diff --git a/lib/RevBank/FileIO.pm b/lib/RevBank/FileIO.pm
index 5036d24..6b3fdff 100644
--- a/lib/RevBank/FileIO.pm
+++ b/lib/RevBank/FileIO.pm
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ sub release_all_locks() {
 }
 
 sub with_lock :prototype(&) ($code) {
-	get_lock;
+	my $skip = $ENV{REVBANK_SKIP_LOCK};
+	get_lock unless $skip;
 	my @rv;
 	my $rv;
 	my $list_context = wantarray;
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ sub with_lock :prototype(&) ($code) {
 		@rv = $code->() if $list_context;
 		$rv = $code->() if not $list_context;
 	};
-	release_lock;
+	release_lock unless $skip;
 	croak $@ =~ s/\.?\n$/, rethrown/r if $@;
 	return @rv if $list_context;
 	return $rv if not $list_context;
diff --git a/plugins/openepaperlink b/plugins/openepaperlink
index d25da42..be2cf57 100644
--- a/plugins/openepaperlink
+++ b/plugins/openepaperlink
@@ -11,13 +11,22 @@ sub _create() {
 }
 
 sub _run(@args) {
+	local $ENV{REVBANK_SKIP_LOCK} = 1;
 	system perl => "$Bin/contrib/openepaperlink.pl", @args;
 }
 
+sub _read_oepl() {
+	return { map { (split " ")[0, 1] } slurp $fn };
+}
+
+sub _touch() {
+	utime undef, undef, $fn;
+}
+
 sub command :Tab(openepaperlink) ($self, $cart, $command, @) {
 	if ($command =~ $mac_regex) {
-		my %mac2product = map { (split " ")[0, 1] } slurp $fn;
-		return REDO, $mac2product{$command} if exists $mac2product{$command};
+		my $mac2product = _read_oepl;
+		return REDO, $mac2product->{$command} if exists $mac2product->{$command};
 	}
 
 	$command eq 'openepaperlink' or return NEXT;
@@ -45,7 +54,7 @@ sub command :Tab(openepaperlink) ($self, $cart, $command, @) {
 			if (!$found and $product_id ne 'unlink') {
 				append $fn, "$mac $product_id\n";
 			}
-			_run($mac);
+			_run $mac;
 
 			return ACCEPT;
 		};
@@ -56,21 +65,41 @@ sub hook_product_deleted($class, $product, $mtime, @) {
 	my $product_id = $product->{id};
 
 	-f $fn or return;
-	my @macs;
 
-	rewrite $fn, sub($line) {
-		my ($mac, $id, $hwtype) = split " ", $line;
+	return with_lock {
+		$mtime >= (stat $fn)[9] or return;
 
-		if ($id eq $product_id) {
-			push @macs, $mac;
-			return "$mac _DELETED_ $hwtype\n" 
-		}
+		my @macs;
+		rewrite $fn, sub($line) {
+			my ($mac, $id, $hwtype) = split " ", $line;
 
-		return $line;
+			if ($id eq $product_id) {
+				push @macs, $mac;
+				return "$mac _DELETED_ $hwtype\n" 
+			}
+
+			return $line;
+		};
+		@macs or return;
+		_run @macs;
+
+		sleep 1 if $mtime == time;
+		_touch;
 	};
-	_run(@macs);
 }
 
 sub hook_product_changed($class, $old, $new, $mtime, @) {
-	_run($new->{id});
+	-f $fn or return;
+
+	return with_lock {
+		$mtime >= (stat $fn)[9] or return;
+
+		my $product2mac = { reverse %{ _read_oepl() } };
+		$product2mac->{ $new->{id} } or return;
+
+		_run $new->{id};
+
+		sleep 1 if $mtime == time;
+		_touch;
+	};
 }
diff --git a/revbank b/revbank
index c19dd55..bdc391a 100755
--- a/revbank
+++ b/revbank
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use RevBank::Messages;
 use RevBank::Cart;
 use RevBank::Prompt;
 
-our $VERSION = "8.1.0";
+our $VERSION = "8.1.1";
 
 our %HELP1 = (
     "abort" => "Abort the current transaction",