diff --git a/mbuni/mmlib/mms_mm7soap.c b/mbuni/mmlib/mms_mm7soap.c
index f70a30f..00c88cf 100644
--- a/mbuni/mmlib/mms_mm7soap.c
+++ b/mbuni/mmlib/mms_mm7soap.c
@@ -752,14 +752,18 @@ MmsMsg *mm7_soap_to_mmsmsg(MSoapMsg_t *m, Octstr *from)
 	  }
 
 	  if ((s = http_header_value(m->envelope, octstr_imm("DeliveryReport"))) != NULL) {
-	       if (mms_string_to_reports(s) >= 0)
-		    mms_replace_header_value(msg, "X-Mms-Delivery-Report", octstr_get_cstr(s));
+	       long x = mms_string_to_boolean_flag(s);
+	       if (x >= 0)
+		 mms_replace_header_value(msg, "X-Mms-Delivery-Report", 
+					  (char *)mms_reports_to_cstr(x));
 	       octstr_destroy(s);
 	  }
 
 	  if ((s = http_header_value(m->envelope, octstr_imm("ReadReply"))) != NULL) {
-	       if (mms_string_to_reports(s) >= 0)
-		    mms_replace_header_value(msg, "X-Mms-Read-Report", octstr_get_cstr(s));
+	       long x = mms_string_to_boolean_flag(s);
+	       if (x >= 0)
+		    mms_replace_header_value(msg, "X-Mms-Read-Report", 
+					     (char *)mms_reports_to_cstr(x));
 	       octstr_destroy(s);
 	  }
 	  
diff --git a/mbuni/mmlib/mms_strings.def b/mbuni/mmlib/mms_strings.def
index 0f93c77..4a393a7 100644
--- a/mbuni/mmlib/mms_strings.def
+++ b/mbuni/mmlib/mms_strings.def
@@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ STRING("Yes")
 STRING("No")
 )
 
+/* the ones below are wired to agree with flags above. */
+LINEAR(boolean_flag,
+STRING("true")
+STRING("false")
+)
+
 NAMED(message_type,
 VNSTRING(MS_1_1,"m-send-req", MMS_MSGTYPE_SEND_REQ)
 VNSTRING(MS_1_1,"m-send-conf", MMS_MSGTYPE_SEND_CONF)
diff --git a/mbuni/mmlib/mms_uaprof.c b/mbuni/mmlib/mms_uaprof.c
index 4f8bcc8..d11c20c 100644
--- a/mbuni/mmlib/mms_uaprof.c
+++ b/mbuni/mmlib/mms_uaprof.c
@@ -362,14 +362,6 @@ static int unreplace_slash(int ch)
      return (ch == '$') ? '/' : ch;
 }
 
-#define UACOUNT_PROFILE 1023
-static void  init_profiledict(void)
-{
-     if (!profile_dict)
-	  profile_dict = dict_create(UACOUNT_PROFILE, (void (*)(void *))destroy_uaprof);     
-}
-
-
 static int mms_load_ua_profile_cache(char *dir)
 {
 
@@ -488,13 +480,20 @@ static MmsUaProfile *profile_fetch(Octstr *profile_url)
 }
 
 static void init_format_table(void);
-
+#define UACOUNT_PROFILE 1023
 int mms_start_profile_engine(char *cache_dir)
 {
-     init_profiledict();
+     if (profile_dict)
+	  return 0;
+
+     profile_dir = octstr_create(cache_dir);
+     
+    if (!profile_dict)
+	  profile_dict = dict_create(UACOUNT_PROFILE, 
+				     (void (*)(void *))destroy_uaprof);     
      init_format_table();
      mms_load_ua_profile_cache(cache_dir); 
-     profile_dir = octstr_create(cache_dir);
+
      
      return 0;
 }
@@ -505,6 +504,7 @@ int mms_stop_profile_engine(void)
      if (profile_dir)
 	  octstr_destroy(profile_dir);
      dict_destroy(profile_dict);
+     profile_dict = NULL;
      return 0;
 }