diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index b3b843f..f752c9d 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ fw-daemon:
 
 
 fw-prompt:
-	apply once rules still do not work because they the DBus invocation requires the guid to be passed
-
 	more nesting for similar prompts (by application, pid, target host, etc)
 
 
diff --git a/sgfw/ipc.go b/sgfw/ipc.go
index 0c87701..06f599c 100644
--- a/sgfw/ipc.go
+++ b/sgfw/ipc.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/subgraph/oz/ipc"
 )
@@ -21,9 +22,14 @@ type OzInitProc struct {
 }
 
 var OzInitPids []OzInitProc = []OzInitProc{}
+var OzInitPidsLock = sync.Mutex{}
+
 
 func addInitPid(pid int, name string, sboxid int) {
 	fmt.Println("::::::::::: init pid added: ", pid, " -> ", name)
+	OzInitPidsLock.Lock()
+	defer OzInitPidsLock.Unlock()
+
 	for i := 0; i < len(OzInitPids); i++ {
 		if OzInitPids[i].Pid == pid {
 			return
@@ -36,6 +42,9 @@ func addInitPid(pid int, name string, sboxid int) {
 
 func removeInitPid(pid int) {
 	fmt.Println("::::::::::: removing PID: ", pid)
+	OzInitPidsLock.Lock()
+	defer OzInitPidsLock.Unlock()
+
 	for i := 0; i < len(OzInitPids); i++ {
 		if OzInitPids[i].Pid == pid {
 			OzInitPids = append(OzInitPids[:i], OzInitPids[i+1:]...)
diff --git a/sgfw/policy.go b/sgfw/policy.go
index 78765da..7d642f0 100644
--- a/sgfw/policy.go
+++ b/sgfw/policy.go
@@ -656,6 +656,7 @@ func readFileDirect(filename string) ([]byte, error) {
 
 func getAllProcNetDataLocal() ([]string, error) {
 	data := ""
+	OzInitPidsLock.Lock()
 
 	for i := 0; i < len(OzInitPids); i++ {
 		fname := fmt.Sprintf("/proc/%d/net/tcp", OzInitPids[i])
@@ -670,6 +671,8 @@ func getAllProcNetDataLocal() ([]string, error) {
 
 	}
 
+	OzInitPidsLock.Unlock()
+
 	lines := strings.Split(data, "\n")
 	rlines := make([]string, 0)
 	ctr := 1
@@ -715,6 +718,7 @@ func LookupSandboxProc(srcip net.IP, srcp uint16, dstip net.IP, dstp uint16, pro
 	var res *procsnitch.Info = nil
 	var optstr string
 	removePids := make([]int, 0)
+	OzInitPidsLock.Lock()
 
 	for i := 0; i < len(OzInitPids); i++ {
 		data := ""
@@ -769,6 +773,8 @@ func LookupSandboxProc(srcip net.IP, srcp uint16, dstip net.IP, dstp uint16, pro
 
 	}
 
+	OzInitPidsLock.Unlock()
+
 	for _, p := range removePids {
 		removeInitPid(p)
 	}
@@ -820,6 +826,7 @@ func findProcessForPacket(pkt *nfqueue.NFQPacket, reverse bool, strictness int)
 
 	if res == nil {
 		removePids := make([]int, 0)
+		OzInitPidsLock.Lock()
 
 		for i := 0; i < len(OzInitPids); i++ {
 			data := ""
@@ -868,6 +875,8 @@ func findProcessForPacket(pkt *nfqueue.NFQPacket, reverse bool, strictness int)
 
 		}
 
+		OzInitPidsLock.Unlock()
+
 		for _, p := range removePids {
 			removeInitPid(p)
 		}