diff --git a/source/net/yacy/kelondro/util/FileUtils.java b/source/net/yacy/kelondro/util/FileUtils.java
index 7911c97dc..b513ba5b0 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/kelondro/util/FileUtils.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/kelondro/util/FileUtils.java
@@ -55,13 +55,14 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream;
 
 import net.yacy.cora.document.encoding.UTF8;
 import net.yacy.cora.storage.Files;
 import net.yacy.cora.util.ConcurrentLog;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+
 import org.mozilla.intl.chardet.nsDetector;
 import org.mozilla.intl.chardet.nsPSMDetector;
 
@@ -420,11 +421,10 @@ public final class FileUtils {
         return mb;
     }
 
-    private final static Pattern backslashbackslash = Pattern.compile("\\\\");
-    private final static Pattern unescaped_equal = Pattern.compile("=");
-    private final static Pattern escaped_equal = Pattern.compile("\\=", Pattern.LITERAL);
-    private final static Pattern escaped_newline = Pattern.compile("\\n", Pattern.LITERAL);
-    private final static Pattern escaped_backslash = Pattern.compile(Pattern.quote("\\"), Pattern.LITERAL);
+    private final static String[] unescaped_strings_in = {"\r\n", "\r", "\n", "=", "\\"};
+    private final static String[] escaped_strings_out = {"\\n", "\\n", "\\n", "\\=", "\\\\"};
+    private final static String[] escaped_strings_in = {"\\\\", "\\n", "\\="};
+    private final static String[] unescaped_strings_out = {"\\", "\n", "="};
 
     public static void saveMap(final File file, final Map<String, String> props, final String comment) {
     	boolean err = false;
@@ -437,16 +437,13 @@ public final class FileUtils {
             for ( final Map.Entry<String, String> entry : props.entrySet() ) {
                 key = entry.getKey();
                 if ( key != null ) {
-                    key = backslashbackslash.matcher(key).replaceAll("\\\\");
-                    key = escaped_newline.matcher(key).replaceAll("\\n");
-                    key = unescaped_equal.matcher(key).replaceAll("\\=");
+                    key = StringUtils.replaceEach(key, unescaped_strings_in, escaped_strings_out);
                 }
                 if ( entry.getValue() == null ) {
                     value = "";
                 } else {
                     value = entry.getValue();
-                    value = backslashbackslash.matcher(value).replaceAll("\\\\");
-                    value = escaped_newline.matcher(value).replaceAll("\\n");
+                    value = StringUtils.replaceEach(value, unescaped_strings_in, escaped_strings_out);
                 }
                 pw.println(key + "=" + value);
             }
@@ -495,11 +492,8 @@ public final class FileUtils {
                 pos = line.indexOf('=', pos + 1);
             } while ( pos > 0 && line.charAt(pos - 1) == '\\' );
             if ( pos > 0 ) try {
-                String key = escaped_equal.matcher(line.substring(0, pos).trim()).replaceAll("=");
-                key = escaped_newline.matcher(key).replaceAll("\n");
-                key = escaped_backslash.matcher(key).replaceAll("\\");
-                String value = escaped_newline.matcher(line.substring(pos + 1).trim()).replaceAll("\n");
-                value = value.replace("\\\\", "\\"); // does not work: escaped_backslashbackslash.matcher(value).replaceAll("\\");
+                String key = StringUtils.replaceEach(line.substring(0, pos).trim(), escaped_strings_in, unescaped_strings_out);
+                String value = StringUtils.replaceEach(line.substring(pos + 1).trim(), escaped_strings_in, unescaped_strings_out);
                 //System.out.println("key = " + key + ", value = " + value);
                 props.put(key, value);
             } catch (final IndexOutOfBoundsException e) {