diff --git a/lib/private/eventsource.php b/lib/private/eventsource.php
index 192c1446b5..5a870ae3f3 100644
--- a/lib/private/eventsource.php
+++ b/lib/private/eventsource.php
@@ -1,25 +1,10 @@
 <?php
-
 /**
-* ownCloud
-*
-* @author Robin Appelman
-* @copyright 2012 Robin Appelman icewind1991@gmail.com
-*
-* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-* modify it under the terms of the GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
-* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-* version 3 of the License, or any later version.
-*
-* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-* GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE for more details.
-*
-* You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public
-* License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-*
-*/
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Robin Appelman <icewind@owncloud.com>
+ * This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or
+ * later.
+ * See the COPYING-README file.
+ */
 
 /**
  * wrapper for server side events (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server-sent_events)
@@ -27,51 +12,70 @@
  *
  * use server side events with caution, to many open requests can hang the server
  */
-class OC_EventSource{
+class OC_EventSource {
+	/**
+	 * @var bool
+	 */
 	private $fallback;
-	private $fallBackId=0;
 
-	public function __construct() {
+	/**
+	 * @var int
+	 */
+	private $fallBackId = 0;
+
+	/**
+	 * @var bool
+	 */
+	private $started = false;
+
+	protected function init() {
+		if ($this->started) {
+			return;
+		}
+		$this->started = true;
+
+		// prevent php output buffering, caching and nginx buffering
 		OC_Util::obEnd();
 		header('Cache-Control: no-cache');
 		header('X-Accel-Buffering: no');
-		$this->fallback=isset($_GET['fallback']) and $_GET['fallback']=='true';
-		if($this->fallback) {
-			$this->fallBackId=$_GET['fallback_id'];
+		$this->fallback = isset($_GET['fallback']) and $_GET['fallback'] == 'true';
+		if ($this->fallback) {
+			$this->fallBackId = $_GET['fallback_id'];
 			header("Content-Type: text/html");
-			echo str_repeat('<span></span>'.PHP_EOL, 10); //dummy data to keep IE happy
-		}else{
+			echo str_repeat('<span></span>' . PHP_EOL, 10); //dummy data to keep IE happy
+		} else {
 			header("Content-Type: text/event-stream");
 		}
-		if( !OC_Util::isCallRegistered()) {
+		if (!OC_Util::isCallRegistered()) {
 			$this->send('error', 'Possible CSRF attack. Connection will be closed.');
 			$this->close();
 			exit();
 		}
 		flush();
-
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * send a message to the client
+	 *
 	 * @param string $type
 	 * @param mixed $data
 	 *
 	 * if only one parameter is given, a typeless message will be send with that parameter as data
 	 */
-	public function send($type, $data=null) {
-		if(is_null($data)) {
-			$data=$type;
-			$type=null;
+	public function send($type, $data = null) {
+		$this->init();
+		if (is_null($data)) {
+			$data = $type;
+			$type = null;
 		}
-		if($this->fallback) {
+		if ($this->fallback) {
 			$fallBackId = OC_Util::sanitizeHTML($this->fallBackId);
-			$response='<script type="text/javascript">window.parent.OC.EventSource.fallBackCallBack('
-				.$fallBackId.',"' . $type . '",' . OCP\JSON::encode($data) . ')</script>' . PHP_EOL;
+			$response = '<script type="text/javascript">window.parent.OC.EventSource.fallBackCallBack('
+				. $fallBackId . ',"' . $type . '",' . OCP\JSON::encode($data) . ')</script>' . PHP_EOL;
 			echo $response;
-		}else{
-			if($type) {
-				echo 'event: ' . $type.PHP_EOL;
+		} else {
+			if ($type) {
+				echo 'event: ' . $type . PHP_EOL;
 			}
 			echo 'data: ' . OCP\JSON::encode($data) . PHP_EOL;
 		}
@@ -80,9 +84,9 @@ class OC_EventSource{
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * close the connection of the even source
+	 * close the connection of the event source
 	 */
 	public function close() {
-		$this->send('__internal__', 'close');//server side closing can be an issue, let the client do it
+		$this->send('__internal__', 'close'); //server side closing can be an issue, let the client do it
 	}
 }