diff --git a/addressbook/inc/class.boaddressbook.inc.php b/addressbook/inc/class.boaddressbook.inc.php
index 7aa721fbff..7e5c5dc7d1 100644
--- a/addressbook/inc/class.boaddressbook.inc.php
+++ b/addressbook/inc/class.boaddressbook.inc.php
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 		var $order;
 		var $filter;
 		var $cat_id;
+		var $total;
 
 		var $use_session = False;
 
@@ -117,6 +118,8 @@
 		function read_entries($start,$limit,$qcols,$qfilter,$userid='')
 		{
 			$entries = $this->so->read_entries($start,$limit,$qcols,$this->query,$qfilter,$this->sort,$this->order,$userid);
+			$this->total = $this->so->contacts->total_records;
+			if($this->debug) { echo '<br>Total records="' . $this->total . '"'; }
 			return $this->strip_html($entries);
 		}
 
diff --git a/addressbook/inc/class.soaddressbook.inc.php b/addressbook/inc/class.soaddressbook.inc.php
index 28baa50ad6..b32ed035e3 100644
--- a/addressbook/inc/class.soaddressbook.inc.php
+++ b/addressbook/inc/class.soaddressbook.inc.php
@@ -19,22 +19,30 @@
 
 		function soaddressbook()
 		{
-			global $phpgw,$rights;
+			global $rights;
 
-			$phpgw->contacts   = CreateObject('phpgwapi.contacts');
+			$this->rights = $rights;
+		}
 
-			$this->contacts = $phpgw->contacts;
-			$this->rights   = $rights;
+		function makeobj()
+		{
+			if (!is_object($this->contacts))
+			{
+				$this->contacts = CreateObject('phpgwapi.contacts');
+			}
+			return;
 		}
 
 		function read_entries($start,$offset,$qcols,$query,$qfilter,$sort,$order)
 		{
+			$this->makeobj();
 			$readrights = $this->rights & PHPGW_ACL_READ;
 			return $this->contacts->read($start,$offset,$qcols,$query,$qfilter,$sort,$order,$readrights);
 		}
 
 		function read_entry($id,$fields)
 		{
+			$this->makeobj();
 			if ($this->rights & PHPGW_ACL_READ)
 			{
 				return $this->contacts->read_single_entry($id,$fields);
@@ -48,6 +56,7 @@
 
 		function read_last_entry($fields)
 		{
+			$this->makeobj();
 			if ($this->rights & PHPGW_ACL_READ)
 			{
 				return $this->contacts->read_last_entry($fields);
@@ -61,6 +70,7 @@
 
 		function add_entry($userid,$fields)
 		{
+			$this->makeobj();
 			if ($this->rights & PHPGW_ACL_ADD)
 			{
 				$this->contacts->add($userid,$fields,$fields['access'],$fields['cat_id'],$fields['tid']);
@@ -70,6 +80,7 @@
 
 		function get_lastid()
 		{
+			$this->makeobj();
 		 	$entry = $this->contacts->read_last_entry();
 			$ab_id = $entry[0]['id'];
 			return $ab_id;
@@ -77,6 +88,7 @@
 
 		function update_entry($userid,$fields)
 		{
+			$this->makeobj();
 			if ($this->rights & PHPGW_ACL_EDIT)
 			{
 				$this->contacts->update($fields['ab_id'],$userid,$fields,$fields['access'],$fields['cat_id']);
diff --git a/addressbook/inc/class.uiaddressbook.inc.php b/addressbook/inc/class.uiaddressbook.inc.php
index 00788badc4..34a0e74aff 100644
--- a/addressbook/inc/class.uiaddressbook.inc.php
+++ b/addressbook/inc/class.uiaddressbook.inc.php
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 
 			$this->bo       = CreateObject('addressbook.boaddressbook',True);
 			$this->template = $phpgw->template;
-			$this->contacts = $this->bo->so->contacts;
+			$this->contacts = CreateObject('phpgwapi.contacts');
 			$this->cat      = CreateObject('phpgwapi.categories');
 			$this->company  = CreateObject('phpgwapi.categories','addressbook_company');
 			$this->prefs    = $phpgw_info['user']['preferences']['addressbook'];
@@ -412,12 +412,13 @@
 			if ($nosearch && !$this->query)
 			{
 				$entries = array();
-				$this->contacts->total_records = 0;
+				$total_records = 0;
 			}
 			else
 			{
 				/* read the entry list */
 				$entries = $this->bo->read_entries($this->start,$this->limit,$columns_to_display,$qfilter,$userid);
+				$total_records = $this->bo->total;
 			}
 
 			/* global here so nextmatchs accepts our setting of $query */
@@ -425,11 +426,11 @@
 
 			$query = $this->query;
 			$search_filter = $phpgw->nextmatchs->show_tpl('/index.php',
-				$this->start, $this->contacts->total_records,'&menuaction=addressbook.uiaddressbook.get_list',"75%",
+				$this->start, $total_records,'&menuaction=addressbook.uiaddressbook.get_list',"75%",
 				$phpgw_info["theme"]["th_bg"],1,1,1,1);
 			$query = '';
 
-			$lang_showing = $phpgw->nextmatchs->show_hits($this->contacts->total_records,$this->start);
+			$lang_showing = $phpgw->nextmatchs->show_hits($total_records,$this->start);
 
 			/* set basic vars and parse the header */
 			$this->template->set_var('font',$phpgw_info['theme']['font']);