Index: common.scm
==================================================================
--- common.scm
+++ common.scm
@@ -1491,11 +1491,11 @@
 	 (adjload (* maxload numcpus))
 	 (loadjmp (- first next)))
     (cond
      ((and (> first adjload)
 	   (> count 0))
-      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "waiting " waitdelay " seconds due to load " first " exceeding max of " adjload " " (if msg msg ""))
+      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "waiting " waitdelay " seconds due to load " first " exceeding normalized max of " maxload "(adjusted load: " adjload ") " (if msg msg ""))
       (thread-sleep! waitdelay)
       (common:wait-for-cpuload maxload numcpus waitdelay count: (- count 1)))
      ((and (> loadjmp numcpus)
 	   (> count 0))
       (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "waiting " waitdelay " seconds due to load jump " loadjmp " > numcpus " numcpus (if msg msg ""))

Index: emergency-patch-3.scm
==================================================================
--- emergency-patch-3.scm
+++ emergency-patch-3.scm
@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@
 
 
  ;; to productize patch:
  ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
  ;; 
+(use directory-utils regex)
 
 (include "common_records.scm")
 (include "key_records.scm")
 (include "db_records.scm")
 (include "run_records.scm")

Index: server.scm
==================================================================
--- server.scm
+++ server.scm
@@ -112,11 +112,12 @@
 		      " -server " (or target-host "-") (if (equal? (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "daemonize") "yes")
 							   " -daemonize "
 							   "")
 		      ;; " -log " logfile
 		      " -m testsuite:" testsuite)) ;; (conc " >> " logfile " 2>&1 &")))))
-	 (log-rotate  (make-thread common:rotate-logs  "server run, rotate logs thread")))
+	 (log-rotate  (make-thread common:rotate-logs  "server run, rotate logs thread"))
+         (load-limit  (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "server" "load-limit" default: 0.9)))
     ;; we want the remote server to start in *toppath* so push there
     (push-directory areapath)
     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: Trying to start server (" cmdln ") ...")
     (thread-start! log-rotate)
     
@@ -129,11 +130,11 @@
 	(begin
 	  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Starting server on " target-host ", logfile is " logfile)
 	  (setenv "TARGETHOST" target-host)))
       
     (setenv "TARGETHOST_LOGF" logfile)
-    (common:wait-for-normalized-load 4 " delaying server start due to load" remote-host: (get-environment-variable "TARGETHOST")) ;; do not try starting servers on an already overloaded machine, just wait forever
+    (common:wait-for-normalized-load load-limit " delaying server start due to load" remote-host: (get-environment-variable "TARGETHOST")) ;; do not try starting servers on an already overloaded machine, just wait forever
     (system (conc "nbfake " cmdln))
     (unsetenv "TARGETHOST_LOGF")
     (if (get-environment-variable "TARGETHOST")(unsetenv "TARGETHOST"))
     (thread-join! log-rotate)
     (pop-directory)))