diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7589697af..816e6d883 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ env:
   global:
   - secure: 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
   - secure: 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
+  - secure: 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
 
 deploy:
   provider: releases
@@ -64,3 +65,11 @@ deploy:
   file: parity${ARCHIVE_SUFFIX}.tar.gz
   on:
     tags: true
+
+notifications:
+ webhooks:
+   urls:
+     - https://hooks.slack.com/services/${SLACK_WEBHOOK}
+   on_success: always
+   on_failure: always
+   on_start: never
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6766a5b2c..1eac83ac3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ ethcore-util = { path = "util" }
 ethcore = { path = "ethcore" }
 ethsync = { path = "sync" }
 ethcore-rpc = { path = "rpc", optional = true }
+fdlimit = { path = "util/fdlimit" }
 
 [features]
 default = ["rpc"]
diff --git a/ethcore/src/client.rs b/ethcore/src/client.rs
index 6f688bd57..3a0309c1c 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/client.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/client.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 //! Blockchain database client.
 
 use util::*;
-use rocksdb::{Options, DB};
+use rocksdb::{Options, DB, DBCompactionStyle};
 use blockchain::{BlockChain, BlockProvider, CacheSize};
 use views::BlockView;
 use error::*;
@@ -163,16 +163,23 @@ pub struct Client {
 }
 
 const HISTORY: u64 = 1000;
+const CLIENT_DB_VER_STR: &'static str = "1.0";
 
 impl Client {
 	/// Create a new client with given spec and DB path.
 	pub fn new(spec: Spec, path: &Path, message_channel: IoChannel<NetSyncMessage> ) -> Result<Arc<Client>, Error> {
+		let mut dir = path.to_path_buf();
+		dir.push(H64::from(spec.genesis_header().hash()).hex());
+		//TODO: sec/fat: pruned/full versioning
+		dir.push(format!("v{}-sec-pruned", CLIENT_DB_VER_STR));
+		let path = dir.as_path();
 		let gb = spec.genesis_block();
 		let chain = Arc::new(RwLock::new(BlockChain::new(&gb, path)));
 		let mut opts = Options::new();
 		opts.set_max_open_files(256);
 		opts.create_if_missing(true);
 		opts.set_use_fsync(false);
+		opts.set_compaction_style(DBCompactionStyle::DBUniversalCompaction);
 		/*
 		opts.set_bytes_per_sync(8388608);
 		opts.set_disable_data_sync(false);
diff --git a/ethcore/src/service.rs b/ethcore/src/service.rs
index 90fe0a6b5..92f483507 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/service.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/service.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ impl ClientService {
 		info!("Configured for {} using {} engine", spec.name, spec.engine_name);
 		let mut dir = env::home_dir().unwrap();
 		dir.push(".parity");
-		dir.push(H64::from(spec.genesis_header().hash()).hex());
 		let client = try!(Client::new(spec, &dir, net_service.io().channel()));
 		let client_io = Arc::new(ClientIoHandler {
 			client: client.clone()
diff --git a/install-deps.sh b/install-deps.sh
index 15fdc838c..e784f5b43 100755
--- a/install-deps.sh
+++ b/install-deps.sh
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ function run_installer()
 	dim=`tput dim`
 	reverse=`tput rev`
 	reset=`tput sgr0`
+	n=$'\n'
 
 
 	function head() {
@@ -93,13 +94,19 @@ function run_installer()
 	####### Setup methods
 
 	function wait_for_user() {
+		if [[ $( ask_user "$1" ) == false ]]; then
+			abort_install "${red}==>${reset} Process stopped by user. To resume the install run the one-liner command again."
+		fi
+	}
+
+	function ask_user() {
 		while :
 		do
 			read -p "${blue}==>${reset} $1 [Y/n] " imp
 			case $imp in
-				[yY] ) echo; break ;;
-				'' ) echo; break ;;
-				[nN] ) abortInstall "${red}==>${reset} Process stopped by user. To resume the install run the one-liner command again." ;;
+				[yY] ) echo true; break ;;
+				'' ) echo true; break ;;
+				[nN] ) echo false; break ;;
 				* ) echo "Unrecognized option provided. Please provide either 'Y' or 'N'";
 			esac
 		done
@@ -118,7 +125,15 @@ function run_installer()
 		echo "\$ $@"; "$@"
 	}
 
