diff --git a/indra/llui/lltexteditor.cpp b/indra/llui/lltexteditor.cpp
index 3326524cb..0a951e7e9 100644
--- a/indra/llui/lltexteditor.cpp
+++ b/indra/llui/lltexteditor.cpp
@@ -4095,7 +4095,7 @@ void LLTextEditor::appendHighlightedText(const std::string &new_text,
 		
 		if (highlight && stylep)
 		{
-			LLSD pieces = highlight->parsePartialLineHighlights(new_text, stylep->getColor(), highlight_part);
+			LLSD pieces = highlight->parsePartialLineHighlights(new_text, stylep->getColor(), (LLTextParser::EHighlightPosition)highlight_part);
 			bool lprepend=prepend_newline;
 			for (S32 i=0;i<pieces.size();i++)
 			{
diff --git a/indra/llui/lltextparser.cpp b/indra/llui/lltextparser.cpp
index 707dd0afd..2493afcb5 100644
--- a/indra/llui/lltextparser.cpp
+++ b/indra/llui/lltextparser.cpp
@@ -43,29 +43,14 @@
 #include "v4color.h"
 #include "lldir.h"
 
-// Routines used for parsing text for TextParsers and html
-
-LLTextParser* LLTextParser::sInstance = NULL;
-
 //
 // Member Functions
 //
 
-LLTextParser::~LLTextParser()
-{
-	sInstance=NULL;
-}
+LLTextParser::LLTextParser()
+:	mLoaded(false)
+{}
 
-// static
-LLTextParser* LLTextParser::getInstance()
-{
-	if (!sInstance)
-	{
-		sInstance = new LLTextParser();
-		sInstance->loadFromDisk();
-	}
-	return sInstance;
-}
 
 // Moved triggerAlerts() to llfloaterchat.cpp to break llui/llaudio library dependency.
 
@@ -103,8 +88,10 @@ S32 LLTextParser::findPattern(const std::string &text, LLSD highlight)
 	return found;
 }
 
-LLSD LLTextParser::parsePartialLineHighlights(const std::string &text, const LLColor4 &color, S32 part, S32 index)
+LLSD LLTextParser::parsePartialLineHighlights(const std::string &text, const LLColor4 &color, EHighlightPosition part, S32 index)
 {
+	loadKeywords();
+
 	//evil recursive string atomizer.
 	LLSD ret_llsd, start_llsd, middle_llsd, end_llsd;
 
@@ -122,7 +109,7 @@ LLSD LLTextParser::parsePartialLineHighlights(const std::string &text, const LLC
 				{
 					S32 end =  std::string(mHighlights[i]["pattern"]).length();
 					S32 len = text.length();
-					S32 newpart;
+					EHighlightPosition newpart;
 					if (start==0)
 					{
 						start_llsd[0]["text"] =text.substr(0,end);
@@ -195,6 +182,8 @@ LLSD LLTextParser::parsePartialLineHighlights(const std::string &text, const LLC
 
 bool LLTextParser::parseFullLineHighlights(const std::string &text, LLColor4 *color)
 {
+	loadKeywords();
+
 	for (S32 i=0;i<mHighlights.size();i++)
 	{
 		if ((S32)mHighlights[i]["highlight"]==ALL || (S32)mHighlights[i]["condition"]==MATCHES)
@@ -221,14 +210,14 @@ std::string LLTextParser::getFileName()
 	return path;  
 }
 
-LLSD LLTextParser::loadFromDisk()
+void LLTextParser::loadKeywords()
 {
-	std::string filename=getFileName();
-	if (filename.empty())
-	{
-		llwarns << "LLTextParser::loadFromDisk() no valid user directory." << llendl; 
+	if (mLoaded)
+	{// keywords already loaded
+		return;
 	}
-	else
+	std::string filename=getFileName();
+	if (!filename.empty())
 	{
 		llifstream file;
 		file.open(filename.c_str());
@@ -237,9 +226,8 @@ LLSD LLTextParser::loadFromDisk()
 			LLSDSerialize::fromXML(mHighlights, file);
 		}
 		file.close();
+		mLoaded = true;
 	}
-
-	return mHighlights;
 }
 
 bool LLTextParser::saveToDisk(LLSD highlights)
diff --git a/indra/llui/lltextparser.h b/indra/llui/lltextparser.h
index 32343a2da..f1a1b10ed 100644
--- a/indra/llui/lltextparser.h
+++ b/indra/llui/lltextparser.h
@@ -35,34 +35,34 @@
 #define LL_LLTEXTPARSER_H
 
 #include "llsd.h"
+#include "llsingleton.h"
 
 class LLUUID;
 class LLVector3d;
 class LLColor4;
 
-class LLTextParser
+class LLTextParser : public LLSingleton<LLTextParser>
 {
 public:
-	enum ConditionType { CONTAINS, MATCHES, STARTS_WITH, ENDS_WITH };
-	enum HighlightType { PART, ALL };
-	enum HighlightPosition { WHOLE, START, MIDDLE, END };
-	enum DialogAction  { ACTION_NONE, ACTION_CLOSE, ACTION_ADD, ACTION_COPY, ACTION_UPDATE };
+	typedef enum e_condition_type { CONTAINS, MATCHES, STARTS_WITH, ENDS_WITH } EConditionType;
+	typedef enum e_highlight_type { PART, ALL } EHighlightType;
+	typedef enum e_highlight_position { WHOLE, START, MIDDLE, END } EHighlightPosition;
+	typedef enum e_dialog_action { ACTION_NONE, ACTION_CLOSE, ACTION_ADD, ACTION_COPY, ACTION_UPDATE } EDialogAction;
 
-	static LLTextParser* getInstance();
-	LLTextParser(){};
-	~LLTextParser();
+	LLTextParser();
 
-	S32  findPattern(const std::string &text, LLSD highlight);
-	LLSD parsePartialLineHighlights(const std::string &text,const LLColor4 &color,S32 part=WHOLE, S32 index=0);
+	LLSD parsePartialLineHighlights(const std::string &text,const LLColor4 &color, EHighlightPosition part=WHOLE, S32 index=0);
 	bool parseFullLineHighlights(const std::string &text, LLColor4 *color);
 
-	std::string getFileName();
-	LLSD loadFromDisk();
-	bool saveToDisk(LLSD highlights);
-public:
-		LLSD	mHighlights;
+	S32  findPattern(const std::string &text, LLSD highlight);
 private:
-	static LLTextParser* sInstance;
+	std::string getFileName();
+	void loadKeywords();
+	bool saveToDisk(LLSD highlights);
+
+public:
+	LLSD	mHighlights;
+	bool	mLoaded;
 };
 
 #endif