diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index 90c9811..3f08d20 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ function microtime_float() {
 
 function makeThumb($item = "") {
    if ( $item == "" ) { return false; }
+   $prefix = (substr(getcwd(), -4) == "ajax") ? "../" : "";
    if ( is_dir($item) ) {
       $isfolder = true;
       $folder = $item;
@@ -23,12 +24,12 @@ function makeThumb($item = "") {
       if ( count($files) == 0 ) { return false; }
       reset($files);
       $comic = $folder . "/" . current($files);
-      $outfile = THUMBSDIR . substr($folder, strlen(COMICSDIR)) . "_oem";
+      $outfile = $prefix . THUMBSDIR . substr($folder, strlen(COMICSDIR)) . "_oem";
    } elseif ( is_file($item) ) {
       $isfolder = false;
       $file = $item;
       $comic = $file;
-      $targetdir = THUMBSDIR . substr(dirname($file), strlen(COMICSDIR)) . "/";
+      $targetdir = $prefix . THUMBSDIR . substr(dirname($file), strlen(COMICSDIR)) . "/";
       if ( !is_dir($targetdir) ) {
          mkdir($targetdir, 0755, true);
       }