diff --git a/src/gui/miscsettings_menu.cpp b/src/gui/miscsettings_menu.cpp
index 8bee67308..efe50d3eb 100644
--- a/src/gui/miscsettings_menu.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/miscsettings_menu.cpp
@@ -163,25 +163,21 @@ int CMiscMenue::exec(CMenuTarget* parent, const std::string &actionKey)
 	}
 	else if(actionKey == "epg_read_now" || actionKey == "epg_read_now_usermenu")
 	{
-		CHint *hint = new CHint(LOCALE_MISCSETTINGS_EPG_READ);
-		hint->setDelay(1);
-		hint->paint();
-
 		struct stat my_stat;
 		if (stat(g_settings.epg_dir.c_str(), &my_stat) == 0)
 		{
 			printf("Reading epg cache from %s ...\n", g_settings.epg_dir.c_str());
-			g_Sectionsd->readSIfromXML(g_settings.epg_dir.c_str());
+// 			g_Sectionsd->readSIfromXML(g_settings.epg_dir.c_str());
+			ShowHintS(LOCALE_MISCSETTINGS_EPG_READ, sigc::bind(sigc::mem_fun(g_Sectionsd, &CSectionsdClient::readSIfromXML), g_settings.epg_dir.c_str()), 1);
 		}
 
 		for (std::list<std::string>::iterator it = g_settings.xmltv_xml.begin(); it != g_settings.xmltv_xml.end(); ++it)
 		{
 			printf("Reading xmltv epg from %s ...\n", (*it).c_str());
-			g_Sectionsd->readSIfromXMLTV((*it).c_str());
+// 			g_Sectionsd->readSIfromXMLTV((*it).c_str());
+			ShowHintS(LOCALE_MISCSETTINGS_EPG_READ, sigc::bind(sigc::mem_fun(g_Sectionsd, &CSectionsdClient::readSIfromXMLTV), (*it).c_str()), 1);
 		}
 
-		delete hint;
-
 		if (actionKey == "epg_read_now_usermenu")
 			return menu_return::RETURN_EXIT_ALL;
 		else