diff --git a/macosx/BlocklistDownloader.h b/macosx/BlocklistDownloader.h
index efb39f2f2..fe103b162 100644
--- a/macosx/BlocklistDownloader.h
+++ b/macosx/BlocklistDownloader.h
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
  *****************************************************************************/
 
 #import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
-#import <transmission.h>
 
 @class BlocklistDownloaderViewController;
 
@@ -31,16 +30,13 @@
 {
     NSURLDownload * fDownload;
     
-    #warning have to store???
-    tr_handle * fHandle;
-    
     BlocklistDownloaderViewController * fViewController;
     
     NSUInteger fCurrentSize;
     long long fExpectedSize;
 }
 
-+ (BlocklistDownloader *) downloader: (tr_handle *) handle; //starts download if not already occuring
++ (BlocklistDownloader *) downloader; //starts download if not already occuring
 + (BOOL) isRunning;
 
 - (void) setViewController: (BlocklistDownloaderViewController *) viewController;
diff --git a/macosx/BlocklistDownloader.m b/macosx/BlocklistDownloader.m
index 792768f29..8737caf6f 100644
--- a/macosx/BlocklistDownloader.m
+++ b/macosx/BlocklistDownloader.m
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 #import "BlocklistDownloader.h"
 #import "BlocklistDownloaderViewController.h"
+#import "PrefsController.h"
 #import "NSApplicationAdditions.h"
 
 #define LIST_URL @"http://download.m0k.org/transmission/files/level1.gz"
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@
 
 @interface BlocklistDownloader (Private)
 
-- (id) initWithHandle: (tr_handle *) handle;
 - (void) startDownload;
 - (void) finishDownloadSuccess;
 
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@
 @implementation BlocklistDownloader
 
 BlocklistDownloader * fDownloader = nil;
-+ (BlocklistDownloader *) downloader: (tr_handle *) handle
++ (BlocklistDownloader *) downloader
 {
     if (!fDownloader)
     {
-        fDownloader = [[BlocklistDownloader alloc] initWithHandle: handle];
+        fDownloader = [[BlocklistDownloader alloc] init];
         [fDownloader startDownload];
     }
     
@@ -116,16 +116,6 @@ BlocklistDownloader * fDownloader = nil;
 
 @implementation BlocklistDownloader (Private)
 
-- (id) initWithHandle: (tr_handle *) handle
-{
-    if ((self = [super init]))
-    {
-        fHandle = handle;
-    }
-    
-    return self;
-}
-
 - (void) startDownload
 {
     NSURLRequest * request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL: [NSURL URLWithString: LIST_URL]];
@@ -141,7 +131,7 @@ BlocklistDownloader * fDownloader = nil;
     [fViewController setStatusProcessing];
     
     //process data
-    tr_blocklistSetContent(fHandle, [DESTINATION UTF8String]);
+    tr_blocklistSetContent([PrefsController handle], [DESTINATION UTF8String]);
     
     //delete downloaded file
     if ([NSApp isOnLeopardOrBetter])
diff --git a/macosx/BlocklistDownloaderViewController.h b/macosx/BlocklistDownloaderViewController.h
index b2657d13f..8185b5c01 100644
--- a/macosx/BlocklistDownloaderViewController.h
+++ b/macosx/BlocklistDownloaderViewController.h
@@ -26,12 +26,10 @@
 #import <transmission.h>
 
 @class PrefsController;
-@class BlocklistDownloader;
 
 @interface BlocklistDownloaderViewController : NSObject
 {    
     PrefsController * fPrefsController;
-    BlocklistDownloader * fDownloader;
     
     IBOutlet NSWindow * fStatusWindow;
     IBOutlet NSProgressIndicator * fProgressBar;
diff --git a/macosx/BlocklistDownloaderViewController.m b/macosx/BlocklistDownloaderViewController.m
index e0d44f721..674a9df94 100644
--- a/macosx/BlocklistDownloaderViewController.m
+++ b/macosx/BlocklistDownloaderViewController.m
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 
 - (void) cancelDownload: (id) sender
 {
-    [fDownloader cancelDownload];
+    [[BlocklistDownloader downloader] cancelDownload];
 }
 
