diff --git a/libgrive/src/drive/Collection.cc b/libgrive/src/drive/Collection.cc
index 5418601..13b24e6 100644
--- a/libgrive/src/drive/Collection.cc
+++ b/libgrive/src/drive/Collection.cc
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #include "protocol/Json.hh"
 #include "util/Path.hh"
 #include "util/OS.hh"
+#include "xml/Node.hh"
+#include "xml/NodeSet.hh"
 
 #include <cassert>
 
@@ -36,6 +38,11 @@ Collection::Collection( const Json& entry ) :
 {
 }
 
+Collection::Collection( const xml::Node& entry ) :
+	m_entry		( entry ),
+	m_parent	( 0 )
+{
+}
 Collection::Collection(
 	const std::string& title,
 	const std::string& href ) :
@@ -99,6 +106,12 @@ bool Collection::IsCollection( const Json& entry )
 		node["label"].As<std::string>() == "folder" ;
 }
 
+bool Collection::IsCollection( const xml::Node& entry )
+{
+	return entry["category"].Find( "@scheme", "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind" )["@label"].front().Value()
+		== "folder" ;
+}
+
 void Collection::Swap( Collection& coll )
 {
 	m_entry.Swap( coll.m_entry ) ;
diff --git a/libgrive/src/drive/Collection.hh b/libgrive/src/drive/Collection.hh
index 9289ae2..1908626 100644
--- a/libgrive/src/drive/Collection.hh
+++ b/libgrive/src/drive/Collection.hh
@@ -34,11 +34,13 @@ class Collection
 {
 public :
 	explicit Collection( const Json& entry ) ;
+	explicit Collection( const xml::Node& entry ) ;
 	Collection( const std::string& title, const std::string& href ) ;
 	
 	// default copy ctor & op= are fine
 	
 	static bool IsCollection( const Json& entry ) ;
+	static bool IsCollection( const xml::Node& entry ) ;
 	static std::string ParentHref( const Json& entry ) ;
 	
 	std::string Title() const ;
diff --git a/libgrive/src/drive/Drive.cc b/libgrive/src/drive/Drive.cc
index e816c48..302970b 100644
--- a/libgrive/src/drive/Drive.cc
+++ b/libgrive/src/drive/Drive.cc
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "util/OS.hh"
 #include "util/Path.hh"
 #include "xml/Node.hh"
+#include "xml/NodeSet.hh"
 
 // standard C++ library
 #include <algorithm>
@@ -56,19 +57,20 @@ Drive::Drive( OAuth2& auth ) :
 	http::Agent http ;
 	ConstructDirTree( &http ) ;
 	
-	http::JsonResponse str ;
-	http.Get( root_url + "?alt=json&showfolders=true", &str, m_http_hdr ) ;
-	Json resp = str.Response() ;
+	http::XmlResponse xrsp ;
+	http::ResponseLog log( "first-", ".xml", &xrsp ) ;
 	
-	Json resume_link ;
-	if ( resp["feed"]["link"].FindInArray( "rel", "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#resumable-create-media", resume_link ) )
-		m_resume_link = resume_link["href"].As<std::string>() ;
+	http.Get( root_url + "?showfolders=true", &log, m_http_hdr ) ;
+	xml::Node resp = xrsp.Response() ;
 
+	m_resume_link = resp["link"].
+		Find( "@rel", "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#resumable-create-media" )["@href"] ;
+		
 	bool has_next = false ;
 	do
 	{
-		Json::Array entries = resp["feed"]["entry"].As<Json::Array>() ;
-		for ( Json::Array::iterator i = entries.begin() ; i != entries.end() ; ++i )
+		xml::NodeSet entries = resp["entry"] ;
+		for ( xml::NodeSet::iterator i = entries.begin() ; i != entries.end() ; ++i )
 		{
 			if ( !Collection::IsCollection( *i ) )
 			{
@@ -76,13 +78,13 @@ Drive::Drive( OAuth2& auth ) :
 			}
 		}
 		
-		Json next ;
-		has_next = resp["feed"]["link"].FindInArray( "rel", "next", next ) ;
+		xml::NodeSet nss = resp["link"].Find( "@rel", "next" ) ;
+		has_next = !nss.empty() ;
 
 		if ( has_next )
 		{
-			http.Get( next["href"].Str(), &str, m_http_hdr ) ;
-			resp = str.Response() ;
+			http.Get( nss["@href"], &xrsp, m_http_hdr ) ;
+			resp = xrsp.Response() ;
 		}
 	} while ( has_next ) ;
 }
@@ -117,31 +119,36 @@ void Drive::ConstructDirTree( http::Agent *http )
 	http::XmlResponse xml ;
 	http::ResponseLog log( "dir-", ".xml", &xml ) ;
 	
-	http->Get( root_url + "/-/folder?showroot=true&max-results=10", &log, m_http_hdr ) ;
+	http->Get( root_url + "/-/folder?max-results=10", &log, m_http_hdr ) ;
+
+// 	http::JsonResponse jrsp ;
+// 	http->Get( root_url + "/-/folder?alt=json", &jrsp, m_http_hdr ) ;
+// 	Json resp = jrsp.Response() ;
+
+	xml::Node resp = xml.Response() ;
 
