diff --git a/rhodecode/svn_support/subscribers.py b/rhodecode/svn_support/subscribers.py
--- a/rhodecode/svn_support/subscribers.py
+++ b/rhodecode/svn_support/subscribers.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 # and proprietary license terms, please see https://rhodecode.com/licenses/
 
 import logging
+import Queue
 import subprocess32
 from threading import Thread
 
@@ -51,21 +52,44 @@ class Subscriber(object):
 
 
 class AsyncSubscriber(Subscriber):
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        self._init_args = args
-        self._init_kwargs = kwargs
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._stop = False
+        self._eventq = Queue.Queue()
+        self._worker = self.create_worker()
+        self._worker.start()
 
     def __call__(self, event):
-        kwargs = {'event': event}
-        kwargs.update(self._init_kwargs)
-        self.thread = Thread(
-            target=self.run, args=self._init_args, kwargs=kwargs)
-        self.thread.start()
+        self._eventq.put(event)
+
+    def create_worker(self):
+        worker = Thread(target=self.do_work)
+        worker.daemon = True
+        return worker
+
+    def stop_worker(self):
+        self._stop = False
+        self._eventq.put(None)
+        self._worker.join()
+
+    def do_work(self):
+        while not self._stop:
+            event = self._eventq.get()
+            if event is not None:
+                self.run(event)
 
 
 class AsyncSubprocessSubscriber(AsyncSubscriber):
-    def run(self, event, cmd, timeout=None):
+
+    def __init__(self, cmd, timeout=None):
+        super(AsyncSubprocessSubscriber, self).__init__()
+        self._cmd = cmd
+        self._timeout = timeout
+
+    def run(self, event):
+        cmd = self._cmd
+        timeout = self._timeout
         log.debug('Executing command %s.', cmd)
+
         try:
             output = subprocess32.check_output(
                 cmd, timeout=timeout, stderr=subprocess32.STDOUT)