diff --git a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_cron.py b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_cron.py
index 2ea8746b883..18f853a0d83 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_cron.py
+++ b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_cron.py
@@ -75,15 +75,18 @@ class ir_cron(osv.osv, netsvc.Agent):
             f(cr, uid, *args)
 
     def _poolJobs(self, db_name, check=False):
-        if self.pool._init:
-            self.setAlarm(self._poolJobs, int(time.time())+10*60, [db_name])
+        try:
+            db, pool = pooler.get_db_and_pool(db_name)
+            if pool._init:
+                # retry in a few minutes
+                self.setAlarm(self._poolJobs, int(time.time())+10*60, [db_name])
+            cr = db.cursor()
+        except:
+            return False
+        
         now = DateTime.now()
         #FIXME: multidb. Solution: a l'instanciation d'une nouvelle connection bd (ds pooler) fo que j'instancie
         # un nouveau pooljob avec comme parametre la bd
-        try:
-            cr = pooler.get_db(db_name).cursor()
-        except:
-            return False
 
         try:
             cr.execute('select * from ir_cron where numbercall<>0 and active and nextcall<=now() order by priority')
diff --git a/bin/tools/maintenance.py b/bin/tools/maintenance.py
index e23e9c8f7ad..1ba03d0b272 100644
--- a/bin/tools/maintenance.py
+++ b/bin/tools/maintenance.py
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ class RemoteContractException(Exception): pass
 
 class remote_contract(object):
     def __init__(self, contract_id, contract_password, modules=None):
-        self.__server = 'http://192.168.0.127:8072/xmlrpc/'
-        self.__db = "maintenance"
-        self.__password = "admin"
-        self.__login = "admin"
+        self.__server = 'http://terp.tinyerp.com:8069/xmlrpc/'
+        self.__db = "tiny"
+        self.__password = "maintenance"
+        self.__login = "maintenance"
         
         rpc = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy(self.__server + 'common')
         try: