diff --git a/src/htmlretrieve.cpp b/src/htmlretrieve.cpp
index b466fd3..0c9ef66 100644
--- a/src/htmlretrieve.cpp
+++ b/src/htmlretrieve.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ namespace duck {
 			}
 		}
 
-		bool isHttps (const std::string& parUrl) {
+		bool isHttps (const std::string_view& parUrl) {
 			const char protocol[] = "https://";
 			const size_t protocolLen = sizeof(protocol) / sizeof(protocol[0]) - 1;
 			if (parUrl.size() < protocolLen)
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ namespace duck {
 	}
 
 
-	std::string fetch_html (const std::string& parSource, std::string parUserAgent, bool parSslVerifyPeer, bool parSslVerifyHost) {
+	std::string fetch_html (const std::string_view& parSource, std::string parUserAgent, bool parSslVerifyPeer, bool parSslVerifyHost) {
 		using curl::curl_easy;
 		using curl::curl_pair;
 		using curl::curl_ios;
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ namespace duck {
 		std::ostringstream oss;
 		curl_ios<std::ostream> wr(oss);
 		curl_easy easy(wr);
-		easy.add(curl_pair<CURLoption, std::string>(CURLOPT_URL, parSource));
+		easy.add(curl_pair<CURLoption, std::string>(CURLOPT_URL, std::string(parSource)));
 		if (isHttps(parSource)) {
 			easy.add(curl_pair<CURLoption, bool>(CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, parSslVerifyPeer));
 			easy.add(curl_pair<CURLoption, bool>(CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, parSslVerifyHost));
diff --git a/src/htmlretrieve.hpp b/src/htmlretrieve.hpp
index ea1123d..578585a 100644
--- a/src/htmlretrieve.hpp
+++ b/src/htmlretrieve.hpp
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@
 #define idC6776D903059465191FFB64FCFD6B86A
 
 #include <string>
+#include <string_view>
 
 namespace duck {
-	std::string fetch_html ( const std::string& parSource, std::string parUserAgent, bool parSslVerifyPeer, bool parSslVerifyHost );
+	std::string fetch_html ( const std::string_view& parSource, std::string parUserAgent, bool parSslVerifyPeer, bool parSslVerifyHost );
 	std::string clean_html ( std::string&& html );
 } //namespace duck
 
diff --git a/src/scraplang/apply.cpp b/src/scraplang/apply.cpp
index 58fdda6..edcb188 100644
--- a/src/scraplang/apply.cpp
+++ b/src/scraplang/apply.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ namespace duck { namespace sl {
 				content(""),
 				mustache_name(parMstchName)
 			{
+				assert(apply_to);
+				assert(not apply_to->value.empty());
 			}
 			ApplyEntry (ApplyEntry&&) = default;
 			ApplyEntry& operator=(ApplyEntry&&) = default;
@@ -150,6 +152,7 @@ namespace duck { namespace sl {
 #if defined(APPLY_VERBOSE)
 				std::cout << parVal << '\n';
 #endif
+				assert(not parVal.source.value.empty());
 				m_apply_entries.emplace_back(&parVal.source, parVal.mustache_model);
 				store_entry_subtree(parVal.xpaths, m_apply_entries.back().content);
 			}
@@ -353,9 +356,15 @@ namespace duck { namespace sl {
 		for (auto& apply_entry : apply_entries) {
 			EntryNodeList entry_node {std::make_pair(apply_entry.apply_to, apply_entry.content)};
 			mstch::map entry_ctx = to_mustache_map(entry_node, xpath_runner);
-			//std::cout << "Raw mustache for \"" << must.first << "\":\n" <<
-			//	must.second.text << "\nRendered mustache:\n";
 			std::string name(apply_entry.mustache_name);
+
+			std::cout << "context size: " << entry_ctx.size() << '\n';
+			for (auto& ctx_itm : entry_ctx) {
+				std::cout << '\t' << ctx_itm.first << '\n';
+			}
+			std::cout << "Raw mustache for \"" << name << "\":\n" <<
+				mustaches.at(name).text << "\nRendered mustache:\n";
+
 			std::cout << mstch::render(mustaches.at(name).text, entry_ctx) << std::endl;
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/scraplang/html_pool_base.hpp b/src/scraplang/html_pool_base.hpp
index ec659be..8b22459 100644
--- a/src/scraplang/html_pool_base.hpp
+++ b/src/scraplang/html_pool_base.hpp
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@
 
