diff --git a/bin/addons/base/maintenance/maintenance.py b/bin/addons/base/maintenance/maintenance.py
index b8e8e4dd6c7..0ddf8486e9f 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/maintenance/maintenance.py
+++ b/bin/addons/base/maintenance/maintenance.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import netsvc
 from tools.misc import ustr
 from tools.translate import _
 import tools.maintenance as tm
+import tools.ping
 
 _nlogger = netsvc.Logger()
 _CHAN = __name__.split()[-1]
@@ -93,6 +94,9 @@ class maintenance_contract(osv.osv):
         for contract in self.browse(cr, uid, ids, context=context):
             res[contract.id] = ("unvalid", "valid")[contract.date_stop >= time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')]
         return res
+    
+    def send_ping(self, cr, uid, context={}):
+        tools.ping.send_ping(cr, uid)
 
     _columns = {
         'name' : fields.char('Contract ID', size=384, required=True, readonly=True),
diff --git a/bin/tools/config.py b/bin/tools/config.py
index 3e776d83135..50a127bc1b1 100644
--- a/bin/tools/config.py
+++ b/bin/tools/config.py
@@ -95,7 +95,11 @@ class configmanager(object):
             'maintenance_db': 'tiny_belgium',
             'maintenance_login': 'maintenance',
             'maintenance_password': 'maintenance',
+            'ping_url': 'http://tiny.my.odoo.com:8069/phonehome.php',
         }
+        
+        self.blacklist_for_save = set(['maintenance_server', 'maintenance_db',
+            'maintenance_login', 'maintenance_password', "ping_url"])
 
         self.misc = {}
         self.config_file = fname
@@ -446,6 +450,8 @@ class configmanager(object):
         for opt in sorted(self.options.keys()):
             if opt in ('version', 'language', 'translate_out', 'translate_in', 'init', 'update'):
                 continue
+            if opt in self.blacklist_for_save:
+                continue
             if opt in ('log_level', 'assert_exit_level'):
                 p.set('options', opt, loglevelnames.get(self.options[opt], self.options[opt]))
             else:
diff --git a/bin/tools/ping.py b/bin/tools/ping.py
index 34efaad309a..dd45456fd02 100644
--- a/bin/tools/ping.py
+++ b/bin/tools/ping.py
@@ -21,20 +21,21 @@
 
 import urllib
 import pooler
+import config
 
 def send_ping(cr, uid):
-    pooler.get_pool(cr.dbname)
+    pool = pooler.get_pool(cr.dbname)
     
     args = urllib.urlencode({
         'arg0': "coucou",
     })
-    uo = urllib.urlopen('http://localhost/phonehome/phonehome.php', args)
+    uo = urllib.urlopen(config.config.get("ping_url"), args)
     try:
         submit_result = uo.read()
     finally:
         uo.close()
     
-    return ""
+    return submit_result