diff --git a/include/MySQL_Monitor.hpp b/include/MySQL_Monitor.hpp
index 99849e008..8954da65f 100644
--- a/include/MySQL_Monitor.hpp
+++ b/include/MySQL_Monitor.hpp
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
 
 class MySQL_Monitor {
 	private:
-	unsigned int MySQL_Monitor__thread_MySQL_Thread_Variables_version;
-	MySQL_Thread *mysql_thr;
+	//unsigned int MySQL_Monitor__thread_MySQL_Thread_Variables_version;
+	//MySQL_Thread *mysql_thr;
 	std::vector<table_def_t *> *tables_defs_monitor;
 	void insert_into_tables_defs(std::vector<table_def_t *> *tables_defs, const char *table_name, const char *table_def);
 	void drop_tables_defs(std::vector<table_def_t *> *tables_defs);
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ class MySQL_Monitor {
 	MySQL_Monitor();
 	~MySQL_Monitor();
 	void print_version();
+	void * monitor_connect();
+	void * monitor_ping();
 	void * run();
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/MySQL_Monitor.cpp b/lib/MySQL_Monitor.cpp
index 7fb97a526..14040ca0f 100644
--- a/lib/MySQL_Monitor.cpp
+++ b/lib/MySQL_Monitor.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <thread>
 #include "proxysql.h"
 #include "cpp.h"
 
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@ extern MySQL_Threads_Handler *GloMTH;
 MySQL_Monitor::MySQL_Monitor() {
 
 	shutdown=false;
-
 	// create new SQLite datatabase
 	monitordb = new SQLite3DB();
 	monitordb->open((char *)"file:mem_monitordb?mode=memory&cache=shared", SQLITE_OPEN_READWRITE | SQLITE_OPEN_CREATE | SQLITE_OPEN_FULLMUTEX);
@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@ MySQL_Monitor::MySQL_Monitor() {
 	// create monitoring tables
 	check_and_build_standard_tables(monitordb, tables_defs_monitor);
 
-	// initialize the MySQL Thread (note: this is not a real thread, just the structures associated with it)
-	mysql_thr = new MySQL_Thread();
-	mysql_thr->curtime=monotonic_time();
-	MySQL_Monitor__thread_MySQL_Thread_Variables_version=GloMTH->get_global_version();
-	mysql_thr->refresh_variables();
 
 };
 
@@ -42,7 +37,7 @@ MySQL_Monitor::~MySQL_Monitor() {
 	drop_tables_defs(tables_defs_monitor);
 	delete tables_defs_monitor;
 	delete monitordb;
-	delete mysql_thr;
+	//delete mysql_thr;
 	fprintf(stderr,"MySQL_Monitor destroyed\n");
 };
 
@@ -84,9 +79,57 @@ void MySQL_Monitor::check_and_build_standard_tables(SQLite3DB *db, std::vector<t
 	db->execute("PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON");
 };
 
-void * MySQL_Monitor::run() {
+
+void * MySQL_Monitor::monitor_connect() {
+	// initialize the MySQL Thread (note: this is not a real thread, just the structures associated with it)
+	unsigned int MySQL_Monitor__thread_MySQL_Thread_Variables_version;
+	MySQL_Thread * mysql_thr = new MySQL_Thread();
+	mysql_thr->curtime=monotonic_time();
+	MySQL_Monitor__thread_MySQL_Thread_Variables_version=GloMTH->get_global_version();
+	mysql_thr->refresh_variables();
+	while (shutdown==false) {
+		unsigned int glover=GloMTH->get_global_version();
+		if (MySQL_Monitor__thread_MySQL_Thread_Variables_version < glover ) {
+			MySQL_Monitor__thread_MySQL_Thread_Variables_version=glover;
+			mysql_thr->refresh_variables();
+			fprintf(stderr,"MySQL_Monitor - CONNECT - refreshing variables\n");
+		}
+		fprintf(stderr,"MySQL_Monitor - CONNECT\n");
+		usleep(1000000);
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+void * MySQL_Monitor::monitor_ping() {
+	// initialize the MySQL Thread (note: this is not a real thread, just the structures associated with it)
+	unsigned int MySQL_Monitor__thread_MySQL_Thread_Variables_version;
+	MySQL_Thread * mysql_thr = new MySQL_Thread();
+	mysql_thr->curtime=monotonic_time();
+	MySQL_Monitor__thread_MySQL_Thread_Variables_version=GloMTH->get_global_version();
+	mysql_thr->refresh_variables();
 	while (shutdown==false) {
+		unsigned int glover=GloMTH->get_global_version();
+		if (MySQL_Monitor__thread_MySQL_Thread_Variables_version < glover ) {
+			MySQL_Monitor__thread_MySQL_Thread_Variables_version=glover;
+			mysql_thr->refresh_variables();
+			fprintf(stderr,"MySQL_Monitor - PING - refreshing variables\n");
+		}
+		fprintf(stderr,"MySQL_Monitor - PING\n");
 		usleep(1000000);
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+void * MySQL_Monitor::run() {
+	// initialize the MySQL Thread (note: this is not a real thread, just the structures associated with it)
+	unsigned int MySQL_Monitor__thread_MySQL_Thread_Variables_version;
+	MySQL_Thread * mysql_thr = new MySQL_Thread();
+	mysql_thr->curtime=monotonic_time();
+	MySQL_Monitor__thread_MySQL_Thread_Variables_version=GloMTH->get_global_version();
+	mysql_thr->refresh_variables();
+	std::thread * monitor_connect_thread = new std::thread(&MySQL_Monitor::monitor_connect,this);
+	std::thread * monitor_ping_thread = new std::thread(&MySQL_Monitor::monitor_ping,this);
+	while (shutdown==false) {
 		unsigned int glover=GloMTH->get_global_version();
 		if (MySQL_Monitor__thread_MySQL_Thread_Variables_version < glover ) {
 			MySQL_Monitor__thread_MySQL_Thread_Variables_version=glover;
@@ -94,6 +137,9 @@ void * MySQL_Monitor::run() {
 			fprintf(stderr,"MySQL_Monitor refreshing variables\n");
 		}
 		fprintf(stderr,"MySQL_Monitor\n");
+		usleep(1000000);
 	}
+	monitor_connect_thread->join();
+	monitor_ping_thread->join();
 	return NULL;
 };