diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/BaseHttpServer.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/BaseHttpServer.cs
index eb7c57899d..96a030bba0 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/BaseHttpServer.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/BaseHttpServer.cs
@@ -1805,6 +1805,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Servers.HttpServer
 
                 // Long Poll Service Manager with 3 worker threads a 25 second timeout for no events
                 m_PollServiceManager = new PollServiceRequestManager(this, 3, 25000);
+                m_PollServiceManager.Start();
                 HTTPDRunning = true;
 
                 //HttpListenerContext context;
@@ -1855,7 +1856,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Servers.HttpServer
             HTTPDRunning = false;
             try
             {
-//                m_PollServiceManager.Stop();
+                m_PollServiceManager.Stop();
 
                 m_httpListener2.ExceptionThrown -= httpServerException;
                 //m_httpListener2.DisconnectHandler = null;
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/PollServiceRequestManager.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/PollServiceRequestManager.cs
index a5380c1768..ef35886ae0 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/PollServiceRequestManager.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/PollServiceRequestManager.cs
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Servers.HttpServer
             m_server = pSrv;
             m_WorkerThreadCount = pWorkerThreadCount;
             m_workerThreads = new Thread[m_WorkerThreadCount];
+        }
 
+        public void Start()
+        {
             //startup worker threads
             for (uint i = 0; i < m_WorkerThreadCount; i++)
             {
@@ -91,7 +94,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Servers.HttpServer
                 1000 * 60 * 10);
         }
 
-
         private void ReQueueEvent(PollServiceHttpRequest req)
         {
             if (m_running)
@@ -142,14 +144,14 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Servers.HttpServer
             }
         }
 
-        ~PollServiceRequestManager()
+        public void Stop()
         {
             m_running = false;
 //            m_timeout = -10000; // cause all to expire
             Thread.Sleep(1000); // let the world move
 
             foreach (Thread t in m_workerThreads)
-                    Watchdog.AbortThread(t.ManagedThreadId);
+                Watchdog.AbortThread(t.ManagedThreadId);
 
             try
             {