diff --git a/backend.php b/backend.php
index 8220337ac..0390ed761 100644
--- a/backend.php
+++ b/backend.php
@@ -181,10 +181,6 @@
 			module_pref_instances($link);
 		break; // pref-instances
 
-		case "digestTest":
-			print_r(prepare_headlines_digest($link, $_SESSION["uid"]));
-		break; // digestTest
-
 		case "digestSend":
 			send_headlines_digests($link);
 		break; // digestSend
diff --git a/classes/article.php b/classes/article.php
index 98141d91e..70ecd2653 100644
--- a/classes/article.php
+++ b/classes/article.php
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 <?php
 class Article extends Handler {
-	
-	function index() {
+
+	function redirect() {
 		$id = db_escape_string($_REQUEST['id']);
-		
+
 		$result = db_query($this->link, "SELECT link FROM ttrss_entries, ttrss_user_entries
 						WHERE id = '$id' AND id = ref_id AND owner_uid = '".$_SESSION['uid']."'
 						LIMIT 1");
-		
+
 		if (db_num_rows($result) == 1) {
 			$article_url = db_fetch_result($result, 0, 'link');
 			$article_url = str_replace("\n", "", $article_url);
-		
+
 			header("Location: $article_url");
 			return;
-		
+
 		} else {
 			print_error(__("Article not found."));
 		}
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ class Article extends Handler {
 		$cids = explode(",", db_escape_string($_REQUEST["cids"]));
 		$mode = db_escape_string($_REQUEST["mode"]);
 		$omode = db_escape_string($_REQUEST["omode"]);
-		
+
 		// in prefetch mode we only output requested cids, main article
 		// just gets marked as read (it already exists in client cache)
-		
+
 		$articles = array();
-		
+
 		if ($mode == "") {
 			array_push($articles, format_article($this->link, $id, false));
 		} else if ($mode == "zoom") {
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ class Article extends Handler {
 				header("Content-Type: text/html");
 				print '<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="tt-rss.css"/>';
 			}
-		
+
 			$article = format_article($this->link, $id, false);
 			print $article['content'];
 			return;
 		}
-		
+
 		catchupArticleById($this->link, $id, 0);
-		
+
 		if (!$_SESSION["bw_limit"]) {
 			foreach ($cids as $cid) {
 				if ($cid) {
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ class Article extends Handler {
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		
+
 		print json_encode($articles);
-		
+
 	}
-	
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+
+}
diff --git a/classes/backend.php b/classes/backend.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..47fc2d826
--- /dev/null
+++ b/classes/backend.php
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?php
+class Backend extends Handler {
+
+	function loading() {
+		header("Content-type: text/html");
+		print __("Loading, please wait...") . " " .
+			"<img src='images/indicator_tiny.gif'>";
+	}
+}
+?>
diff --git a/js/digest.js b/js/digest.js
index fc0446d83..12d45e536 100644
--- a/js/digest.js
+++ b/js/digest.js
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ function tweet_article(id) {
 		var d = new Date();
       var ts = d.getTime();
 
-		var w = window.open('backend.php?op=loading', 'ttrss_tweet',
+		var w = window.open('backend.php?op=backend&method=loading', 'ttrss_tweet',
 			"status=0,toolbar=0,location=0,width=500,height=400,scrollbars=1,menubar=0");
 
 		new Ajax.Request("backend.php",	{
diff --git a/js/viewfeed.js b/js/viewfeed.js
index b9b2a8e2b..d267c7693 100644
--- a/js/viewfeed.js
+++ b/js/viewfeed.js
@@ -1770,7 +1770,7 @@ function getLastVisibleHeadlineId() {
 
 function openArticleInNewWindow(id) {
 	toggleUnread(id, 0, false);
-	window.open("backend.php?op=article&id=" + id);
+	window.open("backend.php?op=article&method=redirect&id=" + id);
 }
 
 function isCdmMode() {
@@ -2003,7 +2003,7 @@ function tweetArticle(id) {
 		var d = new Date();
       var ts = d.getTime();
 
-		var w = window.open('backend.php?op=loading', 'ttrss_tweet',
+		var w = window.open('backend.php?op=backend&method=loading', 'ttrss_tweet',
 			"status=0,toolbar=0,location=0,width=500,height=400,scrollbars=1,menubar=0");
 
 		new Ajax.Request("backend.php",	{