-	function detectOS() {
+	function sudo() {
+		if $isSudo; then
+			`which sudo` "$@"
+		else
+			"$@"
+		fi
+	}
+
+	function detect_os() {
 		if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu" ]]
 		then
 			OS_TYPE="linux"
@@ -129,7 +144,7 @@ function run_installer()
 			get_osx_dependencies
 		else
 			OS_TYPE="win"
-			abortInstall "${red}==>${reset} ${b}OS not supported:${reset} parity one-liner currently support OS X and Linux.\nFor instructions on installing parity on other platforms please visit ${u}${blue}http://ethcore.io/${reset}"
+			abort_install "${red}==>${reset} ${b}OS not supported:${reset} Parity one-liner currently support OS X and Linux.${n}For instructions on installing parity on other platforms please visit ${u}${blue}http://ethcore.io/${reset}"
 		fi
 
 		echo
@@ -144,11 +159,11 @@ function run_installer()
 			elif [[ $canContinue == false && $depFound == 0 ]]
 			then
 				red "All dependencies are missing and cannot be auto-installed ($depFound/$depCount)"
-				abortInstall "$errorMessages";
+				abort_install "$errorMessages";
 			elif [[ $canContinue == false ]]
 			then
 				red "Some dependencies which cannot be auto-installed are missing ($depFound/$depCount)"
-				abortInstall "$errorMessages";
+				abort_install "$errorMessages";
 			fi
 		fi
 	}
@@ -191,8 +206,8 @@ function run_installer()
 			fi
 		fi
 
-		errorMessages+="${red}==>${reset} ${b}Mac OS version too old:${reset} eth requires OS X version ${red}$OSX_REQUIERED_VERSION${reset} at least in order to run.\n"
-		errorMessages+="    Please update the OS and reload the install process.\n"
+		errorMessages+="${red}==>${reset} ${b}Mac OS version too old:${reset} eth requires OS X version ${red}$OSX_REQUIERED_VERSION${reset} at least in order to run.${n}"
+		errorMessages+="    Please update the OS and reload the install process.${n}"
 	}
 
 	function find_eth()
@@ -243,8 +258,8 @@ function run_installer()
 			uncheck "Ruby is missing 🔥"
 			isRuby=false
 			canContinue=false
-			errorMessages+="${red}==>${reset} ${b}Couldn't find Ruby:${reset} Brew requires Ruby which could not be found.\n"
-			errorMessages+="    Please install Ruby using these instructions ${u}${blue}https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/installation/${reset}.\n"
+			errorMessages+="${red}==>${reset} ${b}Couldn't find Ruby:${reset} Brew requires Ruby which could not be found.${n}"
+			errorMessages+="    Please install Ruby using these instructions ${u}${blue}https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/installation/${reset}.${n}"
 		fi
 	}
 
@@ -261,10 +276,10 @@ function run_installer()
 			uncheck "Homebrew is missing"
 			isBrew=false
 
-			INSTALL_FILES+="${blue}${dim}==> Homebrew:${reset}\n"
-			INSTALL_FILES+=" ${blue}${dim}➜${reset}  $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/brew\n"
-			INSTALL_FILES+=" ${blue}${dim}➜${reset}  $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/Library\n"
-			INSTALL_FILES+=" ${blue}${dim}➜${reset}  $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/brew.1\n"
+			INSTALL_FILES+="${blue}${dim}==> Homebrew:${reset}${n}"
+			INSTALL_FILES+=" ${blue}${dim}➜${reset}  $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/brew${n}"
+			INSTALL_FILES+=" ${blue}${dim}➜${reset}  $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/Library${n}"
+			INSTALL_FILES+=" ${blue}${dim}➜${reset}  $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/brew.1${n}"
 		fi
 
