diff --git a/Games/Countdown/CountdownGame.cs b/Games/Countdown/CountdownGame.cs
index acc2550cd..6ea272aec 100644
--- a/Games/Countdown/CountdownGame.cs
+++ b/Games/Countdown/CountdownGame.cs
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ namespace MCGalaxy.Games {
             } else {
                 SendFreezeMessages();
                 MessageAll("&bPlayers Frozen");
-                mapon.countdowninprogress = true;
                 gamestatus = CountdownGameStatus.InProgress;
                 foreach (Player pl in players)
                     pl.countdownsettemps = true;
@@ -239,7 +238,6 @@ namespace MCGalaxy.Games {
             Cuboid(maxX - 4, 4, 4, maxX - 4, 4, maxZ - 4, Block.air, mapon);
 
             if (!freezemode) {
-                mapon.countdowninprogress = true;
                 gamestatus = CountdownGameStatus.InProgress;
             }
         }
diff --git a/Levels/Level.cs b/Levels/Level.cs
index 492389bfb..579f6d7e7 100644
--- a/Levels/Level.cs
+++ b/Levels/Level.cs
@@ -91,11 +91,8 @@ namespace MCGalaxy
         public bool cancelsave1;
         public bool cancelunload;
         public bool changed;
-        public bool physicschanged
-        {
-            get { return ListCheck.Count > 0; }
-        }
-        public bool countdowninprogress;
+        public bool physicschanged { get { return ListCheck.Count > 0; } }
+        
         public bool ctfmode;
         public int currentUndo;
         public ushort Width, Height, Length;
@@ -401,10 +398,9 @@ namespace MCGalaxy
             }
             MovePlayersToMain();
 
-            if (changed && ShouldSaveChanges()) {
-                Save(false, true);
-                saveChanges();
-            }
+            if (changed && ShouldSaveChanges()) Save(false, true);
+            if (ShouldSaveChanges()) saveChanges();
+            
             if (TntWarsGame.Find(this) != null)
             {
                 foreach (TntWarsGame.player pl in TntWarsGame.Find(this).Players)
@@ -683,7 +679,11 @@ namespace MCGalaxy
             return false;
         }
         
-        public void saveChanges() { LevelDB.SaveBlockDB(this); }
+        readonly object dbLock = new object();
+        public void saveChanges() {
+            lock (dbLock)
+        	    LevelDB.SaveBlockDB(this); 
+        }
 
         public List<Player> getPlayers() {
             Player[] players = PlayerInfo.Online.Items;