diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Accounting.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Accounting.pm
index 3096c273e..ab1575a5f 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Accounting.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Accounting.pm
@@ -39,6 +39,15 @@ our @EXPORT = qw( setup_accounting );
 our @EXPORT_OK = qw( );
 our @VERSION = 1.00;
 
+sub initialize() {
+    our $jumpchainref;
+    $jumpchainref = undef;
+}
+
+INIT {
+    initialize;
+}
+
 #
 # Accounting
 #
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Actions.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Actions.pm
index 200ec7702..68275378f 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Actions.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Actions.pm
@@ -48,20 +48,19 @@ our @EXPORT = qw( merge_levels
 		  %default_actions
 		  %actions
 		  );
-our @EXPORT_OK = qw( );
+our @EXPORT_OK = qw( initialize );
 our @VERSION = 1.00;
 
 #
 #  Used Actions. Each action that is actually used has an entry with value 1.
 #
 our %usedactions;
+## Firewall to DMZ
 #
+
 # Default actions for each policy.
 #
-our %default_actions = ( DROP     => 'none' ,
-			 REJECT   => 'none' ,
-			 ACCEPT   => 'none' ,
-			 QUEUE    => 'none' );
+our %default_actions;
 
 #  Action Table
 #
@@ -82,6 +81,20 @@ my %logactionchains;
 #
 # This function determines the logging for a subordinate action or a rule within a superior action
 #
+
+sub initialize() {
+    %default_actions = ( DROP     => 'none' ,
+			 REJECT   => 'none' ,
+			 ACCEPT   => 'none' ,
+			 QUEUE    => 'none' );
+    %actions         = ();
+    %logactionchains = ();
+}
+
+INIT {
+    initialize;
+}
+
 sub merge_levels ($$) {
     my ( $superior, $subordinate ) = @_;
 
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
index 15bcd6a01..5d9c61720 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ our @EXPORT = qw( STANDARD
 		  $comment
 		  %targets
 		  );
-our @EXPORT_OK = ();
+our @EXPORT_OK = qw( initialize );
 our @VERSION = 1.00;
 
 #
@@ -163,32 +163,14 @@ our @VERSION = 1.00;
 #       'loglevel', 'synparams' and 'default' only apply to policy chains.
 #
 our @policy_chains;
-our %chain_table = ( raw    => {} ,
-		     mangle => {},
-		     nat    => {},
-		     filter => {} );
-
+our %chain_table;
 our $nat_table    = $chain_table{nat};
 our $mangle_table = $chain_table{mangle};
 our $filter_table = $chain_table{filter};
-
-#
-# These get set to 1 as sections are encountered.
-#
-our %sections = ( ESTABLISHED => 0,
-		  RELATED     => 0,
-		  NEW         => 0
-		  );
-#
-# Current rules file section.
-#
-our $section  = 'ESTABLISHED';
-#
-# Contents of last COMMENT line.
-#
+our %sections;
+our $section;
 our $comment = '';
-#  Target Table. Each entry maps a target to a set of flags defined as follows.
-#
+
 use constant { STANDARD => 1,              #defined by Netfilter
 	       NATRULE  => 2,              #Involves NAT
 	       BUILTIN  => 4,              #A built-in action
@@ -199,10 +181,51 @@ use constant { STANDARD => 1,              #defined by Netfilter
 	       MACRO    => 128,            #A Macro
 	       LOGRULE  => 256,            #'LOG'
 	   };
+our %targets;
 #
-#   As new targets (Actions and Macros) are discovered, they are added to the table
+# expand_rule() restrictions
 #
-our %targets = ('ACCEPT'       => STANDARD,
+use constant { NO_RESTRICT        => 0,   # FORWARD chain rule     - Both -i and -o may be used in the rule
+	       PREROUTE_RESTRICT  => 1,   # PREROUTING chain rule  - -o converted to -d <address list> using main routing table
+	       INPUT_RESTRICT     => 4,   # INPUT chain rule       - -o not allowed
+	       OUTPUT_RESTRICT    => 8,   # OUTPUT chain rule      - -i not allowed
+	       POSTROUTE_RESTRICT => 16,  # POSTROUTING chain rule - -i converted to -s <address list> using main routing table
+	       ALL_RESTRICT       => 12   # fw->fw rule            - neither -i nor -o allowed
+	       };
+our $exclseq = 0;
+our $iprangematch = 0;
+our $chainseq;
+
+sub initialize() {
+    @policy_chains = ();
+    %chain_table = ( raw    => {} ,
+		     mangle => {},
+		     nat    => {},
+		     filter => {} );
+
+    $nat_table    = $chain_table{nat};
+    $mangle_table = $chain_table{mangle};
+    $filter_table = $chain_table{filter};
+
+    #
+    # These get set to 1 as sections are encountered.
+    #
+    %sections = ( ESTABLISHED => 0,
+		  RELATED     => 0,
+		  NEW         => 0
+		  );
+    #
+    # Current rules file section.
+    #
+    $section  = 'ESTABLISHED';
+    #
+    # Contents of last COMMENT line.
+    #
+    $comment = '';
+    #
+    #   As new targets (Actions and Macros) are discovered, they are added to the table
+    #
+    %targets = ('ACCEPT'       => STANDARD,
 		'ACCEPT+'      => STANDARD  + NONAT,
 		'ACCEPT!'      => STANDARD,
 		'NONAT'        => STANDARD  + NONAT + NATONLY,
@@ -231,29 +254,24 @@ our %targets = ('ACCEPT'       => STANDARD,
 		'forwardUPnP'  => BUILTIN  + ACTION,
 		'Limit'        => BUILTIN  + ACTION,
 		);
+    #
+    # Used to sequence 'exclusion' chains with names 'excl0', 'excl1', ...
+    #
+    $exclseq = 0;
+    #
+    # Used to suppress duplicate match specifications.
+    #
+    $iprangematch = 0;
+    #
+    # Sequence for naming temporary chains
+    #
+    our $chainseq;
+}
+
+INIT {
+    initialize;
+}
 
