From dd6fd469132fc470b29f26cee3838db46cc173c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ThomasV <thomasv@gitorious>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 17:43:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] set daemon thread in exchange rates plugin

---
 plugins/exchange_rate.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/plugins/exchange_rate.py b/plugins/exchange_rate.py
index 7ce14c086..b84576719 100644
--- a/plugins/exchange_rate.py
+++ b/plugins/exchange_rate.py
@@ -506,7 +506,9 @@ class Plugin(BasePlugin):
 
         self.tx_list = tx_list
         self.cur_exchange = self.config.get('use_exchange', "Blockchain")
-        threading.Thread(target=self.request_history_rates, args=()).start()
+        t = threading.Thread(target=self.request_history_rates, args=())
+        t.setDaemon(True)
+        t.start()
 
 
     def requires_settings(self):