diff --git a/plugins/python/pyloader.c b/plugins/python/pyloader.c
index fb5ac404..925f3a73 100644
--- a/plugins/python/pyloader.c
+++ b/plugins/python/pyloader.c
@@ -325,12 +325,19 @@ int init_uwsgi_app(int loader, void *arg1, struct wsgi_request *wsgi_req, PyThre
 	if (uwsgi.threads > 1 && id) {
 		// if we have multiple threads we need to initialize a PyThreadState for each one
 		for(i=0;i<uwsgi.threads;i++) {
-			//uwsgi_log("%p\n", uwsgi.core[i]->ts[id]);
 			uwsgi.workers[uwsgi.mywid].cores[i].ts[id] = PyThreadState_New( ((PyThreadState *)wi->interpreter)->interp);
+			//uwsgi_log("%p\n", uwsgi.workers[uwsgi.mywid].cores[i].ts[id]);
 			if (!uwsgi.workers[uwsgi.mywid].cores[i].ts[id]) {
 				uwsgi_log("unable to allocate new PyThreadState structure for app %s", wi->mountpoint);
 				goto doh;
 			}
+			// cow ?
+			if (uwsgi.mywid == 0) {
+				int j;
+				for(j=1;j<=uwsgi.numproc;j++) {
+					uwsgi.workers[j].cores[i].ts[id] = uwsgi.workers[0].cores[i].ts[id];
+				}
+			}
 		}
 		PyThreadState_Swap((PyThreadState *) pthread_getspecific(up.upt_save_key) );
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/python/python_plugin.c b/plugins/python/python_plugin.c
index f3e7c073..1a6f04e3 100644
--- a/plugins/python/python_plugin.c
+++ b/plugins/python/python_plugin.c
@@ -920,12 +920,16 @@ int uwsgi_python_mount_app(char *mountpoint, char *app) {
 	if (strchr(app, ':') || uwsgi_endswith(app, ".py") || uwsgi_endswith(app, ".wsgi")) {
 		uwsgi.wsgi_req->appid = mountpoint;
 		uwsgi.wsgi_req->appid_len = strlen(mountpoint);
+		// lazy ?
+        	if (uwsgi.mywid > 0) UWSGI_GET_GIL
 		if (uwsgi.single_interpreter) {
 			id = init_uwsgi_app(LOADER_MOUNT, app, uwsgi.wsgi_req, up.main_thread, PYTHON_APP_TYPE_WSGI);
 		}
 		else {
 			id = init_uwsgi_app(LOADER_MOUNT, app, uwsgi.wsgi_req, NULL, PYTHON_APP_TYPE_WSGI);
 		}
+		// lazy ?
+        	if (uwsgi.mywid > 0) UWSGI_RELEASE_GIL
 		return id;
 	}
 	return -1;