diff --git a/py/execnet/script/loop_socketserver.py b/py/execnet/script/loop_socketserver.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a2f399cfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/py/execnet/script/loop_socketserver.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+import os, sys
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    directory = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]))
+    script = os.path.join(directory, 'socketserver.py')
+    while 1:
+        cmd = "python %s %s" % (script, " ".join(sys.argv[1:]))
+        print "starting subcommand:", cmd
+        f = os.popen(cmd)
+        for line in f:
+            print line,
diff --git a/py/execnet/script/socketserver.py b/py/execnet/script/socketserver.py
index 134714373..289523292 100755
--- a/py/execnet/script/socketserver.py
+++ b/py/execnet/script/socketserver.py
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ def bind_and_listen(hostport):
         old = fcntl.fcntl(serversock.fileno(), fcntl.F_GETFD)
         fcntl.fcntl(serversock.fileno(), fcntl.F_SETFD, old | fcntl.FD_CLOEXEC)
     # allow the address to be re-used in a reasonable amount of time
-    if os.name == 'posix' and sys.platform != 'cygwin':
-        serversock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
+    #if os.name == 'posix' and sys.platform != 'cygwin':
+    serversock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
         
     serversock.bind(hostport)
     serversock.listen(5)
@@ -83,5 +83,5 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     else:
         hostport = ':8888'
     serversock = bind_and_listen(hostport)
-    startserver(serversock, loop=True)
+    startserver(serversock, loop=False)