diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/fetch.rb b/lib/sidekiq/fetch.rb
index 0da92bcf..12020767 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq/fetch.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/fetch.rb
@@ -10,27 +10,34 @@ module Sidekiq
     include Celluloid
     include Sidekiq::Util
 
+    TIMEOUT = 1
+
     def initialize(mgr, queues)
       @cmd = queues.map { |q| "queue:#{q}" }
       @mgr = mgr
 
       # One second timeout for blpop.
-      # We can't block forever or else we can't shut down
-      # properly.
-      @cmd << 1
+      @cmd << TIMEOUT
     end
 
+    # Fetching is straightforward: the Manager makes a fetch
+    # request for each idle processor when Sidekiq starts and
+    # then issues a new fetch request every time a Processor
+    # finishes a message.
+    #
+    # Because we have to shut down cleanly, we can't block
+    # forever and we can't loop forever.  Instead we reschedule
+    # a new fetch if the current fetch turned up nothing.
     def fetch
       watchdog('Fetcher#fetch died') do
 
         msg = nil
         Sidekiq.redis do |conn|
-          a = Time.now
           (queue, msg) = conn.blpop *@cmd
-          p [Time.now - a, queue, msg]
+          puts 'All quiet' unless msg
           @mgr.assign! msg, queue.gsub(/\Aqueue:/, '') if msg
         end
-        after(0) { fetch } unless msg
+        after(0) { fetch } if !msg
 
       end
     end
diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/manager.rb b/lib/sidekiq/manager.rb
index 549712be..76ff29f3 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq/manager.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/manager.rb
@@ -29,44 +29,46 @@ module Sidekiq
 
       @done = false
       @busy = []
+      @fetcher = Fetcher.new(current_actor, options[:queues])
       @ready = @count.times.map { Processor.new_link(current_actor) }
-      @fetcher = Sidekiq::Fetcher.new(current_actor, options[:queues])
     end
 
     def stop(options={})
-      shutdown = options[:shutdown]
-      timeout = options[:timeout]
+      watchdog('Manager#stop died') do
+        shutdown = options[:shutdown]
+        timeout = options[:timeout]
 
-      @done = true
+        @done = true
 
-      @fetcher.terminate if @fetcher.alive?
-      @ready.each { |x| x.terminate if x.alive? }
-      @ready.clear
+        @fetcher.terminate if @fetcher.alive?
+        @ready.each { |x| x.terminate if x.alive? }
+        @ready.clear
 
-      redis do |conn|
-        workers = conn.smembers('workers')
-        workers.each do |name|
-          conn.srem('workers', name) if name =~ /:#{process_id}-/
-        end
-      end
-
-      if shutdown
-        if @busy.empty?
-          # after(0) needed to avoid deadlock in Celluoid after USR1 + TERM
-          return after(0) { signal(:shutdown) }
-        else
-          logger.info { "Pausing #{timeout} seconds to allow workers to finish..." }
+        redis do |conn|
+          workers = conn.smembers('workers')
+          workers.each do |name|
+            conn.srem('workers', name) if name =~ /:#{process_id}-/
+          end
         end
 
-        after(timeout) do
-          @busy.each { |x| x.terminate if x.alive? }
-          signal(:shutdown)
+        if shutdown
+          if @busy.empty?
+            # after(0) needed to avoid deadlock in Celluoid after USR1 + TERM
+            return after(0) { signal(:shutdown) }
+          else
+            logger.info { "Pausing #{timeout} seconds to allow workers to finish..." }
+          end
+
+          after(timeout) do
+            @busy.each { |x| x.terminate if x.alive? }
+            signal(:shutdown)
+          end
         end
       end
     end
 
     def start
-      dispatch
+      @ready.each { dispatch }
     end
 
     def when_done(&blk)
@@ -105,7 +107,6 @@ module Sidekiq
         processor = @ready.pop
         @busy << processor
         processor.process!(MultiJson.decode(msg), queue)
-        dispatch
       end
     end
 
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ module Sidekiq
       # This is a safety check to ensure we haven't leaked
       # processors somehow.
       raise "BUG: No processors, cannot continue!" if @ready.empty? && @busy.empty?
-      return if @ready.empty?
+      raise "No ready processor!?" if @ready.empty?
 
       @fetcher.fetch!
     end