-#
-# expand_rule() restrictions
-#
-use constant { NO_RESTRICT        => 0,   # FORWARD chain rule     - Both -i and -o may be used in the rule
-	       PREROUTE_RESTRICT  => 1,   # PREROUTING chain rule  - -o converted to -d <address list> using main routing table
-	       INPUT_RESTRICT     => 4,   # INPUT chain rule       - -o not allowed
-	       OUTPUT_RESTRICT    => 8,   # OUTPUT chain rule      - -i not allowed
-	       POSTROUTE_RESTRICT => 16,  # POSTROUTING chain rule - -i converted to -s <address list> using main routing table
-	       ALL_RESTRICT       => 12   # fw->fw rule            - neither -i nor -o allowed
-	       };
-#
-# Used to sequence 'exclusion' chains with names 'excl0', 'excl1', ...
-#
-our $exclseq = 0;
-#
-# Used to suppress duplicate match specifications.
-#
-our $iprangematch = 0;
-#
-# Sequence for naming temporary chains
-#
-our $chainseq;
 #
 # Add a run-time command to a chain. Arguments are:
 #
@@ -644,7 +662,7 @@ sub finish_chain_section ($$) {
 		}
 	    }
 	} else {
-	    my $policychainref = $chainref->{policychain};
+	    my $policychainref = $filter_table->{$chainref->{policychain}};
 	    if ( $policychainref->{synparams} ) {
 		my $synchainref = ensure_chain 'filter', syn_chain $policychainref->{name};
 		add_rule $chainref, "-p tcp --syn -j $synchainref->{name}";
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Common.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Common.pm
index 981ec34e6..0f27ed6e9 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Common.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Common.pm
@@ -60,21 +60,37 @@ our @EXPORT = qw(
 		 $done
 		 $verbose
 		 );
-our @EXPORT_OK = qw( $timestamp );
+our @EXPORT_OK = qw( $timestamp initialize );
 our @VERSION = 1.00;
 
-our $line = '';          # Current config file line
-
-our ( $command, $doing, $done ) = qw/ compile Compiling Compiled/; #describe the current command, it's present progressive, and it's completion.
-
-our $verbose = 0;         # Verbosity setting. 0 = almost silent, 1 = major progress messages only, 2 = all progress messages (very noisy)
-our $timestamp = '';      # If true, we are to timestamp each progress message
-our $object = 0;          # Object (script) file Handle Reference
-our $lastlineblank = 0;   # Avoid extra blank lines in the output
-our $indent        = '';  # Current indentation
+our $line;
+our ($command, $doing, $done );
+our $verbose;
+our $timestamp;
+our $object;
+our $lastlineblank;
+our $indent;
 our ( $dir, $file );      # Object's Directory and File
 our $tempfile;            # Temporary File Name
 
