diff --git a/spritz/src/etpgui/widgets.py b/spritz/src/etpgui/widgets.py
index 6f9561107..4f767c569 100644
--- a/spritz/src/etpgui/widgets.py
+++ b/spritz/src/etpgui/widgets.py
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ class CellRendererStars(gtk.GenericCellRenderer):
         return getattr(self, pspec.name)
 
     def on_render(self, window, widget, background_area, cell_area, expose_area, flags):
+
         (x_offset, y_offset, width, height) = self.on_get_size(widget, cell_area)
         widget.style.paint_box(window,
                                gtk.STATE_NORMAL,
diff --git a/spritz/src/views.py b/spritz/src/views.py
index f80d83794..2f25b2aca 100644
--- a/spritz/src/views.py
+++ b/spritz/src/views.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 #    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 
+import time
 import gtk
 import gobject
 from spritz_setup import const, cleanMarkupString, SpritzConf
@@ -493,23 +494,21 @@ class EntropyPackageView:
         obj = model.get_value( myiter, 0 )
         if not obj: return
         try:
-            voted = getattr( obj, 'voted' )
+            voted = int(getattr( obj, 'voted' ))
         except self.Equo.dbapi2.ProgrammingError:
             return
-        #print obj.name,mydata
-        if voted:
-            cell.value_voted = int(voted)
-            return
+        #if voted:
+        #    cell.value_voted = int(voted)
+        #    return
         try:
-            mydata = getattr( obj, 'vote' )
+            mydata = int(getattr( obj, 'vote' ))
         except self.Equo.dbapi2.ProgrammingError:
             return
         cell.value = int(mydata)
         cell.value_voted = int(voted)
-        self.queueView.refresh()
-        self.view.queue_draw()
 
     def spawn_vote_submit(self, obj):
+
         if self.Equo.UGC == None:
             obj.voted = 0
             return
@@ -520,12 +519,20 @@ class EntropyPackageView:
         atom = obj.name
         key = self.Equo.entropyTools.dep_getkey(atom)
 
+        self.queueView.refresh()
+        self.view.queue_draw()
+
+        t = self.Equo.entropyTools.parallelTask(self.vote_submit_thread, repository, key, obj)
+        t.parallel_wait()
+        t.start()
+
+
+    def vote_submit_thread(self, repository, key, obj):
         status, err_msg = self.Equo.UGC.add_vote(repository, key, obj.voted)
         if status:
             msg = "<small><span foreground='#339101'><b>%s</b></span>: %s</small>" % (_("Vote registered successfully"),obj.voted,)
         else:
             msg = "<small><span foreground='#FF0000'><b>%s</b></span>: %s</small>" % (_("Error registering vote"),err_msg,)
-
         self.ui.UGCMessageLabel.set_markup(msg)
         t = self.Equo.entropyTools.parallelTask(self.refresh_vote_info, obj)
         t.parallel_wait()