diff --git a/backends/skype/main.cpp b/backends/skype/main.cpp
index 984d9f60..a56b985d 100644
--- a/backends/skype/main.cpp
+++ b/backends/skype/main.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "transport/config.h"
 #include "transport/transport.h"
 #include "transport/usermanager.h"
+#include "transport/memoryusage.h"
 #include "transport/logger.h"
 #include "transport/sqlite3backend.h"
 #include "transport/userregistration.h"
@@ -97,6 +98,10 @@ class Skype {
 		bool createDBusProxy();
 		bool loadSkypeBuddies();
 
+		int getPid() {
+			return (int) m_pid;
+		}
+
 	private:
 		std::string m_username;
 		std::string m_password;
@@ -134,6 +139,19 @@ class SpectrumNetworkPlugin : public NetworkPlugin {
 			skype->login();
 		}
 
+		void handleMemoryUsage(double &res, double &shared) {
+			res = 0;
+			shared = 0;
+			for(std::map<std::string, Skype *>::const_iterator it = m_sessions.begin(); it != m_sessions.end(); it++) {
+				Skype *skype = it->second;
+				double r;
+				double s;
+				process_mem_usage(s, r, skype->getPid());
+				res += r;
+				shared += s;
+			}
+		}
+
 		void handleLogoutRequest(const std::string &user, const std::string &legacyName) {
 			Skype *skype = m_sessions[user];
 			if (skype) {
@@ -834,17 +852,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 			log4cxx::helpers::FileInputStream *istream = new log4cxx::helpers::FileInputStream(CONFIG_STRING(&config, "logging.backend_config"));
 
 			p.load(istream);
-
-			LogString pid, jid;
-			log4cxx::helpers::Transcoder::decode(boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(getpid()), pid);
-			log4cxx::helpers::Transcoder::decode(CONFIG_STRING(&config, "service.jid"), jid);
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-			p.setProperty(L"pid", pid);
-			p.setProperty(L"jid", jid);
-#else
-			p.setProperty("pid", pid);
-			p.setProperty("jid", jid);
-#endif
+			p.setProperty("pid", boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(getpid()));
 			log4cxx::PropertyConfigurator::configure(p);
 		}
 
diff --git a/include/transport/memoryusage.h b/include/transport/memoryusage.h
index d2080e21..d38917d9 100644
--- a/include/transport/memoryusage.h
+++ b/include/transport/memoryusage.h
@@ -22,10 +22,14 @@
 
 #include <vector>
 
+#ifndef WIN32
+#include "signal.h"
+#endif
+
 namespace Transport {
 
 #ifndef WIN32
-	void process_mem_usage(double& shared, double& resident_set);
+	void process_mem_usage(double& shared, double& resident_set, pid_t pid = 0);
 #endif
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/memoryusage.cpp b/src/memoryusage.cpp
index ded5130e..d620569b 100644
--- a/src/memoryusage.cpp
+++ b/src/memoryusage.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
 #ifndef WIN32
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #endif
@@ -41,13 +42,18 @@ namespace Transport {
 
 #ifndef WIN32
 #ifdef BSD
-void process_mem_usage(double& vm_usage, double& resident_set) {
+void process_mem_usage(double& vm_usage, double& resident_set, pid_t pid) {
 	int mib[4];
 	size_t size;
 	mib[0] = CTL_KERN;
 	mib[1] = KERN_PROC;
 	mib[2] = KERN_PROC_PID;
-	mib[3] = getpid();
+	if (pid == 0) {
+		mib[3] = getpid();
+	}
+	else {
+		mib[3] = pid;
+	}
 	struct kinfo_proc proc;
 
 	size = sizeof(struct kinfo_proc);
@@ -75,7 +81,7 @@ void process_mem_usage(double& vm_usage, double& resident_set) {
 	vm_usage = (double) proc.ki_size;
 }
 #else /* BSD */
-void process_mem_usage(double& shared, double& resident_set) {
+void process_mem_usage(double& shared, double& resident_set, pid_t pid) {
 	using std::ios_base;
 	using std::ifstream;
 	using std::string;
@@ -84,8 +90,11 @@ void process_mem_usage(double& shared, double& resident_set) {
 	resident_set = 0.0;
 
 	// 'file' stat seems to give the most reliable results
-	//
-	ifstream stat_stream("/proc/self/statm",ios_base::in);
+	std::string f = "/proc/self/statm";
+	if (pid != 0) {
+		f = "/proc/" + boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(pid) + "/statm";
+	}
+	ifstream stat_stream(f.c_str(), ios_base::in);
 	if (!stat_stream.is_open()) {
 		shared = 0;
 		resident_set = 0;
@@ -94,7 +103,7 @@ void process_mem_usage(double& shared, double& resident_set) {
 
 	// dummy vars for leading entries in stat that we don't care about
 	//
-	string pid, comm, state, ppid, pgrp, session, tty_nr;
+	string pid1, comm, state, ppid, pgrp, session, tty_nr;
 	string tpgid, flags, minflt, cminflt, majflt, cmajflt;
 	string utime, stime, cutime, cstime, priority, nice;
 	string O, itrealvalue, starttime;