('rootpath');
-    deleteCookie('prevpath');
     deleteCookie('parentpath');
     unset($_SESSION['rootpath']);
     unset($_SESSION['toppath']);
@@ -1095,17 +1083,17 @@ function predict_search($q)
         // check for wildcard at end of path
         if (preg_match('/^.*\\*$/', $request)) {
             $pathnowild = rtrim($request, '\*');
-            // update path cookie to update tree
             $cookiepath = str_replace('\\', '', $pathnowild);
             createCookie('path', $cookiepath);
             $request = 'parent_path:' . $pathnowild . '*';
-        } elseif (preg_match('/^.*\.\w{3,4}$/', $request)) { // file
+        } elseif (preg_match('/(^.*\.\w{3,4}(\.\w{2}){0,1}$)|(^.*\/\..*$)/', $request)) { // file
             $request = 'parent_path:' . rtrim(dirname($request), '\/') . ' AND name:' . rtrim(basename($request), '\/');
+            $cookiepath = rtrim(dirname($q), '/');
+            createCookie('path', $cookiepath);
         } else { // directory
-            // update path cookie to update tree
             $cookiepath = str_replace('\\', '', $request);
             createCookie('path', $cookiepath);
-            $request = 'parent_path:' . $request;
+            $request = '(parent_path:' . rtrim(dirname($request), '\/')  . ' AND name:' . rtrim(basename($request), '\/') . ') OR parent_path:' . $request;
         }
         // NOT es field query such as name:filename
     } elseif (preg_match('/(\w+):/i', $q) == false && !empty($q)) {
diff --git a/diskover-web/src/diskover/version.php b/diskover-web/src/diskover/version.php
index 4264b443..6486d04e 100644
--- a/diskover-web/src/diskover/version.php
+++ b/diskover-web/src/diskover/version.php
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 */
 
 // diskover-web version
-$VERSION = '2.0.5 community edition (ce)';
\ No newline at end of file
+$VERSION = '2.0.6 community edition (ce)';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/diskover/CHANGELOG.md b/diskover/CHANGELOG.md
index caf32456..d2d99b84 100644
--- a/diskover/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/diskover/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Diskover v2 Community Edition Change Log
 
+# [2.0.6] - 2022-11-06
+### changed
+- better handling of errors when importing alternate scanner modules
+
+
 # [2.0.5] - 2022-10-21
 ### fixed
 - log file names having 12H format instead of 24H
diff --git a/diskover/diskover.py b/diskover/diskover.py
index 61f24e32..3cc9a803 100644
--- a/diskover/diskover.py
+++ b/diskover/diskover.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     get_file_name, load_plugins, list_plugins, get_plugins_info, set_times, \
     get_mem_usage, get_win_path, rem_win_path
 
-version = '2.0.5 community edition (ce)'
+version = '2.0.6 community edition (ce)'
 __version__ = version
 
 # Windows check
@@ -221,6 +221,16 @@ def config_warn(e):
 emptyindex = False
 
 
+class AltScannerError(Exception):
+    def __init__(self, message):
+        self.message = message
+        super().__init__(self.message)
+        logmsg = 'ALT SCANNER EXCEPTION {0}'.format(self.message)
+        logger.exception(logmsg)
+        if logtofile: logger_warn.exception(logmsg)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+
 def close_app():
     """Handle exiting cleanly when a keyboard interupt/sigint occurs."""
     global quit
@@ -1028,13 +1038,8 @@ def log_setup():
         try:
             full_module_name = 'scanners.' + options.altscanner
             alt_scanner = importlib.import_module(full_module_name)
-        except ModuleNotFoundError:
-            logmsg = 'Alternate scanner {0} not found!'.format(options.altscanner)
-            logger.error(logmsg)
-            if logtofile: logger_warn.error(logmsg)
-            sys.exit(1)
-        except Exception:
-            raise
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise AltScannerError(e)
         logger.info('Using alternate scanner {0}'.format(alt_scanner))
         # point os.scandir() to scandir() in alt scanner module
         os.scandir = alt_scanner.scandir
@@ -1043,11 +1048,15 @@ def log_setup():
             alt_scanner.log_setup(loglevel, logformat, logtofile, handler_file, handler_warnfile, handler_con)
         except AttributeError:
             pass
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise AltScannerError(e)
          # call init function to create any connections to api, db, etc
         try:
             alt_scanner.init(globals())
         except AttributeError:
             pass
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise AltScannerError(e)
     else:
         alt_scanner = None