+sub initialize() {
+    $line = '';          # Current config file line
+
+    ( $command, $doing, $done ) = qw/ compile Compiling Compiled/; #describe the current command, it's present progressive, and it's completion.
+
+    $verbose = 0;              # Verbosity setting. 0 = almost silent, 1 = major progress messages only, 2 = all progress messages (very noisy)
+    $timestamp = '';           # If true, we are to timestamp each progress message
+    $object = 0;               # Object (script) file Handle Reference
+    $lastlineblank = 0;        # Avoid extra blank lines in the output
+    $indent        = '';       # Current indentation
+    ( $dir, $file ) = ('',''); # Object's Directory and File
+    $tempfile = '';            # Temporary File Name
+}
+
+INIT {
+    initialize;
+}
+
 #
 # Fatal Error
 #
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
index 27b7b2450..4c40e78b3 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
@@ -47,10 +47,27 @@ our @EXPORT = qw( compiler EXPORT TIMESTAMP );
 our @EXPORT_OK = qw( $export );
 our @VERSION = 1.00;
 
-our $export = 0;
+our $export;
+
+our $reused = 0;
 
 use constant { EXPORT => 0x01 ,
 	       TIMESTAMP => 0x02 };
+
+sub initialize() {
+    Shorewall::Common::initialize;
+    Shorewall::Config::initialize;
+    Shorewall::Chains::initialize;
+    Shorewall::Interfaces::initialize;
+    Shorewall::Accounting::initialize;
+    Shorewall::Actions::initialize;
+    Shorewall::Nat::initialize;
+    Shorewall::Providers::initialize;
+    Shorewall::Rules::initialize;
+    Shorewall::Tc::initialize;
+    Shorewall::Zones::initialize;
+}
+
 #
 # First stage of script generation.
 #
@@ -656,6 +673,10 @@ sub compiler( $$$$ ) {
 
     my ( $objectfile, $directory, $verbosity, $options ) = @_;
 
+    $export = 0;
+
+    initialize if $reused++;
+
     if ( $directory ne '' ) {
 	fatal_error "$directory is not an existing directory" unless -d $directory;
 	set_shorewall_dir( $directory );
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Config.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
index 486c2abce..453b6d6c8 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
@@ -64,13 +64,60 @@ our @EXPORT = qw(
 		 %protocols
 		 %services );
 
-our @EXPORT_OK = qw( $shorewall_dir );
+our @EXPORT_OK = qw( $shorewall_dir initialize );
 our @VERSION = 1.00;
 
 #
 # Misc Globals
 #
-our %globals  =   ( SHAREDIR => '/usr/share/shorewall' ,
+our %globals;
+#
+# From shorewall.conf file
+#
+our %config;
+#
+# Config options and global settings that are to be copied to object script
+#
+our @propagateconfig;
+our @propagateenv;
+#
+# From parsing the capabilities file
+#
+our %capabilities;
+#
+# /etc/protocols and /etc/services
+#
+our %protocols;
+our %services;
+
+#
+# Capabilities
+#
+our %capdesc;
+#
+# Directories to search for configuration files
+#
+our @config_path;
+#
+# Stash away file references here when we encounter INCLUDE
+#
+our @includestack;
+#
+# Allow nested opens
+#
+our @openstack;
+
+our $currentfile;             # File handle reference
+our $currentfilename;         # File NAME
+our $currentlinenumber;       # Line number
+
+our $shorewall_dir;           #Shorewall Directory
+
+sub initialize() {
+    #
+    # Misc Globals
+    #
+    %globals  =   ( SHAREDIR => '/usr/share/shorewall' ,
 		    CONFDIR =>  '/etc/shorewall',
 		    SHAREDIRPL => '/usr/share/shorewall-perl/',
 		    ORIGINAL_POLICY_MATCH => '',
@@ -78,11 +125,10 @@ our %globals  =   ( SHAREDIR => '/usr/share/shorewall' ,
 		    TC_SCRIPT => '',
 		    VERSION =>  '4.0.0-Beta4',
 		  );
-
-#
-# From shorewall.conf file
-#
-our %config =
+    #
+    # From shorewall.conf file
+    #
+    %config =
 	      ( STARTUP_ENABLED => undef,
 		VERBOSITY => undef,
 		#
@@ -172,16 +218,16 @@ our %config =
 		TCP_FLAGS_DISPOSITION => undef,
 		BLACKLIST_DISPOSITION => undef,
 		);
-#
-# Config options and global settings that are to be copied to object script
-#
-our @propagateconfig = qw/ DISABLE_IPV6 MODULESDIR MODULE_SUFFIX LOGFORMAT SUBSYSLOCK LOCKFILE /;
-our @propagateenv    = qw/ LOGLIMIT LOGTAGONLY LOGRULENUMBERS /;
+    #
+    # Config options and global settings that are to be copied to object script
+    #
+    @propagateconfig = qw/ DISABLE_IPV6 MODULESDIR MODULE_SUFFIX LOGFORMAT SUBSYSLOCK LOCKFILE /;
+    @propagateenv    = qw/ LOGLIMIT LOGTAGONLY LOGRULENUMBERS /;
 
