diff --git a/bin/build.sh b/bin/build.sh
index 7d7f4f2..895ff9f 100644
--- a/bin/build.sh
+++ b/bin/build.sh
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ cd ~
 ln -s ~/opt/cpp-ethereum-build/alethzero/alethzero ~/bin/alethzero
 ln -s ~/opt/cpp-ethereum-build/eth/eth ~/bin/eth
 
+# install cloud-utils to fetch instance meta-data
+sudo apt-get -y install cloud-utils
+EC2_INSTANCE_ID=$(ec2metadata --instance-id)
+ETH_VERSION=$(eth -V)
+
 # add node service
 cd ~/bin
 [ ! -d "www" ] && git clone https://github.com/cubedro/eth-net-intelligence-api www
diff --git a/lib/node.js b/lib/node.js
index 341723d..7df2972 100644
--- a/lib/node.js
+++ b/lib/node.js
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ function Node()
 	var self = this;
 
 	this.info = {
-		name: process.env.ETH_CLIENT || 'C++',
-		type: process.env.ETH_TYPE || '0.8.1',
+		name: process.env.EC2_INSTANCE_ID || 'Local Node',
+		node: process.env.ETH_VERSION || 'eth version 0.8.1',
 		os: os.platform(),
 		os_v: os.release()
 	};
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function Node()
 		errors: []
 	}
 
-	this.socket = null;
+	this._socket = null;
 	this.pendingWatch = false;
 	this.chainWatch = false;
 	this.updateInterval = false;
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ function Node()
 	// this.init();
 
 	socket.on('open', function open() {
-		self.socket = true;
+		self._socket = true;
 		self.emit('hello', self.info);
 		console.log('The connection has been opened.');
 	}).on('end', function end() {
-		self.socket = false;
+		self._socket = false;
 	}).on('error', function error(err) {
 		console.log(err);
 	}).on('reconnecting', function reconnecting(opts) {
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ Node.prototype.setWatches = function()
 
 Node.prototype.emit = function(message, payload)
 {
-	if(this.socket){
+	if(this._socket){
 		try {
 			socket.emit(message, payload);
 		}
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ Node.prototype.init = function()
 
 Node.prototype.stop = function()
 {
-	if(this.socket)
+	if(this._socket)
 		socket.end(socket.id);
 
 	if(this.updateInterval)