diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/BaseItem.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/BaseItem.cs
index db3e546d1..ae6ef6340 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/BaseItem.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/BaseItem.cs
@@ -1042,7 +1042,9 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
                 throw new ArgumentNullException("user");
             }
 
-            if (user.Configuration.MaxParentalRating == null)
+            var maxAllowedRating = user.Configuration.MaxParentalRating;
+
+            if (maxAllowedRating == null)
             {
                 return true;
             }
@@ -1067,7 +1069,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
                 return true;
             }
 
-            return value.Value <= user.Configuration.MaxParentalRating.Value;
+            return value.Value <= maxAllowedRating.Value;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/Folder.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/Folder.cs
index 252b4d0a8..d14ee2228 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/Folder.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/Folder.cs
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
         {
             get
             {
-                LazyInitializer.EnsureInitialized(ref _children, ref _childrenInitialized, ref _childrenSyncLock, LoadChildren);
+                LazyInitializer.EnsureInitialized(ref _children, ref _childrenInitialized, ref _childrenSyncLock, LoadChildrenInternal);
                 return _children;
             }
             private set
@@ -529,16 +529,20 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
             }
         }
 
+        private ConcurrentDictionary<Guid, BaseItem> LoadChildrenInternal()
+        {
+            return new ConcurrentDictionary<Guid, BaseItem>(LoadChildren().ToDictionary(i => i.Id));
+        }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Loads our children.  Validation will occur externally.
         /// We want this sychronous.
         /// </summary>
         /// <returns>ConcurrentBag{BaseItem}.</returns>
-        protected virtual ConcurrentDictionary<Guid, BaseItem> LoadChildren()
+        protected virtual IEnumerable<BaseItem> LoadChildren()
         {
             //just load our children from the repo - the library will be validated and maintained in other processes
-            return new ConcurrentDictionary<Guid, BaseItem>(GetCachedChildren().ToDictionary(i => i.Id));
+            return GetCachedChildren();
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/IndexFolder.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/IndexFolder.cs
index 6b88ea1fc..57e4a35d3 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/IndexFolder.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/IndexFolder.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 using MediaBrowser.Common.Extensions;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Entities;
 using MoreLinq;
-using System;
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
@@ -111,7 +110,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
         /// Override to return the children defined to us when we were created
         /// </summary>
         /// <value>The actual children.</value>
-        protected override ConcurrentDictionary<Guid,BaseItem> LoadChildren()
+        protected override IEnumerable<BaseItem> LoadChildren()
         {
             var originalChildSource = ChildSource.ToList();
 
@@ -136,7 +135,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
             // Now - since we built the index grouping from the bottom up - we now need to properly set Parents from the top down
             SetParents(this, kids.OfType<IndexFolder>());
 
-            return new ConcurrentDictionary<Guid, BaseItem>(kids.DistinctBy(i => i.Id).ToDictionary(i => i.Id));
+            return kids.DistinctBy(i => i.Id);
         }
 
         /// <summary>