diff --git a/ChangeLog.rst b/ChangeLog.rst
index 8ac8ccd..cb0a4a0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.rst
+++ b/ChangeLog.rst
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
-ayrton (0.7.2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+ayrton (0.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
-  * Fix running remote tests with other versions of python.
-  * Fix tests borken by a change in `ls`'s output.
-  * Fix iterating over the long output of a command à la `for line in foo(...): ...`. Currently you must add `_bg=True` to the execution options.
-  * Fix recognizing names bound by for loops.
+  * Fix iterating over the log ouput of a `Command` in synchronous mode (that is, not running in the `_bg`). This complements the fix in the previous release.
+
+ -- Marcos Dione <mdione@grulic.org.ar>  Fri, 26 Feb 2016 13:54:46 +0100
+
+ayrton (0.7.2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Fix running remote tests with other versions of Python.
+  * Fix tests broken by a change in `ls`'s output.
+  * Fix iterating over the long output of a `Command` à la `for line in foo(...): ...`. Currently you must add `_bg=True` to the execution options.
+  * Fix recognizing names bound by `for` loops.
   * Added options `-d|--debug`, `-dd|--debug2` and `-ddd|--debug3` for enabling debug logs.
   * Added option `-xxx|--trace-all` for tracing all python execution. Use with caution, it generates lots of output.
 
- -- Marcos Dione <mdione@grulic.org.ar>  Thu, 25 Feb 2016 12:40:04 +0100
+ -- Marcos Dione <mdione@grulic.org.ar>  Thu, 25 Feb 2016 13:09:08 +0100
 
 ayrton (0.7.1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
diff --git a/ayrton/__init__.py b/ayrton/__init__.py
index e08c4b6..9458e5a 100644
--- a/ayrton/__init__.py
+++ b/ayrton/__init__.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def debug (level=logging.DEBUG, filename='ayrton.log'):
 from ayrton.parser.astcompiler.astbuilder import ast_from_node
 from ayrton.ast_pprinter import pprint
 
-__version__= '0.7.2'
+__version__= '0.7.2.1'
 
 
 class ExecParams:
diff --git a/ayrton/execute.py b/ayrton/execute.py
index d65cc02..b32866c 100644
--- a/ayrton/execute.py
+++ b/ayrton/execute.py
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ class Command:
     supported_options= ('_in', '_out', '_err', '_end', '_chomp', '_encoding',
                         '_env', '_bg', '_fails')
 
+
     def __init__ (self, path):
         self.path= path
         self.exe= resolve_program (path)
@@ -126,9 +127,11 @@ def __init__ (self, path):
 
         self._exit_code= None
         self.capture_file= None
+        self.captured_lines= None
 
         self.child_pid= None
 
+
     def prepare_fds (self):
         if '_in' in self.options:
             i= self.options['_in']
@@ -204,6 +207,7 @@ def prepare_fds (self):
 
         logger.debug ("stderr_pipe: %s", self.stderr_pipe)
 
+
     def child (self):
         logger.debug ('child')
 
@@ -360,6 +364,7 @@ def prepare_args (self, cmd, args, kwargs):
 
         return ans
 
+
     def prepare_arg (self, seq, name, value):
         if value!=False:
             if isiterable (value):
@@ -410,6 +415,14 @@ def parent (self):
         # command to exit with a non-zero status, or zero if all commands exit
         # successfully.
         if not self.options['_bg']:
+            if self.options.get ('_out', None)==Capture:
+                # if we don't do this, a program with lots of output freezes
+                # when its output buffer is full
+                # on the other hand, this might take a lot of memory
+                # but it's the same as in foo=$(long_output)
+                self.prepare_capture_file ()
+                self.captured_lines= self.capture_file.readlines ()
+
             self.wait ()
             # NOTE: uhm?
             ayrton.runner.wait_for_pending_children ()
@@ -419,17 +432,19 @@ def parent (self):
 
     def wait (self):
         logger.debug (self.child_pid)
-        self._exit_code= os.waitpid (self.child_pid, 0)[1] >> 8
 
-        if self._exit_code==127:
-            # NOTE: when running bash, it returns 127 when it can't find the script to run
-            raise CommandNotFound (self.path)
+        if self._exit_code is None:
+            self._exit_code= os.waitpid (self.child_pid, 0)[1] >> 8
+
+            if self._exit_code==127:
+                # NOTE: when running bash, it returns 127 when it can't find the script to run
+                raise CommandNotFound (self.path)
 
-        if (ayrton.runner.options.get ('errexit', False) and
-            self._exit_code!=0 and
-            not self.options.get ('_fails', False)):
+            if (ayrton.runner.options.get ('errexit', False) and
+                self._exit_code!=0 and
+                not self.options.get ('_fails', False)):
 
-            raise CommandFailed (self)
+                raise CommandFailed (self)
 
 
     def exit_code (self):
@@ -460,6 +475,7 @@ def __call__ (self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.stdout_pipe= None
         self.stderr_pipe= None
 
+        # TODO: why this again here? see __init__()
         self._exit_code= None
         self.capture_file= None
 
@@ -510,23 +526,31 @@ def prepare_capture_file (self):
 
 
     def __str__ (self):
-        if self._exit_code is None:
-            self.wait ()
+        self.wait ()
 
-        self.prepare_capture_file ()
+        if self.captured_lines:
+            s= ''.join (self.captured_lines)
+        else:
+            self.prepare_capture_file ()
+            s= self.capture_file.read ()
 
-        return self.capture_file.read ()
+        return s
 
 
     def __iter__ (self):
         logger.debug ('iterating!')
 