 		depCount=$((depCount+1))
@@ -314,7 +329,7 @@ function run_installer()
 
 			if [[ $isBrew == false ]]
 			then
-				abortInstall "Couldn't install brew"
+				abort_install "Couldn't install brew"
 			fi
 		fi
 	}
@@ -359,16 +374,16 @@ function run_installer()
 		source /etc/lsb-release
 		
 		if [[ $DISTRIB_ID == "Ubuntu" ]]; then
-			if [[ $DISTRIB_RELEASE == "14.04" ]]; then
-				check "Ubuntu-14.04"
-				isUbuntu1404=true
+			if [[ $DISTRIB_RELEASE == "14.04" || $DISTRIB_RELEASE == "15.04" || $DISTRIB_RELEASE == "15.10" ]]; then
+				check "Ubuntu"
+				isUbuntu=true
 			else
-				check "Ubuntu, but not 14.04"
-				isUbuntu1404=false
+				check "Ubuntu, but version not supported"
+				isUbuntu=false
 			fi
 		else
 			check "Ubuntu not found"
-			isUbuntu1404=false
+			isUbuntu=false
 		fi
 	}
 
@@ -385,6 +400,7 @@ function run_installer()
 		find_gcc
 
 		find_apt
+		find_sudo
 	}
 
 	function find_rocksdb()
@@ -394,10 +410,11 @@ function run_installer()
 			depFound=$((depFound+1))
 			check "apt-get"
 			isRocksDB=true
+			INSTALL_FILES+="${blue}${dim}==> librocksdb:${reset}$n"
 		else
 			uncheck "librocksdb is missing"
 			isRocksDB=false
-			INSTALL_FILES+="${blue}${dim}==> librocksdb:${reset}\n"
+			INSTALL_FILES+="${blue}${dim}==> librocksdb:${reset}$n"
 		fi
 	}
 
@@ -416,14 +433,14 @@ function run_installer()
 			else
 				uncheck "rust is not nightly"
 				isMultirustNightly=false
-				INSTALL_FILES+="${blue}${dim}==> multirust -> rust nightly:${reset}\n"
+				INSTALL_FILES+="${blue}${dim}==> multirust -> rust nightly:${reset}${n}"
 			fi
 		else
 			uncheck "multirust is missing"
 			uncheck "rust nightly is missing"
 			isMultirust=false
 			isMultirustNightly=false
-			INSTALL_FILES+="${blue}${dim}==> multirust:${reset}\n"
+			INSTALL_FILES+="${blue}${dim}==> multirust:${reset}${n}"
 		fi
 	}
 
@@ -444,8 +461,8 @@ function run_installer()
 
 			if [[ $isGCC == false || $isGit == false || $isMake == false || $isCurl == false ]]; then
 				canContinue=false
-				errorMessages+="${red}==>${reset} ${b}Couldn't find apt-get:${reset} We can only use apt-get in order to grab our dependencies.\n"
-				errorMessages+="    Please switch to a distribution such as Debian or Ubuntu or manually install the missing packages.\n"
+				errorMessages+="${red}==>${reset} ${b}Couldn't find apt-get:${reset} We can only use apt-get in order to grab our dependencies.${n}"
+				errorMessages+="    Please switch to a distribution such as Debian or Ubuntu or manually install the missing packages.${n}"
 			fi
 		fi
 	}
@@ -463,7 +480,35 @@ function run_installer()
 		else
 			uncheck "g++ is missing"
 			isGCC=false
-			INSTALL_FILES+="${blue}${dim}==> g++:${reset}\n"
+			INSTALL_FILES+="${blue}${dim}==> g++:${reset}${n}"
+		fi
+	}
+
+	function find_sudo()
+	{
+		depCount=$((depCount+1))
+		SUDO_PATH=`which sudo 2>/dev/null`
+
+		if [[ -f $SUDO_PATH ]]
+		then
+			depFound=$((depFound+1))
+			check "sudo"
+			isSudo=true
+		else
+			uncheck "sudo is missing"
+			if [[ `whoami` == "root" ]]; then
+				if [[ $isApt == false && $isMultirust == false ]]; then
+					canContinue=false
+					errorMessages+="${red}==>${reset} ${b}Couldn't find sudo:${reset} Sudo is needed for the installation of multirust.${n}"
+					errorMessages+="    Please ensure you have sudo installed or alternatively install multirust manually.${n}"
+				fi
+
+				isSudo=false
+			else
+				canContinue=false
+				errorMessages+="${red}==>${reset} ${b}Couldn't find sudo:${reset} Root access is needed for parts of this installation.${n}"
+				errorMessages+="    Please ensure you have sudo installed or alternatively run this script as root.${n}"
+			fi
 		fi
 	}
 
