diff --git a/django_pyvows/context.py b/django_pyvows/context.py
index 78af2af..cf6f96f 100644
--- a/django_pyvows/context.py
+++ b/django_pyvows/context.py
@@ -78,13 +78,13 @@ class DjangoContext(Vows.Context):
 
 class DjangoHTTPContext(DjangoContext):
 
-    def start_server(self, host=None, port=None, settings={}):
+    def start_server(self, host=None, port=None, settings={}, threads=1):
         if not port: port = DEFAULT_PORT
         if not host: host = DEFAULT_HOST
 
         self.address = (host, port)
         self.server = DjangoServer(host, port)
-        self.server.start(settings)
+        self.server.start(settings,threads)
 
     def __init__(self, parent):
         super(DjangoHTTPContext, self).__init__(parent)
diff --git a/django_pyvows/server.py b/django_pyvows/server.py
index 1c84cc2..53996d9 100644
--- a/django_pyvows/server.py
+++ b/django_pyvows/server.py
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ from cherrypy import wsgiserver
 from django.core.handlers.wsgi import WSGIHandler
 
 
-def run_app(host, port):
+def run_app(host, port, thread_count):
     server = wsgiserver.CherryPyWSGIServer(
-        (host, port),
+        (host, port), 
         WSGIHandler(),
         server_name='tornado-pyvows',
-        numthreads = 1
+        numthreads = thread_count
     )
 
     my_thread = current_thread()
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ def run_app(host, port):
 class DjangoServer(object):
 
     def __init__(self, host, port):
-        self.host = host
+        self.host = host 
         self.port = port
 
-    def start(self, settings):
-        self.thr = Thread(target=run_app, args=(self.host, self.port))
+    def start(self, settings, thread_count=1):
+        self.thr = Thread(target= run_app, args=(self.host, self.port, thread_count))
         self.thr.daemon = True
         self.thr.settings = {}
         for k, v in settings.iteritems():
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 735cdde..57a7db9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 django==1.3.1
-pyvows==0.8.3
+pyvows
 coverage==3.5.1
+httplib2
+lxml
+cssselect
+cherrypy
diff --git a/vows/context_vows.py b/vows/context_vows.py
index e4ba9e5..9bd596d 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):
 
@@ -100,3 +103,15 @@ class ContextTest(Vows.Context):
                 def the_get_url_method_should_return_a_well_formed_url(self, topic):
                     expect(topic).to_equal('http://127.0.0.1:8085/')
 
+    class WithinAMultiThreadedServer(DjangoHTTPContext):
+
+        def setup(self):
+            self.start_server(threads=5)
+
+        def topic(self):
+            return self.server
+        
+        def should_allow_user_to_specify_number_of_threads(self,topic):
+            expect(topic.thr.server._get_numthreads()).to_equal(5)
+
+
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)
 
+