diff --git a/async.c b/async.c
index 4d8c6074..ca5b4f57 100644
--- a/async.c
+++ b/async.c
@@ -212,6 +212,10 @@ void *async_loop(void *arg1) {
 	uwsgi.async_runqueue = NULL;
 	uwsgi.async_runqueue_cnt = 0;
 
+	if (uwsgi.signal_socket > -1) {
+		event_queue_add_fd_read(uwsgi.async_queue, uwsgi.signal_socket);
+	}
+
 	// set a default request manager
         if (!uwsgi.schedule_to_req) uwsgi.schedule_to_req = async_schedule_to_req;
 
diff --git a/plugins/python/python_plugin.c b/plugins/python/python_plugin.c
index 135cc949..87f656a1 100644
--- a/plugins/python/python_plugin.c
+++ b/plugins/python/python_plugin.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ struct option uwsgi_python_options[] = {
 	{"file", required_argument, 0, LONG_ARGS_FILE_CONFIG},
 	{"eval", required_argument, 0, LONG_ARGS_EVAL_CONFIG},
 	{"module", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
+	{"wsgi", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
 	{"callable", required_argument, 0, LONG_ARGS_CALLABLE},
 	{"test", required_argument, 0, 'j'},
 	{"home", required_argument, 0, 'H'},
diff --git a/proto/http.c b/proto/http.c
index eac2d55d..57655b78 100644
--- a/proto/http.c
+++ b/proto/http.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static uint16_t http_add_uwsgi_header(struct wsgi_request *wsgi_req, char *hh, i
         		wsgi_req->if_modified_since = val;
                 	wsgi_req->if_modified_since_len = vallen;
         	}
-		else if (!uwsgi_strncmp("HOST", 4, hh, keylen) && uwsgi.vhost_host) {
+		else if (uwsgi.vhost_host && !uwsgi_strncmp("HOST", 4, hh, keylen)) {
         		wsgi_req->host = val;
                 	wsgi_req->host_len = vallen;
         	}
diff --git a/uwsgi.c b/uwsgi.c
index 1e515c41..5aa322dc 100644
--- a/uwsgi.c
+++ b/uwsgi.c
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ UWSGI_DECLARE_EMBEDDED_PLUGINS;
 
 static struct option long_base_options[] = {
 	{"socket", required_argument, 0, 's'},
+	{"uwsgi-socket", required_argument, 0, 's'},
+	{"http-socket", required_argument, 0, LONG_ARGS_HTTP_SOCKET},
+	{"fastcgi-socket", required_argument, 0, LONG_ARGS_FASTCGI_SOCKET},
 	{"protocol", required_argument, 0, LONG_ARGS_PROTOCOL},
 	{"socket-protocol", required_argument, 0, LONG_ARGS_SOCKET_PROTOCOL},
 	{"shared-socket", required_argument, 0, LONG_ARGS_SHARED_SOCKET},
@@ -1848,7 +1851,12 @@ skipzero:
 				exit(1);
 			}
 
-			if (uwsgi.protocol && !strcmp("http", uwsgi.protocol)) {
+			char *requested_protocol = uwsgi_sock->proto_name;
+			if (!requested_protocol) {
+				requested_protocol = uwsgi.protocol;
+			}
+
+			if (requested_protocol && !strcmp("http", requested_protocol)) {
 				uwsgi_sock->proto = uwsgi_proto_http_parser;
 				uwsgi_sock->proto_accept = uwsgi_proto_base_accept;
 				uwsgi_sock->proto_write = uwsgi_proto_http_write;
@@ -1858,7 +1866,7 @@ skipzero:
 				uwsgi_sock->proto_sendfile = NULL;
 				uwsgi_sock->proto_close = uwsgi_proto_base_close;
 			}
-			else if (uwsgi.protocol && (!strcmp("fastcgi", uwsgi.protocol) || !strcmp("fcgi", uwsgi.protocol))) {
+			else if (requested_protocol && (!strcmp("fastcgi", requested_protocol) || !strcmp("fcgi", requested_protocol))) {
 				uwsgi.shared->options[UWSGI_OPTION_CGI_MODE] = 1;
 				uwsgi_sock->proto = uwsgi_proto_fastcgi_parser;
 				uwsgi_sock->proto_accept = uwsgi_proto_base_accept;
@@ -2394,7 +2402,6 @@ skipzero:
 
 		uwsgi.async_queue_unused_ptr = uwsgi.async - 1;
 
-		event_queue_add_fd_read(uwsgi.async_queue, uwsgi.signal_socket);
 	}
 #endif
 
@@ -2564,6 +2571,7 @@ static int manage_base_opt(int i, char *optarg) {
 	struct uwsgi_static_map *usm, *old_usm;
 	struct uwsgi_config_template *uct, *old_uct;
 	struct uwsgi_cron *uc, *old_uc;
+	struct uwsgi_socket *uwsgi_sock = NULL;
 	int zerg_fd;
 
 	switch (i) {
@@ -3109,7 +3117,16 @@ static int manage_base_opt(int i, char *optarg) {
 		}
 		return 1;
 	case 's':
-		uwsgi_new_socket(generate_socket_name(optarg));
+		uwsgi_sock = uwsgi_new_socket(generate_socket_name(optarg));
+		uwsgi_sock->proto_name = "uwsgi";
+		return 1;
+	case LONG_ARGS_HTTP_SOCKET:
+		uwsgi_sock = uwsgi_new_socket(generate_socket_name(optarg));
+		uwsgi_sock->proto_name = "http";
+		return 1;
+	case LONG_ARGS_FASTCGI_SOCKET:
+		uwsgi_sock = uwsgi_new_socket(generate_socket_name(optarg));
+		uwsgi_sock->proto_name = "fastcgi";
 		return 1;
 	case LONG_ARGS_ZERG:
 		zerg_fd = uwsgi_connect(optarg, 30, 0);
diff --git a/uwsgi.h b/uwsgi.h
index c6cb9959..3d9d60b2 100644
--- a/uwsgi.h
+++ b/uwsgi.h
@@ -467,6 +467,8 @@ struct uwsgi_opt {
 #define LONG_ARGS_CACHE_SERVER		17129
 #define LONG_ARGS_CACHE_SERVER_THREADS	17130
 #define LONG_ARGS_CHOWN_SOCKET		17131
+#define LONG_ARGS_HTTP_SOCKET		17132
+#define LONG_ARGS_FASTCGI_SOCKET	17133
 
 
 #define UWSGI_OK	0