-	http::JsonResponse jrsp ;
-	http->Get( root_url + "/-/folder?alt=json", &jrsp, m_http_hdr ) ;
-	Json resp = jrsp.Response() ;
-	
 	assert( m_coll.empty() ) ;
 	
 	while ( true )
 	{
-		Json::Array entries = resp["feed"]["entry"].As<Json::Array>() ;
+		xml::NodeSet entries = resp["entry"] ;
 
 		// first, get all collections from the query result
-		for ( Json::Array::const_iterator i = entries.begin() ; i != entries.end() ; ++i )
+		for ( xml::NodeSet::iterator i = entries.begin() ; i != entries.end() ; ++i )
 		{
 			if ( Collection::IsCollection( *i ) )
 				m_coll.push_back( Collection( *i ) ) ;
 		}
 		
-		Json next ;
-		if ( !resp["feed"]["link"].FindInArray( "rel", "next", next ) )
+// 		Json next ;
+// 		if ( !resp["feed"]["link"].FindInArray( "rel", "next", next ) )
+// 			break ;
+		xml::NodeSet next = resp["link"].Find( "@rel", "next" ) ;
+		if ( next.empty() )
 			break ;
 
-		http->Get( next["href"].Str(), &jrsp, m_http_hdr ) ;
-		resp = jrsp.Response() ;
+		http->Get( next["@href"], &xml, m_http_hdr ) ;
+		resp = xml.Response() ;
 	}
 
 	// second, build up linkage between parent and child 
@@ -171,10 +178,10 @@ void Drive::ConstructDirTree( http::Agent *http )
 	m_root.CreateSubDir( Path() ) ;
 }
 
-void Drive::UpdateFile( const Json& entry, http::Agent *http )
+void Drive::UpdateFile( const xml::Node& entry, http::Agent *http )
 {
 	// only handle uploaded files
-	if ( entry.Has( "docs$suggestedFilename" ) )
+	if ( !entry["docs:suggestedFilename"].empty() )
 	{
 		Entry file( entry ) ;
 	
diff --git a/libgrive/src/drive/Drive.hh b/libgrive/src/drive/Drive.hh
index 29befe4..8e89ef8 100644
--- a/libgrive/src/drive/Drive.hh
+++ b/libgrive/src/drive/Drive.hh
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ namespace http
 {
 	class Agent ;
 }
+namespace xml
+{
+	class Node ;
+}
 
 class OAuth2 ;
 class Json ;
@@ -45,7 +49,7 @@ public :
 	~Drive( ) ;
 
 private :
-	void UpdateFile( const Json& entry, http::Agent *http ) ;
+	void UpdateFile( const xml::Node& entry, http::Agent *http ) ;
 	
 	void ConstructDirTree( http::Agent *http ) ;
 	
diff --git a/libgrive/src/drive/Entry.cc b/libgrive/src/drive/Entry.cc
index 518b81e..4582621 100644
--- a/libgrive/src/drive/Entry.cc
+++ b/libgrive/src/drive/Entry.cc
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ void Entry::Update( const Json& entry )
 		FindInArray( "rel", "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#resumable-edit-media", node )
 		? node["href"].Str() : std::string() ;
 
-  	// convert to lower case for easy comparison
+	// convert to lower case for easy comparison
 	std::transform(
 		m_server_md5.begin(),
 		m_server_md5.end(),
@@ -111,6 +111,16 @@ void Entry::Update( const xml::Node& n )
 	xml::NodeSet parents = n["link"].Find( "@rel", "http://schemas.google.com/docs/2007#parent" ) ;
 	for ( xml::NodeSet::iterator i = parents.begin() ; i != parents.end() ; ++i )
 		m_parent_hrefs.push_back( (*i)["@href"] ) ;
+	
+	if ( !m_parent_hrefs.empty() )
+		m_parent_href = m_parent_hrefs.front() ;
+
+	// convert to lower case for easy comparison
+	std::transform(
+		m_server_md5.begin(),
+		m_server_md5.end(),
+		m_server_md5.begin(),
+		tolower ) ;
 }
 
 std::string Entry::Parent( const Json& entry )
diff --git a/libgrive/src/xml/Node.cc b/libgrive/src/xml/Node.cc
index 1fe071e..a3da539 100644
--- a/libgrive/src/xml/Node.cc
+++ b/libgrive/src/xml/Node.cc
@@ -416,6 +416,12 @@ std::size_t Node::size() const
 	return m_ptr->Size() ;
 }
 
+NodeSet Node::Children() const
+{
+	assert( m_ptr != 0 ) ;
+	return NodeSet( begin(), end() ) ;
+}
+
 NodeSet Node::Attr() const
 {
 	assert( m_ptr != 0 ) ;
diff --git a/libgrive/src/xml/Node.hh b/libgrive/src/xml/Node.hh
index d8c6055..aa55056 100644
--- a/libgrive/src/xml/Node.hh
+++ b/libgrive/src/xml/Node.hh
@@ -75,9 +75,11 @@ public :
 	iterator begin() const ;
 	iterator end() const ;
 	std::size_t size() const ;
+	NodeSet Children() const ;
 	
 	NodeSet Attr() const ;
 	std::string Attr( const std::string& attr ) const ;
+	bool HasAttr( const std::string& attr ) const ;
 	
 private :
 	explicit Node( Impl *impl ) ;