 #include "implem/ResourcePool.hpp"
 #include "kakoune/safe_ptr.hh"
+#include <string_view>
 
 namespace duck { namespace sl {
 	namespace implem {
-		typedef duckutil::ResourcePool<std::string, std::string> HtmlPoolBase;
+		typedef duckutil::ResourcePool<std::string, std::string_view> HtmlPoolBase;
 	} //namespace implem
 
 	class HtmlPoolBase : public implem::HtmlPoolBase, public Kakoune::SafeCountable {
diff --git a/src/scraplang/xpath_runner.cpp b/src/scraplang/xpath_runner.cpp
index 058f9bd..432df09 100644
--- a/src/scraplang/xpath_runner.cpp
+++ b/src/scraplang/xpath_runner.cpp
@@ -17,13 +17,15 @@
  */
 
 #include "xpath_runner.hpp"
+#include "xpath.hpp"
 #include <cassert>
+#include <iostream>
 
 namespace duck { namespace sl {
 	struct XPathRunner::XPathKey {
-		XPathKey (const std::string& parSrc, const std::string& parQuery) :
-			source_address(parSrc),
-			xpath_query(parQuery)
+		XPathKey (const std::string_view& parSrc, const std::string_view& parQuery) :
+			source_address(std::string(parSrc)),
+			xpath_query(std::string(parQuery))
 		{
 			assert(not source_address.empty());
 		}
@@ -51,7 +53,24 @@ namespace duck { namespace sl {
 		std::string_view parSrc,
 		std::string_view parQuery
 	) {
-		static std::vector<std::string> deleme {"hello", "world"};
-		return deleme;
+		std::cout << "XPathRunner::query()\n";
+		auto ins_retval = m_cached_results.insert(std::make_pair(XPathKey(parSrc, parQuery), std::vector<std::string>()));
+		const bool inserted = ins_retval.second;
+		assert(ins_retval.first != m_cached_results.end());
+		std::vector<std::string>& curr_vec = ins_retval.first->second;
+
+		if (inserted) {
+			const auto id = m_pool->AddResource(parSrc);
+			const std::string* html = m_pool->GetByID(id);
+
+			curr_vec = xpath_query(*html, std::string(parQuery));
+		}
+
+		std::cout << "returning " << curr_vec.size() << " items: ";
+		for (auto& i : curr_vec) {
+			std:: cout << '"' << i << "\", ";
+		}
+		std::cout << '\n';
+		return curr_vec;
 	}
 }} //namespace duck::sl
diff --git a/src/xpath.cpp b/src/xpath.cpp
index 6c34279..0ef3db0 100644
--- a/src/xpath.cpp
+++ b/src/xpath.cpp
@@ -76,12 +76,18 @@ namespace duck {
 		return std::move(retval);
 	}
 
-	std::string xpath_query (const std::string& parXML, const std::string& parQuery) {
-		auto retval = xpath_query(parXML, std::vector<std::string>{parQuery});
-		if (retval.empty() or retval.front().empty())
-			return std::string();
-		else
-			return retval.front().front().second;
+	std::vector<std::string> xpath_query (const std::string& parXML, const std::string& parQuery) {
+		auto query_res = xpath_query(parXML, std::vector<std::string>{parQuery});
+		if (query_res.empty() or query_res.front().empty()) {
+			return std::vector<std::string>();
+		}
+		else {
+			std::vector<std::string> retval;
+			const std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string>>& src = query_res.front();
+			retval.reserve(src.size());
+			std::transform(src.begin(), src.end(), std::back_inserter(retval), [](const auto& pair) { return pair.second; });
+			return retval;
+		}
 	}
 
 	ParseError::ParseError (int parLine, int parColumn, std::string parMessage) {
diff --git a/src/xpath.hpp b/src/xpath.hpp
index d95d1f2..12ce69c 100644
--- a/src/xpath.hpp
+++ b/src/xpath.hpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace duck {
 	};
 
 	XPathBatchResults xpath_query ( const std::string& parXML, const std::vector<std::string>& parQueries );
-	std::string xpath_query ( const std::string& parXML, const std::string& parQuery );
+	std::vector<std::string> xpath_query ( const std::string& parXML, const std::string& parQuery );
 } //namespace duck
 
 #endif