diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 4974512248..5b497632eb 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -1294,10 +1294,6 @@ class App {
 	 */
 	function max_processes_reached() {
 
-		// Is the function called statically?
-		if (!is_object($this))
-			return(self::$a->max_processes_reached());
-
 		if ($this->is_backend()) {
 			$process = "backend";
 			$max_processes = get_config('system', 'max_processes_backend');
@@ -1329,10 +1325,6 @@ class App {
 	 */
 	function maxload_reached() {
 
-		// Is the function called statically?
-		if (!is_object($this))
-			return(self::$a->maxload_reached());
-
 		if ($this->is_backend()) {
 			$process = "backend";
 			$maxsysload = intval(get_config('system', 'maxloadavg'));
@@ -1479,14 +1471,14 @@ function system_unavailable() {
 
 
 function clean_urls() {
-	global $a;
+	$a = get_app();
 	//	if($a->config['system']['clean_urls'])
 	return true;
 	//	return false;
 }
 
 function z_path() {
-	global $a;
+	$a = get_app();
 	$base = $a->get_baseurl();
 	if(! clean_urls())
 		$base .= '/?q=';
@@ -1501,7 +1493,7 @@ function z_path() {
  * @return string
  */
 function z_root() {
-	global $a;
+	$a = get_app();
 	return $a->get_baseurl();
 }
 
@@ -1903,7 +1895,7 @@ function info($s) {
  * @return int
  */
 function get_max_import_size() {
-	global $a;
+	$a = get_app();
 	return ((x($a->config,'max_import_size')) ? $a->config['max_import_size'] : 0 );
 }
 
@@ -2100,7 +2092,7 @@ function current_theme(){
  * @return string
  */
 function current_theme_url() {
-	global $a;
+	$a = get_app();
 
 	$t = current_theme();
 
diff --git a/include/Core/Config.php b/include/Core/Config.php
index a5eca0570a..0d29c99561 100644
--- a/include/Core/Config.php
+++ b/include/Core/Config.php
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Config {
 	 * @return void
 	 */
 	public static function load($family) {
-		global $a;
+		$a = get_app();
 
 		$r = q("SELECT `v`, `k` FROM `config` WHERE `cat` = '%s' ORDER BY `cat`, `k`, `id`", dbesc($family));
 		if (count($r)) {
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class Config {
 	 */
 	public static function get($family, $key, $default_value = null, $refresh = false) {
 
-		global $a;
+		$a = get_app();
 
 		if (!$refresh) {
 			// Looking if the whole family isn't set
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class Config {
 	 * @return mixed Stored $value or false if the database update failed
 	 */
 	public static function set($family, $key, $value) {
-		global $a;
+		$a = get_app();
 
 		$stored = self::get($family, $key);
 
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class Config {
 	 */
 	public static function delete($family, $key) {
 
-		global $a;
+		$a = get_app();
 		if (x($a->config[$family],$key)) {
 			unset($a->config[$family][$key]);
 		}
diff --git a/include/Core/PConfig.php b/include/Core/PConfig.php
index 63d204b3a2..351f63e004 100644
--- a/include/Core/PConfig.php
+++ b/include/Core/PConfig.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class PConfig {
 	 * @return void
 	 */
 	public static function load($uid, $family) {
-		global $a;
+		$a = get_app();
 		$r = q("SELECT `v`,`k` FROM `pconfig` WHERE `cat` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d ORDER BY `cat`, `k`, `id`",
 			dbesc($family),
 			intval($uid)
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class PConfig {
 	 */
 	public static function get($uid, $family, $key, $default_value = null, $refresh = false) {
 
-		global $a;
+		$a = get_app();
 
 		if (!$refresh) {
 			// Looking if the whole family isn't set
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class PConfig {
 	 */
 	public static function set($uid, $family, $key, $value) {
 
-		global $a;
+		$a = get_app();
 
