diff --git a/eepg.c b/eepg.c
index 10e966e..f55f9ed 100644
--- a/eepg.c
+++ b/eepg.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ private:
   bool EndChannels, EndThemes; //only used for ??
   int MHWStartTime; //only used for MHW1
   bool ChannelsOk;
-  //int Format; //the format that this filter currently is processing
+  EFormat Format; //the format that this filter currently is processing
   std::map < int, int >ChannelSeq; // ChannelSeq[ChannelId] returns the recordnumber of the channel
 
   Summary_t *Summaries[MAX_TITLES];
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ private:
 
   void NextPmt (void);
   void ProccessContinuous(u_short Pid, u_char Tid, int Length, const u_char *Data);
+  bool load_sky_file (const char *filename);
+  int sky_huffman_decode (const u_char * Data, int Length, unsigned char *DecodeText);
 protected:
   virtual void Process (u_short Pid, u_char Tid, const u_char * Data, int Length);
   virtual void AddFilter (u_short Pid, u_char Tid);
@@ -276,7 +278,7 @@ void cFilterEEPG::SetStatus (bool On)
   if (!On) {
     FreeSummaries ();
     FreeTitles ();
-    //Format = 0;
+    Format = MHW1;
     ChannelsOk = false;
     NumberOfTables = 0;
   } else {
@@ -423,7 +425,7 @@ static bool load_freesat_file (int tableid, const char *filename)
  *  \param filename  - Filename to load
  *  \return Success of operation
  */
-static bool load_sky_file (const char *filename)
+bool cFilterEEPG::load_sky_file (const char *filename)
 {
   FILE *FileDict;
   char *Line;
@@ -716,7 +718,7 @@ char *freesat_huffman_decode (const unsigned char *src, size_t size)
   return NULL;
 }
 
-int sky_huffman_decode (const u_char * Data, int Length, unsigned char *DecodeText)
+int cFilterEEPG::sky_huffman_decode (const u_char * Data, int Length, unsigned char *DecodeText)
 {
   sNodeH *nH, H=(Format==SKY_IT)?*sky_tables[0]:*sky_tables[1];
   int i;
@@ -887,8 +889,13 @@ bool cFilterEEPG::GetThemesSKYBOX (void) //TODO can't we read this from the DVB
  * \brief Initialize the Huffman dictionaries if they are not already initialized.
  *
  */
+static cMutex InitDictionary_mutex;
+
 bool cFilterEEPG::InitDictionary (void)
 {
+  // This function must be serialised because it updates sky_tables and tables
+  // which are both globals.
+  cMutexLock MutexLock(&InitDictionary_mutex);
   string FileName = cSetupEEPG::getInstance()->getConfDir();
   switch (Format) {
   case SKY_IT:
@@ -2906,7 +2913,7 @@ void cFilterEEPG::ProccessContinuous(u_short Pid, u_char Tid, int Length, const
   cSchedules *Schedules = (cSchedules*)(cSchedules::Schedules(SchedulesLock));
   //Look for other satelite positions only if Dish/Bell ExpressVU for the moment hardcoded pid check
   if(Schedules)
-    SI::cEIT2 EIT(Schedules, Source(), Tid, Data, Pid == EIT_PID);
+    SI::cEIT2 EIT(Schedules, Source(), Tid, Data, Format, Pid == EIT_PID);
 
   else//cEIT EIT (Schedules, Source (), Tid, Data);
   {
@@ -2917,7 +2924,7 @@ void cFilterEEPG::ProccessContinuous(u_short Pid, u_char Tid, int Length, const
     cSchedulesLock SchedulesLock;
     cSchedules *Schedules = (cSchedules*)(cSchedules::Schedules(SchedulesLock));
     if(Schedules)
-      SI::cEIT2 EIT(Schedules, Source(), Tid, Data, Pid == EIT_PID, true);
+      SI::cEIT2 EIT(Schedules, Source(), Tid, Data, Format, Pid == EIT_PID, true);
 
     //cEIT EIT (Schedules, Source (), Tid, Data, true);
   }
diff --git a/eit2.c b/eit2.c
index 3980dba..28e7d29 100644
--- a/eit2.c
+++ b/eit2.c
@@ -435,10 +435,11 @@ void cEIT2::ProcessEventDescriptors(bool ExternalData, int Source,
     channel->SetLinkChannels (LinkChannels);
 }
 
