diff --git a/core/main.py b/core/main.py
index 23e3edd..7d0b42a 100644
--- a/core/main.py
+++ b/core/main.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ class Input(object):
     def __init__(self, conn, raw, prefix, command,
             params, nick, user, host, paraml, msg):
         self.conn = conn
+        self.server = conn.server
         self.raw = raw
         self.prefix = prefix
         self.command = command
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@ class FakeBot(object):
         self.bot = bot
         self.conn = conn
         self.persist_dir = bot.persist_dir
-        self.server = conn.server
         self.input = input
         self.msg = conn.msg
         self.cmd = conn.cmd
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ class FakeBot(object):
                 self.say(unicode(out))
 
 def main(conn, out):
+    for csig, func, args in bot.plugs['tee']:
+        input = Input(conn, *out)
+        func._iqueue.put((bot, input))
     for csig, func, args in (bot.plugs['command'] + bot.plugs['event']):
         input = Input(conn, *out)
         for fsig, sieve in bot.plugs['sieve']:
diff --git a/core/reload.py b/core/reload.py
index 976d639..e838fe3 100644
--- a/core/reload.py
+++ b/core/reload.py
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ def reload(init=False):
 
             # remove plugins already loaded from this filename
             for name, data in bot.plugs.iteritems():
+
+                if name == 'tee': # signal tee trampolines to stop
+                    for csig, func, args in data:
+                        if csig[0] == filename:
+                            func._iqueue.put(StopIteration)
+
                 bot.plugs[name] = filter(lambda x: x[0][0] != filename, data)
 
             for obj in namespace.itervalues():
@@ -61,12 +67,6 @@ def reload(init=False):
                         if not init:
                             print '### new plugin (type: %s) loaded:' % \
                                     type, format_plug(data)
-                        
-                        if type == 'init': # run-once functions
-                            try:
-                                obj(bot) # not thread-safe!
-                            except Exception:
-                                traceback.print_exc(Exception)
 
     if init:
         print '  plugin listing:'
diff --git a/plugins/log.py b/plugins/log.py
index 4fe5c9b..6bd69db 100644
--- a/plugins/log.py
+++ b/plugins/log.py
@@ -83,12 +83,12 @@ def get_log_fd(dir, server, chan):
     return fd
 
 
-@hook.event(ignorebots=False)
+@hook.tee
 def log(bot, input):
     with lock:
         timestamp = gmtime(timestamp_format)
 
-        fd = get_log_fd(bot.persist_dir, bot.server, 'raw')
+        fd = get_log_fd(bot.persist_dir, input.server, 'raw')
         fd.write(timestamp + ' ' + input.raw + '\n')
 
         if input.command == 'QUIT': # these are temporary fixes until proper
@@ -104,5 +104,5 @@ def log(bot, input):
         print '%s %s %s' % (timestamp, input.chan, beau)
 
         if input.chan:
-            fd = get_log_fd(bot.persist_dir, bot.server, input.chan)
+            fd = get_log_fd(bot.persist_dir, input.server, input.chan)
             fd.write(timestamp + ' ' + beau + '\n')
diff --git a/plugins/util/hook.py b/plugins/util/hook.py
index 767c52e..c4e0445 100644
--- a/plugins/util/hook.py
+++ b/plugins/util/hook.py
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 import Queue
+import thread
 
-class queue(Queue.Queue):
-
-    def __init__(self, maxsize=0):
-        Queue.Queue.__init__(self, maxsize)
-        self._skybot_hook = [['queue', self]]
 
 def _isfunc(x):
     if type(x) == type(_isfunc):
@@ -30,14 +26,6 @@ def sieve(func):
     return func
 
 
-def init(func):
-    if func.func_code.co_argcount != 1:
-        raise ValueError(
-                'initializers must take 1 argument: bot')
-    _hook_add(func, ['init', (_make_sig(func), func)])
-    return func
-
-
 def command(func=None, hook=None, **kwargs):
     args = {}
 
@@ -79,3 +67,25 @@ def event(arg=None, **kwargs):
         if arg is not None:
             args['events'] = arg.split()
         return event_wrapper
+
+
+def tee(func, **kwargs):
+    "passes _all_ input lines to function, in order (skips sieves)"
+
+    if func.func_code.co_argcount != 2:
+        raise ValueError('tees must take 2 arguments: (bot, input)')
+    
+    _hook_add(func, ['tee', (_make_sig(func), func, kwargs)])
+    func._iqueue = Queue.Queue()
+
+    def trampoline(func):
+        input = None
+        while True:
+            input = func._iqueue.get()
+            if input == StopIteration:
+                return
+            func(*input)
+
+    thread.start_new_thread(trampoline, (func,))
+
+    return func