diff --git a/vnr/texthook/hookman.cc b/vnr/texthook/hookman.cc
index 19cd2aa..13dd418 100644
--- a/vnr/texthook/hookman.cc
+++ b/vnr/texthook/hookman.cc
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #define HM_LOCK CriticalSectionLocker hmLocker(hmCs) // Synchronized scope for accessing private data
 
 HookManager::HookManager() :
-	current(nullptr),
 	create(nullptr),
 	remove(nullptr),
 	reset(nullptr),
@@ -30,9 +29,9 @@ HookManager::HookManager() :
 {
 	InitializeCriticalSection(&hmCs);
 
-	TextThread* consoleTextThread = textThreadsByParams[{ 0, -1UL, -1UL, -1UL }] = new TextThread({ 0, -1UL, -1UL, -1UL }, nextThreadNumber++, splitDelay);
-	consoleTextThread->Status() |= USING_UNICODE;
-	SetCurrent(consoleTextThread);
+	// Console text thread
+	current = textThreadsByParams[{ 0, -1UL, -1UL, -1UL }] = new TextThread({ 0, -1UL, -1UL, -1UL }, nextThreadNumber++, splitDelay);
+	current->Status() |= USING_UNICODE | CURRENT_SELECT;
 }
 
 HookManager::~HookManager()
diff --git a/vnr/vnrhook/src/engine/match.cc b/vnr/vnrhook/src/engine/match.cc
index 5bbb318..917d17a 100644
--- a/vnr/vnrhook/src/engine/match.cc
+++ b/vnr/vnrhook/src/engine/match.cc
@@ -879,10 +879,13 @@ DWORD InsertDynamicHook(LPVOID addr, DWORD frame, DWORD stack)
 
 void Hijack()
 {
+	static bool hijacked = false;
+	if (hijacked) return;
 	GetModuleFileNameW(nullptr, processPath, MAX_PATH);
 	processName = wcsrchr(processPath, L'\\') + 1;
 
 	DetermineEngineType();
+	hijacked = true;
 }
 
 } // namespace Engine
diff --git a/vnr/vnrhook/src/hijack/texthook.cc b/vnr/vnrhook/src/hijack/texthook.cc
index ea1302f..c0177ac 100644
--- a/vnr/vnrhook/src/hijack/texthook.cc
+++ b/vnr/vnrhook/src/hijack/texthook.cc
@@ -728,17 +728,6 @@ int TextHook::ClearHook()
   return err;
 }
 
-int TextHook::RecoverHook()
-{
-  if (hp.address) {
-    // jichi 9/28/2013: Only enable TextOutA to debug Cross Channel
-    //if (hp.address == (DWORD)TextOutA)
-    InsertHook();
-    return 1;
-  }
-  return 0;
-}
-
 int TextHook::SetHookName(LPCSTR name)
 {
   name_length = strlen(name) + 1;
diff --git a/vnr/vnrhook/src/hijack/texthook.h b/vnr/vnrhook/src/hijack/texthook.h
index 4fa9be1..a5a1013 100644
--- a/vnr/vnrhook/src/hijack/texthook.h
+++ b/vnr/vnrhook/src/hijack/texthook.h
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ public:
   int InitHook(LPVOID addr, DWORD data, DWORD data_ind,
       DWORD split_off, DWORD split_ind, WORD type, DWORD len_off = 0);
   DWORD Send(DWORD dwDataBase, DWORD dwRetn);
-  int RecoverHook();
   int RemoveHook();
   int ClearHook();
   int SetHookName(LPCSTR name);
diff --git a/vnr/vnrhook/src/pipe.cc b/vnr/vnrhook/src/pipe.cc
index 32d1324..de7be82 100644
--- a/vnr/vnrhook/src/pipe.cc
+++ b/vnr/vnrhook/src/pipe.cc
@@ -45,19 +45,11 @@ DWORD WINAPI PipeManager(LPVOID unused)
 		*(DWORD*)buffer = GetCurrentProcessId();
 		WriteFile(::hookPipe, buffer, sizeof(DWORD), &count, nullptr);
 
-		for (int i = 0, count = 0; count < ::currentHook; i++)
-		{
-			if (hookman[i].RecoverHook()) // jichi 9/27/2013: This is the place where built-in hooks like TextOutA are inserted
-			{
-				count++;
-			}
-		}
-
 		ReleaseMutex(pipeAcquisitionMutex);
 		CloseHandle(pipeAcquisitionMutex);
 
-		Engine::Hijack();
 		ConsoleOutput("vnrcli:WaitForPipe: pipe connected");
+		Engine::Hijack();
 
 		while (::running)
 		{
@@ -104,14 +96,6 @@ DWORD WINAPI PipeManager(LPVOID unused)
 		}
 		CloseHandle(::hookPipe);
 		CloseHandle(hostPipe);
-
-		for (int i = 0, count = 0; count < ::currentHook; i++)
-		{
-			if (hookman[i].RemoveHook())
-			{
-				count++;
-			}
-		}
 	}
 	FreeLibraryAndExitThread(::currentModule, 0);
 	return 0;