-#
-# From parsing the capabilities file
-#
-our %capabilities =
+    #
+    # From parsing the capabilities file
+    #
+    %capabilities =
 	     ( NAT_ENABLED => undef,
 	       MANGLE_ENABLED => undef,
 	       MULTIPORT => undef,
@@ -210,16 +256,15 @@ our %capabilities =
 	       COMMENTS => undef,
 	       ADDRTYPE => undef,
 	       );
-#
-# /etc/protocols and /etc/services
-#
-our %protocols;
-our %services;
-
-#
-# Capabilities
-#
-our %capdesc = ( NAT_ENABLED     => 'NAT',
+    #
+    # /etc/protocols and /etc/services
+    #
+    %protocols = ();
+    %services  = ();
+    #
+    # Capabilities
+    #
+    %capdesc = ( NAT_ENABLED     => 'NAT',
 		 MANGLE_ENABLED  => 'Packet Mangling',
 		 MULTIPORT       => 'Multi-port Match' ,
 		 XMULTIPORT      => 'Extended Multi-port Match',
@@ -247,24 +292,29 @@ our %capdesc = ( NAT_ENABLED     => 'NAT',
 		 COMMENTS        => 'Comments',
 		 ADDRTYPE        => 'Address Type Match',
 	       );
-#
-# Directories to search for configuration files
-#
-our @config_path;
-#
-# Stash away file references here when we encounter INCLUDE
-#
-our @includestack;
-#
-# Allow nested opens
-#
-our @openstack;
+    #
+    # Directories to search for configuration files
+    #
+    @config_path = ();
+    #
+    # Stash away file references here when we encounter INCLUDE
+    #
+    @includestack = ();
+    #
+    # Allow nested opens
+    #
+    @openstack = ();
 
-our $currentfile;             # File handle reference
-our $currentfilename;         # File NAME
-our $currentlinenumber = 0;   # Line number
+    $currentfile = undef;     # File handle reference
+    $currentfilename = '';    # File NAME
+    $currentlinenumber = 0;   # Line number
 
-our $shorewall_dir = '';      #Shorewall Directory
+    $shorewall_dir = '';      #Shorewall Directory
+}
+
+INIT {
+    initialize;
+}
 
 #
 # Issue a Warning Message
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Interfaces.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Interfaces.pm
index 0bbcdce50..a1dafd4a2 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Interfaces.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Interfaces.pm
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ our @EXPORT = qw( add_group_to_zone
 
 		  @interfaces
 		  @bridges );
-our @EXPORT_OK = ();
+our @EXPORT_OK = qw( initialize );
 our @VERSION = 1.00;
 
 #
@@ -67,6 +67,16 @@ our @interfaces;
 our %interfaces;
 our @bridges;
 
+sub initialize() {
+    @interfaces = ();
+    %interfaces = ();
+    @bridges    = ();
+}
+
+INIT {
+    initialize;
+}
+
 sub add_group_to_zone($$$$$)
 {
     my ($zone, $type, $interface, $networks, $options) = @_;
@@ -323,7 +333,7 @@ sub validate_interfaces_file( $ )
 	my @networks;
 
 	if ( $options{detectnets} ) {
-	    fatal_error "The 'detectnets' option is not allowed with multi-zone interface" unless $zone;
+	    fatal_error "The 'detectnets' option is not allowed on a multi-zone interface" unless $zone;
 	    fatal_error "The 'detectnets' option may not be used with a wild-card interface name" if $wildcard;
 	    fatal_error "The 'detectnets' option may not be used with the '-e' compiler option" if $export;
 	    @networks = get_routed_networks( $interface, 'detectnets not allowed on interface with default route' );
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Macros.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Macros.pm
index fcb88acd3..646dd1fdb 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Macros.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Macros.pm
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ our @VERSION = 1.00;
 
 our %macros;
 
