diff -aur passepartout-0.2-old/src/pptout/main.cc passepartout-0.2/src/pptout/main.cc
--- passepartout-0.2-old/src/pptout/main.cc	2003-06-10 18:51:39.000000000 +0200
+++ passepartout-0.2/src/pptout/main.cc	2003-09-12 00:27:17.000000000 +0200
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, Fredrik Arnerup & Rasmus Kaj, See COPYING
 ///
 #include <gtkmm/main.h>
+#include <libxml/parser.h> //xmlInitParser
 
 #include <fonts/fontinfo.hh>
 #include <util/warning.h>
@@ -27,6 +28,9 @@
   // initialize threads
   Glib::thread_init();
 
+  // Thread-safeness for libxml
+  xmlInitParser();
+
   // initialise gtkmm
   Gtk::Main kit(argc, argv);
   inspiration = new Inspiration();