diff --git a/GUI/host/host.cc b/GUI/host/host.cc
index 4f4c38b..344a0a0 100644
--- a/GUI/host/host.cc
+++ b/GUI/host/host.cc
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace
 	void DispatchText(ThreadParam tp, const BYTE* text, int len)
 	{
 		if (!text || len <= 0) return;
-		LOCK hostLock(hostMutex);
+		LOCK(hostMutex);
 		TextThread *it;
 		if ((it = textThreadsByParams[tp]) == nullptr)
 			OnCreate(it = textThreadsByParams[tp] = new TextThread(tp, Host::GetHookParam(tp).type));
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ namespace
 
 	void RemoveThreads(std::function<bool(ThreadParam)> removeIf)
 	{
-		LOCK hostLock(hostMutex);
+		LOCK(hostMutex);
 		std::vector<ThreadParam> removedThreads;
 		for (auto i : textThreadsByParams)
 			if (removeIf(i.first))
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ namespace
 
 	void RegisterProcess(DWORD pid, HANDLE hostPipe)
 	{
-		LOCK hostLock(hostMutex);
+		LOCK(hostMutex);
 		ProcessRecord record;
 		record.hostPipe = hostPipe;
 		record.section = OpenFileMappingW(FILE_MAP_READ, FALSE, (ITH_SECTION_ + std::to_wstring(pid)).c_str());
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ namespace
 
 	void UnregisterProcess(DWORD pid)
 	{
-		LOCK hostLock(hostMutex);
+		LOCK(hostMutex);
 		ProcessRecord pr = processRecordsByIds[pid];
 		if (!pr.hostPipe) return;
 		CloseHandle(pr.sectionMutex);
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ namespace Host
 	{
 		// Artikash 7/25/2018: This is only called when NextHooker is closed, at which point Windows should free everything itself...right?
 #ifdef _DEBUG // Check memory leaks
-		LOCK hostLock(hostMutex);
+		LOCK(hostMutex);
 		OnRemove = [](TextThread* textThread) { delete textThread; };
 		for (auto i : processRecordsByIds) UnregisterProcess(i.first);
 		delete textThreadsByParams[CONSOLE];
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ namespace Host
 
 	HookParam GetHookParam(DWORD pid, unsigned __int64 addr)
 	{
-		LOCK hostLock(hostMutex);
+		LOCK(hostMutex);
 		HookParam ret = {};
 		ProcessRecord pr = processRecordsByIds[pid];
 		if (pr.sectionMap == nullptr) return ret;
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ namespace Host
 	std::wstring GetHookName(DWORD pid, unsigned __int64 addr)
 	{
 		if (pid == 0) return L"Console";
-		LOCK hostLock(hostMutex);
+		LOCK(hostMutex);
 		std::string buffer = "";
 		ProcessRecord pr = processRecordsByIds[pid];
 		if (pr.sectionMap == nullptr) return L"";
@@ -260,14 +260,13 @@ namespace Host
 
 	TextThread* GetThread(ThreadParam tp)
 	{
-		LOCK hostLock(hostMutex);
+		LOCK(hostMutex);
 		return textThreadsByParams[tp];
 	}
 
 	void AddConsoleOutput(std::wstring text)
 	{
-		LOCK hostLock(hostMutex);
-		textThreadsByParams[CONSOLE]->AddSentence(std::wstring(text));
+		GetThread(CONSOLE)->AddSentence(std::wstring(text));
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/GUI/host/textthread.cc b/GUI/host/textthread.cc
index ac7c3d1..e9856d6 100644
--- a/GUI/host/textthread.cc
+++ b/GUI/host/textthread.cc
@@ -16,42 +16,44 @@ TextThread::~TextThread()
 
 std::wstring TextThread::GetStore()
 {
-	LOCK ttLock(ttMutex);
+	LOCK(ttMutex);
 	return storage;
 }
 
 void TextThread::Flush()
 {
-	LOCK ttLock(ttMutex);
-	if (buffer.size() < 400 && (timestamp - GetTickCount() < 250 || buffer.size() == 0)) return; // TODO: let user change delay before sentence is flushed
 	std::wstring sentence;
-	if (status & USING_UNICODE)
 	{
-		sentence = std::wstring((wchar_t*)buffer.data(), buffer.size() / 2);
+		LOCK(ttMutex);
+		if (buffer.size() < 400 && (timestamp - GetTickCount() < 250 || buffer.size() == 0)) return; // TODO: let user change delay before sentence is flushed
+		std::wstring sentence;
+		if (status & USING_UNICODE)
+		{
+			sentence = std::wstring((wchar_t*)buffer.data(), buffer.size() / 2);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			wchar_t* converted = new wchar_t[buffer.size()];
+			sentence = std::wstring(converted, MultiByteToWideChar(status & USING_UTF8 ? CP_UTF8 : 932, 0, buffer.data(), buffer.size(), converted, buffer.size()));
+			delete[] converted;
+		}
+		memset(buffer.data(), 0, buffer.size());
+		buffer.clear();
 	}
-	else
-	{
-		wchar_t* converted = new wchar_t[buffer.size()];
-		sentence = std::wstring(converted, MultiByteToWideChar(status & USING_UTF8 ? CP_UTF8 : 932, 0, buffer.data(), buffer.size(), converted, buffer.size()));
-		delete[] converted;
-	}
-	ttMutex.unlock();
 	AddSentence(sentence);
-	ttMutex.lock();
-	memset(buffer.data(), 0, buffer.size());
-	buffer.clear();
 }
 
 void TextThread::AddSentence(std::wstring sentence)
 {
+	// Dispatch to extensions occurs here. Don't hold mutex! Extensions might take a while!
 	if (Output) sentence = Output(this, sentence);
-	LOCK ttLock(ttMutex);
+	LOCK(ttMutex);
 	storage.append(sentence);
 }
 
 void TextThread::AddText(const BYTE *con, int len)
 {
-	LOCK ttLock(ttMutex);
+	LOCK(ttMutex);
 	// Artikash 8/27/2018: add repetition filter
 	if (len > 6 && buffer.data() && (strstr(buffer.data(), (const char*)con) || wcsstr((const wchar_t*)buffer.data(), (const wchar_t*)con))) return;
 	buffer.insert(buffer.end(), con, con + len);
diff --git a/include/types.h b/include/types.h
index 0755013..8098dbf 100644
--- a/include/types.h
+++ b/include/types.h
@@ -68,4 +68,4 @@ struct HookRemovedNotif // From hook
 	unsigned __int64 address;
 };
 
-typedef std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> LOCK;
+#define LOCK(mutex) std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> lock(mutex)