+sub initialize() {
+    %macros = ();
+}
+
+INIT {
+    initialize;
+}
+
 #
 # Try to find a macro file -- RETURNS false if the file doesn't exist or MACRO if it does.
 # If the file exists, the macro is entered into the 'targets' table and the fully-qualified
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Nat.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Nat.pm
index 2c7a6d889..ee6768158 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Nat.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Nat.pm
@@ -43,6 +43,15 @@ our @VERSION = 1.00;
 our @addresses_to_add;
 our %addresses_to_add;
 
+sub initialize() {
+    @addresses_to_add = ();
+    %addresses_to_add = ();
+}
+
+INIT {
+    initialize;
+}
+
 #
 # Handle IPSEC Options in a masq record
 #
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Policy.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Policy.pm
index 159c99c55..7f39d6b2d 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Policy.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Policy.pm
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ sub new_policy_chain($$$)
     $chainref->{is_policy}   = 1;
     $chainref->{policy}      = $policy;
     $chainref->{is_optional} = $optional;
-    $chainref->{policychain} = $chainref;
+    $chainref->{policychain} = $chain;
+
+    $chainref;
 }
 
 #
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ sub set_policy_chain($$$)
     my $chainref1 = $filter_table->{$chain1};
     $chainref1 = new_chain 'filter', $chain1 unless $chainref1;
     unless ( $chainref1->{policychain} ) {
-	$chainref1->{policychain} = $chainref;
+	$chainref1->{policychain} = $chainref->{name};
 	$chainref1->{policy} = $policy;
     }
 }
@@ -208,7 +210,7 @@ sub validate_policy()
 	    } else {
 		$chainref->{is_policy} = 1;
 		$chainref->{policy} = $policy;
-		$chainref->{policy_chain} = $chainref;
+		$chainref->{policychain} = $chain;
 		push @policy_chains, ( $chainref );
 	    }
 	} else {
@@ -266,7 +268,7 @@ sub report_syn_flood_protection() {
 
 sub default_policy( $$$ ) {
     my $chainref   = $_[0];
-    my $policyref  = $chainref->{policychain};
+    my $policyref  = $filter_table->{$chainref->{policychain}};
     my $synparams  = $policyref->{synparams};
     my $default    = $policyref->{default};
     my $policy     = $policyref->{policy};
@@ -350,7 +352,7 @@ sub complete_standard_chain ( $$$ ) {
     my ( $policy, $loglevel, $default ) = ( 'DROP', 6, $config{DROP_DEFAULT} );
     my $policychainref;
 
-    $policychainref = $ruleschainref->{policychain} if $ruleschainref;
+    $policychainref = $filter_table->{$ruleschainref->{policychain}} if $ruleschainref;
 
     ( $policy, $loglevel, $default ) = @{$policychainref}{'policy', 'loglevel', 'default' } if $policychainref;
 
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Proc.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Proc.pm
index d67bd5ef0..a2098968f 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Proc.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Proc.pm
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@ our @EXPORT = qw(
 our @EXPORT_OK = qw( );
 our @VERSION = 1.00;
 
-
-our %macros;
-
 #
 # ARP Filtering
 #
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Providers.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Providers.pm
index 41a110d79..450ac3446 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Providers.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Providers.pm
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ use strict;
 
 our @ISA = qw(Exporter);
 our @EXPORT = qw( setup_providers @routemarked_interfaces);
-our @EXPORT_OK = ( );
+our @EXPORT_OK = qw( initialize );
 our @VERSION = 1.00;
 
 use constant { LOCAL_NUMBER   => 255,
@@ -47,16 +47,30 @@ use constant { LOCAL_NUMBER   => 255,
 our %routemarked_interfaces;
 our @routemarked_interfaces;
 
-my $balance             = 0;
-my $first_default_route = 1;
+our $balance;
+our $first_default_route;
 
+our %providers;
 
-my %providers  = ( 'local' => { number => LOCAL_NUMBER   , mark => 0 } ,
-		   main    => { number => MAIN_NUMBER    , mark => 0 } ,
-		   default => { number => DEFAULT_NUMBER , mark => 0 } ,
-		   unspec  => { number => UNSPEC_NUMBER  , mark => 0 } );
+our @providers;
 
