diff --git a/openerp/__init__.py b/openerp/__init__.py
index 111677cd707..285c6af85d9 100644
--- a/openerp/__init__.py
+++ b/openerp/__init__.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #
 ##############################################################################
 
-""" OpenERP core library.
+""" OpenERP core library..
 
 """
 
diff --git a/openerp/service/workers.py b/openerp/service/workers.py
index ecd5084b093..4106b69a632 100644
--- a/openerp/service/workers.py
+++ b/openerp/service/workers.py
@@ -373,7 +373,16 @@ class WorkerLongPolling(Worker):
         Worker.start(self)
         from gevent.wsgi import WSGIServer
         self.server = WSGIServer(self.multi.long_polling_socket, self.multi.app)
-        self.server.serve_forever()
+        self.server.start()
+
+    def stop(self):
+        self.server.stop()
+
+    def sleep(self):
+        time.sleep(1)
+
+    def process_work(self):
+        pass
 
 class WorkerBaseWSGIServer(werkzeug.serving.BaseWSGIServer):
     """ werkzeug WSGI Server patched to allow using an external listen socket