diff --git a/src/lib/MBS.Web/Control.cs b/src/lib/MBS.Web/Control.cs
index 8286683..237e65e 100644
--- a/src/lib/MBS.Web/Control.cs
+++ b/src/lib/MBS.Web/Control.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ public abstract class Control : IWebHandler
 	}
 
 	public Dictionary<string, string> PathVariables { get; } = new Dictionary<string, string>();
+    public bool Visible { get; set; } = true;
 
 	public Control(Dictionary<string, string>? pathVariables = null)
 	{
@@ -41,18 +42,26 @@ public abstract class Control : IWebHandler
 	private bool _initted = false;
 	protected void EnsureInitialized()
 	{
-		if (_initted) return;
-		InitializeInternal();
-		_initted = true;
+		if (!_initted)
+		{
+			InitializeInternal();
+			_initted = true;
+		}
+		PersistentInitializeInternal();
 	}
 
 	protected virtual void InitializeInternal()
 	{
 	}
+
+	protected virtual void PersistentInitializeInternal()
+	{
+	}
 	
 	protected virtual void RenderBeginTag(XmlWriter writer)
 	{
 		EnsureInitialized();
+
 		writer.WriteStartElement(TagName);
 
 		bool classListWritten = false;
@@ -83,6 +92,8 @@ public abstract class Control : IWebHandler
 
 	public void Render(XmlWriter writer)
 	{
+		if (!Visible) return;
+		
 		RenderBeginTag(writer);
 		RenderContents(writer);
 		RenderEndTag(writer);
@@ -92,6 +103,7 @@ public abstract class Control : IWebHandler
     {
 		context.Response.ContentType = "application/xhtml+xml";
 		
+		EnsureInitialized();
 		OnInit(new RenderEventArgs(context));
 
 		XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(context.Response.Stream);
diff --git a/src/lib/MBS.Web/UI/Literal.cs b/src/lib/MBS.Web/UI/Literal.cs
index 6def7c0..31b4dcb 100644
--- a/src/lib/MBS.Web/UI/Literal.cs
+++ b/src/lib/MBS.Web/UI/Literal.cs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public class Literal : Control
 	public bool UseMarkup { get; set; } = true;
 	public string Content { get; set; } = String.Empty;
 
-	public Literal()
+    public Literal()
 	{
 	}
 	public Literal(string content)
diff --git a/src/lib/MBS.Web/UI/WebPage.cs b/src/lib/MBS.Web/UI/WebPage.cs
index 6583e25..8310f24 100644
--- a/src/lib/MBS.Web/UI/WebPage.cs
+++ b/src/lib/MBS.Web/UI/WebPage.cs
@@ -19,15 +19,10 @@ public class WebPage : Control
 	{
 	}
 
-	protected override string TagName => "html";
-    protected override void RenderBeginTag(XmlWriter writer)
+    protected override void PersistentInitializeInternal()
     {
-		EnsureInitialized();
-		writer.WriteStartElement(TagName, "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml");
-    }
-
-    protected override void RenderContents(XmlWriter writer)
-	{
+        base.PersistentInitializeInternal();
+		
 		Controls.Clear();
 		CreateChildControls();
 		
@@ -38,7 +33,17 @@ public class WebPage : Control
 			ChildControlsCreated = true;
 		}
 		*/
+    }
 
+    protected override string TagName => "html";
+    protected override void RenderBeginTag(XmlWriter writer)
+    {
+		EnsureInitialized();
+		writer.WriteStartElement(TagName, "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml");
+    }
+
+    protected override void RenderContents(XmlWriter writer)
+	{
 		writer.WriteStartElement("head");
 		writer.WriteElementString("title", "Mocha Application");
 
diff --git a/src/lib/MBS.Web/WebServer.cs b/src/lib/MBS.Web/WebServer.cs
index d4a4ca3..81907dc 100644
--- a/src/lib/MBS.Web/WebServer.cs
+++ b/src/lib/MBS.Web/WebServer.cs
@@ -168,6 +168,14 @@ public class WebServer
 
 		string requestMethod = lineParts[0];
 		string path = lineParts[1];
+		if (path.Length > 1)
+		{
+			if (path.EndsWith("/"))
+			{
+				path = path.Substring(0, path.Length - 1);
+			}
+		}
+
 		string version = lineParts[2];
 
 		WebHeaderCollection headers = new WebHeaderCollection();
@@ -235,7 +243,8 @@ public class WebServer
 
 		if (cookieValue == "")
 		{
-			cookieValue = "0068F5AD24A89AB4AFCC4057F619EADF.authgwy-prod-mzzygbiy.prod-ui-auth.pr502.cust.pdx.wd";
+			// 0068F5AD24A89AB4AFCC4057F619EADF
+			cookieValue = (Guid.NewGuid()).ToString("N").ToUpper() + ".authgwy-prod-mzzygbiy.prod-ui-auth.pr502.cust.pdx.wd";
 		}
 
 		bool found = false;