diff --git a/api/index.php b/api/index.php
index 53b78b010df0351d88c90e69513bb84e27999b9d..823b9527e90319645c98d58e387420b906c514d9 100644
--- a/api/index.php
+++ b/api/index.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 		@session_start();
 	}
 
-	if (!init_connection($link)) return;
+	if (!init_plugins($link)) return;
 
 	$method = strtolower($_REQUEST["op"]);
 
diff --git a/backend.php b/backend.php
index 6ee0e081f549eca4c6c3ac2cc676ac66066253e7..40e40aeb323dc8b9ae4cc9c05d23079a9f3254f5 100644
--- a/backend.php
+++ b/backend.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 
 	$link = db_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASS, DB_NAME);
 
-	if (!init_connection($link)) return;
+	if (!init_plugins($link)) return;
 
 	header("Content-Type: text/json; charset=utf-8");
 
diff --git a/classes/db.php b/classes/db.php
index 403cbc93aba3ca452d103a8c5f9eb91a01fa8199..71fc01ae1b6ea5b4701a81200e3f94d2a1b4ba47 100644
--- a/classes/db.php
+++ b/classes/db.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class Db implements IDb {
 		}
 
 		$this->adapter->connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASS, DB_NAME, DB_PORT);
+		$this->adapter->init();
 	}
 
 	private function __clone() {
@@ -33,6 +34,10 @@ class Db implements IDb {
 		return("'$str'");
 	}
 
+	function init() {
+		//
+	}
+
 	function connect($host, $user, $pass, $db, $port) {
 		//return $this->adapter->connect($host, $user, $pass, $db, $port);
 	}
diff --git a/classes/db/mysql.php b/classes/db/mysql.php
index 512ea38943907d8b643c0294bacfab8b69437e1d..fa97dcff16d9af59d931abf5cfb270c21afc556d 100644
--- a/classes/db/mysql.php
+++ b/classes/db/mysql.php
@@ -55,5 +55,15 @@ class Db_Mysql implements IDb {
 		return mysql_affected_rows($this->link);
 	}
 
+	function init() {
+		$this->query("SET time_zone = '+0:0'");
+
+		if (defined('MYSQL_CHARSET') && MYSQL_CHARSET) {
+			$this->query("SET NAMES " . MYSQL_CHARSET);
+		}
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
 }
 ?>
diff --git a/classes/db/pgsql.php b/classes/db/pgsql.php
index 87c2abefddd896d6f1be1d4f83046f6f72c1b0f8..c9ec338876dd2e150a2e6b5ca2e18c679d9b6a50 100644
--- a/classes/db/pgsql.php
+++ b/classes/db/pgsql.php
@@ -69,5 +69,13 @@ class Db_Pgsql implements IDb {
 		return pg_last_error($this->link);
 	}
 
+	function init() {
+		$this->query("set client_encoding = 'UTF-8'");
+		pg_set_client_encoding("UNICODE");
+		$this->query("set datestyle = 'ISO, european'");
+		$this->query("set TIME ZONE 0");
+
+		return true;
+	}
 }
 ?>
diff --git a/classes/idb.php b/classes/idb.php
index 16f760bf6ade60d0d4bc41e4c4b67eb7111a8b1c..1ca6925b41ad23b748ce5737963b3fc0a4d3ff37 100644
--- a/classes/idb.php
+++ b/classes/idb.php
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 interface IDb {
 	function connect($host, $user, $pass, $db, $port);
+	function init();
 	function escape_string($s, $strip_tags = true);
 	function query($query, $die_on_error = true);
 	function fetch_assoc($result);
diff --git a/include/functions.php b/include/functions.php
index 43138a1f9af9c968c8bbb1e4d5f756e6c6117f24..0a686e71e6342e9226617ebede1a202df67244d0 100644
--- a/include/functions.php
+++ b/include/functions.php
@@ -3371,41 +3371,13 @@
 		return is_file(ICONS_DIR . "/$id.ico") && filesize(ICONS_DIR . "/$id.ico") > 0;
 	}
 
