diff --git a/common/src/main/java/io/druid/concurrent/Execs.java b/common/src/main/java/io/druid/concurrent/Execs.java
index e522ce10cf4..308208ef98d 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/io/druid/concurrent/Execs.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/io/druid/concurrent/Execs.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class Execs
    * @param capacity maximum capacity after which the executorService will block on accepting new tasks
    * @return ExecutorService which blocks accepting new tasks when the capacity reached
    */
-  public static ExecutorService blockingSingleThreaded(String nameFormat, int capacity)
+  public static ExecutorService newBlockingSingleThreaded(String nameFormat, int capacity)
   {
     return new ThreadPoolExecutor(
         1, 1,
diff --git a/common/src/test/java/io/druid/concurrent/ExecsTest.java b/common/src/test/java/io/druid/concurrent/ExecsTest.java
index 04e842580dc..6d4452269ee 100644
--- a/common/src/test/java/io/druid/concurrent/ExecsTest.java
+++ b/common/src/test/java/io/druid/concurrent/ExecsTest.java
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Druid - a distributed column store.
+ * Copyright (C) 2012, 2013, 2014  Metamarkets Group Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
 package io.druid.concurrent;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Throwables;
@@ -5,7 +24,9 @@ import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.CyclicBarrier;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
 public class ExecsTest
@@ -14,50 +35,59 @@ public class ExecsTest
   public void testBlockingExecutorService() throws Exception
   {
     final int capacity = 3;
-    final ExecutorService executorService = Execs.blockingSingleThreaded("test%d", capacity);
+    final ExecutorService executorService = Execs.newBlockingSingleThreaded("test%d", capacity);
     final AtomicInteger producedCount = new AtomicInteger();
     final AtomicInteger consumedCount = new AtomicInteger();
     final CyclicBarrier barrier = new CyclicBarrier(2);
-    Thread producer = new Thread("producer")
-    {
-      public void run()
-      {
-        for (int i = 0; i < 2 * capacity; i++) {
-          final int taskID = i;
-          System.out.println("Produced task"+ taskID);
-          executorService.submit(
-              new Runnable()
-              {
-                @Override
-                public void run()
-                {
-                  System.out.println("Starting task" + taskID);
-                  try {
-                    barrier.await();
+    ExecutorService producer = Executors.newCachedThreadPool();
+
+    producer.submit(
+        new Runnable()
+        {
+          public void run()
+          {
+            for (int i = 0; i < 2 * capacity; i++) {
+              final int taskID = i;
+              System.out.println("Produced task" + taskID);
+              executorService.submit(
+                  new Runnable()
+                  {
+                    @Override
+                    public void run()
+                    {
+                      System.out.println("Starting task" + taskID);
+                      try {
+                        consumedCount.incrementAndGet();
+                        barrier.await(); //1
+                        barrier.await(); //2
+                      }
+                      catch (Exception e) {
+                        throw Throwables.propagate(e);
+                      }
+                      System.out.println("Completed task" + taskID);
+                    }
                   }
-                  catch (Exception e) {
-                    throw Throwables.propagate(e);
-                  }
-                  consumedCount.incrementAndGet();
-                  System.out.println("Completed task" + taskID);
-                }
-              }
-          );
-          producedCount.incrementAndGet();
+              );
+              producedCount.incrementAndGet();
+            }
+          }
         }
-      }
-    };
-    producer.start();
+    );
+   while(producedCount.get() < capacity ){
+      Thread.sleep(5);
+    }
+
     for(int i=0;i<capacity;i++){
-      Thread.sleep(500);
-      // total completed tasks +1 running task+ capacity = total produced tasks
-      Assert.assertEquals(consumedCount.intValue()+1+capacity,producedCount.intValue());
-      barrier.await();
+      barrier.await(); //1
+      // total consumed tasks + capacity = total produced tasks
+      Assert.assertEquals(consumedCount.intValue() + capacity, producedCount.intValue());
+      barrier.await();  //2
 
     }
     for(int i=0;i<capacity;i++){
       barrier.await();
     }
+    producer.shutdownNow();
 
 
   }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/segment/realtime/plumber/RealtimePlumberSchool.java b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/segment/realtime/plumber/RealtimePlumberSchool.java
index 9b1ef7e361a..65df4a18e20 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/segment/realtime/plumber/RealtimePlumberSchool.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/segment/realtime/plumber/RealtimePlumberSchool.java
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ public class RealtimePlumberSchool implements PlumberSchool
       {
         if (persistExecutor == null) {
           // use a blocking single threaded executor to throttle the firehose when write to disk is slow
-          persistExecutor = Execs.blockingSingleThreaded(
+          persistExecutor = Execs.newBlockingSingleThreaded(
               "plumber_persist_%d", maxPendingPersistBatches
           );
         }