 		$stored = self::get($uid, $family, $key);
 
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class PConfig {
 	 */
 	public static function delete($uid,$family,$key) {
 
-		global $a;
+		$a = get_app();
 
 		if (x($a->config[$uid][$family], $key)) {
 			unset($a->config[$uid][$family][$key]);
diff --git a/include/Probe.php b/include/Probe.php
index 14e8d5bcad..4e69cc8efd 100644
--- a/include/Probe.php
+++ b/include/Probe.php
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ class Probe {
 		if ($data["photo"] != "")
 			$data["baseurl"] = matching_url(normalise_link($data["baseurl"]), normalise_link($data["photo"]));
 		else
-			$data["photo"] = App::get_baseurl().'/images/person-175.jpg';
+			$data["photo"] = $a->get_baseurl().'/images/person-175.jpg';
 
 		if (!isset($data["name"]) OR ($data["name"] == "")) {
 			if (isset($data["nick"]))
diff --git a/include/api.php b/include/api.php
index 1f3c762989..04d614d029 100644
--- a/include/api.php
+++ b/include/api.php
@@ -409,12 +409,12 @@
 		$arr['$user'] = $user_info;
 		$arr['$rss'] = array(
 			'alternate' => $user_info['url'],
-			'self' => App::get_baseurl(). "/". $a->query_string,
-			'base' => App::get_baseurl(),
+			'self' => $a->get_baseurl(). "/". $a->query_string,
+			'base' => $a->get_baseurl(),
 			'updated' => api_date(null),
 			'atom_updated' => datetime_convert('UTC','UTC','now',ATOM_TIME),
 			'language' => $user_info['language'],
-			'logo'	=> App::get_baseurl()."/images/friendica-32.png",
+			'logo'	=> $a->get_baseurl()."/images/friendica-32.png",
 		);
 
 		return $arr;
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@
 			'follow_request_sent' => false,
 			'statusnet_blocking' => false,
 			'notifications' => false,
-			//'statusnet_profile_url' => App::get_baseurl()."/contacts/".$uinfo[0]['cid'],
+			//'statusnet_profile_url' => $a->get_baseurl()."/contacts/".$uinfo[0]['cid'],
 			'statusnet_profile_url' => $uinfo[0]['url'],
 			'uid' => intval($uinfo[0]['uid']),
 			'cid' => intval($uinfo[0]['cid']),
@@ -1078,8 +1078,8 @@
 			if ($r) {
 				$phototypes = Photo::supportedTypes();
 				$ext = $phototypes[$r[0]['type']];
-				$_REQUEST['body'] .= "\n\n".'[url='.App::get_baseurl().'/photos/'.$r[0]['nickname'].'/image/'.$r[0]['resource-id'].']';
-				$_REQUEST['body'] .= '[img]'.App::get_baseurl()."/photo/".$r[0]['resource-id']."-".$r[0]['scale'].".".$ext."[/img][/url]";
+				$_REQUEST['body'] .= "\n\n".'[url='.$a->get_baseurl().'/photos/'.$r[0]['nickname'].'/image/'.$r[0]['resource-id'].']';
+				$_REQUEST['body'] .= '[img]'.$a->get_baseurl()."/photo/".$r[0]['resource-id']."-".$r[0]['scale'].".".$ext."[/img][/url]";
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -1777,7 +1777,7 @@
 		$start = $page*$count;
 
 		// Ugly code - should be changed
-		$myurl = App::get_baseurl() . '/profile/'. $a->user['nickname'];
+		$myurl = $a->get_baseurl() . '/profile/'. $a->user['nickname'];
 		$myurl = substr($myurl,strpos($myurl,'://')+3);
 		//$myurl = str_replace(array('www.','.'),array('','\\.'),$myurl);
 		$myurl = str_replace('www.','',$myurl);
@@ -2302,7 +2302,7 @@
 		$text = preg_replace_callback(
 				"|data:image/([^;]+)[^=]+=*|m",
 				function($match) use ($item) {
-					return App::get_baseurl()."/display/".$item['guid'];
+					return $a->get_baseurl()."/display/".$item['guid'];
 				},
 				$text);
 		return $text;
@@ -2690,7 +2690,7 @@
 
