diff --git a/plstackapi/plstackapi-debug-server.py b/plstackapi/plstackapi-debug-server.py
index 0b3ca47..2a5353e 100644
--- a/plstackapi/plstackapi-debug-server.py
+++ b/plstackapi/plstackapi-debug-server.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 import os
 import sys
-import thread
+import threading
 
 from plstackapi.planetstack.config import Config 
 from plstackapi.openstack.sliveragent import SliverAgent
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@
     args = [__file__, 'runserver', url] 
     server = ManagementUtility(args)
     sliver_agent = SliverAgent()
-    thread.start_new_thread(server.execute, ())
-    thread.start_new_thread(sliver_agent.run, ())
-    #server.execute()
+    sliver_agent_thread = threading.Thread(target=sliver_agent.run)
+    sliver_agent_thread.start()
+    server.execute()