-	function init_connection_only($link) {
-		if ($link) {
-			if (DB_TYPE == "pgsql") {
-				pg_query($link, "set client_encoding = 'UTF-8'");
-				pg_set_client_encoding("UNICODE");
-				pg_query($link, "set datestyle = 'ISO, european'");
-				pg_query($link, "set TIME ZONE 0");
-			} else {
-				db_query($link, "SET time_zone = '+0:0'");
-
-				if (defined('MYSQL_CHARSET') && MYSQL_CHARSET) {
-					db_query($link, "SET NAMES " . MYSQL_CHARSET);
-				}
-			}
-
-			return true;
-		}
-
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	function init_connection($link) {
-		if ($link) {
-			init_connection_only($link);
-
-			global $pluginhost;
+	function init_plugins($link) {
+		global $pluginhost;
 
-			$pluginhost = new PluginHost($link);
-			$pluginhost->load(PLUGINS, $pluginhost::KIND_ALL);
+		$pluginhost = new PluginHost($link);
+		$pluginhost->load(PLUGINS, $pluginhost::KIND_ALL);
 
-			return true;
-		} else {
-			print "Unable to connect to database:" . db_last_error();
-			return false;
-		}
+		return true;
 	}
 
 	function format_tags_string($tags, $id) {
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 066b25fa5b1d77bac0afc1ff566de3e482becde6..c21b46809f7d5a776501adaa1ba183300115b9fc 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 	$link = db_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASS, DB_NAME);
 
-	if (!init_connection($link)) return;
+	if (!init_plugins($link)) return;
 
 	global $pluginhost;
 
diff --git a/opml.php b/opml.php
index b8c9fb6c5c483dd6d9ebc52bb89f444252f85399..ad866fbd5b2e9b20de2652b04978dbbd3dfa5ac7 100644
--- a/opml.php
+++ b/opml.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 	$link = db_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASS, DB_NAME);
 
-	if (!init_connection($link)) return;
+	if (!init_plugins($link)) return;
 
 	$op = $_REQUEST['op'];
 
diff --git a/plugins/mobile/article.php b/plugins/mobile/article.php
index f6aed994fa6068bf04def2b82c1d8b0a623d3269..c73c0fca50bd82d3a40d70dbbdf1724125f41e40 100644
--- a/plugins/mobile/article.php
+++ b/plugins/mobile/article.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 	$link = db_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASS, DB_NAME);
 
-	init_connection($link);
+	init_plugins($link);
 
 	login_sequence($link, true);
 
diff --git a/plugins/mobile/backend.php b/plugins/mobile/backend.php
index a88e02a92e41f6e89b0c5340f2ea9cca225c7e02..dc657ed40ec89043ce488b03af9bcd576828165d 100644
--- a/plugins/mobile/backend.php
+++ b/plugins/mobile/backend.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 	$link = db_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASS, DB_NAME);
 
-	init_connection($link);
+	init_plugins($link);
 
 	if (!$_SESSION["uid"]) return;
 
diff --git a/plugins/mobile/cat.php b/plugins/mobile/cat.php
index 7b5cf43f9db02ab69db66a3515f6e286b47e5bed..acd7f6f341be81a1b4f5d6aac856a15a4fde7ed6 100644
--- a/plugins/mobile/cat.php
+++ b/plugins/mobile/cat.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 	$link = db_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASS, DB_NAME);
 
-	init_connection($link);
+	init_plugins($link);
 
 	login_sequence($link, true);
 
diff --git a/plugins/mobile/feed.php b/plugins/mobile/feed.php
index 6eae741ace2cb885a14da2127e079c687684a9c6..22590f195e7283735d850832fa4906a5d88ee857 100644
--- a/plugins/mobile/feed.php
+++ b/plugins/mobile/feed.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 	$link = db_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASS, DB_NAME);
 
-	init_connection($link);
+	init_plugins($link);
 
 	login_sequence($link, true);
 
diff --git a/plugins/mobile/home.php b/plugins/mobile/home.php
index 03fccb3e2fc838bd5eab521633615f66378b1e28..f0ebf6a111cfb5ab756ed692bcc0127cd2dafee0 100644
--- a/plugins/mobile/home.php
+++ b/plugins/mobile/home.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 	$link = db_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASS, DB_NAME);
 
