diff --git a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_groupdav.inc.php b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_groupdav.inc.php
index b01b0f471a..0eeacbbeed 100644
--- a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_groupdav.inc.php
+++ b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_groupdav.inc.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * @package addressbook
  * @subpackage groupdav
  * @author Ralf Becker <RalfBecker-AT-outdoor-training.de>
- * @copyright (c) 2007/8 by Ralf Becker <RalfBecker-AT-outdoor-training.de>
+ * @copyright (c) 2007-9 by Ralf Becker <RalfBecker-AT-outdoor-training.de>
  * @version $Id$
  */
 
@@ -36,10 +36,6 @@ class addressbook_groupdav extends groupdav_handler
 	 * @var string
 	 */
 	var $charset = 'utf-8';
-	/**
-	*Profiling
-	*/
-	var $starttime;
 
 	/**
 	 * What attribute is used to construct the path, default id, can be uid too
@@ -58,7 +54,6 @@ class addressbook_groupdav extends groupdav_handler
 		parent::__construct($app,$debug,$base_uri);
 
 		$this->bo = new addressbook_bo();
-		//$this->starttime = microtime(true);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -84,7 +79,8 @@ class addressbook_groupdav extends groupdav_handler
 	 */
 	function propfind($path,$options,&$files,$user,$id='')
 	{
-		$this->starttime = microtime(true);
+		//$starttime = microtime(true);
+
 		$filter = array();
 		// show addressbook of a single user?
 		if ($user && $path != '/addressbook/') $filter['contact_owner'] = $user;
@@ -114,21 +110,20 @@ class addressbook_groupdav extends groupdav_handler
 		{
 			$handler = self::_get_handler();
 		}
+		$start = false;
+		//$start = array(0,7000);	// limit the number of contacts to return
 		// we query etag and modified, as LDAP does not have the strong sql etag
-		if (($contacts =& $this->bo->search(array(),$address_data ? false : array('id','uid','etag','modified'),'contact_id','','',False,'AND',false,$filter)))
+		if (($contacts =& $this->bo->search(array(),$address_data ? false : array('id','uid','etag','modified'),'contact_id','','',False,'AND',$start,$filter)))
 		{
 			//$icount= 0;
-			foreach($contacts as $contact)
+			foreach($contacts as &$contact)
 			{
-
-			//$st = microtime(true);
 				$props = array(
 					HTTP_WebDAV_Server::mkprop('getetag',$this->get_etag($contact)),
 					HTTP_WebDAV_Server::mkprop('getcontenttype', 'text/x-vcard'),
 					// getlastmodified and getcontentlength are required by WebDAV and Cadaver eg. reports 404 Not found if not set
 					HTTP_WebDAV_Server::mkprop('getlastmodified', $contact['modified']),
 				);
-			 	////error_log("groupdav-props\n".print_r($props,true));
 				if ($address_data)
 				{
  					//$sta = microtime(true);
@@ -146,15 +141,10 @@ class addressbook_groupdav extends groupdav_handler
 	            	'path'  => self::get_path($contact),
 	            	'props' => $props,
 				);
-
-			//$end = microtime(true) - $st;
-			//$icount++;
-			//error_log("function propfind foreach : $end : $icount");
 			}
 		}
 
-		$endtime = microtime(true) - $this->starttime;
-		error_log(__FILE__ ."->". __METHOD__ ." elapsed time : $endtime");
+		//$endtime = microtime(true) - $starttime; error_log(__METHOD__."($path) elapsed time : $endtime, returning ".count($files['files']).' contacts');
 		return true;
 	}