diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 76b42a0..e8539e2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "hackmyresume",
-  "version": "1.2.1",
+  "version": "1.2.2",
   "description": "Generate polished résumés and CVs in HTML, Markdown, LaTeX, MS Word, PDF, plain text, JSON, XML, YAML, smoke signal, and carrier pigeon.",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     "minimist": "^1.2.0",
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
     "moment": "^2.10.6",
+    "parse-filepath": "^0.6.3",
     "path-exists": "^2.1.0",
     "recursive-readdir-sync": "^1.0.6",
     "simple-html-tokenizer": "^0.2.0",
diff --git a/src/core/convert.js b/src/core/convert.js
index 1113159..29f1a47 100644
--- a/src/core/convert.js
+++ b/src/core/convert.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ FRESH to JSON Resume conversion routiens.
     /**
     Convert from JSON Resume format to FRESH.
     @method toFresh
+    @todo Refactor
     */
     toFRESH: function( src, foreign ) {
 
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ FRESH to JSON Resume conversion routiens.
     Convert from FRESH format to JSON Resume.
     @param foreign True if non-JSON-Resume properties should be included in
     the result, false if those properties should be excluded.
+    @todo Refactor
     */
     toJRS: function( src, foreign ) {
 
@@ -112,6 +114,7 @@ FRESH to JSON Resume conversion routiens.
   };
 
   function meta( direction, obj ) {
+    if( !obj ) return obj; // preserve null and undefined
     if( direction ) {
       obj = obj || { };
       obj.format = obj.format || "FRESH@0.1.0";
@@ -121,6 +124,7 @@ FRESH to JSON Resume conversion routiens.
   }
 
   function employment( obj, direction ) {
+    if( !obj ) return obj;
     if( !direction ) {
       return obj && obj.history ?
         obj.history.map(function(emp){
@@ -157,6 +161,7 @@ FRESH to JSON Resume conversion routiens.
 
 
   function education( obj, direction ) {
+    if( !obj ) return obj;
     if( direction ) {
       return obj && obj.length ? {
         history: obj.map(function(edu){
@@ -191,6 +196,7 @@ FRESH to JSON Resume conversion routiens.
   }
 
   function service( obj, direction, foreign ) {
+    if( !obj ) return obj;
     if( direction ) {
       return {
         history: obj && obj.length ? obj.map(function(vol) {
@@ -225,6 +231,7 @@ FRESH to JSON Resume conversion routiens.
   }
 
   function social( obj, direction ) {
+    if( !obj ) return obj;
     if( direction ) {
       return obj.map(function(pro){
         return {
@@ -247,6 +254,7 @@ FRESH to JSON Resume conversion routiens.
   }
 
   function recognition( obj, direction, foreign ) {
+    if( !obj ) return obj;
     if( direction ) {
       return obj && obj.length ? obj.map(
         function(awd){
@@ -275,6 +283,7 @@ FRESH to JSON Resume conversion routiens.
   }
 
   function references( obj, direction ) {
+    if( !obj ) return obj;
     if( direction ) {
       return obj && obj.length && obj.map(function(ref){
         return {
@@ -296,6 +305,7 @@ FRESH to JSON Resume conversion routiens.
   }
 
   function writing( obj, direction ) {
+    if( !obj ) return obj;
     if( direction ) {
       return obj.map(function( pub ) {
         return {
diff --git a/src/core/theme.js b/src/core/theme.js
index 1eaa1ea..3b5f729 100644
--- a/src/core/theme.js
+++ b/src/core/theme.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Definition of the Theme class.
     , validator = require('is-my-json-valid')
     , _ = require('underscore')
     , PATH = require('path')
+    , parsePath = require('parse-filepath')
     , EXTEND = require('../utils/extend')
     , moment = require('moment')
     , RECURSIVE_READ_DIR = require('recursive-readdir-sync');
@@ -30,8 +31,8 @@ Definition of the Theme class.
 
     // Open the [theme-name].json file; should have the same name as folder
     this.folder = themeFolder;
-    var pathInfo = PATH.parse( themeFolder );
-    var themeFile = PATH.join( themeFolder, pathInfo.base + '.json' );
+    var pathInfo = parsePath( themeFolder );
+    var themeFile = PATH.join( themeFolder, pathInfo.basename + '.json' );
     var themeInfo = JSON.parse( FS.readFileSync( themeFile, 'utf8' ) );
     var that = this;
 
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ Definition of the Theme class.
     this.formats = formatsHash;
 
     // Set the official theme name
-    this.name = PATH.parse( this.folder ).name;
+    this.name = parsePath( this.folder ).name;
 
     return this;
   };
@@ -96,9 +97,9 @@ Definition of the Theme class.
       // If this file lives in a specific format folder within the theme,
       // such as "/latex" or "/html", then that format is the output format
       // for all files within the folder.
-      var pathInfo = PATH.parse(absPath);
+      var pathInfo = parsePath(absPath);
       var outFmt = '', isMajor = false;
-      var portion = pathInfo.dir.replace(tplFolder,'');
+      var portion = pathInfo.dirname.replace(tplFolder,'');
       if( portion && portion.trim() ) {
         if( portion[1] === '_' ) return;
         var reg = /^(?:\/|\\)(html|latex|doc|pdf|partials)(?:\/|\\)?/ig;
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ Definition of the Theme class.
         path: absPath,
         major: isMajor,
         orgPath: PATH.relative(tplFolder, absPath),
-        ext: pathInfo.ext.slice(1),
+        ext: pathInfo.extname.slice(1),
         title: friendlyName( outFmt ),
         pre: outFmt,
         // outFormat: outFmt || pathInfo.name,
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ Definition of the Theme class.
 
