diff --git a/src/eitd/sectionsd.cpp b/src/eitd/sectionsd.cpp
index 0743cb82d..c825adc48 100644
--- a/src/eitd/sectionsd.cpp
+++ b/src/eitd/sectionsd.cpp
@@ -1180,12 +1180,12 @@ static void commandReadSIfromXML(int connfd, char *data, const unsigned dataLeng
 
 static void commandWriteSI2XML(int connfd, char *data, const unsigned dataLength)
 {
-	char epgdir[100] = "";
-
 	sendEmptyResponse(connfd, NULL, 0);
-
-	if (dataLength > 100)
-		return;
+	if ((!reader_ready) || (dataLength > 100)){
+		eventServer->sendEvent(CSectionsdClient::EVT_WRITE_SI_FINISHED, CEventServer::INITID_SECTIONSD);
+		return;	  
+	}
+	char epgdir[100] = "";
 
 	strncpy(epgdir, data, dataLength);
 	epgdir[dataLength] = '\0';
diff --git a/src/eitd/xmlutil.cpp b/src/eitd/xmlutil.cpp
index d8c82080f..c5f2a7b58 100644
--- a/src/eitd/xmlutil.cpp
+++ b/src/eitd/xmlutil.cpp
@@ -243,11 +243,13 @@ void readDVBTimeFilter(void)
 		dvb_time_update = true;
 	}
 }
+
 void deleteOldfileEvents(char *epgdir)
 {
 	std::string indexname = std::string(epgdir) + "/index.xml";
 	xmlDocPtr filter_parser = parseXmlFile(indexname.c_str());
 	std::string filename;
+	std::string file;
 
 	if (filter_parser != NULL)
 	{
@@ -255,10 +257,11 @@ void deleteOldfileEvents(char *epgdir)
 		filter = filter->xmlChildrenNode;
 
 		while (filter) {
-
 			filename = xmlGetAttribute(filter, "name");
-			unlink(filename.c_str());
-
+			file = epgdir;
+			file +="/";
+			file +=filename;
+			unlink(file.c_str());
 			filter = filter->xmlNextNode;
 		}
 		xmlFreeDoc(filter_parser);
@@ -267,6 +270,7 @@ void deleteOldfileEvents(char *epgdir)
 
 void *insertEventsfromFile(void * data)
 {
+	reader_ready=false;
 	xmlDocPtr event_parser = NULL;
 	xmlNodePtr eventfile = NULL;
 	xmlNodePtr service = NULL;
@@ -441,13 +445,6 @@ static void write_indexxml_footer(FILE *fd)
 	fprintf(fd, "</dvbepgfiles>\n");
 }
 
-// void cp(char * from, char * to)
-// {
-// 	char cmd[256];
-// 	snprintf(cmd, 256, "cp -f %s %s", from, to);
-// 	system(cmd);
-// }
-
 void writeEventsToFile(char *epgdir)
 {
 	FILE * indexfile = NULL;