diff --git a/src/proc/control/proc-dispatcher.cpp b/src/proc/control/proc-dispatcher.cpp
index d726aa782..637e2c246 100644
--- a/src/proc/control/proc-dispatcher.cpp
+++ b/src/proc/control/proc-dispatcher.cpp
@@ -71,10 +71,9 @@
  ** @note most of the time, the Session Loop Thread does not hold any lock, most notably while performing
  **       a command or running the builder. Likewise, evaluation of the control logic in the Looper helper
  **       is a private detail of the performing thread. The lock is acquired solely for checking or leaving
- **       the wait state and when fetching next command from queue.
+ **       the wait state and when fetching the next command from queue.
  ** 
  ** @todo as of 12/2016, implementation has been drafted and is very much WIP
- ** @todo                         //////////////////////////////////////////////////////TODO ensure really every state change triggers a wakeup!!!!!!!
  ** 
  ** @see ProcDispatcher
  ** @see DispatcherLooper_test
@@ -182,12 +181,11 @@ namespace control {
           Lock sync(this);
           commandService_.reset(); // closes Session interface
           looper_.triggerShutdown();
-          UNIMPLEMENTED("*must* notify loop thread");  /////////////////TODO really?  YES!!!
-          //////////////////////////////////////////TODO notify!!!!
+          sync.notifyAll();
         }
       
       void
-      awaitStateProcessed()
+      awaitStateProcessed()  const
         {
           Lock blockWaiting(this, &DispatcherLoop::stateIsSynched);
                                             //////////////////////////////////////////TODO eternal sleep.... find out who will wake us!!!!
@@ -202,14 +200,13 @@ namespace control {
       
       
       /* === CommandDispatch interface === */
-          //////////////////////////////////////////TODO notify!!!! on!! every!! state!! changing!! operation!!
       
       void
       enqueue (Command cmd)  override
         {
           Lock sync(this);
           queue_.feed (cmd);
-          //////////////////////////////////////////TODO notify!!!!
+          sync.notifyAll();
         }
       
       void
@@ -217,7 +214,7 @@ namespace control {
         {
           Lock sync(this);
           queue_.clear();
-          //////////////////////////////////////////TODO notify!!!!
+          sync.notifyAll();
         }
       
     private:
diff --git a/tests/core/proc/control/dispatcher-looper-test.cpp b/tests/core/proc/control/dispatcher-looper-test.cpp
index 2b56621aa..e29372386 100644
--- a/tests/core/proc/control/dispatcher-looper-test.cpp
+++ b/tests/core/proc/control/dispatcher-looper-test.cpp
@@ -174,6 +174,14 @@ namespace test    {
           CHECK (not looper.isWorking());
           CHECK (    looper.isIdle());
           CHECK (looper.shallLoop());
+          
+          looper.triggerShutdown();
+          
+          CHECK (not looper.shallLoop());
+          
+          CHECK (    looper.requireAction());
+          CHECK (not looper.isWorking());
+          CHECK (not looper.isIdle());
         }
       
       
diff --git a/wiki/thinkPad.ichthyo.mm b/wiki/thinkPad.ichthyo.mm
index 2a62a8663..c48b034e0 100644
--- a/wiki/thinkPad.ichthyo.mm
+++ b/wiki/thinkPad.ichthyo.mm
@@ -452,7 +452,9 @@
 <node CREATED="1483642220941" ID="ID_775655275" MODIFIED="1483645257684" TEXT="integrate actual command queue">
 <icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
 </node>
-<node CREATED="1483642220941" ID="ID_704571897" MODIFIED="1483642220941" TEXT="care for waking (notification) from sleep state"/>
+<node CREATED="1483642220941" ID="ID_704571897" MODIFIED="1483648766529" TEXT="care for waking (notification) from sleep state">
+<icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
+</node>
 <node CREATED="1483642220940" ID="ID_1519554797" MODIFIED="1483642272822" TEXT="care for syncing the disabled state"/>
 <node CREATED="1483642220941" ID="ID_377776032" MODIFIED="1483642220941" TEXT="deadlock safeguard"/>
 </node>