diff --git a/OpenSim/Tools/pCampBot/BotManager.cs b/OpenSim/Tools/pCampBot/BotManager.cs
index d06c55b111..6d4bdb102d 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Tools/pCampBot/BotManager.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Tools/pCampBot/BotManager.cs
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ namespace pCampBot
             Thread pbThread = new Thread(pb.startup);
             pbThread.Name = pb.Name;
             pbThread.IsBackground = true;
+
             pbThread.Start();
         }
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Tools/pCampBot/pCampBot.cs b/OpenSim/Tools/pCampBot/pCampBot.cs
index ec5ad04fce..52e750185a 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Tools/pCampBot/pCampBot.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Tools/pCampBot/pCampBot.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Reflection;
+using System.Threading;
 using log4net;
 using Nini.Config;
 using OpenSim.Framework;
@@ -67,7 +68,9 @@ namespace pCampBot
                 BotManager bm = new BotManager();
 
                 //startup specified number of bots.  1 is the default
-                bm.dobotStartup(botcount, config);
+                Thread startBotThread = new Thread(o => bm.dobotStartup(botcount, config));
+                startBotThread.Name = "Initial start bots thread";
+                startBotThread.Start();
 
                 while (true)
                 {