 		$name = $a->config['sitename'];
 		$server = $a->get_hostname();
-		$logo = App::get_baseurl() . '/images/friendica-64.png';
+		$logo = $a->get_baseurl() . '/images/friendica-64.png';
 		$email = $a->config['admin_email'];
 		$closed = (($a->config['register_policy'] == REGISTER_CLOSED) ? 'true' : 'false');
 		$private = (($a->config['system']['block_public']) ? 'true' : 'false');
@@ -2698,7 +2698,7 @@
 		if($a->config['api_import_size'])
 			$texlimit = string($a->config['api_import_size']);
 		$ssl = (($a->config['system']['have_ssl']) ? 'true' : 'false');
-		$sslserver = (($ssl === 'true') ? str_replace('http:','https:',App::get_baseurl()) : '');
+		$sslserver = (($ssl === 'true') ? str_replace('http:','https:',$a->get_baseurl()) : '');
 
 		$config = array(
 			'site' => array('name' => $name,'server' => $server, 'theme' => 'default', 'path' => '',
@@ -3075,7 +3075,7 @@
 				$photo['album'] = $rr['album'];
 				$photo['filename'] = $rr['filename'];
 				$photo['type'] = $rr['type'];
-				$thumb = App::get_baseurl()."/photo/".$rr['resource-id']."-".$rr['scale'].".".$typetoext[$rr['type']];
+				$thumb = $a->get_baseurl()."/photo/".$rr['resource-id']."-".$rr['scale'].".".$typetoext[$rr['type']];
 
 				if ($type == "xml")
 					$data['photo'][] = array("@attributes" => $photo, "1" => $thumb);
@@ -3124,11 +3124,11 @@
 				for ($k=intval($data['photo']['minscale']); $k<=intval($data['photo']['maxscale']); $k++)
 					$data['photo']['links'][$k.":link"]["@attributes"] = array("type" => $data['photo']['type'],
 											"scale" => $k,
-											"href" => App::get_baseurl()."/photo/".$data['photo']['resource-id']."-".$k.".".$typetoext[$data['photo']['type']]);
+											"href" => $a->get_baseurl()."/photo/".$data['photo']['resource-id']."-".$k.".".$typetoext[$data['photo']['type']]);
 			} else {
 				$data['photo']['link'] = array();
 				for ($k=intval($data['photo']['minscale']); $k<=intval($data['photo']['maxscale']); $k++) {
-					$data['photo']['link'][$k] = App::get_baseurl()."/photo/".$data['photo']['resource-id']."-".$k.".".$typetoext[$data['photo']['type']];
+					$data['photo']['link'][$k] = $a->get_baseurl()."/photo/".$data['photo']['resource-id']."-".$k.".".$typetoext[$data['photo']['type']];
 				}
 			}
 			unset($data['photo']['resource-id']);
diff --git a/include/auth_ejabberd.php b/include/auth_ejabberd.php
index e1900dc730..e12da35ef1 100755
--- a/include/auth_ejabberd.php
+++ b/include/auth_ejabberd.php
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class exAuth {
 	 * @param array $aCommand The command array
 	 */
 	private function isuser($aCommand) {
-		global $a;
+		$a = get_app();
 
 		// Check if there is a username
 		if (!isset($aCommand[1])) {
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ class exAuth {
 	 * @param array $aCommand The command array
 	 */
 	private function auth($aCommand) {
-		global $a;
+		$a = get_app();
 
