diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 2ff7c94..749e32e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
  - Support for a custom DTB Overlay
 * Fixes to the pwm unit test, all but 2 now pass :)
 
+0.1.2
+----
+* SoftPWM Fix by aninternetof
+* Added a verification test for SoftPWM
+
 0.1.1
 ----
 * Some refactoring of the edge detection code, made it function better
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50b245a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+include distribute_setup.py
+include README.rst
+include CHANGELOG.rst
+recursive-include source *.h
+recursive-include overlays *.dts *.py
diff --git a/source/c_softpwm.c b/source/c_softpwm.c
index c794770..08fb10e 100644
--- a/source/c_softpwm.c
+++ b/source/c_softpwm.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ int softpwm_set_frequency(const char *key, float freq) {
     pwm->params.freq = freq;
     pthread_mutex_unlock(pwm->params_lock);
 
-    return 1;
+    return 0;
 }
 
 int softpwm_set_polarity(const char *key, int polarity) {
@@ -274,11 +274,13 @@ int softpwm_start(const char *key, float duty, float freq, int polarity)
             pwm = pwm->next;
         pwm->next = new_pwm;
     }
+    pthread_mutex_unlock(new_params_lock);
 
     ASSRT(softpwm_set_duty_cycle(new_pwm->key, duty) == 0);
     ASSRT(softpwm_set_frequency(new_pwm->key, freq) == 0);
     ASSRT(softpwm_set_polarity(new_pwm->key, polarity) == 0);
 
+    pthread_mutex_lock(new_params_lock);
     // create thread for pwm
     ret = pthread_create(&new_thread, NULL, softpwm_thread_toggle, (void *)new_pwm);
     ASSRT(ret == 0);
diff --git a/test/spwmtest.py b/test/spwmtest.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3c2af43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/spwmtest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import CHIP_IO.SOFTPWM as SPWM
+import CHIP_IO.GPIO as GPIO
+import time
+import datetime
+import threading
+
+class SPWMReceiver(threading.Thread):
+    def __init__(self,gpio,key,maxcount=20,sleeptime=0.5):
+        self.gpio = gpio
+        self.key = key
+        self.counter = 0
+        self.maxcount = maxcount
+        self.sleeptime = sleeptime
+        threading.Thread.__init__(self)
+
+    def run(self):
+        print("SETTING UP RECEIVER GPIO")
+        self.gpio.cleanup()
+        self.gpio.setup(self.key, self.gpio.IN)
+        print("STARTING RECEIVE LOOP")
+        try:
+            while self.counter < self.maxcount:
+                pwmval = self.gpio.input(self.key)
+                print("SPWM VALUE: {0} @ {1}".format(pwmval, datetime.datetime.now()))
+                time.sleep(self.sleeptime)
+                self.counter += 1
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            self.gpio.cleanup(self.key)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # SETUP VARIABLES
+    SPWMGPIO = "XIO-P7"
+    RECEIVERGPIO = "CSID0"
+    COUNT = 200
+    SLEEPTIME = 0.01
+
+    # CLEANUP THE GPIO
+    GPIO.cleanup()
+    SPWM.cleanup()
+
+    # SETUP SOFTPWM
+    SPWM.start(SPWMGPIO, 50, 1)
+    SPWM.set_frequency(SPWMGPIO, 2)
+
+    # SETUP SOFTPWM RECEIVER
+    rcvr = SPWMReceiver(GPIO, RECEIVERGPIO, COUNT, SLEEPTIME)
+    rcvr.start()
+
+    time.sleep(COUNT*SLEEPTIME + 1)
+
+    # CLEANUP
+    print("CLEANUP")
+    SPWM.stop(SPWMGPIO)
+    SPWM.cleanup()
+    GPIO.cleanup()
+
+