diff --git a/pkg/serverinit/genconfig.go b/pkg/serverinit/genconfig.go
index 0c2dbcbcc..bc2b3288c 100644
--- a/pkg/serverinit/genconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/serverinit/genconfig.go
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ func addPublishedConfig(prefixes jsonconfig.Obj,
 	sourceRoot string) ([]interface{}, error) {
 	pubPrefixes := []interface{}{}
 	for k, v := range published {
-		rootName := strings.Replace(k, "/", "", -1) + "Root"
+		name := strings.Replace(k, "/", "", -1)
+		rootName := name + "Root"
 		if !v.Root.Valid() {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Invalid or missing \"rootPermanode\" key in configuration for %s.", k)
 		}
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ func addPublishedConfig(prefixes jsonconfig.Obj,
 		thumbsCacheDir := filepath.Join(tempDir(), "camli-cache")
 		handlerArgs["scaledImage"] = map[string]interface{}{
 			"type": "kv",
-			"file": filepath.Join(thumbsCacheDir, "thumbnails.kv"),
+			"file": filepath.Join(thumbsCacheDir, name+"-thumbnails.kv"),
 		}
 		if err := os.MkdirAll(thumbsCacheDir, 0700); err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Could not create cache dir %s: %v", thumbsCacheDir, err)
diff --git a/pkg/serverinit/testdata/multipublish-want.json b/pkg/serverinit/testdata/multipublish-want.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b05724f41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/serverinit/testdata/multipublish-want.json
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+{
+	"auth": "userpass:camlistore:pass3179",
+	"https": false,
+	"listen": "localhost:3179",
+	"prefixes": {
+		"/": {
+			"handler": "root",
+			"handlerArgs": {
+				"blobRoot": "/bs-and-maybe-also-index/",
+				"ownerName": "Alice",
+				"searchRoot": "/my-search/",
+				"statusRoot": "/status/",
+				"stealth": false
+			}
+		},
+		"/bs-and-index/": {
+			"handler": "storage-replica",
+			"handlerArgs": {
+				"backends": [
+					"/bs/",
+					"/index-kv/"
+				]
+			}
+		},
+		"/bs-and-maybe-also-index/": {
+			"handler": "storage-cond",
+			"handlerArgs": {
+				"read": "/bs/",
+				"write": {
+					"else": "/bs/",
+					"if": "isSchema",
+					"then": "/bs-and-index/"
+				}
+			}
+		},
+		"/bs/": {
+			"handler": "storage-filesystem",
+			"handlerArgs": {
+				"path": "/tmp/blobs"
+			}
+		},
+		"/cache/": {
+			"handler": "storage-filesystem",
+			"handlerArgs": {
+				"path": "/tmp/blobs/cache"
+			}
+		},
+		"/index-kv/": {
+			"handler": "storage-kvfileindexer",
+			"handlerArgs": {
+				"blobSource": "/bs/",
+				"file": "/path/to/indexkv.db"
+			}
+		},
+		"/my-search/": {
+			"handler": "search",
+			"handlerArgs": {
+				"index": "/index-kv/",
+				"owner": "sha1-f2b0b7da718b97ce8c31591d8ed4645c777f3ef4",
+				"slurpToMemory": true
+			}
+		},
+
+    "/pics/": {
+      "handler": "publish",
+      "handlerArgs": {
+        "blobRoot": "/bs-and-maybe-also-index/",
+        "cache": "/cache/",
+        "css": [
+          "pics.css"
+        ],
+        "goTemplate": "gallery.html",
+        "js": [
+          "pics.js"
+        ],
+        "rootName": "picsRoot",
+        "rootPermanode": [
+          "/sighelper/",
+          "sha1-046c6aae4ec8245dfe63edc4a2abb407824a4b5a"
+        ],
+        "scaledImage": {
+          "file": "/tmp/camli-cache/pics-thumbnails.kv",
+          "type": "kv"
+        },
+        "searchRoot": "/my-search/"
+      }
+    },
+    "/music/": {
+      "handler": "publish",
+      "handlerArgs": {
+        "blobRoot": "/bs-and-maybe-also-index/",
