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diff --git a/source/mircoders/storage/DatabaseUsers.java b/source/mircoders/storage/DatabaseUsers.java
index dd03a1b1..69ab2568 100755
--- a/source/mircoders/storage/DatabaseUsers.java
+++ b/source/mircoders/storage/DatabaseUsers.java
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ public class DatabaseUsers extends Database implements StorageObject{
 
 	private static DatabaseUsers instance;
 
-	public static DatabaseUsers getInstance() throws StorageObjectException {
+	// the following *has* to be sychronized cause this static method
+	// could get preemted and we could end up with 2 instances of DatabaseFoo..
+	// see the "Singletons with needles and thread" article at JavaWorld -mh
+	public synchronized static DatabaseUsers getInstance() 
+	  throws StorageObjectException {
 		if (instance == null) {
 			instance = new DatabaseUsers();
 			instance.myselfDatabase = instance;
@@ -42,7 +46,7 @@ public class DatabaseUsers extends Database implements StorageObject{
 		}
 	}
 
-	public SimpleList getPopupData() {
+	public SimpleList getPopupData() throws StorageObjectException {
 		return getPopupData("login",true);
 	}
 }