diff --git a/src/Config.cs b/src/Config.cs
index d4a079706f..f85e4d5cc9 100644
--- a/src/Config.cs
+++ b/src/Config.cs
@@ -106,18 +106,19 @@ namespace OpenSim
 		}
 	
 		public World LoadWorld() {
-			IObjectSet world_result = db.Get(typeof(OpenSim.world.World));
-			if(world_result.Count==1) {
+			Console.WriteLine("Config.cs:LoadWorld() - Looking for a world object in local DB");
+	//		IObjectSet world_result = db.Get(typeof(OpenSim.world.World));
+	//		if(world_result.Count==1) {
 				Console.WriteLine("Config.cs:LoadWorld() - Found an OpenSim.world.World object in local database, loading");
-				return (World)world_result.Next();	
-			} else {
+				//return (World)world_result.Next();	
+	//		} else {
 				Console.WriteLine("Config.cs:LoadWorld() - Could not find the world or too many worlds! Constructing blank one");
 				World blank = new World();
 				Console.WriteLine("Config.cs:LoadWorld() - Saving initial world state to disk");
 				db.Set(blank);
 				db.Commit();
 				return blank;	
-			}
+	//		}
 		}
 
 		public void LoadFromGrid() {
diff --git a/src/Main.cs b/src/Main.cs
index 6075035977..146d837b7c 100644
--- a/src/Main.cs
+++ b/src/Main.cs
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ namespace OpenSim
 	public static SimConfig cfg;
 	public static World local_world;
 	private static Thread MainListener;
-	private static Thread PingRespponder;
 	public static Socket Server;
 	private static IPEndPoint ServerIncoming;
 	private static byte[] RecvBuffer = new byte[4096];
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ namespace OpenSim
 		sim = new OpenSim_Main();		
 		sim.Startup();
 		while(true) {
-			Thread.Sleep(1000);
+			local_world.DoStuff();
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -91,6 +90,8 @@ namespace OpenSim
 		MainListener = new Thread(new ThreadStart(MainServerListener));	
 		MainListener.Start();
 
+		Console.WriteLine("Main.cs:Startup() - Starting up main world loop");
+		local_world.InitLoop();
 	}
 
 	private void OnReceivedData(IAsyncResult result) {
diff --git a/src/world/PhysicsEngine.cs b/src/world/PhysicsEngine.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5bc52de93f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/world/PhysicsEngine.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+using System;
+using System.Threading;
+using libsecondlife;
+using libsecondlife.Packets;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace OpenSim.world
+{
+    public class PhysicsEngine
+    {
+
+	public PhysicsEngine() {
+	}
+	
+	public void Startup() {
+		Console.WriteLine("PhysicsEngine.cs:Startup() - DOING NOTHING, DUMMY FUNCTION!");
+	}
+ 
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/world/World.cs b/src/world/World.cs
index ebbd61ee1d..f02f73f2ed 100644
--- a/src/world/World.cs
+++ b/src/world/World.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Threading;
 using libsecondlife;
 using libsecondlife.Packets;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.world
         public ScriptEngine Scripts;
 	public TerrainDecode terrainengine = new TerrainDecode();
 	public uint _localNumber=0;
+	public PhysicsEngine physics;
 	
         private Random Rand = new Random();
 
@@ -28,13 +30,19 @@ namespace OpenSim.world
 			LandMap[i] =  21.4989f;
 		}
  
-		Console.WriteLine("World.cs - Creating script engine instance");
-		// Initialise this only after the world has loaded
-		Scripts = new ScriptEngine(this);
         }
 
-        public void Update()
-        {
+	public void InitLoop() {
+		Console.WriteLine("World.cs:StartLoop() - Initialising physics");
+		this.physics = new PhysicsEngine();
+		physics.Startup();
+	}
+	
+	public void DoStuff() {
+		Thread.Sleep(1000);
+	}
+
+	public void Update() {
             foreach (libsecondlife.LLUUID UUID in Entities.Keys)
             {
                 Entities[UUID].update();