diff --git a/source/net/yacy/document/geolocalization/GeoLocation.java b/source/net/yacy/document/geolocalization/GeoLocation.java
index 6e0bda36f..c9b5e21f4 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/document/geolocalization/GeoLocation.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/document/geolocalization/GeoLocation.java
@@ -24,10 +24,12 @@ package net.yacy.document.geolocalization;
 
 import java.util.Comparator;
 
+import net.yacy.cora.document.UTF8;
+
 
 public class GeoLocation extends IntegerGeoPoint implements Comparable<GeoLocation>, Comparator<GeoLocation> {
 
-    private String name;
+    private byte[] name;
     private int population;
 
     public GeoLocation(double lat, double lon) {
@@ -38,15 +40,15 @@ public class GeoLocation extends IntegerGeoPoint implements Comparable<GeoLocati
 
     public GeoLocation(double lat, double lon, String name) {
         super(lat, lon);
-        this.name = name;
+        this.name = UTF8.getBytes(name);
     }
 
     public void setName(String name) {
-        this.name = name;
+        this.name = UTF8.getBytes(name);
     }
 
     public String getName() {
-        return this.name;
+        return UTF8.String(this.name);
     }
 
     public void setPopulation(int population) {
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ public class GeoLocation extends IntegerGeoPoint implements Comparable<GeoLocati
     public boolean equals(Object loc) {
         if (!(loc instanceof GeoLocation)) return false;
         if (this.name == null || ((GeoLocation) loc).name == null) return super.equals(loc);
-        return super.equals(loc) && this.name.toLowerCase().equals(((GeoLocation) loc).name.toLowerCase());
+        return super.equals(loc) && this.getName().toLowerCase().equals(((GeoLocation) loc).getName().toLowerCase());
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/document/geolocalization/OpenGeoDBLocalization.java b/source/net/yacy/document/geolocalization/OpenGeoDBLocalization.java
index e02858a0e..f3173684a 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/document/geolocalization/OpenGeoDBLocalization.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/document/geolocalization/OpenGeoDBLocalization.java
@@ -52,9 +52,7 @@ import net.yacy.kelondro.logging.Log;
 public class OpenGeoDBLocalization implements Localization
 {
 
-    private final Map<Integer, String> locTypeHash2locType;
     private final Map<Integer, GeoLocation> id2loc;
-    private final Map<Integer, Integer> id2locTypeHash;
     private final TreeMap<StringBuilder, List<Integer>> name2ids;
     private final TreeMap<StringBuilder, List<Integer>> kfz2ids;
     private final Map<String, List<Integer>> predial2ids;
@@ -64,13 +62,9 @@ public class OpenGeoDBLocalization implements Localization
     public OpenGeoDBLocalization(final File file, final boolean lonlat) {
 
         this.file = file;
-        this.locTypeHash2locType = new HashMap<Integer, String>();
         this.id2loc = new HashMap<Integer, GeoLocation>();
-        this.id2locTypeHash = new HashMap<Integer, Integer>();
-        this.name2ids =
-            new TreeMap<StringBuilder, List<Integer>>(StringBuilderComparator.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER);
-        this.kfz2ids =
-            new TreeMap<StringBuilder, List<Integer>>(StringBuilderComparator.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER);
+        this.name2ids = new TreeMap<StringBuilder, List<Integer>>(StringBuilderComparator.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER);
+        this.kfz2ids = new TreeMap<StringBuilder, List<Integer>>(StringBuilderComparator.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER);
         this.predial2ids = new HashMap<String, List<Integer>>();
         this.zip2id = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
 
@@ -143,11 +137,13 @@ public class OpenGeoDBLocalization implements Localization
                         id = Integer.parseInt(v[0]);
                         h = removeQuotes(v[2]);
                         final Integer hc = h.hashCode();
-                        final String t = this.locTypeHash2locType.get(hc);
-                        if ( t == null ) {
-                            this.locTypeHash2locType.put(hc, h);
+                        /*
+                        final byte[] tb = this.locTypeHash2locType.get(hc);
+                        if ( tb == null ) {
+                            this.locTypeHash2locType.put(hc, UTF8.getBytes(h));
                         }
                         this.id2locTypeHash.put(id, hc);
+                        */
                     } else if ( v[1].equals("500300000") ) { // PLZ
                         this.zip2id.put(removeQuotes(v[2]), Integer.parseInt(v[0]));
                     } else if ( v[1].equals("500500000") ) { // KFZ-Kennzeichen
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/search/Switchboard.java b/source/net/yacy/search/Switchboard.java
index ce6aab283..7e40457be 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/search/Switchboard.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/search/Switchboard.java
@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ public final class Switchboard extends serverSwitch
             getDataPath(SwitchboardConstants.HTDOCS_PATH, SwitchboardConstants.HTDOCS_PATH_DEFAULT);
         this.log.logConfig("HTDOCS Path:    " + this.htDocsPath.toString());
         this.workPath = getDataPath(SwitchboardConstants.WORK_PATH, SwitchboardConstants.WORK_PATH_DEFAULT);
+        this.workPath.mkdirs();
         this.log.logConfig("Work Path:    " + this.workPath.toString());
         this.dictionariesPath =
             getDataPath(
@@ -329,8 +330,16 @@ public final class Switchboard extends serverSwitch
                 SwitchboardConstants.DICTIONARY_SOURCE_PATH_DEFAULT);
         this.log.logConfig("Dictionaries Path:" + this.dictionariesPath.toString());
 
+        // init libraries
+        this.log.logConfig("initializing libraries");
+        new Thread() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                LibraryProvider.initialize(Switchboard.this.dictionariesPath);
+            }
+        }.start();
+
         // init global host name cache
-        this.workPath.mkdirs();
         Domains.init(new File(this.workPath, "globalhosts.list"));
 
         // init sessionid name file
@@ -341,15 +350,6 @@ public final class Switchboard extends serverSwitch
         // init tables
         this.tables = new WorkTables(this.workPath);
 
-        // init libraries
-        this.log.logConfig("initializing libraries");
-        new Thread() {
-            @Override
-            public void run() {
-                LibraryProvider.initialize(Switchboard.this.dictionariesPath);
-            }
-        }.start();
-
         // set a high maximum cache size to current size; this is adopted later automatically
         final int wordCacheMaxCount = (int) getConfigLong(SwitchboardConstants.WORDCACHE_MAX_COUNT, 20000);
         setConfig(SwitchboardConstants.WORDCACHE_MAX_COUNT, Integer.toString(wordCacheMaxCount));