 - (void) setStatusStarting
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@
     [NSBundle loadNibNamed: @"BlocklistStatusWindow" owner: self];
     [NSApp beginSheet: fStatusWindow modalForWindow: [fPrefsController window] modalDelegate: nil didEndSelector: nil contextInfo: nil];
     
-    fDownloader = [BlocklistDownloader downloader: [fPrefsController handle]];
-    [fDownloader setViewController: self];
+    BlocklistDownloader * downloader = [BlocklistDownloader downloader];
+    [downloader setViewController: self];
 }
 
 - (void) failureSheetClosed: (NSAlert *) alert returnCode: (int) code contextInfo: (void *) info
diff --git a/macosx/Controller.m b/macosx/Controller.m
index 099515604..c82183001 100644
--- a/macosx/Controller.m
+++ b/macosx/Controller.m
@@ -241,7 +241,9 @@ static void sleepCallback(void * controller, io_service_t y, natural_t messageTy
         
         fMessageController = [[MessageWindowController alloc] init];
         fInfoController = [[InfoWindowController alloc] init];
-        fPrefsController = [[PrefsController alloc] initWithHandle: fLib];
+        
+        [PrefsController setHandle: fLib];
+        fPrefsController = [[PrefsController alloc] init];
         
         fBadger = [[Badger alloc] initWithLib: fLib];
         [QuickLookController quickLookControllerInitializeWithController: self infoController: fInfoController];
@@ -562,7 +564,7 @@ static void sleepCallback(void * controller, io_service_t y, natural_t messageTy
 {
     //stop blocklist download
     if ([BlocklistDownloader isRunning])
-        [[BlocklistDownloader downloader: fLib] cancelDownload];
+        [[BlocklistDownloader downloader] cancelDownload];
     
     //stop timers and notification checking
     [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver: self];
diff --git a/macosx/PrefsController.h b/macosx/PrefsController.h
index 5657e015c..227908b13 100644
--- a/macosx/PrefsController.h
+++ b/macosx/PrefsController.h
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 
 @interface PrefsController : NSWindowController
 {
-    tr_handle * fHandle;
-    
     NSUserDefaults * fDefaults;
     BOOL fHasLoaded;
     
@@ -63,8 +61,8 @@
     NSMutableArray * fRPCAccessArray;
 }
 
-- (id) initWithHandle: (tr_handle *) handle;
-- (tr_handle *) handle;
++ (void) setHandle: (tr_handle *) handle;
++ (tr_handle *) handle;
 
 - (void) updatePortField;
 - (void) setPort: (id) sender;
diff --git a/macosx/PrefsController.m b/macosx/PrefsController.m
index 8f5f98b9e..d3f7a24e3 100644
--- a/macosx/PrefsController.m
+++ b/macosx/PrefsController.m
@@ -70,12 +70,22 @@
 
 @implementation PrefsController
 
-- (id) initWithHandle: (tr_handle *) handle
+tr_handle * fHandle;
++ (void) setHandle: (tr_handle *) handle
+{
+    fHandle = handle;
+}
+
++ (tr_handle *) handle
+{
+    return fHandle;
+}
+
+- (id) init
 {
     if ((self = [super initWithWindowNibName: @"PrefsWindow"]))
     {
         fDefaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
-        fHandle = handle;
         
         //checks for old version speeds of -1
         if ([fDefaults integerForKey: @"UploadLimit"] < 0)
@@ -127,12 +137,6 @@
     return self;
 }
 
-#warning still needed? make class method?
-- (tr_handle *) handle
-{
-    return fHandle;
-}
-
 - (void) dealloc
 {
     [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver: self];