diff --git a/src/zapit/include/zapit/femanager.h b/src/zapit/include/zapit/femanager.h
index 2cde2baf2..f665ee683 100644
--- a/src/zapit/include/zapit/femanager.h
+++ b/src/zapit/include/zapit/femanager.h
@@ -120,7 +120,9 @@ class CFEManager
 
 		bool		Init();
 		void		Close();
+		void		Close(int _fe);
 		void		Open();
+		void		Open(int _fe);
 
 		CFrontend *	getFE(int index = 0);
 		CFrontend *	getLiveFE() { return livefe; };
diff --git a/src/zapit/src/femanager.cpp b/src/zapit/src/femanager.cpp
index ef78544cc..3925fb95b 100644
--- a/src/zapit/src/femanager.cpp
+++ b/src/zapit/src/femanager.cpp
@@ -506,6 +506,13 @@ void CFEManager::Open()
 	}
 }
 
+void CFEManager::Open(int _fe)
+{
+	CFrontend * fe = getFE(_fe);
+	if (!fe->Locked() && fe->getMode() != CFrontend::FE_MODE_UNUSED)
+		fe->Open(true);
+}
+
 void CFEManager::Close()
 {
 	if(have_locked)
@@ -518,6 +525,13 @@ void CFEManager::Close()
 	}
 }
 
+void CFEManager::Close(int _fe)
+{
+	CFrontend * fe = getFE(_fe);
+	if(!fe->Locked())
+		fe->Close();
+}
+
 CFrontend * CFEManager::getFE(int index)
 {
 	int i = 0;