diff --git a/backends/libpurple/main.cpp b/backends/libpurple/main.cpp
index a0b7c8f0..f7122453 100644
--- a/backends/libpurple/main.cpp
+++ b/backends/libpurple/main.cpp
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class SpectrumNetworkPlugin : public NetworkPlugin {
 			// Default avatar
 			char* contents;
 			gsize length;
-			gboolean ret;
+			gboolean ret = false;
 			if (!CONFIG_STRING(config, "backend.avatars_directory").empty()) {
 				std::string f = CONFIG_STRING(config, "backend.avatars_directory") + "/" + legacyName;
 				ret = g_file_get_contents (f.c_str(), &contents, &length, NULL);
diff --git a/include/transport/networkpluginserver.h b/include/transport/networkpluginserver.h
index 7428eb6f..6c2ca240 100644
--- a/include/transport/networkpluginserver.h
+++ b/include/transport/networkpluginserver.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ class NetworkPluginServer {
 			unsigned long res;
 			unsigned long init_res;
 			unsigned long shared;
+			bool acceptUsers;
 		};
 
 		NetworkPluginServer(Component *component, Config *config, UserManager *userManager);
diff --git a/spectrum/src/sample.cfg b/spectrum/src/sample.cfg
index 159f0d77..68531bcb 100644
--- a/spectrum/src/sample.cfg
+++ b/spectrum/src/sample.cfg
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ admin_username=admin
 admin_password=test
 #cert= #patch to PKCS#12 certificate
 #cert_password= #password to that certificate if any
-users_per_backend=10
+users_per_backend=2
 backend=../../backends/libpurple/spectrum_libpurple_backend
 #backend=../../backends/libircclient-qt/spectrum_libircclient-qt_backend
 #protocol=prpl-jabber
diff --git a/src/networkpluginserver.cpp b/src/networkpluginserver.cpp
index 8f0e56fa..d39d6b99 100644
--- a/src/networkpluginserver.cpp
+++ b/src/networkpluginserver.cpp
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ void NetworkPluginServer::handleNewClientConnection(boost::shared_ptr<Swift::Con
 	client->res = 0;
 	client->init_res = 0;
 	client->shared = 0;
+	client->acceptUsers = true;
 
 	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "New backend " << client << " connected. Current backend count=" << (m_clients.size() + 1));
 
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ void NetworkPluginServer::handleNewClientConnection(boost::shared_ptr<Swift::Con
 		m_component->start();
 	}
 
-	m_clients.push_back(client);
+	m_clients.push_front(client);
 
 	c->onDisconnected.connect(boost::bind(&NetworkPluginServer::handleSessionFinished, this, client));
 	c->onDataRead.connect(boost::bind(&NetworkPluginServer::handleDataRead, this, client, _1));
@@ -912,8 +913,11 @@ NetworkPluginServer::Backend *NetworkPluginServer::getFreeClient() {
 	bool spawnNew = false;
 	for (std::list<Backend *>::const_iterator it = m_clients.begin(); it != m_clients.end(); it++) {
 		// This backend is free.
-		if ((*it)->users.size() < CONFIG_INT(m_config, "service.users_per_backend") && (*it)->connection) {
+		if ((*it)->acceptUsers && (*it)->users.size() < CONFIG_INT(m_config, "service.users_per_backend") && (*it)->connection) {
 			c = *it;
+			if (c->users.size() + 1 >= CONFIG_INT(m_config, "service.users_per_backend")) {
+				c->acceptUsers = false;
+			}
 			break;
 		}
 	}