diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 601dd204..58fb90fd 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ group :development_async, :production do
   # async http requires
   gem 'em-http-request',:git => 'git://github.com/igrigorik/em-http-request.git', :require => 'em-http'
   gem 'addressable', :require => 'addressable/uri'
+  
+  gem 'thin', '~> 1.2.7'
 end
 
 group :test do
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index bf80d8cb..1bffd823 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ GEM
     closure-compiler (0.3.3)
     compass (0.10.5)
       haml (>= 3.0.4)
+    daemons (1.1.0)
     diff-lcs (1.1.2)
     erubis (2.6.6)
       abstract (>= 1.0.0)
@@ -127,6 +128,10 @@ GEM
     rspec-rails (2.0.0.beta.22)
       rspec (= 2.0.0.beta.22)
     ruby-hmac (0.4.0)
+    thin (1.2.7)
+      daemons (>= 1.0.9)
+      eventmachine (>= 0.12.6)
+      rack (>= 1.0.0)
     thor (0.14.2)
     treetop (1.4.8)
       polyglot (>= 0.3.1)
@@ -158,5 +163,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rails_warden (~> 0.5.2)
   rdiscount (~> 1.6.5)
   rspec-rails (~> 2.0.0.beta.22)
+  thin (~> 1.2.7)
   warden (~> 1.0.1)
   will_paginate (~> 3.0.pre2)
diff --git a/vendor/cache/daemons-1.1.0.gem b/vendor/cache/daemons-1.1.0.gem
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diff --git a/vendor/cache/thin-1.2.7.gem b/vendor/cache/thin-1.2.7.gem
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