diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/dbImport/plasmaDbImporter.java b/source/de/anomic/plasma/dbImport/plasmaDbImporter.java
index 535eeb04c..1f4d738e9 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/dbImport/plasmaDbImporter.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/dbImport/plasmaDbImporter.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public class plasmaDbImporter extends AbstractImporter implements dbImporter {
         this.log.logFine("Initializing source word index db.");
         this.importWordIndex = new plasmaWordIndex(this.importPath, this.indexPath, (this.cacheSize/2)/1024, preloadTime / 2, this.log, sb.getConfigBool("useCollectionIndex", false));
         this.log.logFine("Initializing import URL db.");
-        this.importUrlDB = new plasmaCrawlLURL(new File(this.importPath, "urlHash.db"), (this.cacheSize/2)/1024, preloadTime / 2, false);
+        this.importUrlDB = new plasmaCrawlLURL(this.importPath, (this.cacheSize/2)/1024, preloadTime / 2, false);
         this.importStartSize = this.importWordIndex.size();
     }
     
@@ -154,9 +154,10 @@ public class plasmaDbImporter extends AbstractImporter implements dbImporter {
                             continue;
                         } else {
                             // we need to import the url
-                            try {	
-                                // getting the url entry
-                                plasmaCrawlLURL.Entry urlEntry = this.importUrlDB.load(urlHash, null);
+
+                            // getting the url entry
+                            plasmaCrawlLURL.Entry urlEntry = this.importUrlDB.load(urlHash, null);
+                            if (urlEntry != null) {
 
                                 /* write it into the home url db */
                                 this.homeUrlDB.store(urlEntry, false);
@@ -166,7 +167,8 @@ public class plasmaDbImporter extends AbstractImporter implements dbImporter {
                                 if (this.urlCounter % 500 == 0) {
                                     this.log.logFine(this.urlCounter + " URLs processed so far.");
                                 }
-                            } catch (IOException e) {
+
+                            } else {
                                 unknownUrlBuffer.add(urlHash);
                                 notBoundEntryCounter++;
                                 newContainer.remove(urlHash);