diff --git a/importexport/inc/class.bodefinitions.inc.php b/importexport/inc/class.bodefinitions.inc.php
index a64506a6ac..01a481a0bb 100644
--- a/importexport/inc/class.bodefinitions.inc.php
+++ b/importexport/inc/class.bodefinitions.inc.php
@@ -147,8 +147,9 @@ class bodefinitions {
 	 */
 	public static function import( $_import_file )
 	{
+		$translation = CreateObject('phpgwapi.translation');
 		if ( !is_file( $_import_file ) ) {
-			throw new Exception("'$_import_file' is not a valid file" );
+			throw new Exception("'$_import_file' does not exist or is not readable" );
 		}
 		
 		$data = arrayxml::xml2array( file_get_contents( $_import_file ) );
@@ -158,10 +159,10 @@ class bodefinitions {
 		unset ( $data );
 		
 		// convert charset into internal used charset
-		$definitions = $GLOBALS['egw']->translation->convert( 
+		$definitions = $translation->convert( 
 			$definitions,
 			$metainfo['charset'],
-			$GLOBALS['egw']->translation->charset()
+			$translation->charset()
 		);
 		
 		// save definition(s) into internal table
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ class bodefinitions {
 			// convert allowed_user
 			$definition_data['allowed_users'] = import_export_helper_functions::account_name2id( $definition_data['allowed_users'] );
 			$definition_data['owner'] = import_export_helper_functions::account_name2id( $definition_data['owner'] );
-			
+		
 			$definition = new definition( $definition_data['name'] );
 			$definition_id = $definition->get_identifier() ? $definition->get_identifier() : NULL;
 			
diff --git a/importexport/inc/class.definition.inc.php b/importexport/inc/class.definition.inc.php
index c0ab114978..6bbd22f010 100644
--- a/importexport/inc/class.definition.inc.php
+++ b/importexport/inc/class.definition.inc.php
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ class definition implements iface_egw_record {
 		if (isset($identifiers[1])) {
 			throw new Exception('Error: Definition: "'.$_name. '" is not unique! Can\'t convert to identifier');
 		}
+		if ( empty( $identifiers[0] ) ) {
+			// not a good idea, till we don't have different exceptions so far
+			// throw new Exception('Error: No such definition :"'.$_name.'"!');
+			$identifiers = array( array( 'definition_id' => 0 ) );
+		}
 		return $identifiers[0]['definition_id'];
 	}
 	
@@ -304,4 +309,4 @@ class definition implements iface_egw_record {
 		unset($this->so_sql);
 	}
 	
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/importexport/inc/class.import_export_helper_functions.inc.php b/importexport/inc/class.import_export_helper_functions.inc.php
index 182c85557c..be0d7a2e47 100755
--- a/importexport/inc/class.import_export_helper_functions.inc.php
+++ b/importexport/inc/class.import_export_helper_functions.inc.php
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class import_export_helper_functions {
 				$account_ids[] = $account_id;
 			}
 		}
-		return is_array( $_account_lids ) ? $account_ids : implode( ',', $account_ids );
+		return is_array( $_account_lids ) ? $account_ids : implode( ',', (array)$account_ids );
 		
 	} // end of member function account_lid2id
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class import_export_helper_functions {
 				$account_lids[] = $account_lid;
 			}
 		}
-		return is_array( $_account_id ) ? $account_lids : implode( ',', $account_lids );
+		return is_array( $_account_id ) ? $account_lids : implode( ',', (array)$account_lids );
 	} // end of member function account_id2lid
 	
 	/**
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class import_export_helper_functions {
 		foreach ( $cat_ids as $cat_id ) {
 			$cat_names[] = $cats->id2name( (int)$cat_id );
 		}
-		return is_array( $_cat_ids ) ? $cat_names : implode(',',$cat_names);
+		return is_array( $_cat_ids ) ? $cat_names : implode(',',(array)$cat_names);
 	} // end of member function category_id2name
 
 	/**
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class import_export_helper_functions {
 			}
 			$cat_ids[] = $cat_id;
 		}
-		return is_array( $_cat_names ) ? $cat_ids : implode( ',', $cat_ids );
+		return is_array( $_cat_names ) ? $cat_ids : implode( ',', (array)$cat_ids );
 		
 	} // end of member function category_name2id
 
diff --git a/importexport/setup/default_records.inc.php b/importexport/setup/default_records.inc.php
index be7c97be9e..cd08b9fc52 100644
--- a/importexport/setup/default_records.inc.php
+++ b/importexport/setup/default_records.inc.php
@@ -10,8 +10,16 @@
  */
 
 require_once(EGW_INCLUDE_ROOT. '/importexport/inc/class.bodefinitions.inc.php');
+require_once(EGW_INCLUDE_ROOT. '/phpgwapi/inc/class.accounts.inc.php');
+require_once(EGW_INCLUDE_ROOT. '/phpgwapi/inc/class.translation.inc.php');
+
+// some globals we need
+if ( !is_object($GLOBALS['egw']->accounts) ) $GLOBALS['egw']->accounts = new accounts();
+if ( !is_object($GLOBALS['egw']->translation) ) $GLOBALS['egw']->translation = new translation();
+if ( !is_object($GLOBALS['egw']->db)) $GLOBALS['egw']->db = $GLOBALS['egw_setup']->db;
 
 // apps, whose definitions should be installed automatically
+// i don't know how to ask setup which apps are / ore are going to be installed.
 $appnames = array (
 	'addressbook',
 );	
@@ -23,7 +31,7 @@ foreach ($appnames as $appname) {
 	
 	// step through each file in appdir
 	while (false !== ($entry = $d->read())) {
-		$file = $appdir. '/'. $entry;
+		$file = $defdir. '/'. $entry;
 		list( $filename, $extension) = explode('.',$entry);
 		if ( $extension != 'xml' ) continue;
 		bodefinitions::import( $file );