diff --git a/apps/plugins/dict.c b/apps/plugins/dict.c
index efaeab2ed3..d3fea1d52d 100644
--- a/apps/plugins/dict.c
+++ b/apps/plugins/dict.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ void init_screen(void)
 }
 
 /* for endian problems */
-#ifdef LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#ifdef ROCKBOX_BIG_ENDIAN
 #define readlong(x) x
 #else
 long readlong(void* value)
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ enum plugin_status plugin_start(struct plugin_api* api, void* parameter)
     {
         DEBUGF("Not found.\n");
         rb->splash(HZ*2, true, "Not found.");
-		rb->close(fIndex);
+        rb->close(fIndex);
         return PLUGIN_OK;
     }
 
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ enum plugin_status plugin_start(struct plugin_api* api, void* parameter)
     {
         DEBUGF("Err: Failed to open description file.\n");
         rb->splash(HZ*2, true, "Failed to open descriptions.");
-		rb->close(fIndex);
+        rb->close(fIndex);
         return PLUGIN_ERROR;
     }
 
@@ -187,14 +187,15 @@ enum plugin_status plugin_start(struct plugin_api* api, void* parameter)
     {
         /* copy one lcd line */
         rb->strncpy(output, ptr, display_columns);
-		output[display_columns] = '\0';
+        output[display_columns] = '\0';
 
-		/* unsigned to kill a warning... */
-		if((int)rb->strlen(ptr) < display_columns) {
-			rb->lcd_puts(0, lines, output);
+        /* typecast to kill a warning... */
+        if((int)rb->strlen(ptr) < display_columns)
+        {
+            rb->lcd_puts(0, lines, output);
             lines++;
-			break;
-		}
+            break;
+        }
 
 
         /* get the last spacechar */
@@ -210,7 +211,7 @@ enum plugin_status plugin_start(struct plugin_api* api, void* parameter)
             next = display_columns;
         }
 
-		/* put the line on screen */
+        /* put the line on screen */
         rb->lcd_puts(0, lines, output);
 
         /* get output count */
@@ -240,6 +241,6 @@ enum plugin_status plugin_start(struct plugin_api* api, void* parameter)
     }
 
     rb->close(fIndex);
-	rb->close(fData);
+    rb->close(fData);
     return PLUGIN_OK;
 }
diff --git a/tools/rdf2binary.c b/tools/rdf2binary.c
index 3597efa727..c1c7d1b727 100644
--- a/tools/rdf2binary.c
+++ b/tools/rdf2binary.c
@@ -30,60 +30,73 @@ This tool converts the rdf file to the binary data used in the dict plugin.
 /* maximum word lenght, has to be the same in dict.c */
 #define WORDLEN 32
 
-struct word {
-	char word[WORDLEN];
-	long offset;
+struct word
+{
+    char word[WORDLEN];
+    long offset;
 };
 
+/* convert offsets here, not on device. */
+long long_to_big_endian (void* value)
+{
+    unsigned char* bytes = (unsigned char*) value;
+    return (long)bytes[0] | ((long)bytes[1] << 8) |
+           ((long)bytes[2] << 16) | ((long)bytes[3] << 24);
+}
+
 int main()
 {
-	FILE *in;
-	int idx_out, desc_out;
-	struct word w;
-	char buf[10000];
-	long cur_offset = 0;
-	
-	in = fopen("dict.preparsed", "r");
-	idx_out = open("dict.index", O_WRONLY | O_CREAT);
-	desc_out = open("dict.desc", O_WRONLY | O_CREAT);
-	
-	if (in == NULL || idx_out < 0 || desc_out < 0) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Error: Some files couldn't be opened\n");
-		return 1;
-	}
-	
-	while (fgets(buf, sizeof buf, in) != NULL) {
-		/* It is safe to use strtok here */
-		const char *word = strtok(buf, "\t");
-		const char *desc = strtok(NULL, "\t");
-		
-		if (word == NULL || desc == NULL) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "Parse error!\n");
-			fprintf(stderr, "word: %s\ndesc: %s\n", word, desc);
-			
-			return 2;
-		}
-		
-		/* We will null-terminate the words */
-		strncpy(w.word, word, WORDLEN - 1);
-		w.offset = cur_offset;
-		write(idx_out, &w, sizeof(struct word));
-		
-		while (1) {
-			int len = strlen(desc);
-			cur_offset += len;
-			write(desc_out, desc, len);
-			
-			desc = strtok(NULL, "\t");
-			if (desc == NULL)
-				break ;
-			
-			cur_offset++;
-			write(desc_out, "\n", 1);
-			
-		}
-	}
-	
-	return 0;
+    FILE *in;
+    int idx_out, desc_out;
+    struct word w;
+    char buf[10000];
+    long cur_offset = 0;
+
+    in = fopen("dict.preparsed", "r");
+    idx_out = open("dict.index", O_WRONLY | O_CREAT);
+    desc_out = open("dict.desc", O_WRONLY | O_CREAT);
+
+    if (in == NULL || idx_out < 0 || desc_out < 0)
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Error: Some files couldn't be opened\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    while (fgets(buf, sizeof buf, in) != NULL)
+    {
+        /* It is safe to use strtok here */
+        const char *word = strtok(buf, "\t");
+        const char *desc = strtok(NULL, "\t");
+
+        if (word == NULL || desc == NULL)
+        {
+            fprintf(stderr, "Parse error!\n");
+            fprintf(stderr, "word: %s\ndesc: %s\n", word, desc);
+
+            return 2;
+        }
+
+        /* We will null-terminate the words */
+        strncpy(w.word, word, WORDLEN - 1);
+        w.offset = long_to_big_endian(&cur_offset);
+        write(idx_out, &w, sizeof(struct word));
+
+        while (1)
+        {
+            int len = strlen(desc);
+            cur_offset += len;
+            write(desc_out, desc, len);
+
+            desc = strtok(NULL, "\t");
+            if (desc == NULL)
+                break ;
+
+            cur_offset++;
+            write(desc_out, "\n", 1);
+
+        }
+    }
+
+    return 0;
 }