diff --git a/devsupApp/src/dbapi.c b/devsupApp/src/dbapi.c
index bff2e7f..8cd3c0c 100644
--- a/devsupApp/src/dbapi.c
+++ b/devsupApp/src/dbapi.c
@@ -152,6 +152,21 @@ fail:
     PyGILState_Release(gilstate);
 }
 
+static
+PyObject* py_announce(PyObject *unused, PyObject *args, PyObject *kws)
+{
+    static char* names[] = {"state", NULL};
+    int state;
+    if(!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kws, "i", names, &state))
+        return NULL;
+
+    Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS {
+        initHookAnnounce((initHookState)state);
+    } Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
+
+    Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+
 static
 PyObject *py_iocsh(PyObject *unused, PyObject *args, PyObject *kws)
 {
@@ -237,7 +252,6 @@ PyObject *py_iocInit(PyObject *unused, PyObject *args, PyObject *kws)
 static
 PyObject *py_pyDevSupCommon(PyObject *unused)
 {
-    static int once;
     Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS {
         pyDevSupCommon_registerRecordDeviceDriver(pdbbase);
     } Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
@@ -246,6 +260,8 @@ PyObject *py_pyDevSupCommon(PyObject *unused)
 }
 
 static struct PyMethodDef dbapimethod[] = {
+    {"initHookAnnounce", (PyCFunction)py_announce, METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS,
+     "initHookAnnounce(state)\n"},
     {"iocsh", (PyCFunction)py_iocsh, METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS,
      "Execute IOC shell script or command"},
     {"dbReadDatabase", (PyCFunction)py_dbReadDatabase, METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS,
diff --git a/devsupApp/src/devsup/__init__.py b/devsupApp/src/devsup/__init__.py
index b345cde..dd8da5a 100644
--- a/devsupApp/src/devsup/__init__.py
+++ b/devsupApp/src/devsup/__init__.py
@@ -81,4 +81,6 @@ device(aao, INST_IO, pydevsupComOut, "Python Device")
     _dbapi._dbd_setup()
 
 def _fini(iocMain=False):
+    if iocMain:
+        _dbapi.initHookAnnounce(9999) # our magic/fake AtExit hook
     _dbapi._dbd_cleanup()
diff --git a/devsupApp/src/devsup/db.py b/devsupApp/src/devsup/db.py
index 996df5b..b0a5605 100644
--- a/devsupApp/src/devsup/db.py
+++ b/devsupApp/src/devsup/db.py
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ class Record(_dbapi._Record):
                 threading.Timer(1.0, record.asyncFinish, kwargs={'reason':AsyncDone})
                 record.asyncStart()
         """
-        return _dbapi._Record.asyncStart(self, reason=reason)
+        return _dbapi._Record.asyncFinish(self, reason=reason)
 
     def __getattr__(self, name):
         try:
diff --git a/devsupApp/src/devsup/test/test_db.py b/devsupApp/src/devsup/test/test_db.py
index 811292a..0ab6247 100644
--- a/devsupApp/src/devsup/test/test_db.py
+++ b/devsupApp/src/devsup/test/test_db.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class IOCHelper(unittest.TestCase):
     def tearDown(self):
         self.iocShutdown();
         print("testdbCleanup()")
+        _dbapi.initHookAnnounce(9999) # our magic/fake AtExit hook
         _dbapi._UTest.testdbCleanup()
 
     def iocInit(self):
diff --git a/pyIocApp/setup.c b/pyIocApp/setup.c
index b5197fa..6d02940 100644
--- a/pyIocApp/setup.c
+++ b/pyIocApp/setup.c
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ static void cleanupPy(void *junk)
 
     PyEval_RestoreThread(state);
 
-    /* special "fake" hook for shutdown */
-    //pyhook((initHookState)9999);
-
     if(PyRun_SimpleString("import devsup\n"
                           "devsup._fini(iocMain=True)\n"
     )) {
@@ -117,8 +114,6 @@ static void setupPyPath(void)
 
 static void pySetupReg(void)
 {
-    PyGILState_STATE state;
-
     Py_Initialize();
     PyEval_InitThreads();
 
diff --git a/testApp/test3.py b/testApp/test3.py
index fbe1cca..2b275ca 100644
--- a/testApp/test3.py
+++ b/testApp/test3.py
@@ -27,11 +27,7 @@ class WfSup(object):
         x=self.x[:N]
 
         # calculate inplace: uniform(0.5,2.0)*sin(pha*x)+2
-        val[:] = x
-        val[:] *= pha
-        np.sin(val, out=val)
-        val[:]*=uniform(0.5,2.0)
-        val[:]+=2
+        val[:] = np.sin(x*pha)*uniform(0.5,2.0) + 2
 
         self.fld.putarraylen(N)