diff --git a/database.py b/database.py
index 61f9362..880d46b 100644
--- a/database.py
+++ b/database.py
@@ -610,6 +610,8 @@ def db_query(artists=None,title=None,track=None,since=None,to=None,associated=Fa
 	# if a title is specified, we assume that a specific track (with the exact artist combination) is requested
 	# if not, duplicate artist arguments are ignored
 	
+	artist = None
+	
 	# artists to numbers	
 	artists = set([(ARTISTS.index(a) if isinstance(a,str) else a) for a in artists])
 	
@@ -622,8 +624,6 @@ def db_query(artists=None,title=None,track=None,since=None,to=None,associated=Fa
 	# we only need one artist
 	elif track==None and len(artists) != 0:
 		artist = artists.pop()
-	else:
-		artist = None
 			
 		
 	# right now we always request everything by name, maybe we don't actually need the request by number, but i'll leave it in for now
diff --git a/htmlgenerators.py b/htmlgenerators.py
index c8d819c..64cc6f5 100644
--- a/htmlgenerators.py
+++ b/htmlgenerators.py
@@ -4,6 +4,28 @@
 def artistLink(name):
 	import urllib
 	return "<a href='/artist?artist=" + urllib.parse.quote(name) + "'>" + name + "</a>"
+	
+def artistLinks(artists):
+	return ", ".join([artistLink(a) for a in artists])
+	
+#def trackLink(artists,title):
+def trackLink(track):
+	artists,title = track["artists"],track["title"]
+	import urllib
+	return "<a href='/track?title=" + urllib.parse.quote(title) + "&" + "&".join(["artist=" + urllib.parse.quote(a) for a in artists]) + "'>" + title + "</a>"
+	
+#def scrobblesTrackLink(artists,title,timekeys,amount=None,pixels=None):
+def scrobblesTrackLink(track,timekeys,amount=None,pixels=None):
+	artists,title = track["artists"],track["title"]
+	import urllib
+	inner = str(amount) if amount is not None else "<div style='width:" + str(pixels) + "%;'></div>"
+	return "<a href='/scrobbles?" + "&".join(["artist=" + urllib.parse.quote(a) for a in artists]) + "&title=" + urllib.parse.quote(title) + "&" + keysToUrl(timekeys) + "'>" + inner + "</a>"
+	
+def scrobblesArtistLink(artist,timekeys,amount=None,pixels=None,associated=False):
+	import urllib
+	inner = str(amount) if amount is not None else "<div style='width:" + str(pixels) + "%;'></div>"
+	askey = "&associated" if associated else ""
+	return "<a href='/scrobbles?artist=" + urllib.parse.quote(artist) + "&" + keysToUrl(timekeys) + askey + "'>" + inner + "</a>"
 
 # necessary because urllib.parse.urlencode doesnt handle multidicts
 def keysToUrl(*dicts):
@@ -12,7 +34,7 @@ def keysToUrl(*dicts):
 	keys = removeIdentical(*dicts)
 	for k in keys:
 		values = keys.getall(k)
-		st += "&".join([urllib.parse.urlencode({k:v}) for v in values])
+		st += "&".join([urllib.parse.urlencode({k:v},safe="/") for v in values])
 		st += "&"
 	return st
 	
@@ -46,15 +68,13 @@ def getTimeDesc(timestamp):
 	
 # limit a multidict to only the specified keys
 # would be a simple constructor expression, but multidicts apparently don't let me do that
-# hardcoding this to only allow multi values for a key in one case: artist when there is also a title specified
 def pickKeys(d,*keys):
 	from bottle import FormsDict
-	if isinstance(d,dict) or not "title" in d:
+	if isinstance(d,dict):
 		return {k:d.get(k) for k in d if k in keys}
 	else:
 		# create a normal dictionary of lists
-		newd = {k:d.getall(k) for k in d if k in keys and k=="artist"}
-		newd2 = {k:[d.get(k)] for k in d if k in keys and k!="artist"}
+		newd = {k:d.getall(k) for k in d if k in keys}
 		# one by one add the list entries to the formsdict
 		finald = FormsDict()
 		for k in newd:
@@ -62,3 +82,13 @@ def pickKeys(d,*keys):
 				finald.append(k,v)
 				
