diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.bo_tracking.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.bo_tracking.inc.php
index 74ea805448..d0224e168e 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.bo_tracking.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.bo_tracking.inc.php
@@ -331,11 +331,9 @@ abstract class bo_tracking
 
 		if (is_numeric($user_or_lang))	// user --> read everything from his prefs
 		{
-			if ($user_or_lang != $this->user)
-			{
-				$GLOBALS['egw']->preferences->preferences($user_or_lang);
-				$GLOBALS['egw_info']['user']['preferences'] = $GLOBALS['egw']->preferences->read_repository();
-			}
+			$GLOBALS['egw']->preferences->preferences($user_or_lang);
+			$GLOBALS['egw_info']['user']['preferences'] = $GLOBALS['egw']->preferences->read_repository();
+
 			if ($check && $this->check2pref) $check = $this->check2pref[$check];
 			if ($check && !$GLOBALS['egw_info']['user']['preferences'][$this->app][$check])
 			{
diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.nextmatch_widget.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.nextmatch_widget.inc.php
index 509d3d3f6b..82f7b26bf1 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.nextmatch_widget.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.nextmatch_widget.inc.php
@@ -1007,7 +1007,12 @@ class nextmatch_widget
 						case 'select-cat':
 							if ($val)
 							{
-								$value[$key] = $GLOBALS['egw']->categories->id2name($val);
+								$cats = array();
+								foreach(is_array($val) ? $val : explode(',',$val) as $cat_id)
+								{
+									$cats[] = $GLOBALS['egw']->categories->id2name($cat_id);
+								}
+								$value[$key] = implode('; ',$cats);
 							}
 							break;
 						case 'date-time':