-	init_connection($link);
+	init_plugins($link);
 
 	login_sequence($link, true);
 
diff --git a/plugins/mobile/index.php b/plugins/mobile/index.php
index 3feec75313bae790147c7e5653b853c9a9844218..3fd496d0464cea26ac8d973646037f2ca029a830 100644
--- a/plugins/mobile/index.php
+++ b/plugins/mobile/index.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 	$link = db_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASS, DB_NAME);
 
-	init_connection($link);
+	init_plugins($link);
 
 	login_sequence($link, true);
 ?>
diff --git a/plugins/mobile/prefs.php b/plugins/mobile/prefs.php
index 3231962541132f1b4bd52e85f4ee0c3b1e206206..e6d4a7b40d7eac2542d3e9a8e42d41c373ade525 100644
--- a/plugins/mobile/prefs.php
+++ b/plugins/mobile/prefs.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 	$link = db_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASS, DB_NAME);
 
-	init_connection($link);
+	init_plugins($link);
 
 	login_sequence($link, true);
 ?>
diff --git a/prefs.php b/prefs.php
index e3b62da70bb46eadfc39999ac73d28100f45b8de..046d5eb76aabee33aa3cfa1ab4ab8b7382b0b860 100644
--- a/prefs.php
+++ b/prefs.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 	$link = db_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASS, DB_NAME);
 
-	if (!init_connection($link)) return;
+	if (!init_plugins($link)) return;
 
 	login_sequence($link);
 
diff --git a/public.php b/public.php
index 8477f95fc8399f1f4959ed635b3c27e750b67e92..1a50538fb7dd8cdbd321927716b6979bfa65d3b2 100644
--- a/public.php
+++ b/public.php
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 	$link = db_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASS, DB_NAME);
 
-	if (!init_connection($link)) return;
+	if (!init_plugins($link)) return;
 
 	if (ENABLE_GZIP_OUTPUT && function_exists("ob_gzhandler")) {
 		ob_start("ob_gzhandler");
diff --git a/register.php b/register.php
index 53627d9128d6a711defcbdb643af4a91cfe1bd3e..9aec6dde7f1c001289739a7674a514ff0fc61a58 100644
--- a/register.php
+++ b/register.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 	$link = db_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASS, DB_NAME);
 
-	if (!init_connection($link)) return;
+	if (!init_plugins($link)) return;
 
 	if ($_REQUEST["format"] == "feed") {
 		header("Content-Type: text/xml");
diff --git a/update.php b/update.php
index 1c43cdb94c2233be9aaf3c426e117590498b33bf..ffe54cc7cdac8d44592e77541f08af05b23984a3 100755
--- a/update.php
+++ b/update.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 	// Create a database connection.
 	$link = db_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASS, DB_NAME);
 
-	init_connection($link);
+	init_plugins($link);
 
 	$longopts = array("feeds",
 			"feedbrowser",
diff --git a/update_daemon2.php b/update_daemon2.php
index 77d05be66159b2556aaebbfed6ec493d044eb3f8..e8a56eec92a5396368fda7adbebc53aa2b01b563 100755
--- a/update_daemon2.php
+++ b/update_daemon2.php
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
 	// It is unnecessary to start the fork loop if database is not ok.
 	$link = db_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASS, DB_NAME);
 
-	if (!init_connection($link)) die("Can't initialize db connection.\n");
+	if (!init_plugins($link)) die("Can't initialize db connection.\n");
 
 	$schema_version = get_schema_version($link);
 
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
 			/* Check if schema version changed */
 
 			$link = db_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASS, DB_NAME);
-			if (!init_connection($link)) die("Can't initialize db connection.\n");
+			if (!init_plugins($link)) die("Can't initialize db connection.\n");
 			$test_schema_version = get_schema_version($link);
 			db_close($link);
 
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
 
 					$link = db_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASS, DB_NAME);
 
-					if (!init_connection($link)) return;
+					if (!init_plugins($link)) return;
 
 					// We disable stamp file, since it is of no use in a multiprocess update.
 					// not really, tho for the time being -fox