diff --git a/terminator b/terminator
index fad83d72..1d55febf 100755
--- a/terminator
+++ b/terminator
@@ -1047,11 +1047,12 @@ class Terminator:
     pane.show ()
     pane.set_position (position / 2)
     terminal.show ()
-    terminal.spawn_child ()
 
     # insert the term reference into the list
     index = self.term_list.index (widget)
-    self.term_list.insert (index + 1, terminal)
+    if pos in ('bottom', 'right'):
+      index = index + 1
+    self.term_list.insert (index, terminal)
     
     # make the new terminal grab the focus
     terminal._vte.grab_focus ()
@@ -1087,7 +1088,6 @@ class Terminator:
       #other pages, we insert after the last term of previous page
       previoustab = notebook.get_nth_page(page_num - 1)
       sibling = self._notebook_last_term(previoustab)
-      print sibling
       siblingindex = self.term_list.index(sibling)
       for term in  termslice:
         siblingindex += 1
@@ -1116,9 +1116,9 @@ class Terminator:
     if isinstance(child, TerminatorTerm):
       return child
     elif isinstance(child, gtk.Paned):
-      return self._notebook_first_term(child.get_child2())
+      return self._notebook_last_term(child.get_child2())
     elif isinstance(child, gtk.Notebook):
-      return self._notebook_first_term(child.get_nth_page(child.get_n_pages()-1))
+      return self._notebook_last_term(child.get_nth_page(child.get_n_pages()-1))
     
     dbg("[ERROR] unsupported class %s in _notebook_last_term" % child.__class__.__name__)
     return None
@@ -1177,8 +1177,12 @@ class Terminator:
     ## Now, we set focus on the new term
     notebook.set_current_page(-1)
     terminal._vte.grab_focus ()
-
-    index = self.term_list.index(widget)
+    
+    #adding a new tab, thus we need to get the 
+    # last term of the previous tab and add
+    # the new term just after
+    sibling = self._notebook_last_term(notebook.get_nth_page(notebook.page_num(terminal)-1))
+    index = self.term_list.index(sibling)
     self.term_list.insert (index + 1, terminal)
     return (True)
       
@@ -1234,6 +1238,7 @@ class Terminator:
         grandparent.insert_page(sibling, None,page)
         grandparent.set_tab_label_packing(sibling, True, True, gtk.PACK_START)
         grandparent.set_tab_reorderable(sibling, True)
+        grandparent.set_current_page(page)
         
         
       else:
@@ -1271,9 +1276,9 @@ class Terminator:
             gdparent.remove(parent)
             gdparent.pack2(sibling)
         parent.destroy()
-      if index == 0: index = 1
-      self.term_list[index - 1]._vte.grab_focus ()
-    
+    if index == 0: index = 1
+    self.term_list[index - 1]._vte.grab_focus ()
+    self._set_current_notebook_page_recursive(self.term_list[index - 1])
     if len(self.term_list) == 1:
       self.term_list[0]._titlebox.hide()
 
@@ -1296,20 +1301,9 @@ class Terminator:
 
     
     nextterm = self.term_list[next]
-    if isinstance(nextterm.get_parent(), gtk.Notebook):
-      box = nextterm
-      parent = box.get_parent()
-      for i in range(0, parent.get_n_pages()):
-        if box == parent.get_nth_page(i):
-          parent.set_current_page(i)
-          break
-    notebookpage = self.get_first_notebook_page(nextterm)
-    if notebookpage:
-      child = None
-      for i in range(0, notebookpage[0].get_n_pages()):
-        if notebookpage[0].get_nth_page(i) == notebookpage[1]:
-          notebookpage[0].set_current_page(i)
-          break
+    ##we need to set the current page of each notebook
+    self._set_current_notebook_page_recursive(nextterm)
+    
     nextterm._vte.grab_focus ()
       
 
@@ -1324,24 +1318,19 @@ class Terminator:
 
     #self.window.set_title(self.term_list[previous]._vte.get_window_title())
     previousterm = self.term_list[previous]
-    if isinstance(previousterm.get_parent(), gtk.Notebook):
-      box = previousterm
-      parent = box.get_parent()
-      for i in range(0, parent.get_n_pages()):
-        if box == parent.get_nth_page(i):
-          parent.set_current_page(i)
-          break
-    notebookpage = self.get_first_notebook_page(previousterm)
-    if notebookpage:
-      child = None
-      for i in range(0, notebookpage[0].get_n_pages()):
-        if notebookpage[0].get_nth_page(i) == notebookpage[1]:
-          notebookpage[0].set_current_page(i)
-          break
+    ##we need to set the current page of each notebook
+    self._set_current_notebook_page_recursive(previousterm)
     previousterm._vte.grab_focus ()
     
     
-     
+  def _set_current_notebook_page_recursive(self, widget):
+    page = self.get_first_notebook_page(widget)
+    while page:
+      child = None
+      page_num = page[0].page_num(page[1])
+      page[0].set_current_page(page_num)
+      page = self.get_first_notebook_page(page[0])
+      
 
   def resizeterm (self, widget, keyname):
     vertical = False
diff --git a/terminatorlib/config.py b/terminatorlib/config.py
index 979eae3a..751fef06 100755
--- a/terminatorlib/config.py
+++ b/terminatorlib/config.py
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ class TerminatorConfValuestore:
     'ignore_hosts'          : ['localhost','127.0.0.0/8','*.local'],
     'encoding'              : 'UTF-8',
     'active_encodings'      : ['UTF-8', 'ISO-8859-1'],
+    'background_image'      : '',
   }
 
   def __getattr__ (self, keyname):