diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7e13600..aff3276 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ Configure the app modifying [processes.json](/eth-net-intelligence-api/blob/mast
 		"NODE_ENV"	: "production", // tell the client we're in production environment
 		"RPC_HOST"	: "localhost", // eth JSON-RPC host
 		"RPC_PORT"	: "8080", // eth JSON-RPC port
-		"ETH_IMPLEMENTATION" : "cpp", // eth implementation: "cpp" or "go"
 		"INSTANCE_NAME"	     : "",
 		"WS_SERVER"	: "", // path to eth-netstats WebSockets api server
 		"WS_SECRET"	: "", // WebSockets api server secret used for login
diff --git a/bin/build.sh b/bin/build.sh
index 2dc3c05..1739962 100644
--- a/bin/build.sh
+++ b/bin/build.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ cd ~
 # update packages
 sudo apt-get update -y
 sudo apt-get upgrade -y
+sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common
 
 # add ethereum repos
 sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ethereum/ethereum
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ethereum/ethereum-dev
 sudo apt-get update -y
 
 # install ethereum & install dependencies
-sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common build-essential git unzip wget nodejs npm ntp cloud-utils $ethtype
+sudo apt-get install -y build-essential git unzip wget nodejs npm ntp cloud-utils $ethtype
 
 # add node symlink if it doesn't exist
 [[ ! -f /usr/bin/node ]] && sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node
diff --git a/bin/eth.sh b/bin/eth.sh
index 4a2a35b..3ae8420 100644
--- a/bin/eth.sh
+++ b/bin/eth.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 trap "exit" INT
 if [[ -f /usr/bin/geth ]];
 then
-	geth -rpc -rpcport "8080" -maxpeers "20" -loglevel "4" -bootnodes "enode://09fbeec0d047e9a37e63f60f8618aa9df0e49271f3fadb2c070dc09e2099b95827b63a8b837c6fd01d0802d457dd83e3bd48bd3e6509f8209ed90dabbc30e3d3@52.16.188.185:30303"
+	geth -rpc -rpcport "8080" -maxpeers "50" -loglevel "4" -bootnodes "enode://09fbeec0d047e9a37e63f60f8618aa9df0e49271f3fadb2c070dc09e2099b95827b63a8b837c6fd01d0802d457dd83e3bd48bd3e6509f8209ed90dabbc30e3d3@52.16.188.185:30303"
 else
-	eth -b -x 20 -r 52.16.188.185 -p 30303 -m off -v 4 -j
+	eth -b -x 50 -r 52.16.188.185 -p 30303 -m off -v 4 -j
 fi
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