diff --git a/buildconf/default.ini b/buildconf/default.ini
index f36b4d1f..47217e31 100644
--- a/buildconf/default.ini
+++ b/buildconf/default.ini
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ async = true
 evdis = false
 ldap = auto
 pcre = auto
-debug = false
+debug = true
 unbit = false
 xml_implementation = libxml2
 yaml_implementation = auto
diff --git a/master.c b/master.c
index cea4bfd9..42fff007 100644
--- a/master.c
+++ b/master.c
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ void master_loop(char **argv, char **environ) {
 
 	for (i = 0; i < 0xFF; i++) {
                 if (uwsgi.p[i]->master_fixup) {
-                        uwsgi.p[i]->master_fixup();
+                        uwsgi.p[i]->master_fixup(0);
                 }
         }
 
diff --git a/master_utils.c b/master_utils.c
index 78b07174..47fdce1f 100644
--- a/master_utils.c
+++ b/master_utils.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ void master_check_cluster_nodes() {
 int uwsgi_respawn_worker(int wid) {
 
 	int respawns = uwsgi.workers[wid].respawn_count;
+	int i;
 
 	pid_t pid = fork();
 
@@ -51,6 +52,14 @@ int uwsgi_respawn_worker(int wid) {
 		uwsgi.workers[uwsgi.mywid].respawn_count++;
 		uwsgi.workers[uwsgi.mywid].last_spawn = uwsgi.current_time;
 		uwsgi.workers[uwsgi.mywid].manage_next_request = 1;
+
+		if (uwsgi.master_process && uwsgi.workers[uwsgi.mywid].respawn_count > 1) {
+			for (i = 0; i < 0xFF; i++) {
+                		if (uwsgi.p[i]->master_fixup) {
+                        		uwsgi.p[i]->master_fixup(1);
+                		}
+        		}
+		}
 		return 1;
 	}
 	else if (pid < 1) {
diff --git a/plugins/python/pyloader.c b/plugins/python/pyloader.c
index 55830921..59860a80 100644
--- a/plugins/python/pyloader.c
+++ b/plugins/python/pyloader.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ int init_uwsgi_app(int loader, void *arg1, struct wsgi_request *wsgi_req, PyThre
 
 	struct uwsgi_app *wi;
 
-
 	if (wsgi_req->script_name_len == 0) {
 		wsgi_req->script_name = "";
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/python/python_plugin.c b/plugins/python/python_plugin.c
index c971565c..8683cd56 100644
--- a/plugins/python/python_plugin.c
+++ b/plugins/python/python_plugin.c
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ void uwsgi_python_reset_random_seed() {
 
 void uwsgi_python_post_fork() {
 
+	uwsgi_log("POST FORK %d\n", uwsgi.mywid);
+
 	uwsgi_python_reset_random_seed();
 
 #ifdef UWSGI_EMBEDDED
@@ -176,6 +178,8 @@ void uwsgi_python_post_fork() {
 	PyErr_Clear();
 #endif
 
+	uwsgi_log("RELEASING GIL %d\n", uwsgi.mywid);
+
 UWSGI_RELEASE_GIL
 
 }
@@ -828,10 +832,15 @@ void uwsgi_python_init_apps() {
 
 }
 
-void uwsgi_python_master_fixup() {
+void uwsgi_python_master_fixup(int step) {
 
 	if (uwsgi.has_threads) {
-		UWSGI_RELEASE_GIL;
+		if (step == 0) {
+			UWSGI_RELEASE_GIL;
+		}	
+		else {
+			UWSGI_GET_GIL;
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/uwsgi.c b/uwsgi.c
index 1461409c..e3546e2b 100644
--- a/uwsgi.c
+++ b/uwsgi.c
@@ -2063,6 +2063,8 @@ int uwsgi_start(void *v_argv) {
 		//from now on the process is a real worker
 	}
 
+	uwsgi_log("running workers...\n");
+
 	uwsgi_sock = uwsgi.sockets;
 	while (uwsgi_sock) {
 		struct uwsgi_string_list *usl = uwsgi.map_socket;
@@ -2184,12 +2186,15 @@ int uwsgi_start(void *v_argv) {
 		uwsgi_init_all_apps();
 	}
 
+	uwsgi_log("post fork hook %d\n", uwsgi.mywid);
 	for (i = 0; i < 0xFF; i++) {
 		if (uwsgi.p[i]->post_fork) {
 			uwsgi.p[i]->post_fork();
 		}
 	}
 
+	uwsgi_log("post fork hook DONE %d\n", uwsgi.mywid);
+
 #ifdef UWSGI_ZEROMQ
 	if (uwsgi.zmq_receiver && uwsgi.zmq_responder) {
 		uwsgi.zmq_context = zmq_init(1);
diff --git a/uwsgi.h b/uwsgi.h
index 4b87558f..3343b153 100644
--- a/uwsgi.h
+++ b/uwsgi.h
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ struct uwsgi_plugin {
         void            (*after_request) (struct wsgi_request *);
         void            (*init_apps) (void);
         void            (*fixup) (void);
-        void            (*master_fixup) (void);
+        void            (*master_fixup) (int);
         int		(*mount_app) (char *, char *);
         int             (*manage_udp) (char *, int, char *, int);
         int             (*manage_xml) (char *, char *);