diff -r 8b493ab9c74f -r ea437d1e7b65 iro/model/utils.py
--- a/iro/model/utils.py	Thu Jan 26 01:20:03 2012 +0100
+++ b/iro/model/utils.py	Thu Jan 26 01:21:32 2012 +0100
@@ -1,19 +1,26 @@
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
 
-from twisted.internet import reactor
 from twisted.internet import threads
 from twisted.python.threadpool import ThreadPool
 
 POOL_SIZE=5     #how many threads should the db connector pool should have
 
-dbpool = ThreadPool(minthreads=1, maxthreads=POOL_SIZE, name='database')
-dbpool.start()
-reactor.addSystemEventTrigger('before', 'shutdown', dbpool.stop)
+class Data:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.pool =  ThreadPool(minthreads=1, maxthreads=POOL_SIZE, name='database')
+        self.reactor = None
+
+d = Data()
+
+def startPool(reactor): 
+    d.pool.start()
+    d.reactor = reactor
+    d.reactor.addSystemEventTrigger('before', 'shutdown', d.pool.stop)
 
 def run_in_db_thread(f):
     """Decorator to run DB queries in Twisted's thread pool"""
     def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
-        return threads.deferToThreadPool(reactor, dbpool,f, *args, **kwargs)
+        return threads.deferToThreadPool(d.reactor, d.pool, f, *args, **kwargs)
     return wrapper