-cEIT2::cEIT2 (cSchedules * Schedules, int Source, u_char Tid, const u_char * Data, bool isEITPid, bool OnlyRunningStatus)
+cEIT2::cEIT2 (cSchedules * Schedules, int Source, u_char Tid, const u_char * Data, EFormat format, bool isEITPid, bool OnlyRunningStatus)
 :  SI::EIT (Data, false)
 , OnlyRunningStatus(OnlyRunningStatus)
 , Schedules(Schedules)
+, Format(format)
 {
 
   //LogD(2, prep("cEIT2::cEIT2"));
@@ -563,13 +564,14 @@ cEIT2::cEIT2 (cSchedules * Schedules, int Source, u_char Tid, const u_char * Dat
 }
 //end of cEIT2
 
-cEIT2::cEIT2 (cSchedule * Schedule)
+cEIT2::cEIT2 (cSchedule * Schedule, EFormat format)
 : Empty(true)
 , Modified(false)
 , OnlyRunningStatus(false)
 , SegmentStart(0)
 , SegmentEnd(0)
 , Schedules(NULL)
+, Format(format)
 {
   //LogD(2, prep("cEIT2::cEIT2"));
   //    if (Tid > 0 && (Format == DISH_BEV || (SetupPE->ProcessEIT && isEITPid))) Tid--;
diff --git a/eit2.h b/eit2.h
index c6251fe..0cfd6e6 100644
--- a/eit2.h
+++ b/eit2.h
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 #include <libsi/descriptor.h>
 #include <libsi/si.h>
 #include <vdr/epg.h>
+#include "util.h"
 
+using namespace util;
 namespace SI
 {
 
@@ -49,9 +51,10 @@ extern bool SystemCharacterTableIsSingleByte;*/
 class cEIT2:public SI::EIT
 {
 public:
-  cEIT2(cSchedules * Schedules, int Source, u_char Tid, const u_char * Data, bool isEITPid = false,
+  cEIT2(cSchedules * Schedules, int Source, u_char Tid, const u_char * Data,
+        EFormat format, bool isEITPid = false,
         bool OnlyRunningStatus = false);
-  cEIT2 (cSchedule * Schedule);
+  cEIT2 (cSchedule * Schedule, EFormat format);
   //protected:
   //  void updateEquivalent(cSchedules * Schedules, tChannelID channelID, cEvent *pEvent);
   cEvent* ProcessEitEvent(cSchedule *Schedule, const SI::EIT::Event *EitEvent, uchar TableID, uchar Version);
@@ -69,6 +72,7 @@ private:
   time_t SegmentStart;
   time_t SegmentEnd;
   cSchedules* Schedules;
+  EFormat Format;
   cChannel* channel;
 
 };
diff --git a/epghandler.c b/epghandler.c
index 8302cdc..c8fddcf 100644
--- a/epghandler.c
+++ b/epghandler.c
@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ bool cEEpgHandler::HandleEitEvent(cSchedule* Schedule,
   int nid = schedule->ChannelID().Nid();
   if ((nid >= 0x1001 && nid <= 0x100B) || nid == 0x101 || nid == 0x100) {
     //Set the Format for Eit events so that the new lines are not erased with FixEpgBugs
+    EFormat Format;
     if (Format != DISH_BEV) Format = DISH_BEV;
 
-    SI::cEIT2 eit2(Schedule);
+    SI::cEIT2 eit2(Schedule, Format);
     eit2.ProcessEitEvent(Schedule, EitEvent, TableID, Version);
     return true;
   }
diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index 96a80fd..0373d1a 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ struct hufftab *tables[2][128];
 int table_size[2][128];
 map<string,string> tableDict;
 
-EFormat Format;
 cEquivHandler* EquivHandler;
 
 cChannel *GetChannelByID(tChannelID & channelID, bool searchOtherPos)
diff --git a/util.h b/util.h
index 2a4cd51..b72aaa1 100644
--- a/util.h
+++ b/util.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ extern int Yesterday;
 extern int YesterdayEpoch;
 extern int YesterdayEpochUTC;
 
-extern enum EFormat
+enum EFormat
 {
 //First all batchmode, load ONCE protocols:
   MHW1 = 0,
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ extern enum EFormat
   EIT,
 //the highest number of EPG-formats that is supported by this plugin
   HIGHEST_FORMAT = EIT
-} Format;
+};
 
 extern cEquivHandler* EquivHandler;