 		return finald
+
+# removes all duplicate keys, except artists when a title is specified		
+def clean(d):
+	from bottle import FormsDict
+	if isinstance(d,dict):
+		return
+	else:
+		for k in d:
+			if (k != "artist") or "title" not in d:
+				d[k] = d.pop(k)
diff --git a/website/artist.py b/website/artist.py
index c7189a3..08f5aa8 100644
--- a/website/artist.py
+++ b/website/artist.py
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import json
 
 		
 def replacedict(keys,dbport):
-	from utilities import getArtistInfo, artistLink
+	from utilities import getArtistInfo
+	from htmlgenerators import artistLink
 
 	
 	info = getArtistInfo(keys["artist"])
diff --git a/website/scrobbles.py b/website/scrobbles.py
index 614dece..20d154d 100644
--- a/website/scrobbles.py
+++ b/website/scrobbles.py
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ import json
 		
 def replacedict(keys,dbport):
 	from utilities import getArtistInfo
-	from htmlgenerators import getTimeDesc, artistLink, keysToUrl, pickKeys
+	from htmlgenerators import getTimeDesc, artistLink, artistLinks, trackLink, keysToUrl, pickKeys, clean
 	
+	clean(keys)
 	timekeys = pickKeys(keys,"since","to","in")
-	limitkeys = pickKeys(keys,"artist","title")
+	limitkeys = pickKeys(keys,"artist","title","associated")
 
 	limitstring = ""
-	
 	response = urllib.request.urlopen("http://localhost:" + str(dbport) + "/scrobbles?" + keysToUrl(limitkeys,timekeys))
 	db_data = json.loads(response.read())
 	scrobbles = db_data["list"]
@@ -38,16 +38,10 @@ def replacedict(keys,dbport):
 
 	html = "<table class='list'>"
 	for s in scrobbles:
-		html += "<tr><td class='time'>"
-		timestring = getTimeDesc(s["time"])
-		html += timestring
-		html += "</td><td class='artists'>"
-		html += ", ".join([artistLink(a) for a in s["artists"]])
-		#artisthtml = ""
-		#for a in s["artists"]:
-		#	artisthtml += "<a href=/artist?artist=" + urllib.parse.quote(a) + ">" + a + "</a>, "
-		#html += artisthtml[:-2]
-		html += "</td><td class='title'>" + s["title"] + "</td></tr>"
+		html += "<tr>"
+		html += "<td class='time'>" + getTimeDesc(s["time"]) + "</td>"
+		html += "<td class='artists'>" + artistLinks(s["artists"]) + "</td>"
+		html += "<td class='title'>" + trackLink({"artists":s["artists"],"title":s["title"]}) + "</td></tr>"
 	html += "</table>"
 	
 	return {"KEY_SCROBBLELIST":html,"KEY_SCROBBLES":str(len(scrobbles)),"KEY_IMAGEURL":imgurl,"KEY_LIMITS":limitstring}
diff --git a/website/topartists.py b/website/topartists.py
index 50289d1..03f951a 100644
--- a/website/topartists.py
+++ b/website/topartists.py
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ import json
 		
 def replacedict(keys,dbport):
 	from utilities import getArtistInfo
-	from htmlgenerators import artistLink, keysToUrl, pickKeys
+	from htmlgenerators import artistLink, artistLinks, trackLink, scrobblesArtistLink, keysToUrl, pickKeys, clean
 	
+	clean(keys)
 	timekeys = pickKeys(keys,"since","to","in")
 	limitkeys = pickKeys(keys)
 	
