diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c5bfa1a..31468fb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ tests/
 logo/
 app.json
 Procfile
-.vscode
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+.vscode
+.gitignore
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 515eb74..018ad3f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,8 +47,9 @@ pip3 install -U -r requirements.txt
 | `DEBUG` (optional) | Give `true` to set logging level to debug, info by default.
 | `BLOCK_DOWNLOADS` (optional) | Enable downloads or not. If any value is provided, downloads will be disabled.
 | `RESULTS_PER_PAGE` (optional) | Number of results to be returned per page defaults to 20.
-| `USERNAME` (optional) | Username for authentication, defaults to `''`.
+| `TGINDEX_USERNAME` (optional) | Username for authentication, defaults to `''`.
 | `PASSWORD` (optional) | Username for authentication, defaults to `''`.
+| `SHORT_URL_LEN` (optional) | Url length for aliases
 | `SESSION_COOKIE_LIFETIME` (optional) | Number of minutes, for which authenticated session is valid for, after which user has to login again. defaults to 60.
 | `SECRET_KEY` (optional) | Long string for signing the session cookies, required if authentication is enabled.
 
diff --git a/app/config.py b/app/config.py
index b39a496..67e9a76 100644
--- a/app/config.py
+++ b/app/config.py
@@ -44,10 +44,12 @@ host = os.environ.get("HOST", "0.0.0.0")
 debug = bool(os.environ.get("DEBUG"))
 block_downloads = bool(os.environ.get("BLOCK_DOWNLOADS"))
 results_per_page = int(os.environ.get("RESULTS_PER_PAGE", "20"))
-logo_folder = Path("/Temp/logo/" if platform.system() == "Windows" else "/tmp/logo")
-logo_folder.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
-username = os.environ.get("USERNAME", "")
+logo_folder = Path("./Temp/logo/" if platform.system() == "Windows" else "/tmp/logo")
+if not logo_folder.exists():
+    logo_folder.mkdir(parents=True)
+username = os.environ.get("TGINDEX_USERNAME", "")
 password = os.environ.get("PASSWORD", "")
+SHORT_URL_LEN = int(os.environ.get("SHORT_URL_LEN", 3))
 authenticated = username and password
 SESSION_COOKIE_LIFETIME = int(os.environ.get("SESSION_COOKIE_LIFETIME") or "60")
 try:
diff --git a/app/routes.py b/app/routes.py
index 7ab9e2c..e0b028d 100644
--- a/app/routes.py
+++ b/app/routes.py
@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@ from telethon.tl.types import Channel, Chat, User
 
 from .config import index_settings
 
-
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-
 async def setup_routes(app, handler):
     h = handler
     client = h.client
@@ -24,6 +22,15 @@ async def setup_routes(app, handler):
         web.post("/login", h.login_post, name="login_handle"),
         web.get("/logout", h.logout_get, name="logout"),
     ]
+    def get_common_routes(p):
+        return [
+                    web.get(p, h.index),
+                    web.get(p + r"/logo", h.logo),
+                    web.get(p + r"/{id:\d+}/view", h.info),
+                    web.get(p + r"/{id:\d+}/download", h.download_get),
+                    web.head(p + r"/{id:\d+}/download", h.download_head),
+                    web.get(p + r"/{id:\d+}/thumbnail", h.thumbnail_get),
+                ]
     if index_all:
         # print(await client.get_dialogs())
         # dialogs = await client.get_dialogs()
@@ -48,14 +55,7 @@ async def setup_routes(app, handler):
             alias_id = h.generate_alias_id(chat)
             p = "/{chat:" + alias_id + "}"
             routes.extend(
-                [
-                    web.get(p, h.index),
-                    web.get(p + r"/logo", h.logo),
-                    web.get(p + r"/{id:\d+}/view", h.info),
-                    web.get(p + r"/{id:\d+}/download", h.download_get),
-                    web.head(p + r"/{id:\d+}/download", h.download_head),
-                    web.get(p + r"/{id:\d+}/thumbnail", h.thumbnail_get),
-                ]
+               get_common_routes(p)
             )
             log.debug(f"Index added for {chat.id} at /{alias_id}")
 