+        "cache": "/cache/",
+        "css": [
+          "pics.css"
+        ],
+        "goTemplate": "gallery.html",
+        "js": [
+          "pics.js"
+        ],
+        "rootName": "musicRoot",
+        "rootPermanode": [
+          "/sighelper/",
+          "sha1-999c6aae4ec8245dfe63edc4a2abb407824a4b5a"
+        ],
+        "scaledImage": {
+          "file": "/tmp/camli-cache/music-thumbnails.kv",
+          "type": "kv"
+        },
+        "searchRoot": "/my-search/"
+      }
+    },
+		"/setup/": {
+			"handler": "setup"
+		},
+		"/share/": {
+			"handler": "share",
+			"handlerArgs": {
+				"blobRoot": "/bs/"
+			}
+		},
+		"/sighelper/": {
+			"handler": "jsonsign",
+			"handlerArgs": {
+				"keyId": "26F5ABDA",
+				"publicKeyDest": "/bs-and-index/",
+				"secretRing": "/path/to/secring"
+			}
+		},
+		"/status/": {
+			"handler": "status"
+		},
+		"/sync/": {
+			"handler": "sync",
+			"handlerArgs": {
+				"from": "/bs/",
+				"queue": {
+					"file": "/tmp/blobs/sync-to-index-queue.kv",
+					"type": "kv"
+				},
+				"to": "/index-kv/"
+			}
+		},
+		"/ui/": {
+			"handler": "ui",
+			"handlerArgs": {
+				"cache": "/cache/",
+				"jsonSignRoot": "/sighelper/",
+                "publishRoots": [
+                    "/pics/",
+                    "/music/"
+                ],
+				"scaledImage": {
+					"file": "/tmp/blobs/thumbmeta.kv",
+					"type": "kv"
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/serverinit/testdata/multipublish.json b/pkg/serverinit/testdata/multipublish.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ce1f8523
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/serverinit/testdata/multipublish.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+	"listen": "localhost:3179",
+	"auth": "userpass:camlistore:pass3179",
+	"blobPath": "/tmp/blobs",
+        "kvIndexFile": "/path/to/indexkv.db",
+	"identity": "26F5ABDA",
+	"identitySecretRing": "/path/to/secring",
+	"ownerName": "Alice",
+	"shareHandlerPath": "/share/",
+    "publish": {
+        "/pics/": {
+           "rootPermanode": "sha1-046c6aae4ec8245dfe63edc4a2abb407824a4b5a",
+            "style": "pics.css",
+            "js": "pics.js",
+            "goTemplate": "gallery.html"
+            },
+        "/music/": {
+           "rootPermanode": "sha1-999c6aae4ec8245dfe63edc4a2abb407824a4b5a",
+            "style": "pics.css",
+            "js": "pics.js",
+            "goTemplate": "gallery.html"
+            }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pkg/serverinit/testdata/with_blog-want.json b/pkg/serverinit/testdata/with_blog-want.json
index 93782364f..4e2969447 100644
--- a/pkg/serverinit/testdata/with_blog-want.json
+++ b/pkg/serverinit/testdata/with_blog-want.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 				],
 				"scaledImage": {
 					"type": "kv",
-					"file": "/tmp/camli-cache/thumbnails.kv"
+					"file": "/tmp/camli-cache/blog-thumbnails.kv"
              	},
 				"searchRoot": "/my-search/"
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/serverinit/testdata/with_gallery-want.json b/pkg/serverinit/testdata/with_gallery-want.json
index 5bfd3eb8e..53511d591 100644
--- a/pkg/serverinit/testdata/with_gallery-want.json
+++ b/pkg/serverinit/testdata/with_gallery-want.json
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 				],
 				"scaledImage": {
 					"type": "kv",
-					"file": "/tmp/camli-cache/thumbnails.kv"
+					"file": "/tmp/camli-cache/pics-thumbnails.kv"
              	},
 				"searchRoot": "/my-search/"
 			}