diff --git a/backend/gvadm/soapserver.py b/backend/gvadm/soapserver.py
index 4fa6f1a..42a30a5 100644
--- a/backend/gvadm/soapserver.py
+++ b/backend/gvadm/soapserver.py
@@ -7,31 +7,28 @@
 from SOAPpy import SOAPServer
 import logging
 
-class GnuviechAdminSOAPServer:
+class GnuviechAdminSOAPServer(SOAPServer):
     """
     SOAP Server class for the gnuviech administration tool backend
     """
     def echo(self, s):
-        self.logger.debug("calling echo with " + s)
-        #(sock, address) = self.server.get_request()
-        #self.logger.debug("socket " + sock)
-        #self.logger.debug("address" + address)
+        self.logger.debug("calling echo with " + s)        
         return s + s
     
     def __init__(self):
+        SOAPServer.__init__(self, ("127.0.0.1", 8080))
         self.logger = logging.getLogger('GnuviechAdminSOAPServer')
         hdlr = logging.FileHandler('soapserver.log')
         hdlr.setFormatter(logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s'))
         self.logger.addHandler(hdlr)
         self.logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-        self.server = SOAPServer(("127.0.0.1", 8080))
         self.logger.debug("created SOAPServer")
-        self.server.registerFunction(self.echo)
+        self.registerFunction(self.echo)
         self.logger.debug("registered function echo")
         
     def main(self):
         self.logger.debug("serving SOAP")
-        self.server.serve_forever()
+        self.serve_forever()
         
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     server = GnuviechAdminSOAPServer()