 		// check user authentication
 		if (sizeof($aCommand) != 4) {
diff --git a/include/cron.php b/include/cron.php
index c92396dc7a..9807043b15 100644
--- a/include/cron.php
+++ b/include/cron.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function cron_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 
 	// Don't check this stuff if the function is called by the poller
 	if (App::callstack() != "poller_run") {
-		if (App::maxload_reached())
+		if ($a->maxload_reached())
 			return;
 		if (App::is_already_running('cron', 'include/cron.php', 540))
 			return;
diff --git a/include/cronhooks.php b/include/cronhooks.php
index 4bb1e5f659..7524a0c3a8 100644
--- a/include/cronhooks.php
+++ b/include/cronhooks.php
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function cronhooks_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 
 	// Don't check this stuff if the function is called by the poller
 	if (App::callstack() != "poller_run") {
-		if (App::maxload_reached())
+		if ($a->maxload_reached())
 			return;
 		if (App::is_already_running('cronhooks', 'include/cronhooks.php', 1140))
 			return;
diff --git a/include/dba.php b/include/dba.php
index 16d2dc54d9..920027cbcf 100644
--- a/include/dba.php
+++ b/include/dba.php
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class dba {
 	public  $error = false;
 
 	function __construct($server, $user, $pass, $db, $install = false) {
-		global $a;
+		$a = get_app();
 
 		$stamp1 = microtime(true);
 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class dba {
 	}
 
 	public function q($sql, $onlyquery = false) {
-		global $a;
+		$a = get_app();
 
 		if (!$this->db || !$this->connected) {
 			return false;
diff --git a/include/dba_pdo.php b/include/dba_pdo.php
index 7b720fb6c1..a44c447af2 100644
--- a/include/dba_pdo.php
+++ b/include/dba_pdo.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class dba {
 	public  $error = false;
 
 	function __construct($server,$user,$pass,$db,$install = false) {
-		global $a;
+		$a = get_app();
     
     # work around, to store the database - configuration in DDDBL
     $objDataObjectPool = new \DDDBL\DataObjectPool('Database-Definition');
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class dba {
 	}
 
 	public function q($sql, $onlyquery = false) {
-		global $a;
+		$a = get_app();
 
     $strHandler = (true === $onlyquery) ? 'PDOStatement' : 'MULTI';
     
diff --git a/include/delivery.php b/include/delivery.php
index 8fce987742..094d0497b2 100644
--- a/include/delivery.php
+++ b/include/delivery.php
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ function delivery_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		if (App::maxload_reached())
+		if ($a->maxload_reached())
 			return;
 
 		// It's ours to deliver. Remove it from the queue.
diff --git a/include/dfrn.php b/include/dfrn.php
index 272105128f..ce7bdc719f 100644
--- a/include/dfrn.php
+++ b/include/dfrn.php
@@ -1443,6 +1443,7 @@ class dfrn {
 	 * @param array $importer Record of the importer user mixed with contact of the content
 	 */
 	private function process_suggestion($xpath, $suggestion, $importer) {
+		$a = get_app();
 
 		logger("Processing suggestions");
 
@@ -1524,7 +1525,7 @@ class dfrn {
 			"to_email"     => $importer["email"],
 			"uid"          => $importer["importer_uid"],
 			"item"         => $suggest,
-			"link"         => App::get_baseurl()."/notifications/intros",
+			"link"         => $a->get_baseurl()."/notifications/intros",
 			"source_name"  => $importer["name"],
 			"source_link"  => $importer["url"],
 			"source_photo" => $importer["photo"],
@@ -1791,6 +1792,8 @@ class dfrn {
 	 * @param int $posted_id The record number of item record that was just posted
 	 */
 	private function do_poke($item, $importer, $posted_id) {
+		$a = get_app();
+
 		$verb = urldecode(substr($item["verb"],strpos($item["verb"], "#")+1));
 		if(!$verb)
 			return;
@@ -1810,7 +1813,7 @@ class dfrn {
 				}
 			}
 
