diff --git a/templates/dups.html b/templates/dups.html
index babcc37..bbffef9 100644
--- a/templates/dups.html
+++ b/templates/dups.html
@@ -64,39 +64,36 @@
 			<form class="form form-inline col-lg-12" action="{{url_for('rm_dups')}}" method="POST">
                 {# pass this through so that the back-end can delete this message when it rm_dups #}
                 <input type="hidden" name="fe_msg_id" value={{fe_msg_id}}>
+                {% set auto=namespace(str="") %}
                 {% set page=namespace(cnt=0) %}
                 {% set pref=namespace(have="") %}
                 {% set count=namespace( del=0, keep=0 ) %}
-                {% for dups in DD.ip_to_sp_dups_keep %}
+                {# for each hash in ip_to_sp_dups_*, auto keep the _keep, auto delete the _del, only need hidden input #}
+                {% for h in DD.ip_to_sp_dups_keep %}
+                    <input type="hidden" name="kfhash-{{outer_loop}}" value="{{h}}">
                     {% set count.keep = count.keep+1 %}
-                    need to do some hidden inputs here to keep these files<br>
+                    {% set count.del = count.del + DD.ip_to_sp_dups_del[h]|length %}
                 {% endfor %}
-                {% for dups in DD.ip_to_sp_dups_del %}
-                    {% set count.del = count.del+1 %}
-                    maybe need to do some hidden inputs here to del these files? (not sure it was needed in del code to triple-check)<br>
-                {% endfor %}
-                {% if count.keep or count.del %}
-                    <div class="col-lg-12">
-                    Keeping {{count.keep}} files in storage path and deleting {{count.del}} from import path
-                    </div>
-                    {% set count.keep=0 %}
-                    {% set count.del=0 %}
+                {% if count.keep %}
+                    {% set auto.str = auto.str + "<li>Keeping {} files in storage path and deleting {} from import path</li>".format(count.keep, count.del) %}
                 {% endif %}
-                <h5>Choose between these files:</h5>
+                <h5 class="col-lg-12">Choose between these files:</h5>
+                {% set count=namespace( del=0, keep=0 ) %}
                 {% for dups in DD.per_file_dups %}
                     {% set outer_loop=loop.index %}
                     {% set pref.have="" %}
                     {% for dup in dups %}
+                        {# for each hash in preferred_file, auto keep it, only need hidden input, dont process further #}
                         {% if DD.preferred_file[dup.h] %}
                             {% set pref.have = "True" %}
                             {% if DD.preferred_file[dup.h] == dup.id %}
                                 <input type="hidden" name="kfhash-{{outer_loop}}" value="{{dup.h}}">
-                                <input type="hidden" id="kfname-{{outer_loop}}" name="kfname-{{outer_loop}}" value="">
                                 {% set count.keep = count.keep + 1 %}
                             {% else %}
                                 {% set count.del = count.del + (dups|length-1) %} 
                             {% endif %}
                         {% else %}
+                            {# okay, show an alert / make it choosable for each of these manually processed dups #}
                             {% if page.cnt <= pagesize %}
                                 {% if loop.index == 1 %}
                                     <div class="col-lg-12 py-2">
@@ -127,36 +124,55 @@
                     {% endif %}
                 {% endfor %}
 
-                <div class="col-lg-12">
-                Matched preference regexp: Keep={{count.keep}}, Deleting={{count.del}}
-                </div>
+                {% if count.keep %}
+                    {% set auto.str = auto.str + "<li>Duplicates in storage path matching naming convention: Keep={}, Delete={}</li>".format(count.keep, count.del) %}
+                {% endif %}
 
+                {% set count=namespace( del=0, keep=0 ) %}
                 {% if page.cnt < pagesize %}
-                    <h5 class="mt-3">Choose path to KEEP (same file names in 2 different directories):</h5>
                     {% for dup in DD.per_path_dups %}
+                        {% if DD.preferred_path[dup.did1] or DD.preferred_path[dup.did2] %}
+                            <input id="kdid-{{loop.index}}" type="hidden" name="kdid-1">
+                            <input name="kdhash-{{loop.index}}" type="hidden" value="{{dup.hashes}}">
+                            {% if DD.preferred_path[dup.did1] %}
+                                <input type="hidden" name="kdid-{{loop.index}}" value="DD.preferred_path[dup.did1]">
+                            {% else %}
+                                <input type="hidden" name="kdid-{{loop.index}}" value="DD.preferred_path[dup.did2]">
+                            {% endif %}
+                            {% set count.keep = count.keep + 1 %}
+                        {% else %}
                         <div class="col-lg-12 py-2">
+                            <h5 class="col-lg-12 mt-3">Choose path to KEEP (same file names in 2 different directories):</h5>
                             {{dup.count}} duplicates in: 
                             <alert id="kd{{loop.index}}-d1" style="cursor: pointer;" onClick="KeepDir({{loop.index}}, 1)" class="alert">{{dup.d1}}</alert> or
                             <alert id="kd{{loop.index}}-d2" style="cursor: pointer;" onClick="KeepDir({{loop.index}}, 2)" class="alert">{{dup.d2}}</alert>
-                            <input id="kdid-{{loop.index}}" type="hidden" name="kdid-1">
+                            <input id="kdid-{{loop.index}}" type="hidden" name="kdid-{{loop.index}}">
                             <input name="kdhash-{{loop.index}}" type="hidden" value="{{dup.hashes}}">
                             <script>
                                 D[{{loop.index}}1]="{{dup.did1}}"
                                 D[{{loop.index}}2]="{{dup.did2}}"
-                                {% if DD.preferred_path[dup.h] == dup.id1 %}
-                                    KeepDir( {{loop.inex}}, 1 )
-                                {% endif %}
-                                {% if DD.preferred_path[dup.h] == dup.id2 %}
-                                    KeepDir( {{loop.inex}}, 2 )
-                                {% endif %}
                             </script>
                         </div>
+                        {% endif %}
                         {% set page.cnt = page.cnt + 1 %}
                         {% if page.cnt == pagesize %}
                             {% break %}
                         {% endif %}
                     {% endfor %}
                 {% endif %}
+                {% if count.keep %}
+                    <div class="col-lg-12">
+                    {% set auto.str = auto.str + "<li>Keeping={}, Deleting={} paths of duplicates</li>".format(count.keep, count.keep) %}
+                    </div>
+                {% endif %}
+                {% if auto.str|length %}
+                    <alert class="alert alert-info">AUTOMATICALLY matched naming conventions resulting in:
+                        <ul>
+                        {{auto.str|safe}}
+                        </ul>
+                    </alert>
+                {% endif %}
+                <div class="col-lg-12"></div>
                 <input class="btn btn-danger mt-2" type="submit" value="Delete Duplicates">
             </form>
 		</div class="row">