diff --git a/core/uwsgi.c b/core/uwsgi.c
index 22283ffc..2e0ade40 100644
--- a/core/uwsgi.c
+++ b/core/uwsgi.c
@@ -2215,6 +2215,9 @@ int uwsgi_start(void *v_argv) {
 	}
 #endif
 
+	// users of the --loop option should know what they are doing... really...
+	if (uwsgi.loop) goto unsafe;
+
 #ifdef UWSGI_UDP
 	if (!uwsgi.sockets && !ushared->gateways_cnt && !uwsgi.no_server && !uwsgi.udp_socket && !uwsgi.emperor && !uwsgi.command_mode) {
 #else
@@ -2238,6 +2241,8 @@ int uwsgi_start(void *v_argv) {
 		uwsgi.to_hell = 1;
 	}
 
+unsafe:
+
 #ifdef UWSGI_DEBUG
 	struct uwsgi_socket *uwsgi_sock = uwsgi.sockets;
 	int so_bufsize;
diff --git a/hello_world.py b/hello_world.py
index a8c13b93..aa688d8c 100644
--- a/hello_world.py
+++ b/hello_world.py
@@ -2,6 +2,36 @@ import uwsgi
 if uwsgi.loop == 'gevent':
     import gevent
 
+from threading import Thread
+import time
+from uwsgidecorators import postfork
+
+def foobar():
+    while True:
+        time.sleep(3)
+        print "threee second elapsed in worker %d" % uwsgi.worker_id()
+
+@postfork
+def spawn_thread():
+    t = Thread(target=foobar)
+    t.daemon = True
+    t.start()
+
+@postfork
+def spawn_thread2():
+    t = Thread(target=foobar)
+    t.daemon = True
+    t.start()
+
+def gl_func():
+    while True:
+        gevent.sleep(2)
+        print "i am a greenltet running in worker %d" % uwsgi.worker_id()
+
+@postfork
+def spawn_greenlet():
+    gevent.spawn(gl_func)
+
 print uwsgi.version
 print uwsgi.workers()
 try:
diff --git a/plugins/dumbloop/dumb.c b/plugins/dumbloop/dumb.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..204e4b27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/dumbloop/dumb.c
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#include "../../uwsgi.h"
+
+extern struct uwsgi_server uwsgi;
+
+// global variables for configuration
+static uint8_t dumbloop_modifier1 = 0;
+static char *dumbloop_code = "";
+static char *dumbloop_function = "dumbloop";
+
+struct uwsgi_option dumbloop_options[] = {
+        {"dumbloop-modifier1", required_argument, 0, "set the modifier1 for the code_string", uwsgi_opt_set_int, &dumbloop_modifier1, 0},
+        {"dumbloop-code", required_argument, 0, "set the script to load for the code_string", uwsgi_opt_set_str, &dumbloop_code, 0},
+        {"dumbloop-function", required_argument, 0, "set the function to run for the code_string", uwsgi_opt_set_str, &dumbloop_function, 0},
+        {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+
+};
+
+
+// this function is executed for each thread
+static void *dumb_loop_run(void *arg1) {
+
+	// get the core id (pthreads take a void pointer as argument, so we need this ugly trick)
+        long core_id = (long) arg1;
+
+#ifdef UWSGI_THREADING
+	// complete threads setup (this is required for fixing things like UNIX signal handling)
+        if (uwsgi.threads > 1) {
+		// wsgi_request mapped to the core
+        	struct wsgi_request *wsgi_req = &uwsgi.workers[uwsgi.mywid].cores[core_id].req;
+		// fix it
+                uwsgi_setup_thread_req(core_id, wsgi_req);
+        }
+#endif
+
+	// this strign will be passed to the code_string function
+	char *str_core = uwsgi_num2str(core_id);
+        // ok we are ready, let's run custom code
+        while (uwsgi.workers[uwsgi.mywid].manage_next_request) {
+        	if (uwsgi.p[dumbloop_modifier1]->code_string) {
+			// "uwsgi_dumbloop" is the name of the module (will be used while importing the file, if needed)
+                	uwsgi.p[dumbloop_modifier1]->code_string("uwsgi_dumbloop", dumbloop_code, dumbloop_function, str_core, strlen(str_core));
+                }
+		else {
+			uwsgi_log("the requested plugin does not support code_string hook\n");
+			exit(1);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static void dumb_loop() {
+	// this run the dumb_loop_run in each thread (core)
+	uwsgi_loop_cores_run(dumb_loop_run);
+}
+
+
+
+// register the new loop engine
+static void dumbloop_register() {
+	uwsgi_register_loop( (char *) "dumb", dumb_loop);
+}
+
+
+struct uwsgi_plugin dumbloop_plugin = {
+	.name = "dumbloop",
+	.on_load = dumbloop_register,
+	.options = dumbloop_options,
+};
diff --git a/plugins/dumbloop/uwsgiplugin.py b/plugins/dumbloop/uwsgiplugin.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12bd06b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/dumbloop/uwsgiplugin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+NAME='dumbloop'
+CFLAGS = []
+LDFLAGS = []
+LIBS = []
+
+GCC_LIST = ['dumb']
diff --git a/plugins/gevent/gevent.c b/plugins/gevent/gevent.c
index d8b86e40..a5595f87 100644
--- a/plugins/gevent/gevent.c
+++ b/plugins/gevent/gevent.c
@@ -326,10 +326,6 @@ void gevent_loop() {
 	// get the GIL
 	UWSGI_GET_GIL
 
-	// ..then reset GIL subsystem as noop (gevent IO will take care of it...)
-	up.gil_get = gil_fake_get;
-        up.gil_release = gil_fake_release;
-
 	struct uwsgi_socket *uwsgi_sock = uwsgi.sockets;
 
 	if (uwsgi.async < 2) {
diff --git a/plugins/python/python_plugin.c b/plugins/python/python_plugin.c
index b12c8ce7..0ca3d6a8 100644
--- a/plugins/python/python_plugin.c
+++ b/plugins/python/python_plugin.c
@@ -1329,6 +1329,7 @@ int uwsgi_check_python_mtime(PyObject *times_dict, char *filename) {
 }
 
 PyObject *uwsgi_python_setup_thread(char *name) {
+
 	// block signals on this thread
         sigset_t smask;
         sigfillset(&smask);