diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5236e1e4621a7a79cad1c2b069faaa994d1bf73b..b25c15b81fae06e1c55946ac6270bfdb293870e8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 *~
-
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0488e956b531b09cf7e16fb6bedb4bbddcc05f3c..2ecb9f0d733a9680a5dca37e3a400b9f5efc27f9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 BASE=vmAutoParentCategories
 PLUGINTYPE=system
-VERSION=1.0
+VERSION=1.1
 
 PLUGINFILES=$(BASE).php $(BASE).xml index.html
 # TRANSDIR=../../../administrator/language/
diff --git a/de-DE.plg_system_vmAutoParentCategories.sys.ini b/de-DE.plg_system_vmAutoParentCategories.sys.ini
index 47b1033fb01598cf7fb0ad7fbcd3c8009bc80f4f..c4f937d65507424f9e65cc1a191bea0ea092d7d7 100644
--- a/de-DE.plg_system_vmAutoParentCategories.sys.ini
+++ b/de-DE.plg_system_vmAutoParentCategories.sys.ini
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ VMAUTOCATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION="<h2>Virtuemart 2 automatische Produktkategorien Pl
 VMAUTOCATEGORIES_RUN="Führe Plugin aus:"
 VMAUTOCATEGORIES_RUN_DESC="Wählen Sie aus, wann das Plugin ausgeführt wird und die Kategorien der VirtueMart Produkte modifiziert."
 
-VMAUTOCATEGORIES_RUN_NEVER="Nie"
-VMAUTOCATEGORIES_RUN_BACKEND_LOGIN="Joomla Backend Login"
+VMAUTOCATEGORIES_RUN_NEVER="Nie (nur manuell)"
+VMAUTOCATEGORIES_RUN_BACKEND_LOGIN="Joomla Backend Administrator Login"
+VMAUTOCATEGORIES_RUN_FRONTEND_LOGIN="Joomla Frontend Administrator Login"
 VMAUTOCATEGORIES_RUN_VM_STARTPAGE="VirtueMart Startseite (Backend)"
 VMAUTOCATEGORIES_RUN_VM_PRODUCTPAGE="VirtueMart Produktliste (Backend)"
 
diff --git a/en-GB.plg_system_vmAutoParentCategories.sys.ini b/en-GB.plg_system_vmAutoParentCategories.sys.ini
index 6408a0cfad38967076a6fe76a9856da254921bb4..32bb6af5ba6ab00c6a43e551f8ca21c00faa4a81 100644
--- a/en-GB.plg_system_vmAutoParentCategories.sys.ini
+++ b/en-GB.plg_system_vmAutoParentCategories.sys.ini
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ VMAUTOCATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION="<h2>Virtuemart 2 Auto Product Categories plugin</h
 VMAUTOCATEGORIES_RUN="Run plugin on:"
 VMAUTOCATEGORIES_RUN_DESC="Select when the plugin shall be run and automatically modify the VirtueMart categories of your products."
 
-VMAUTOCATEGORIES_RUN_NEVER="Never"
-VMAUTOCATEGORIES_RUN_BACKEND_LOGIN="Joomla Backend login"
+VMAUTOCATEGORIES_RUN_NEVER="Never (only manual)"
+VMAUTOCATEGORIES_RUN_BACKEND_LOGIN="Joomla Backend Administrator Login"
+VMAUTOCATEGORIES_RUN_FRONTEND_LOGIN="Joomla Frontend Administrator Login"
 VMAUTOCATEGORIES_RUN_VM_STARTPAGE="VirtueMart start page (Backend)"
 VMAUTOCATEGORIES_RUN_VM_PRODUCTPAGE="VirtueMart product list page (Backend)"
 
diff --git a/releases/plg_system_vmAutoParentCategories_v1.1.zip b/releases/plg_system_vmAutoParentCategories_v1.1.zip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c6c04ac9f73d3c2c3913ecab719b8fcc7ab3f4a6
Binary files /dev/null and b/releases/plg_system_vmAutoParentCategories_v1.1.zip differ
diff --git a/vmAutoParentCategories.php b/vmAutoParentCategories.php
index 1e456864df982f17950392bb7db5577aa6942d93..77ff67274a45e5853ba6929d4cc0a19e3093242c 100644
--- a/vmAutoParentCategories.php
+++ b/vmAutoParentCategories.php
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <?php
 /**
  * @plugin VMAutoParentCategories
- * Version 1.0, 2012-12-18
- * @copyright Copyright (C) 2012 Reinhold Kainhofer - All rights reserved.
+ * Version 1.1, 2013-02-24
+ * @copyright Copyright (C) 2012-2013 Reinhold Kainhofer - All rights reserved.
  * @Website : http://www.kainhofer.com
  * @license - http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html GNU/GPL 
  **/
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ class plgSystemVMAutoParentCategories extends JPlugin {
 	var $_report = TRUE;
 	var $_debug = FALSE;
 