-			if($Blink && link_compare($Blink,App::get_baseurl()."/profile/".$importer["nickname"])) {
+			if($Blink && link_compare($Blink,$a->get_baseurl()."/profile/".$importer["nickname"])) {
 
 				// send a notification
 				notification(array(
@@ -1821,7 +1824,7 @@ class dfrn {
 					"to_email"     => $importer["email"],
 					"uid"          => $importer["importer_uid"],
 					"item"         => $item,
-					"link"         => App::get_baseurl()."/display/".urlencode(get_item_guid($posted_id)),
+					"link"         => $a->get_baseurl()."/display/".urlencode(get_item_guid($posted_id)),
 					"source_name"  => stripslashes($item["author-name"]),
 					"source_link"  => $item["author-link"],
 					"source_photo" => ((link_compare($item["author-link"],$importer["url"]))
diff --git a/include/discover_poco.php b/include/discover_poco.php
index 0b468faea1..bf3e47edd9 100644
--- a/include/discover_poco.php
+++ b/include/discover_poco.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ function discover_poco_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 
 	// Don't check this stuff if the function is called by the poller
 	if (App::callstack() != "poller_run")
-		if (App::maxload_reached())
+		if ($a->maxload_reached())
 			return;
 
 	if(($argc > 2) && ($argv[1] == "dirsearch")) {
diff --git a/include/enotify.php b/include/enotify.php
index 5b2bea2977..99258c64c8 100644
--- a/include/enotify.php
+++ b/include/enotify.php
@@ -648,6 +648,7 @@ function notification($params) {
  * @param str $defaulttype (Optional) Forces a notification with this type.
  */
 function check_item_notification($itemid, $uid, $defaulttype = "") {
+	$a = get_app();
 
 	$notification_data = array("uid" => $uid, "profiles" => array());
 	call_hooks('check_item_notification', $notification_data);
@@ -666,7 +667,7 @@ function check_item_notification($itemid, $uid, $defaulttype = "") {
 	$profiles[] = $owner[0]["url"];
 
 	// Notifications from Diaspora are often with an URL in the Diaspora format
-	$profiles[] = App::get_baseurl()."/u/".$user[0]["nickname"];
+	$profiles[] = $a->get_baseurl()."/u/".$user[0]["nickname"];
 
 	$profiles2 = array();
 
@@ -720,7 +721,7 @@ function check_item_notification($itemid, $uid, $defaulttype = "") {
 	$params["to_email"] = $user[0]["email"];
 	$params["item"] = $item[0];
 	$params["parent"] = $item[0]["parent"];
-	$params["link"] = App::get_baseurl().'/display/'.urlencode($item[0]["guid"]);
+	$params["link"] = $a->get_baseurl().'/display/'.urlencode($item[0]["guid"]);
 	$params["otype"] = 'item';
 	$params["source_name"] = $item[0]["author-name"];
 	$params["source_link"] = $item[0]["author-link"];
diff --git a/include/event.php b/include/event.php
index 6c0e2bdec6..3a66a4a6de 100644
--- a/include/event.php
+++ b/include/event.php
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ function process_events ($arr) {
 			$is_first = ($d !== $last_date);
 
 			$last_date = $d;
-			$edit = ((! $rr['cid']) ? array(App::get_baseurl().'/events/event/'.$rr['id'],t('Edit event'),'','') : null);
+			$edit = ((! $rr['cid']) ? array($a->get_baseurl().'/events/event/'.$rr['id'],t('Edit event'),'','') : null);
 			$title = strip_tags(html_entity_decode(bbcode($rr['summary']),ENT_QUOTES,'UTF-8'));
 			if(! $title) {
 				list($title, $_trash) = explode("<br",bbcode($rr['desc']),2);
diff --git a/include/files.php b/include/files.php
index b3bd7690fe..7bff0e3468 100644
--- a/include/files.php
+++ b/include/files.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 function create_files_from_item($itemid) {
-	global $a;
+	$a = get_app();
 