       act = null;
       // If this file is mentioned in the theme's JSON file under "transforms"
-      var pathInfo = PATH.parse(absPath);
+      var pathInfo = parsePath(absPath);
       var absPathSafe = absPath.trim().toLowerCase();
       var outFmt = _.find( Object.keys( that.formats ), function( fmtKey ) {
         var fmtVal = that.formats[ fmtKey ];
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ Definition of the Theme class.
       // such as "/latex" or "/html", then that format is the output format
       // for all files within the folder.
       if( !outFmt ) {
-        var portion = pathInfo.dir.replace(tplFolder,'');
+        var portion = pathInfo.dirname.replace(tplFolder,'');
         if( portion && portion.trim() ) {
           var reg = /^(?:\/|\\)(html|latex|doc|pdf)(?:\/|\\)?/ig;
           var res = reg.exec( portion );
@@ -231,7 +232,7 @@ Definition of the Theme class.
         action: act,
         orgPath: PATH.relative(that.folder, absPath),
         path: absPath,
-        ext: pathInfo.ext.slice(1),
+        ext: pathInfo.extname.slice(1),
         title: friendlyName( outFmt ),
         pre: outFmt,
         // outFormat: outFmt || pathInfo.name,
diff --git a/src/gen/template-generator.js b/src/gen/template-generator.js
index 4510ade..86687e8 100644
--- a/src/gen/template-generator.js
+++ b/src/gen/template-generator.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Definition of the TemplateGenerator class.
     , MD = require( 'marked' )
     , XML = require( 'xml-escape' )
     , PATH = require('path')
+    , parsePath = require('parse-filepath')
     , MKDIRP = require('mkdirp')
     , BaseGenerator = require( './base-generator' )
     , EXTEND = require('../utils/extend')
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ Definition of the TemplateGenerator class.
       var theme = themeInfo.theme;
       var tFolder = themeInfo.folder;
       var tplFolder = PATH.join( tFolder, 'src' );
-      var outFolder = PATH.parse(f).dir;
+      var outFolder = parsePath(f).dirname;
       var curFmt = theme.getFormat( this.format );
       var that = this;
 
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ Definition of the TemplateGenerator class.
           var absLoc = PATH.join(outFolder, loc);
           var absTarg = PATH.join(PATH.dirname(absLoc), curFmt.symLinks[loc]);
            // 'file', 'dir', or 'junction' (Windows only)
-          var type = PATH.parse( absLoc ).ext ? 'file' : 'junction';
+          var type = parsePath( absLoc ).extname ? 'file' : 'junction';
           FS.symlinkSync( absTarg, absLoc, type);
         });
       }
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ Definition of the TemplateGenerator class.
   function themeFromMoniker() {
     // Verify the specified theme name/path
     var tFolder = PATH.join(
-      PATH.parse( require.resolve('fluent-themes') ).dir,
+      parsePath( require.resolve('fluent-themes') ).dirname,
       this.opts.theme
     );
     var exists = require('path-exists').sync;
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 3f0bf40..5b65b71 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ function getOpts( args ) {
   };
 }
 
+// TODO: refactor
 function handleError( ex ) {
   var msg = '', exitCode;
 
@@ -123,8 +124,10 @@ function handleError( ex ) {
 
   var idx = msg.indexOf('Error: ');
   var trimmed = idx === -1 ? msg : msg.substring( idx + 7 );
-  if( !ex.fluenterror || ex.fluenterror < 3 )
+  if( !ex.fluenterror || ex.fluenterror < 3 ) { // TODO: magic #s
     console.log( ('ERROR: ' + trimmed.toString()).red.bold );
+    console.log( ex.stack.gray);
+  }
   else
     console.log( trimmed.toString() );
 
diff --git a/src/verbs/generate.js b/src/verbs/generate.js
index 88857c8..d6629d2 100644
--- a/src/verbs/generate.js
+++ b/src/verbs/generate.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 (function() {
 
   var PATH = require('path')
+    , parsePath = require('parse-filepath')
     , MKDIRP = require('mkdirp')
     , _opts = require('../core/default-options')
     , FluentTheme = require('../core/theme')
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@
     }
 
     // Load the theme
-    var theTheme = new FluentTheme().open( tFolder );
+    var theTheme = (new FluentTheme()).open( tFolder );
     _opts.themeObj = theTheme;
     _log( 'Applying '.info + theTheme.name.toUpperCase().infoBold +
       (' theme (' + Object.keys(theTheme.formats).length + ' formats)').info);
@@ -70,8 +71,8 @@
     ( (dst && dst.length && dst) || ['resume.all'] ).forEach( function(t) {
 
       var to = PATH.resolve(t),
-          pa = PATH.parse(to),
-          fmat = pa.ext || '.all';
+          pa = parsePath(to),
+          fmat = pa.extname || '.all';
 
       targets.push.apply(targets, fmat === '.all' ?
         Object.keys( theTheme.formats ).map(function(k){