-my @providers;
+sub initialize() {
+    @providers = ();
+    %routemarked_interfaces = ();
+    @routemarked_interfaces = ();
+    $balance             = 0;
+    $first_default_route = 1;
+
+    %providers  = ( 'local' => { number => LOCAL_NUMBER   , mark => 0 } ,
+		    main    => { number => MAIN_NUMBER    , mark => 0 } ,
+		    default => { number => DEFAULT_NUMBER , mark => 0 } ,
+		    unspec  => { number => UNSPEC_NUMBER  , mark => 0 } );
+    @providers = ();
+}
+
+INIT {
+    initialize;
+}
 
 #
 # Set up marking for 'tracked' interfaces. Unlike in Shorewall 3.x, we add these rules unconditionally, even if the associated interface isn't up.
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Proxyarp.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Proxyarp.pm
index 098573a84..d4c95ec63 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Proxyarp.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Proxyarp.pm
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ our @VERSION = 1.00;
 
 our @proxyarp;
 
+sub initialize() {
+    @proxyarp = ();
+}
+
 sub setup_one_proxy_arp( $$$$$ ) {
     my ( $address, $interface, $external, $haveroute, $persistent) = @_;
 
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
index c4cea2281..b1093fb07 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ our @EXPORT = qw( process_tos
 		  setup_mss
 		  dump_rule_chains
 		  );
-our @EXPORT_OK = qw( process_rule process_rule1 );
+our @EXPORT_OK = qw( process_rule process_rule1 initialize );
 our @VERSION = 1.00;
 
 #
@@ -60,7 +60,16 @@ our @rule_chains;
 #
 # Set to one if we find a SECTION
 #
-our $sectioned = 0;
+our $sectioned;
+
+sub initialize() {
+    @rule_chains = ();
+    $sectioned = 0;
+}
+
+INIT {
+    initialize;
+}
 
 use constant { MAX_MACRO_NEST_LEVEL => 5 };
 
@@ -1007,7 +1016,7 @@ sub process_rule1 ( $$$$$$$$$$$ ) {
     # Handle Optimization
     #
     if ( $optimize > 0 ) {
-	my $loglevel = $chainref->{policychain}{loglevel};
+	my $loglevel = $filter_table->{$chainref->{policychain}}{loglevel};
 	if ( $loglevel ne '' ) {
 	    return 1 if $target eq "${policy}:$loglevel}";
 	} else {
@@ -1335,7 +1344,7 @@ sub generate_matrix() {
 	return 'ACCEPT' if $zone eq $zone1;
 
 	if ( $chainref->{policy} ne 'CONTINUE' ) {
-	    my $policyref = $chainref->{policychain};
+	    my $policyref = $filter_table->{$chainref->{policychain}};
 	    return $policyref->{name} if $policyref;
 	    fatal_error "No policy defined for zone $zone to zone $zone1";
 	}
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Tc.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Tc.pm
index a2e446920..aee6c2d01 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Tc.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Tc.pm
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ use strict;
 
 our @ISA = qw(Exporter);
 our @EXPORT = qw( setup_tc );
-our @EXPORT_OK = qw( process_tc_rule );
+our @EXPORT_OK = qw( process_tc_rule initialize );
 our @VERSION = 1.00;
 
 our %tcs = ( T => { chain  => 'tcpost',
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ our %classids;
 
 our @deferred_rules;
 
+sub initialize() {
+    %classids = ();
+    @deferred_rules = ();
+}
+
 sub process_tc_rule( $$$$$$$$$$ ) {
     my ( $mark, $source, $dest, $proto, $ports, $sports, $user, $testval, $length, $tos ) = @_;
 
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Zones.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Zones.pm
index b93914416..44a916c4a 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Zones.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Zones.pm
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ our @EXPORT = qw( NOTHING
 		  $firewall_zone
 		  %interfaces );
 
-our @EXPORT_OK = ();
+our @EXPORT_OK = qw( initialize );
 our @VERSION = 1.00;
 
 #
@@ -114,6 +114,16 @@ our %reservedName = ( all => 1,
 		      SOURCE => 1,
 		      DEST => 1 );
 
+sub initialize() {
+    @zones = ();
+    %zones = ();
+    %interfaces = ();
+}
+
+INIT {
+    initialize;
+}
+
 #
 # Parse the passed option list and return a reference to a hash as follows:
 #