diff -Nru usb-creator-0.2.38.2/debian/changelog usb-creator-0.2.38.3/debian/changelog
--- usb-creator-0.2.38.2/debian/changelog	2013-09-18 15:34:31.000000000 +0000
+++ usb-creator-0.2.38.3/debian/changelog	2013-12-17 00:08:33.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+usb-creator (0.2.38.3) precise-proposed; urgency=low
+
+  [ Chris Wulff ]
+  * Initialise threads, before starting background task thread. (LP:
+    #915626)
+
+ -- Brian Murray <brian@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 16 Dec 2013 16:08:05 -0800
+
 usb-creator (0.2.38.2) precise-security; urgency=low
 
   * SECURITY UPDATE: possible privilege escalation via policykit UID lookup
diff -Nru usb-creator-0.2.38.2/usbcreator/backends/udisks/backend.py usb-creator-0.2.38.3/usbcreator/backends/udisks/backend.py
--- usb-creator-0.2.38.2/usbcreator/backends/udisks/backend.py	2012-03-19 17:40:32.000000000 +0000
+++ usb-creator-0.2.38.3/usbcreator/backends/udisks/backend.py	2013-12-17 00:07:52.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import dbus
 import logging
-from dbus.mainloop.glib import DBusGMainLoop
+from dbus.mainloop.glib import DBusGMainLoop, threads_init
 from usbcreator.backends.base import Backend
 from usbcreator.misc import *
 
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
         self.allow_system_internal = allow_system_internal
         logging.debug('UDisksBackend')
         DBusGMainLoop(set_as_default=True)
+        threads_init()
         if bus:
             self.bus = bus
         else: