diff --git a/src/output/mist_out.cpp b/src/output/mist_out.cpp
index 697bbdfd..a75aefcc 100644
--- a/src/output/mist_out.cpp
+++ b/src/output/mist_out.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {
     }
     conf.activate();
     if (mistOut::listenMode()){
-      conf.serveForkedSocket(spawnForked);
+      mistOut::listener(conf, spawnForked);
     }else{
       Socket::Connection S(fileno(stdout),fileno(stdin) );
       mistOut tmp(S);
diff --git a/src/output/output.cpp b/src/output/output.cpp
index 8bda38f1..a42128c2 100644
--- a/src/output/output.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output.cpp
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ namespace Mist{
     }
     sentHeader = false;
   }
+
+  void Output::listener(Util::Config & conf, int (*callback)(Socket::Connection & S)){
+    conf.serveForkedSocket(callback);
+  }
   
   void Output::setBlocking(bool blocking){
     isBlocking = blocking;
diff --git a/src/output/output.h b/src/output/output.h
index eb0f5222..3d0da809 100644
--- a/src/output/output.h
+++ b/src/output/output.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ namespace Mist {
       static void init(Util::Config * cfg);
       static JSON::Value capa;
       //non-virtual generic functions
-      int run();
+      virtual int run();
       virtual void stats(bool force = false);
       void seek(unsigned long long pos);
       bool seek(unsigned int tid, unsigned long long pos, bool getNextKey = false);
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ namespace Mist {
       bool prepareNext();
       virtual void dropTrack(uint32_t trackId, std::string reason, bool probablyBad = true);
       virtual void onRequest();
+      static void listener(Util::Config & conf, int (*callback)(Socket::Connection & S));
       virtual void initialSeek();
       virtual bool onFinish() {
         return false;