diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8aa6911..57a7db9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ coverage==3.5.1
 httplib2
 lxml
 cssselect
+cherrypy
diff --git a/vows/context_vows.py b/vows/context_vows.py
index e4ba9e5..e62fc75 100644
--- a/vows/context_vows.py
+++ b/vows/context_vows.py
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ class ContextTest(Vows.Context):
 
         def setup(self):
             self.start_server(port=8085)
+        
+        def should_default_to_one_thread(self,topic):
+            expect(self.server.thr.server._get_numthreads()).to_equal(1)
 
         class WithinDjangoHTTPContextTheGetUrlMethod(DjangoHTTPContext):
 
diff --git a/vows/server_vows.py b/vows/server_vows.py
index a6f2655..8b3ddbf 100644
--- a/vows/server_vows.py
+++ b/vows/server_vows.py
@@ -80,3 +80,4 @@ class HttpContextVows(DjangoHTTPContext):
             def should_be_404(self, (topic, content)):
                 expect(topic.status).to_equal(404)
 
+