@@ -480,7 +525,7 @@ function run_installer()
 		else
 			uncheck "git is missing"
 			isGit=false
-			INSTALL_FILES+="${blue}${dim}==> git:${reset}\n"
+			INSTALL_FILES+="${blue}${dim}==> git:${reset}${n}"
 		fi
 	}
 
@@ -497,7 +542,7 @@ function run_installer()
 		else
 			uncheck "make is missing"
 			isMake=false
-			INSTALL_FILES+="${blue}${dim}==> make:${reset}\n"
+			INSTALL_FILES+="${blue}${dim}==> make:${reset}${n}"
 		fi
 	}
 
@@ -514,15 +559,15 @@ function run_installer()
 		else
 			uncheck "curl is missing"
 			isCurl=false
-			INSTALL_FILES+="${blue}${dim}==> curl:${reset}\n"
+			INSTALL_FILES+="${blue}${dim}==> curl:${reset}${n}"
 		fi
 	}
 
-	function ubuntu1404_rocksdb_installer()
+	function ubuntu_rocksdb_installer()
 	{
 		sudo apt-get update -qq
 		sudo apt-get install -qq -y software-properties-common
-		sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:giskou/librocksdb
+		sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:ethcore/ethcore
 		sudo apt-get -f -y install
 		sudo apt-get update -qq
 		sudo apt-get install -qq -y librocksdb
@@ -530,12 +575,12 @@ function run_installer()
 
 	function linux_rocksdb_installer()
 	{
-		if [[ $isUbuntu1404 == true ]]; then
-			ubuntu1404_rocksdb_installer
+		if [[ $isUbuntu == true ]]; then
+			ubuntu_rocksdb_installer
 		else
 			oldpwd=`pwd`
 			cd /tmp
-			exe git clone --branch v4.1 --depth=1 https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb.git
+			exe git clone --branch v4.2 --depth=1 https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb.git
 			cd rocksdb
 			exe make shared_lib
 			sudo cp -a librocksdb.so* /usr/lib
@@ -574,6 +619,9 @@ function run_installer()
 
 		if [[ $isMultirust == false ]]; then
 			info "Installing multirust..."
+			if [[ $isSudo == false ]]; then
+				apt-get install -q -y sudo
+			fi
 			curl -sf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brson/multirust/master/blastoff.sh | sudo sh -s -- --yes
 			echo
 		fi
@@ -613,7 +661,7 @@ function run_installer()
 			find_multirust
 
 			if [[ $isCurl == false || $isGit == false || $isMake == false || $isGCC == false || $isRocksDB == false || $isMultirustNightly == false ]]; then
-				abortInstall
+				abort_install
 			fi
 		fi
 	}
@@ -709,10 +757,10 @@ EOL
 		cd ..
 	}
 
-	function abortInstall()
+	function abort_install()
 	{
 		echo
-		error "Installation failed"
+		error "Installation aborted"
 		echo -e "$1"
 		echo
 		exit 0
@@ -737,7 +785,7 @@ EOL
 
