diff --git a/game/evennia.py b/game/evennia.py
index a42835b352..958786d32f 100755
--- a/game/evennia.py
+++ b/game/evennia.py
@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ def error_check_python_modules():
     deprstring = "settings.%s should be renamed to %s. If defaults are used, their path/classname must be updated (see src/settings_default.py)."
     if hasattr(settings, "CMDSET_DEFAULT"): raise DeprecationWarning(deprstring % ("CMDSET_DEFAULT", "CMDSET_CHARACTER"))
     if hasattr(settings, "CMDSET_OOC"): raise DeprecationWarning(deprstring % ("CMDSET_OOC", "CMDSET_PLAYER"))
+    if settings.WEBSERVER_ENABLED and not isinstance(settings.WEBSERVER_PORTS[0], tuple): raise DeprecationWarning("settings.WEBSERVER_PORTS must be on the form [(proxyport, serverport), ...]")
 
     from src.commands import cmdsethandler
     if not cmdsethandler.import_cmdset(settings.CMDSET_UNLOGGEDIN, None): print "Warning: CMDSET_UNLOGGED failed to load!"
diff --git a/src/server/portal/portal.py b/src/server/portal/portal.py
index a39618f6e3..be5b7c1f4b 100644
--- a/src/server/portal/portal.py
+++ b/src/server/portal/portal.py
@@ -157,10 +157,7 @@ if AMP_ENABLED:
 
     from src.server import amp
 
-    ifacestr = ""
-    if AMP_HOST != '127.0.0.1':
-        ifacestr = "-%s" % AMP_HOST
-    print '  amp (to Server)%s: %s' % (ifacestr, AMP_PORT)
+    print '  amp (to Server): %s' % AMP_PORT
 
     factory = amp.AmpClientFactory(PORTAL)
     amp_client = internet.TCPClient(AMP_HOST, AMP_PORT, factory)
diff --git a/src/settings_default.py b/src/settings_default.py
index 2e4bbed358..13cc9e620e 100644
--- a/src/settings_default.py
+++ b/src/settings_default.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ ENCODINGS = ["utf-8", "latin-1", "ISO-8859-1"]
 # communicate with it. This is an internal functionality of Evennia, usually
 # operating between two processes on the same machine. You usually don't need to
 # change this unless you cannot use the default AMP port/host for whatever reason.
-AMP_HOST = '127.0.0.1'
+AMP_HOST = 'localhost'
 AMP_PORT = 5000
 AMP_INTERFACE = '127.0.0.1'
 # Caching speeds up all forms of database access, often considerably. There
diff --git a/src/utils/idmapper/base.py b/src/utils/idmapper/base.py
index c2a7a01280..df110b4ad6 100755
--- a/src/utils/idmapper/base.py
+++ b/src/utils/idmapper/base.py
@@ -180,10 +180,11 @@ class SharedMemoryModel(Model):
             super(SharedMemoryModel, cls).save(*args, **kwargs)
         else:
             # in another thread; make sure to save in reactor thread
+            print "saving in another thread!"
             def _save_callback(cls, *args, **kwargs):
                 super(SharedMemoryModel, cls).save(*args, **kwargs)
-            blockingCallFromThread(reactor, _save_callback, cls, *args, **kwargs)
-            #callFromThread(_save_callback, cls, *args, **kwargs)
+            #blockingCallFromThread(reactor, _save_callback, cls, *args, **kwargs)
+            callFromThread(_save_callback, cls, *args, **kwargs)
 
 # Use a signal so we make sure to catch cascades.
 def flush_cache(**kwargs):