 	$messages = q("SELECT `guid`, `uid`, `id`, `edited`, `deleted`, `file`, `parent` FROM `item` WHERE `id` = %d LIMIT 1", intval($itemid));
 
diff --git a/include/oembed.php b/include/oembed.php
index 5abd03b617..dbe934ff6d 100755
--- a/include/oembed.php
+++ b/include/oembed.php
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ function oembed_fetch_url($embedurl, $no_rich_type = false){
 }
 
 function oembed_format_object($j){
+	$a = get_app();
+
 	require_once("mod/proxy.php");
 
 	$embedurl = $j->embedurl;
@@ -165,7 +167,7 @@ function oembed_format_object($j){
 				$th=120; $tw = $th*$tr;
 				$tpl=get_markup_template('oembed_video.tpl');
 				$ret.=replace_macros($tpl, array(
-					'$baseurl' => App::get_baseurl(),
+					'$baseurl' => $a->get_baseurl(),
 					'$embedurl'=>$embedurl,
 					'$escapedhtml'=>base64_encode($jhtml),
 					'$tw'=>$tw,
@@ -255,12 +257,14 @@ function oembed_format_object($j){
  * @see oembed_format_object()
  */
 function oembed_iframe($src, $width, $height) {
+	$a = get_app();
+
 	if (!$height || strstr($height,'%')) {
 		$height = '200';
 	}
 	$width = '100%';
 
-	$s = App::get_baseurl() . '/oembed/'.base64url_encode($src);
+	$s = $a->get_baseurl() . '/oembed/'.base64url_encode($src);
 	return '<iframe onload="resizeIframe(this);" class="embed_rich" height="' . $height . '" width="' . $width . '" src="' . $s . '" allowfullscreen scrolling="no" frameborder="no">' . t('Embedded content') . '</iframe>';
 }
 
diff --git a/include/pgettext.php b/include/pgettext.php
index de7cdda9e8..fb87798ff7 100644
--- a/include/pgettext.php
+++ b/include/pgettext.php
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ if(! function_exists('load_translation_table')) {
  * @param string $lang language code to load
  */
 function load_translation_table($lang) {
-	global $a;
+	$a = get_app();
 
 	$a->strings = array();
 	// load enabled plugins strings
diff --git a/include/poller.php b/include/poller.php
index 925de3fe5b..44f4895cdb 100644
--- a/include/poller.php
+++ b/include/poller.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ function poller_run($argv, $argc){
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (App::maxload_reached()) {
+	if ($a->maxload_reached()) {
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/socgraph.php b/include/socgraph.php
index 765ed5d891..d87be91b7c 100644
--- a/include/socgraph.php
+++ b/include/socgraph.php
@@ -1728,6 +1728,8 @@ function update_gcontact_from_probe($url) {
  * @param int $uid User ID
  */
 function update_gcontact_for_user($uid) {
+	$a = get_app();
+
 	$r = q("SELECT `profile`.`locality`, `profile`.`region`, `profile`.`country-name`,
 			`profile`.`name`, `profile`.`about`, `profile`.`gender`,
 			`profile`.`pub_keywords`, `profile`.`dob`, `profile`.`photo`,
@@ -1744,7 +1746,7 @@ function update_gcontact_for_user($uid) {
 
 	// The "addr" field was added in 3.4.3 so it can be empty for older users
 	if ($r[0]["addr"] != "")
-		$addr = $r[0]["nickname"].'@'.str_replace(array("http://", "https://"), "", App::get_baseurl());
+		$addr = $r[0]["nickname"].'@'.str_replace(array("http://", "https://"), "", $a->get_baseurl());
 	else
 		$addr = $r[0]["addr"];
 
