diff -Naur flickrfs-cvs.orig/flickrfs/flickrfs.py flickrfs-cvs/flickrfs/flickrfs.py
--- flickrfs-cvs.orig/flickrfs/flickrfs.py	2008-10-17 17:20:36.000000000 +0200
+++ flickrfs-cvs/flickrfs/flickrfs.py	2008-10-17 17:14:02.000000000 +0200
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@
     self._mkdir("/tags")
     self._mkdir("/tags/personal")
     self._mkdir("/tags/public")
+
+  def fsinit(self):
     background(timerThread, self.sets_thread, 
                self.sync_sets_thread, sets_sync_int) #sync every 2 minutes