diff --git a/MathLaTeXML.php b/MathLaTeXML.php
index 1bdd70cc9..f18a9d3af 100644
--- a/MathLaTeXML.php
+++ b/MathLaTeXML.php
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ class MathLaTeXML extends MathRenderer {
 
 	/**
 	 * Picks a LaTeXML daemon.
-	 * If more than one demon are availible one is chosen from the
+	 * If more than one daemon are available one is chosen from the
 	 * $wgMathLaTeXMLUrl array.
 	 * @return string
 	 */
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ class MathLaTeXML extends MathRenderer {
 					// mess up the browser output.
 					$this->lastError = $this->getError( 'math_latexml_invalidxml', $host );
 					wfDebugLog( "Math", "\nLaTeXML InvalidMathML:"
-						. var_export( array( 'post' => $post, 'host' => $host
+							. var_export( array( 'post' => $post, 'host' => $host
 							, 'result' => $result ), true ) . "\n\n" );
 					wfProfileOut( __METHOD__ );
 					return false;
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ class MathLaTeXML extends MathRenderer {
 					$this->lastError = $this->getError( 'math_latexml_invalidjson', $host );
 					wfDebugLog( "Math", "\nLaTeXML InvalidJSON:"
 						. var_export( array( 'post' => $post, 'host' => $host
-							, 'res' => $res ), true ) . "\n\n" );
+						, 'res' => $res ), true ) . "\n\n" );
 					wfProfileOut( __METHOD__ );
 					return false;
 				}
@@ -347,4 +347,8 @@ class MathLaTeXML extends MathRenderer {
 		return Xml::tags( 'span', $attribs, $mml );
 	}
 
+	protected function getMathTableName() {
+		return 'mathlatexml';
+	}
 }
+
diff --git a/MathRenderer.php b/MathRenderer.php
index 088c3516c..27d6e6da0 100644
--- a/MathRenderer.php
+++ b/MathRenderer.php
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ abstract class MathRenderer {
 				wfDebugLog( 'Math', $msg );
 				// If we can not check if mathml output is valid, we skip the test and assume that it is valid.
 				$this->recall = true;
-				wfProfileOut( __METHOD__ );
-				return true;
+			wfProfileOut( __METHOD__ );
+			return true;
 			} elseif ( StringUtils::isUtf8( $this->mathml ) ) {
 				$this->recall = true;
 				wfProfileOut( __METHOD__ );
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ abstract class MathRenderer {
 			}
 		}
 
-		# Missing from the database and/or the render cache
+			# Missing from the database and/or the render cache
 		$this->recall = false;
 		wfProfileOut( __METHOD__ );
 		return false;
@@ -234,9 +234,9 @@ abstract class MathRenderer {
 			wfDebugLog( "Math", 'store entry for $' . $this->tex . '$ in database (hash:' . bin2hex( $this->hash ) . ")\n" );
 			$outArray = $this->dbOutArray();
 			$dbw->onTransactionIdle(
-					function() use( $dbw, $outArray ) {
-						$dbw->replace( 'math', array( 'math_inputhash' ), $outArray, __METHOD__ );
-					} );
+				function() use( $dbw, $outArray ) {
+					$dbw->replace( 'math', array( 'math_inputhash' ), $outArray, __METHOD__ );
+				} );
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -496,5 +496,12 @@ abstract class MathRenderer {
 	public function getUserInputTex() {
 		return $this->userInputTex;
 	}
-}
 
+
+	protected abstract function getMathTableName();
+
+	public function getModeStr() {
+		$names = MathHooks::getMathNames();
+		return $names[ $this->getMode() ];
+	}
+}
diff --git a/MathSource.php b/MathSource.php
index 8eabaefcf..6b395e517 100644
--- a/MathSource.php
+++ b/MathSource.php
@@ -46,4 +46,7 @@ class MathSource extends MathRenderer {
 		);
 	}
 
+	protected function getMathTableName() {
+		throw new MWException ( 'in math source mode no database caching should happen');
+	}
 }
diff --git a/MathTexvc.php b/MathTexvc.php
index 37e4b7077..1641a40a9 100644
--- a/MathTexvc.php
+++ b/MathTexvc.php
@@ -360,4 +360,8 @@ class MathTexvc extends MathRenderer {
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	protected function getMathTableName() {
+		return 'math';
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/tests/MathRendererTest.php b/tests/MathRendererTest.php
index 9ee43f1ac..80332336e 100644
--- a/tests/MathRendererTest.php
+++ b/tests/MathRendererTest.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class MathRendererTest extends MediaWikiTestCase {
 	 */
 	public function testWriteCacheSkip() {
 		$renderer = $this->getMockBuilder( 'MathRenderer' )
-			->setMethods( array( 'writeToDatabase' , 'render' ) )
+			->setMethods( array( 'writeToDatabase' , 'render', 'getMathTableName' ) )
 			->disableOriginalConstructor()
 			->getMock();
 		$renderer->expects( $this->never() )
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class MathRendererTest extends MediaWikiTestCase {
 	 */
 	public function testWriteCache() {
 		$renderer = $this->getMockBuilder( 'MathRenderer' )
-			->setMethods( array( 'writeToDatabase' , 'render' ) )
+			->setMethods( array( 'writeToDatabase' , 'render', 'getMathTableName' ) )
 			->disableOriginalConstructor()
 			->getMock();
 		$renderer->expects( $this->never() )
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class MathRendererTest extends MediaWikiTestCase {
 	 */
 	public function testChangeHash() {
 		$renderer = $this->getMockBuilder( 'MathRenderer' )
-		->setMethods( array( 'render' ) )
+		->setMethods( array( 'render', 'getMathTableName' ) )
 		->disableOriginalConstructor()
 		->getMock();
 		$this->assertEquals(
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class MathRendererTest extends MediaWikiTestCase {
 
 	public function testSetPurge() {
 		$renderer = $this->getMockBuilder( 'MathRenderer' )
-		->setMethods( array( 'render' ) )
+		->setMethods( array( 'render', 'getMathTableName' ) )
 		->disableOriginalConstructor()
 		->getMock();
 		$renderer->setPurge();