diff --git a/pyfpdb/Filters.py b/pyfpdb/Filters.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b211b698
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyfpdb/Filters.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+#Copyright 2010 Steffen Schaumburg
+#This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+#the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
+#
+#This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+#along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#In the "official" distribution you can find the license in agpl-3.0.txt.
+
+import threading
+
+class Filters(threading.Thread):
+    pass
+#end class Filters
diff --git a/pyfpdb/GuiPlayerStats.py b/pyfpdb/GuiPlayerStats.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..34e8e122
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyfpdb/GuiPlayerStats.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+#Copyright 2010 Steffen Schaumburg
+#This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+#the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
+#
+#This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+#along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#In the "official" distribution you can find the license in agpl-3.0.txt.
+
+import threading
+
+class GuiPlayerStats(threading.Thread):
+    pass
+#end class GuiPlayerStats
diff --git a/pyfpdb/GuiRingPlayerStats.py b/pyfpdb/GuiRingPlayerStats.py
index 68878606..29aaf44c 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/GuiRingPlayerStats.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/GuiRingPlayerStats.py
@@ -29,11 +29,12 @@ import fpdb_import
 import Database
 import RingFilters
 import Charset
+import GuiPlayerStats
 
 colalias,colshow,colheading,colxalign,colformat,coltype = 0,1,2,3,4,5
 ranks = {'x':0, '2':2, '3':3, '4':4, '5':5, '6':6, '7':7, '8':8, '9':9, 'T':10, 'J':11, 'Q':12, 'K':13, 'A':14}
 
-class GuiRingPlayerStats (threading.Thread):
+class GuiRingPlayerStats (GuiPlayerStats.GuiPlayerStats):
 
     def __init__(self, config, querylist, mainwin, debug=True):
         self.debug = debug
diff --git a/pyfpdb/GuiTourneyPlayerStats.py b/pyfpdb/GuiTourneyPlayerStats.py
index 2d901c94..2ce1e2bb 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/GuiTourneyPlayerStats.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/GuiTourneyPlayerStats.py
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@ from time import time, strftime
 #import Database
 import Charset
 import TourneyFilters
+import GuiPlayerStats
 
 colalias,colshow,colheading,colxalign,colformat,coltype = 0,1,2,3,4,5
 
-class GuiTourneyPlayerStats (threading.Thread):
+class GuiTourneyPlayerStats (GuiPlayerStats.GuiPlayerStats):
     def __init__(self, config, db, sql, mainwin, debug=True):
         self.conf = config
         self.db = db
diff --git a/pyfpdb/RingFilters.py b/pyfpdb/RingFilters.py
index 44fc790a..8c8eae2f 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/RingFilters.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/RingFilters.py
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ import Configuration
 import Database
 import SQL
 import Charset
+import Filters
 
-
-class RingFilters(threading.Thread):
+class RingFilters(Filters.Filters):
     def __init__(self, db, config, qdict, display = {}, debug=True):
         # config and qdict are now redundant
         self.debug = debug
diff --git a/pyfpdb/TourneyFilters.py b/pyfpdb/TourneyFilters.py
index 36039a4c..977c94ec 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/TourneyFilters.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/TourneyFilters.py
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ log = logging.getLogger("filter")
 #import Database
 #import SQL
 import Charset
+import Filters
 
-class TourneyFilters(threading.Thread):
+class TourneyFilters(Filters.Filters):
     def __init__(self, db, config, qdict, display = {}, debug=True):
         self.debug = debug
         self.db = db