diff --git a/htroot/yacysearch.rss b/htroot/yacysearch.rss
index 990a800c6..6b56bd4ec 100644
--- a/htroot/yacysearch.rss
+++ b/htroot/yacysearch.rss
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 			<url>#[rssYacyImageURL]#</url>
 			<title>Search for #[former]#</title>
 		</image>
-		<opensearch:totalResults>#[type_results]#</opensearch:totalResults>
+		<opensearch:totalResults>#[results]#</opensearch:totalResults>
 		<opensearch:startIndex>1</opensearch:startIndex>
-		<opensearch:itemsPerPage>#[type_results]#</opensearch:itemsPerPage>
+		<opensearch:itemsPerPage>#[results]#</opensearch:itemsPerPage>
 		<opensearch:link rel="search" href="opensearchdescription.xml" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml"/>
 		<opensearch:Query role="request" searchTerms="#[former]#" />
 		
diff --git a/htroot/yacysearchitem.java b/htroot/yacysearchitem.java
index da1c86658..0a7e82bcd 100644
--- a/htroot/yacysearchitem.java
+++ b/htroot/yacysearchitem.java
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ public class yacysearchitem {
             prop.put("rss_description", result.textSnippet().getLineRaw());
             prop.put("rss_link", result.urlstring());
             prop.put("rss_urlhash", result.hash());
-            prop.put("rss_date", plasmaSwitchboard.dateString(result.modified()));
+            prop.put("rss_date", plasmaSwitchboard.dateString822(result.modified()));
             return prop;
         }
         
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSwitchboard.java b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSwitchboard.java
index 14ae7e93e..2d1ae8bcf 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSwitchboard.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSwitchboard.java
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Hashtable;
 import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -2895,6 +2896,13 @@ public final class plasmaSwitchboard extends serverAbstractSwitch implements ser
         if (date == null) return ""; else return DateFormatter.format(date);
     }
     
+    // we need locale independent RFC-822 dates at some places
+    private static SimpleDateFormat DateFormatter822 = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd MMM yyyy", Locale.US);
+    public static String dateString822(Date date) {
+        if (date == null) return ""; else return DateFormatter822.format(date);
+    }
+    
+    
     public serverObjects action(String actionName, serverObjects actionInput) {
         // perform an action. (not used)    
         return null;