diff --git a/src/backupninja.in b/src/backupninja.in
index 8f7bd03f39542a1e537cb4e13fcb4850978e5a22..26634576c1b4655650d1963b5ce658378a981104 100755
--- a/src/backupninja.in
+++ b/src/backupninja.in
@@ -130,22 +130,6 @@ function setsection() {
 }
 
 
-#
-# create a temporary file in a secure way.
-#
-function maketemp() {
-	if [ -x /bin/mktemp ]
-	then
-		local tempfile=`mktemp /tmp/$1.XXXXXXXX`
-	else
-		DATE=`date`
-		sectmp=`echo $DATE | /usr/bin/md5sum | cut -d- -f1`
-		local tempfile=/tmp/$1.$sectmp
-	fi
-	echo $tempfile
-}
-
-
 #
 # sets a global var with name equal to $1
 # to the value of the configuration parameter $1
@@ -488,6 +472,9 @@ if [ ! -d "$configdirectory" ]; then
 	fatal "Configuration directory '$configdirectory' not found."
 fi
 
+# include shared functions
+. $libdir/tools
+
 [ -f "$logfile" ] || touch $logfile
 
 if [ "$UID" != "0" ]; then
diff --git a/src/ninjahelper.in b/src/ninjahelper.in
index 099a5808b9086ea426f3dcf35a65094d833c778d..5d6bdd9dae4dc3019821aa9267d6ba5271e090fc 100755
--- a/src/ninjahelper.in
+++ b/src/ninjahelper.in
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ if [ ! -r "$conffile" ]; then
 	echo "Configuration file $conffile not found." 
 	exit 1
 fi
+
 # find $scriptdir
 scriptdir=`grep scriptdirectory $conffile | awk '{print $3}'`
 if [ -z "$scriptdir" ]; then
@@ -202,6 +203,7 @@ else
 	   exit 1
 	fi	   
 fi
+
 # find $libdir
 libdir=`grep libdirectory $conffile | awk '{print $3}'`
 if [ -z "$libdir" ]; then