diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index 03aea7e..cfe39b9 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-# this file is used if you configure your scuttle for nice urls
+#####################################
+# the first part of this file is used if you configure your scuttle for nice urls
 # (see $cleanurls in config.inc.php)
+#####################################
 
 #Options +FollowSymlinks
 #RewriteEngine On
@@ -30,3 +32,11 @@ RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/?(.*) $1.php?query=$2 [L,QSA]        #option 1
 #RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/?(.*)       $1.php/$2       [L]     #option 2
 
 </IfModule>
+
+
+#####################################
+# This second part is used to speed-up the application
+#####################################
+
+
+
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index d98006f..a72f1f9 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -21,19 +21,28 @@
 
 require_once('header.inc.php');
 
+
+/* Service creation: only useful services are created */
 $bookmarkservice =& ServiceFactory::getServiceInstance('BookmarkService');
 $templateservice =& ServiceFactory::getServiceInstance('TemplateService');
 $userservice =& ServiceFactory::getServiceInstance('UserService');
 $cacheservice =& ServiceFactory::getServiceInstance('CacheService');
 
+/* Managing possible inputs */
+isset($_GET['action']) ? define('GET_ACTION', $_GET['action']): define('GET_ACTION', '');
+isset($_GET['page']) ? define('GET_PAGE', $_GET['page']): define('GET_PAGE', 0);
+isset($_GET['sort']) ? define('GET_SORT', $_GET['sort']): define('GET_SORT', '');
+//isset($_GET['popup']) ? define('GET_POPUP', $_GET['popup']): define('GET_SORT', '');
+
+
+// Logout action
 $tplvars = array();
-if (isset($_GET['action'])){
-	if ($_GET['action'] == "logout") {
-		$userservice->logout();
-		$tplvars['msg'] = T_('You have now logged out');
-	}
+if (GET_ACTION == "logout") {
+	$userservice->logout();
+	$tplvars['msg'] = T_('You have now logged out');
 }
 
+
 // Header variables
 $tplVars['loadjs'] = true;
 $tplVars['rsschannels'] = array(
@@ -54,8 +63,8 @@ if ($usecache) {
 
 // Pagination
 $perpage = getPerPageCount();
-if (isset($_GET['page']) && intval($_GET['page']) > 1) {
-	$page = $_GET['page'];
+if (intval(GET_PAGE) > 1) {
+	$page = GET_PAGE;
 	$start = ($page - 1) * $perpage;
 } else {
 	$page = 0;
diff --git a/templates/bookmarks.tpl.php b/templates/bookmarks.tpl.php
index 5567d7b..e95f787 100644
--- a/templates/bookmarks.tpl.php
+++ b/templates/bookmarks.tpl.php
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 <?php
+
+/* Service creation: only useful services are created */
 $userservice =& ServiceFactory::getServiceInstance('UserService');
 $bookmarkservice =& ServiceFactory::getServiceInstance('BookmarkService');
 $tagservice =& ServiceFactory::getServiceInstance('TagService');
 $cdservice =& ServiceFactory::getServiceInstance('CommonDescriptionService');
 
+
+
 $logged_on_userid = $userservice->getCurrentUserId();
 $currentUser = $userservice->getCurrentUser();
 $currentUsername = $currentUser[$userservice->getFieldName('username')];