diff --git a/src/Mod/Web/App/AppWeb.cpp b/src/Mod/Web/App/AppWeb.cpp
index f064885f29..bfb4d892bc 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Web/App/AppWeb.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Web/App/AppWeb.cpp
@@ -129,19 +129,12 @@ private:
             throw Py::OverflowError("port number is lower than 0");
         }
 
-        QTcpServer server;
+        AppServer server(true);
         if (server.listen(QHostAddress(QString::fromLatin1(addr)), port)) {
             bool ok = server.waitForNewConnection(timeout);
             QTcpSocket* socket = server.nextPendingConnection();
             if (socket) {
                 socket->waitForReadyRead();
-                if (socket->bytesAvailable()) {
-                    QByteArray request = socket->readAll();
-                    std::string str = AppServer::runPython(request);
-                    socket->write(str.c_str());
-                    socket->waitForBytesWritten();
-                    socket->close();
-                }
             }
 
             server.close();
diff --git a/src/Mod/Web/App/Server.cpp b/src/Mod/Web/App/Server.cpp
index 8e085da508..41a980a85f 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Web/App/Server.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Web/App/Server.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 #include <QTcpSocket>
 #include <stdexcept>
+#include <memory>
 
 #include "Server.h"
 #include <Base/Exception.h>
@@ -109,8 +110,9 @@ const QByteArray& ServerEvent::request() const
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-AppServer::AppServer(QObject* parent)
+AppServer::AppServer( bool direct, QObject* parent)
   : QTcpServer(parent)
+  , direct(direct)
 {
     PyObject* mod = PyImport_ImportModule("__main__");
     if (mod) {
@@ -127,6 +129,7 @@ void AppServer::incomingConnection(qintptr socket)
     connect(s, SIGNAL(readyRead()), this, SLOT(readClient()));
     connect(s, SIGNAL(disconnected()), this, SLOT(discardClient()));
     s->setSocketDescriptor(socket);
+    addPendingConnection(s);
 }
 
 void AppServer::readClient()
@@ -134,7 +137,13 @@ void AppServer::readClient()
     QTcpSocket* socket = (QTcpSocket*)sender();
     if (socket->bytesAvailable() > 0) {
         QByteArray request = socket->readAll();
-        QCoreApplication::postEvent(this, new ServerEvent(socket, request));
+        std::unique_ptr<ServerEvent> event(std::make_unique<ServerEvent>(socket, request));
+        if (direct) {
+            customEvent(event.get());
+        }
+        else {
+            QCoreApplication::postEvent(this, event.release());
+        }
     }
 //    if (socket->state() == QTcpSocket::UnconnectedState) {
 //        //mark the socket for deletion but do not destroy immediately
@@ -154,6 +163,15 @@ void AppServer::customEvent(QEvent* e)
     QByteArray msg = ev->request();
     QTcpSocket* socket = ev->socket();
 
+    std::string str = handleRequest(msg);
+    socket->write(str.c_str());
+    if (direct)
+        socket->waitForBytesWritten();
+    socket->close();
+}
+
+std::string AppServer::handleRequest(QByteArray msg)
+{
     std::string str;
     if (msg.startsWith("GET ")) {
         msg = QByteArray("GET = ") + msg.mid(4);
@@ -166,8 +184,7 @@ void AppServer::customEvent(QEvent* e)
         str = runPython(msg);
     }
 
-    socket->write(str.c_str());
-    socket->close();
+    return str;
 }
 
 std::string AppServer::getRequest(const std::string& str) const
diff --git a/src/Mod/Web/App/Server.h b/src/Mod/Web/App/Server.h
index 8307b1eeaa..6dd913b1e8 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Web/App/Server.h
+++ b/src/Mod/Web/App/Server.h
@@ -82,13 +82,15 @@ class AppServer : public QTcpServer
     Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
-    AppServer(QObject* parent = 0);
-    static std::string runPython(const QByteArray&);
-
-    void incomingConnection(qintptr socket);
+    AppServer(bool direct = false, QObject* parent = nullptr);
 
 protected:
+    void incomingConnection(qintptr socket);
     void customEvent(QEvent* e);
+
+private:
+    std::string handleRequest(QByteArray);
+    static std::string runPython(const QByteArray&);
     std::string getRequest(const std::string&) const;
 
 private Q_SLOTS:
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ private Q_SLOTS:
     void discardClient();
 
 private:
+    bool direct;
     Py::Object module;
 };