@@ -1754,7 +1756,7 @@ function update_gcontact_for_user($uid) {
 			"notify" => $r[0]["notify"], "url" => $r[0]["url"],
 			"hide" => ($r[0]["hidewall"] OR !$r[0]["net-publish"]),
 			"nick" => $r[0]["nickname"], "addr" => $addr,
-			"connect" => $addr, "server_url" => App::get_baseurl(),
+			"connect" => $addr, "server_url" => $a->get_baseurl(),
 			"generation" => 1, "network" => NETWORK_DFRN);
 
 	update_gcontact($gcontact);
diff --git a/include/tags.php b/include/tags.php
index a8bcae86dc..6c1d01d74d 100644
--- a/include/tags.php
+++ b/include/tags.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 function create_tags_from_item($itemid) {
-	global $a;
+	$a = get_app();
 
 	$profile_base = $a->get_baseurl();
 	$profile_data = parse_url($profile_base);
diff --git a/include/text.php b/include/text.php
index 1197f24ee1..61abc359cd 100644
--- a/include/text.php
+++ b/include/text.php
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ $LOGGER_LEVELS = array();
  * @param int $level
  */
 function logger($msg, $level = 0) {
-	global $a;
+	$a = get_app();
 	global $db;
 	global $LOGGER_LEVELS;
 
diff --git a/mod/fbrowser.php b/mod/fbrowser.php
index 110ca9585c..11ac2d8253 100644
--- a/mod/fbrowser.php
+++ b/mod/fbrowser.php
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ function fbrowser_content($a){
 			);
 
 			function _map_files1($rr){
-				global $a;
+				$a = get_app();
 				$types = Photo::supportedTypes();
 				$ext = $types[$rr['type']];
 
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ function fbrowser_content($a){
 					intval(local_user())
 				);
 
-				function _map_files2($rr){ global $a;
+				function _map_files2($rr){
+					$a = get_app();
 					list($m1,$m2) = explode("/",$rr['filetype']);
 					$filetype = ( (file_exists("images/icons/$m1.png"))?$m1:"zip");
 
diff --git a/mod/fetch.php b/mod/fetch.php
index 1c73ad3718..6e4c7bb16e 100644
--- a/mod/fetch.php
+++ b/mod/fetch.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function fetch_init($a){
 			$parts = parse_url($r[0]["author-link"]);
 			$host = $parts["scheme"]."://".$parts["host"];
 
-			if (normalise_link($host) != normalise_link(App::get_baseurl())) {
+			if (normalise_link($host) != normalise_link($a->get_baseurl())) {
 				$location = $host."/fetch/".$a->argv[1]."/".urlencode($guid);
 
 				header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");
diff --git a/mod/p.php b/mod/p.php
index 8da044e932..6928bb0b99 100644
--- a/mod/p.php
+++ b/mod/p.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ function p_init($a){
 			$parts = parse_url($r[0]["author-link"]);
 			$host = $parts["scheme"]."://".$parts["host"];
 
-			if (normalise_link($host) != normalise_link(App::get_baseurl())) {
+			if (normalise_link($host) != normalise_link($a->get_baseurl())) {
 				$location = $host."/p/".urlencode($guid).".xml";
 
 				header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");
diff --git a/object/BaseObject.php b/object/BaseObject.php
index 14f0d8fd08..2666dc1de5 100644
--- a/object/BaseObject.php
+++ b/object/BaseObject.php
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ class BaseObject {
 		if(self::$app)
 			return self::$app;
 
-		global $a;
-		self::$app = $a;
+		self::$app = get_app();
 
 		return self::$app;
 	}
diff --git a/object/Conversation.php b/object/Conversation.php
index 36c06c6d62..eb5b3b9b48 100644
--- a/object/Conversation.php
+++ b/object/Conversation.php
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class Conversation extends BaseObject {
 	 *      _ false on failure
 	 */
 	public function get_template_data($conv_responses) {
-		global $a;
+		$a = get_app();
 		$result = array();
 
 		$i = 0;