diff --git a/htroot/Crawler_p.java b/htroot/Crawler_p.java
index dd607bfa8..615393757 100644
--- a/htroot/Crawler_p.java
+++ b/htroot/Crawler_p.java
@@ -372,6 +372,12 @@ public class Crawler_p {
                         collection);
                 byte[] handle = ASCII.getBytes(profile.handle());
                 
+                // before we fire up a new crawl, we make sure that another crawl with the same name is not running
+                sb.crawler.removeActive(handle);
+                sb.crawler.removePassive(handle);
+                try {sb.crawlQueues.noticeURL.removeByProfileHandle(profile.handle(), 10000);} catch (SpaceExceededException e1) {}
+                
+                // start the crawl
                 if ("url".equals(crawlingMode)) {
                     if (rootURLs.size() == 0) {
                         prop.put("info", "5"); //Crawling failed
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/crawler/data/CrawlProfile.java b/source/net/yacy/crawler/data/CrawlProfile.java
index 52a4b663c..2f6aa3d92 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/crawler/data/CrawlProfile.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/crawler/data/CrawlProfile.java
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ public class CrawlProfile extends ConcurrentHashMap<String, String> implements M
         if (name == null || name.isEmpty()) {
             throw new NullPointerException("name must not be null or empty");
         }
-        if (name.length() > 60) name = name.substring(0, 60);
+        if (name.length() > 256) name = name.substring(256);
         this.doms = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, DomProfile>();
         final String handle = Base64Order.enhancedCoder.encode(Digest.encodeMD5Raw(name)).substring(0, Word.commonHashLength);
         put(HANDLE,           handle);