@@ -65,14 +65,7 @@ async def setup_routes(app, handler):
             alias_id = h.generate_alias_id(chat)
             p = "/{chat:" + alias_id + "}"
             routes.extend(
-                [
-                    web.get(p, h.index),
-                    web.get(p + r"/logo", h.logo),
-                    web.get(p + r"/{id:\d+}/view", h.info),
-                    web.get(p + r"/{id:\d+}/download", h.download_get),
-                    web.head(p + r"/{id:\d+}/download", h.download_head),
-                    web.get(p + r"/{id:\d+}/thumbnail", h.thumbnail_get),
-                ]
+                get_common_routes(p) # returns list() of common routes 
             )
             log.debug(f"Index added for {chat.id} at /{alias_id}")
     routes.append(web.view(r"/{wildcard:.*}", h.wildcard))
diff --git a/app/templates/home.html b/app/templates/home.html
index 0ae5aee..ef5bb33 100644
--- a/app/templates/home.html
+++ b/app/templates/home.html
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
     Available Sources
 </h1>
 
-<div class="mx-auto my-2 p-2 w-full">
+<div class="mx-auto my-1 p-1 w-full">
     <div class="block p-4 md:flex md:flex-wrap md:justify-items-center w-full text-center break-words">
         {% for chat in chats %}
         <a title="{{chat.name}}" href="/{{chat.page_id}}"
-            class="mx-auto flex flex-col justify-items-center w-2/3 min-h-full md:w-2/5 lg:w-1/4 rounded my-2 p-2 shadow-md hover:shadow-lg hover:border hover:border-blue-300 hover:bg-blue-100">
+            class="mx-auto flex flex-col justify-items-center w-2/3 min-h-full md:w-2/5 lg:w-1/6 rounded my-2 p-2 shadow-md hover:shadow-lg hover:border hover:border-blue-300 hover:bg-blue-100">
 
             <img src="/{{chat.page_id}}/logo?big=1" class="w-full rounded-full ">
             <div class="p-4 rounded">{{chat.name}}</div>
diff --git a/app/views/__init__.py b/app/views/__init__.py
index 24a7ba0..a8ed5c3 100644
--- a/app/views/__init__.py
+++ b/app/views/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+import base64
+import hashlib
 import random
 import string
 
+from ..config import SHORT_URL_LEN
+
 from .home_view import HomeView
 from .wildcard_view import WildcardView
 from .download import Download
@@ -13,6 +17,7 @@ from .logout_view import LogoutView
 from .middlewhere import middleware_factory
 
 
+
 class Views(
     HomeView,
     Download,
@@ -33,12 +38,15 @@ class Views(
         chat_id = chat.id
         title = chat.title
         while True:
-            alias_id = "".join(
-                [
-                    random.choice(string.ascii_letters + string.digits)
-                    for _ in range(len(str(chat_id)))
-                ]
-            )
+            # alias_id = "".join(
+            #     [
+            #         random.choice(string.ascii_letters + string.digits)
+            #         for _ in range(len(str(chat_id)))
+            #     ]
+            # )
+            orig_id = f"{title}{chat_id}" # the original id
+            alias_id = base64.urlsafe_b64encode(hashlib.md5(orig_id.encode()).digest())[:SHORT_URL_LEN].decode()
+
             if alias_id in self.chat_ids:
                 continue
 
diff --git a/run-dev.py b/run-dev.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1d8cad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run-dev.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import os
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
+load_dotenv()  # take environment variables from .env.
+
+# Code of your application, which uses environment variables (e.g. from `os.environ` or
+# `os.getenv`) as if they came from the actual environment.
+
+# os.system("alias python3=python")
+
+def runSetup():
+  def alert(missing="API_ID , API_HASH"):
+    print(f"\nCopy your {missing} and save it into Secrets(Environment variables) Sidebar!\n")
+
+  api_id = os.getenv("API_ID")
+  if api_id == None:
+    alert()
+    return
+
+  session_string = os.getenv("SESSION_STRING")
+  if session_string == None:
+    os.system("python app/generate_session_string.py")
+    alert(missing = "SESSION_STRING")
+    return
+
+  os.system("python -m app")
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  runSetup() 
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