diff --git a/IPython/html/notebook/handlers.py b/IPython/html/notebook/handlers.py
index be27df50e..c3a8cfd15 100644
--- a/IPython/html/notebook/handlers.py
+++ b/IPython/html/notebook/handlers.py
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ class NamedNotebookHandler(IPythonHandler):
             mathjax_url=self.mathjax_url,
             )
         )
+    
+    @web.authenticated
+    def post(self, notebook_path):
+        nbm =self.notebook_manager
+        notebook_name = nbm.new_notebook()
 
 
 class NotebookCopyHandler(IPythonHandler):
diff --git a/IPython/html/services/contents/handlers.py b/IPython/html/services/contents/handlers.py
index 321477357..c3084ee3e 100644
--- a/IPython/html/services/contents/handlers.py
+++ b/IPython/html/services/contents/handlers.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Authors:
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#  Copyright (C) 2008-2011  The IPython Development Team
+#  Copyright (C) 2013  The IPython Development Team
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
 #  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
diff --git a/IPython/html/services/notebooks/filenbmanager.py b/IPython/html/services/notebooks/filenbmanager.py
index a38eb0bbc..f9140c7e2 100644
--- a/IPython/html/services/notebooks/filenbmanager.py
+++ b/IPython/html/services/notebooks/filenbmanager.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class FileNotebookManager(NotebookManager):
         notebook_names = self.get_notebook_names(path)
         notebook_mapping = []
         for name in notebook_names:
-            model = self.notebook_model(name, path)
+            model = self.notebook_model(name, path, content=False)
             notebook_mapping.append(model)
         return notebook_mapping
 
diff --git a/IPython/html/services/notebooks/nbmanager.py b/IPython/html/services/notebooks/nbmanager.py
index 42300e1d8..d51e8659a 100644
--- a/IPython/html/services/notebooks/nbmanager.py
+++ b/IPython/html/services/notebooks/nbmanager.py
@@ -114,13 +114,15 @@ class NotebookManager(LoggingConfigurable):
     def notebook_exists(self, notebook_path):
         """Does a notebook exist?"""
 
-    def notebook_model(self, notebook_name, notebook_path=None):
+        
+    def notebook_model(self, notebook_name, notebook_path=None, content=True):
         """ Creates the standard notebook model """
-        last_modified, content = self.read_notebook_object(notebook_name, notebook_path)
+        last_modified, contents = self.read_notebook_object(notebook_name, notebook_path)
         model = {"notebook_name": notebook_name, 
                     "notebook_path": notebook_path,
-                    "content": content,
                     "last_modified": last_modified.ctime()}
+        if content == True:
+            model['content'] = contents
         return model
 
     def get_notebook(self, notebook_name, notebook_path=None, format=u'json'):
@@ -143,7 +145,7 @@ class NotebookManager(LoggingConfigurable):
         raise NotImplementedError('must be implemented in a subclass')
 
     def save_new_notebook(self, data, notebook_path = None, name=None, format=u'json'):
-        """Save a new notebook and return its notebook_id.
+        """Save a new notebook and return its name.
 
         If a name is passed in, it overrides any values in the notebook data
         and the value in the data is updated to use that value.
diff --git a/IPython/html/services/sessions/handlers.py b/IPython/html/services/sessions/handlers.py
index 60dfdbebe..2cc41793c 100644
--- a/IPython/html/services/sessions/handlers.py
+++ b/IPython/html/services/sessions/handlers.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""Tornado handlers for the notebooks web service.
+"""Tornado handlers for the sessions web service.
 
 Authors:
 
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Authors:
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#  Copyright (C) 2008-2011  The IPython Development Team
+#  Copyright (C) 2013  The IPython Development Team
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
 #  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
diff --git a/IPython/html/services/sessions/sessionmanager.py b/IPython/html/services/sessions/sessionmanager.py
index 358f7b13f..0f5579321 100644
--- a/IPython/html/services/sessions/sessionmanager.py
+++ b/IPython/html/services/sessions/sessionmanager.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Authors:
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#  Copyright (C) 2011  The IPython Development Team
+#  Copyright (C) 2013  The IPython Development Team
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
 #  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ class SessionManager(LoggingConfigurable):
                 notebook_name=notebook_name, 
                 notebook_path=notebook_path, 
                 kernel=kernel)
+        if notebook_path == None:
+            model['notebook_path']=""
         self.sessions.append(model)
         return model