+	function onAfterRoute(){
+		/** Alternatively you may use chaining */
+		if(!JFactory::getApplication()->isAdmin()) return;
+		if ($this->checkForRoutingTrigger()) {
+			$this->initSettings();
+			$this->updateCategories();
+		}
+	}
+
 	function initSettings() {
 		$this->_dbg = $this->params->get('debug','report_changes');
 		
@@ -43,7 +52,7 @@ class plgSystemVMAutoParentCategories extends JPlugin {
 				break;
 		}
 	}
-	function checkForTrigger() {
+	function checkForRoutingTrigger() {
 		$trigger = $this->params->get('run_trigger', 'never');
 		// Explicit call will ALWAYS trigger
 		if (JRequest::getCmd('vmAutoParentCategories') == 'run') {
@@ -66,25 +75,15 @@ class plgSystemVMAutoParentCategories extends JPlugin {
 		}
 		return $run;
 	}
-	function onAfterRoute(){
-		/** Alternatively you may use chaining */
-		if(!JFactory::getApplication()->isAdmin()) return;
-		if ($this->checkForTrigger()) {
-			$this->initSettings();
-			$this->updateCategories();
-		}
-	}
 
 	function debugMessage ($msg) {
 		if ($this->_debug) {
-			$app = JFactory::getApplication();
-			$app->enqueueMessage($msg, 'message');
+			JFactory::getApplication()->enqueueMessage($msg, 'message');
 		}
 	}
 	function progressMessage ($msg) {
 		if ($this->_report) {
-			$app = JFactory::getApplication();
-			$app->enqueueMessage($msg, 'message');
+			JFactory::getApplication()->enqueueMessage($msg, 'message');
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -170,6 +169,16 @@ class plgSystemVMAutoParentCategories extends JPlugin {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	function getCategoryTree () {
+		$q = 'SELECT `c`.`virtuemart_category_id` , `l`.`category_name` , `cc`.`category_parent_id` 
+		      FROM `#__virtuemart_categories` AS `c` 
+		      LEFT JOIN `#__virtuemart_categories_'.VMLANG.'` AS `l` ON ( `c`.`virtuemart_category_id` = `l`.`virtuemart_category_id` )
+		      LEFT JOIN `#__virtuemart_category_categories` AS `cc` ON ( `c`.`virtuemart_category_id` = `cc`.`category_child_id` )';
+		$db = JFactory::getDbo ();
+		$db->setQuery ($q);
+		$categories = $db->loadObjectList ('virtuemart_category_id');
+		return $categories;
+	}
 
 	
 	function updateCategories() {
@@ -179,10 +188,7 @@ class plgSystemVMAutoParentCategories extends JPlugin {
 		$prodaction = $this->params->get('normal_products', 'nothing');
 		$childprodaction = $this->params->get('child_products', 'nothing');
 
-		$app = JFactory::getApplication();
-		$catmodel = VmModel::getModel('category');
-		$cattree = $catmodel->getCategoryTree();
-		
+		$cattree = $this->getCategoryTree();
 		// Store the names and parents for each category id
 		foreach ($cattree as $cat) {
 			$catnames[$cat->virtuemart_category_id] = $cat->category_name;
diff --git a/vmAutoParentCategories.xml b/vmAutoParentCategories.xml
index 59757dfef99c3824db1df1688d2020cc699744b6..9105823c17c49e65c1757eccb0763bc2d845a79a 100644
--- a/vmAutoParentCategories.xml
+++ b/vmAutoParentCategories.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<license>http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html GNU/GPL v3+</license>
 	<authorEmail>reinhold@kainhofer.com/</authorEmail>
 	<authorUrl>http://kainhofer.com</authorUrl>
-	<version>1.0.0</version>
+	<version>1.1.0</version>
 	<description>VMAUTOCATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION</description>
 
 	<files>
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 				<field name="run_trigger" type="list" default="never" label="VMAUTOCATEGORIES_RUN" description ="VMAUTOCATEGORIES_RUN_DESC" >
 					<option value="never">VMAUTOCATEGORIES_RUN_NEVER</option>
 <!-- 					<option value="backend-login">VMAUTOCATEGORIES_RUN_BACKEND_LOGIN</option> -->
+<!-- 					<option value="frontend-login">VMAUTOCATEGORIES_RUN_FRONTEND_LOGIN</option> -->
 					<option value="virtuemart_startpage">VMAUTOCATEGORIES_RUN_VM_STARTPAGE</option>
 					<option value="virtuemart_products">VMAUTOCATEGORIES_RUN_VM_PRODUCTPAGE</option>
 				</field>