@@ -30,13 +31,13 @@ def replacedict(keys,dbport):
 	html = "<table class='list'>"
 	for e in charts:
 		html += "<tr>"
-		html += "<td class='rank'>#" + str(i) + "</td><td class='artist'>"
-		#html += "<a href=/artist?artist=" + urllib.parse.quote(e["artist"]) + ">" + e["artist"] + "</a>"
-		html += artistLink(e["artist"])
+		html += "<td class='rank'>#" + str(i) + "</td>"
+		html += "<td class='artist'>" + artistLink(e["artist"])
 		if (e["counting"] != []):
 			html += " <span class='extra'>incl. " + ", ".join([artistLink(a) for a in e["counting"]]) + "</span>"
-		html += "</td><td class='amount'><a href='/scrobbles?artist=" + urllib.parse.quote(e["artist"]) + "&associated&" + keysToUrl(timekeys) + "'>" + str(e["scrobbles"]) + "</a></td>"
-		html += "<td class='bar'><a href='/scrobbles?artist=" + urllib.parse.quote(e["artist"]) + "&associated&" + keysToUrl(timekeys) + "'><div style='width:" + str(e["scrobbles"]/maxbar * 100) + "%;'></div></a></td>"
+		html += "</td>"
+		html += "<td class='amount'>" + scrobblesArtistLink(e["artist"],timekeys,amount=e["scrobbles"],associated=True) + "</td>"
+		html += "<td class='bar'>" + scrobblesArtistLink(e["artist"],timekeys,pixels=e["scrobbles"]*100/maxbar,associated=True) + "</td>"
 		html += "</tr>"
 		i += 1
 	html += "</table>"
diff --git a/website/toptracks.py b/website/toptracks.py
index d672ec8..b8337bd 100644
--- a/website/toptracks.py
+++ b/website/toptracks.py
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ import json
 		
 def replacedict(keys,dbport):
 	from utilities import getArtistInfo
-	from htmlgenerators import artistLink, keysToUrl, pickKeys
+	from htmlgenerators import artistLink, artistLinks, trackLink, scrobblesTrackLink, keysToUrl, pickKeys, clean
 	
+	clean(keys)
 	timekeys = pickKeys(keys,"since","to","in")
 	limitkeys = pickKeys(keys,"artist")
 	
@@ -37,12 +38,11 @@ def replacedict(keys,dbport):
 	html = "<table class='list'>"
 	for e in charts:
 		html += "<tr>"
-		html += "<td class='rank'>#" + str(i) + "</td><td class='artists'>"
-		html += ", ".join([artistLink(a) for a in e["track"]["artists"]])
-		html += "</td><td class='title'>" + e["track"]["title"]
-		html += "</td><td class='amount'><a href='/scrobbles?" + "&".join(["artist=" + urllib.parse.quote(a) for a in e["track"]["artists"]]) + "&title=" + urllib.parse.quote(e["track"]["title"]) + "&" + keysToUrl(timekeys) + "'>" + str(e["scrobbles"]) + "</a></td>"
-		html += "<td class='bar'><a href='/scrobbles?" + "&".join(["artist=" + urllib.parse.quote(a) for a in e["track"]["artists"]]) + "&title=" + urllib.parse.quote(e["track"]["title"]) + "&" + keysToUrl(timekeys) + "'><div style='width:" + str(e["scrobbles"]/maxbar * 100) + "%;'></div></a>"
-		html += "</td>"
+		html += "<td class='rank'>#" + str(i) + "</td>"
+		html += "<td class='artists'>" + artistLinks(e["track"]["artists"]) + "</td>"
+		html += "<td class='title'>" + trackLink(e["track"]) + "</td>"
+		html += "<td class='amount'>" + scrobblesTrackLink(e["track"],timekeys,amount=e["scrobbles"]) + "</td>"
+		html += "<td class='bar'>" + scrobblesTrackLink(e["track"],timekeys,pixels=e["scrobbles"]*100/maxbar) + "</td>"
 		html += "</tr>"
 		i += 1
 	html += "</table>"