diff --git a/sicsobj.c b/sicsobj.c
index b0f5db56..a6f4ecf7 100644
--- a/sicsobj.c
+++ b/sicsobj.c
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ static void DefaultKill(void *data){
     return;
 }
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-pSICSOBJ MakeSICSOBJ(char *name, char *class){
+pSICSOBJ MakeSICSOBJv(char *name, char *class, int type, int priv){
     pSICSOBJ pNew = NULL;
+    hdbValue val;
     
     pNew = (pSICSOBJ)malloc(sizeof(SICSOBJ));
     if(pNew == NULL){
@@ -29,7 +30,13 @@ pSICSOBJ MakeSICSOBJ(char *name, char *class){
     }
     memset(pNew,0,sizeof(SICSOBJ));
     pNew->pDes = CreateDescriptor(class);
-    pNew->objectNode = MakeHipadabaNode(name, HIPNONE, 1);
+    if (type == HIPNONE) {
+      pNew->objectNode = MakeHipadabaNode(name, HIPNONE, 1);
+    } else {
+      val = makeHdbValue(type,0);
+      pNew->objectNode = MakeSICSHdbPar(name, priv, val);
+      ReleaseHdbValue(&val);
+    }
     if(pNew->pDes == NULL || pNew->objectNode == NULL){
         free(pNew);
         return(NULL);
@@ -39,6 +46,10 @@ pSICSOBJ MakeSICSOBJ(char *name, char *class){
     return pNew;   
 }
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+pSICSOBJ MakeSICSOBJ(char *name, char *class){
+    return MakeSICSOBJv(name, class, HIPNONE, 0);
+}
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 void KillSICSOBJ(void *data){
     pSICSOBJ self = (pSICSOBJ)data;
     if(self == NULL){
@@ -126,7 +137,7 @@ static int ScriptObjFunc(pSICSOBJ obj, SConnection *pCon, pHdb commandNode,
     Tcl_DStringInit(&com);
     Tcl_DStringAppend(&com,value,strlen(value));
     for(i = 0; i < nCount; i++){
-        val = formatValue(par[i]->value);
+        val = formatValue(par[i]->value, par[i]);
         if(val != NULL){
             Tcl_DStringAppend(&com," ", 1);
             pPtr = GetCharArray(val);
@@ -209,12 +220,15 @@ int InvokeSICSOBJ(SConnection *pCon, SicsInterp *pSics, void *pData,
         SCWrite(pCon,"ERROR: Nothing to process",eError);
         return -1; 
     }
-    parNode = GetHipadabaNode(self->objectNode,argv[1]);
+    if (argc == 1) {
+      parNode = self->objectNode;
+    } else {
+      parNode = GetHipadabaNode(self->objectNode,argv[1]);
+    }
     if(parNode != NULL && parNode->value.dataType == HIPFUNC){
         status = invokeOBJFunction(self, parNode, pCon, argc-2, &argv[2]);
     } else {
-        strncpy(buffer,argv[0],130);
-        strcat(buffer," ");
+        snprintf(buffer, sizeof buffer, "%s ", argv[0]);
         status = ProcessSICSHdbPar(self->objectNode,pCon, buffer, 
             argc-1,&argv[1]);
     }
diff --git a/sicsobj.h b/sicsobj.h
index 66889c8b..92bd4607 100644
--- a/sicsobj.h
+++ b/sicsobj.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ typedef int (*SICSOBJFunc)(pSICSOBJ self, SConnection *pCon,
     pHdb commandNode, pHdb par[], int nPar);
 /*======================= Live & Death  =================================*/
 pSICSOBJ MakeSICSOBJ(char *name, char *class);
+pSICSOBJ MakeSICSOBJv(char *name, char *class, int type, int priv);
 void KillSICSOBJ(void *data);
 /**
  * This creates a new SICS object and installs it in the interpreter. It returns