-        self.prepare_capture_file ()
+        if self.captured_lines:
+            for line in self.captured_lines:
+                # while iterating we always remove the trailing \n
+                line= line.rstrip (os.linesep)
+                yield line
+        else:
+            self.prepare_capture_file ()
 
-        if self.capture_file is not None:
             for line in self.capture_file.readlines ():
-                if self.options['_chomp']:
-                    line= line.rstrip (os.linesep)
+                # while iterating we always remove the trailing \n
+                line= line.rstrip (os.linesep)
 
                 logger.debug2 ('read line: %s', line)
                 yield line
@@ -534,36 +558,45 @@ def __iter__ (self):
             # finish him!
             logger.debug ('finished!')
             self.capture_file.close ()
-            if self._exit_code is None:
-                self.wait ()
-        else:
-            logger.debug ('dunno what to do!')
+            # if we're iterating, then the Command is in _bg
+            self.wait ()
+
 
     def readlines (self):
-        if self._exit_code is None:
-            self.wait ()
+        self.wait ()
+
+        if self.captured_lines:
+            lines= self.captured_lines
+        else:
+            self.prepare_capture_file ()
+            lines= self.capture_file.readlines ()
+            self.capture_file.close ()
+
+        return lines
 
-        # ugly way to not leak the file()
-        return ( line for line in self )
 
     # BUG this method is leaking an opened file()
     # self.capture_file
     def readline (self):
-        if self._exit_code is None:
-            self.wait ()
+        self.wait ()
+
+        if self.captured_lines:
+            line= self.captured_lines.pop (0)
+        else:
+            self.prepare_capture_file ()
+            line= self.capture_file.readline ()
 
-        self.prepare_capture_file ()
-        line= self.capture_file.readline ()
         if self.options['_chomp']:
             line= line.rstrip (os.linesep)
 
         return line
 
+
     def close (self):
-        if self._exit_code is None:
-            self.wait ()
+        self.wait ()
         self.capture_file.close ()
 
+
     def __del__ (self):
         # finish it
         if self._exit_code is None and self.child_pid is not None:
diff --git a/ayrton/tests/scripts/testShortIter.ay b/ayrton/tests/scripts/testShortIter.ay
index 5bbadf3..bb48d59 100644
--- a/ayrton/tests/scripts/testShortIter.ay
+++ b/ayrton/tests/scripts/testShortIter.ay
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env ayrton
 
-for line in echo ('yes!'):
+for line in echo ('yes!', _bg=True):
     ayrton_return_value= line.strip ()
diff --git a/ayrton/tests/test_ayrton.py b/ayrton/tests/test_ayrton.py
index 45c0f33..5e84a73 100644
--- a/ayrton/tests/test_ayrton.py
+++ b/ayrton/tests/test_ayrton.py
@@ -385,17 +385,21 @@ def testComposing (self):
     def testBg (self):
         '''This test takes some time...'''
         self.doTest ('testBg.ay', 'yes!')
+        # the tests script does not wait for find to finish
+        # so we do it here
         self.runner.wait_for_pending_children ()
 
     def testShortIter (self):
         '''This test takes some time...'''
         self.doTest ('testShortIter.ay', 'yes!')
-        self.runner.wait_for_pending_children ()
 
     def testLongIter (self):
         '''This test takes some time...'''
         self.doTest ('testLongIter.ay', 'yes!')
-        self.runner.wait_for_pending_children ()
+
+    def testLongOutput (self):
+        '''This test takes some time...'''
+        self.doTest ('testLongOutput.ay', 'yes!')
 
 class CommandDetection (ScriptExecution):
 
diff --git a/ayrton/tests/test_execute.py b/ayrton/tests/test_execute.py
index 88a9f0c..effc595 100644
--- a/ayrton/tests/test_execute.py
+++ b/ayrton/tests/test_execute.py
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ def testOutAsIterable (self):
         text= '_out=Capture'
         a= echo (text, _out=Capture)
         for i in a:
-            # notice that here there's no \n
+            # NOTE: that here there's no \n!
             self.assertEqual (i, text)
 
     def testOutAsFd (self):
diff --git a/release.ay b/release.ay
index bea7f74..9a5b7c2 100755
--- a/release.ay
+++ b/release.ay
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ import ayrton
 option ('-e')
 
 if make ('tests'):
+    # with remote ('mustang'):
+    #     cd (bash ('~/src/projects/ayrton'))
+    #     git ('pull', 'devel')
+    #     # if this fails, hopefully the whole script stops :)
+    #     make ('tests')
+
     # this command might fail if it wants to
     uncommited= git ('status', --short=True) | grep ('^ M', _out=Capture, _fails=True)
     if uncommited: