--- a/src/dot.cpp
+++ b/src/dot.cpp
@@ -734,6 +734,8 @@
 
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+#define DIRECT_DOT_RUN 1
+
 DotManager *DotManager::m_theInstance = 0;
 
 DotManager *DotManager::instance()
@@ -750,6 +752,7 @@
   m_dotRuns.setAutoDelete(TRUE);
   m_dotMaps.setAutoDelete(TRUE);
   m_queue = new DotRunnerQueue;
+#ifndef DIRECT_DOT_RUN  
   int i;
   int numThreads = QMIN(32,Config_getInt("DOT_NUM_THREADS"));
   if (numThreads==0) numThreads = QMAX(1,QThread::idealThreadCount()+1);
@@ -767,6 +770,7 @@
     }
   }
   ASSERT(m_workers.count()>0);
+#endif  
 }
 
 DotManager::~DotManager()
@@ -834,11 +838,17 @@
   portable_sysTimerStart();
   // fill work queue with dot operations
   DotRunner *dr;
+  int prev=1;
   for (li.toFirst();(dr=li.current());++li)
   {
+#ifdef DIRECT_DOT_RUN  
+    msg("Running dot for graph %d/%d\n",prev,numDotRuns);
+    if(!dr->run()) return FALSE;
+    prev++;
+  };  
+#else  
     m_queue->enqueue(dr);
   }
-  int prev=1;
   // wait for the queue to become empty
   while ((i=m_queue->count())>0)
   {
@@ -865,6 +875,7 @@
   {
     m_workers.at(i)->wait();
   }
+#endif  
   portable_sysTimerStop();
   if (setPath)
   {