diff --git a/lib/node.js b/lib/node.js
index c8a7a96..1cf4d37 100644
--- a/lib/node.js
+++ b/lib/node.js
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ function Node()
 {
 	var self = this;
 
+	web3.setProvider(new web3.providers.HttpProvider('http://' + (process.env.RPC_HOST || 'localhost') + ':' + (process.env.RPC_PORT || '8080')));
+
+	ETH_VERSION = web3.version;
+
 	this.info = {
 		name: INSTANCE_NAME || (process.env.EC2_INSTANCE_ID || os.hostname()),
 		node: 'unknown',
@@ -76,8 +80,6 @@ function Node()
 	this.chainWatch = false;
 	this.updateInterval = false;
 
-	web3.setProvider(new web3.providers.HttpProvider('http://' + (process.env.RPC_HOST || 'localhost') + ':' + (process.env.RPC_PORT || '8080')));
-
 	socket.on('open', function open() {
 		socket.emit('hello', { id: self.id, info: self.info, secret: WS_SECRET });
 		console.log('The connection has been opened.');
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 20f3eac..22f4a28 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "primus": "^2.4.12",
     "primus-emit": "^0.1.2",
     "primus-spark-latency": "^0.1.1",
-    "shelljs": "^0.3.0",
+    "shelljs": "^0.4.0",
     "ws": "^0.7.1"
   },
   "scripts": {