 	# Check dependencies
 	head "Checking OS dependencies"
-	detectOS
+	detect_os
 
 	if [[ $INSTALL_FILES != "" ]]; then
 		echo
@@ -757,14 +805,14 @@ EOL
 
 	if [[ ! -e parity ]]; then
 		# Maybe install parity
-		if wait_for_user "${b}Build dependencies installed B-)!${reset} Would you like to download and build parity?"; then
+		if [[ $(ask_user "${b}Parity${reset} Would you like to download and build parity?") == true ]]; then
 			# Do get parity.
 			build_parity
 		fi
 	fi
 
 	if [[ $OS_TYPE == "linux" && $DISTRIB_ID == "Ubuntu" ]]; then
-		if wait_for_user "${b}Netstats:${reset} Would you like to install and configure a netstats client?"; then
+		if [[ $(ask_user "${b}Netstats${reset} Would you like to download, install and configure a Netstats client?${n}${b}${red}WARNING: ${reset}${red}This will need a secret and reconfigure any existing node/NPM installation you have.${reset} ") == true ]]; then
 			install_netstats
 		fi
 	fi
diff --git a/install-parity.sh b/install-parity.sh
index 3217cc284..51eb806eb 100755
--- a/install-parity.sh
+++ b/install-parity.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-
-
 PARITY_DEB_URL=https://github.com/ethcore/parity/releases/download/beta-0.9/parity_0.9.0-0_amd64.deb
 
+
 function run_installer()
 {
 	####### Init vars
@@ -12,8 +11,7 @@ function run_installer()
 	HOMEBREW_CACHE=/Library/Caches/Homebrew
 	HOMEBREW_REPO=https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew
 	OSX_REQUIERED_VERSION="10.7.0"
-
-
+	
 	declare OS_TYPE
 	declare OSX_VERSION
 	declare GIT_PATH
@@ -26,13 +24,11 @@ function run_installer()
 	isGit=false
 	isRuby=false
 	isBrew=false
-	isDocker=false
 	canContinue=true
 	depCount=0
 	depFound=0
 
-
-
+	
 	####### Setup colors
 
 	red=`tput setaf 1`
@@ -119,7 +115,10 @@ function run_installer()
 		done
 	}
 	
-
+	function exe() {
+		echo "\$ $@"; "$@"
+	}
+	
 	function detectOS() {
 		if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu" ]]
 		then
@@ -155,14 +154,6 @@ function run_installer()
 		fi
 	}
 
-	function get_osx_dependencies()
-	{
-		macos_version
-		find_git
-		find_ruby
-		find_brew
-	}
-
 	function macos_version()
 	{
 		declare -a reqVersion
@@ -196,57 +187,46 @@ function run_installer()
 		errorMessages+="${red}==>${reset} ${b}Mac OS version too old:${reset} eth requires OS X version ${red}$OSX_REQUIERED_VERSION${reset} at least in order to run.\n"
 		errorMessages+="		Please update the OS and reload the install process.\n"
 	}
-
-	function find_eth()
+	
+	function get_osx_dependencies()
 	{
-		ETH_PATH=`which parity 2>/dev/null`
-
-		if [[ -f $ETH_PATH ]]
-		then
-			check "Found parity: $ETH_PATH"
-			isEth=true
+		macos_version
+		find_git
+		find_ruby
+		find_brew
+	}
+	
+	function linux_version()
+	{
+		source /etc/lsb-release
+		
+		if [[ $DISTRIB_ID == "Ubuntu" ]]; then
+			if [[ $DISTRIB_RELEASE == "14.04" ]]; then
+				check "Ubuntu-14.04"
+				isUbuntu1404=true
+			else
+				check "Ubuntu, but not 14.04"
+				isUbuntu1404=false
+			fi
 		else
-			uncheck "parity is missing"
-			isEth=false
+			check "Ubuntu not found"
+			isUbuntu1404=false
 		fi
 	}
 
-	function find_git()
+	function get_linux_dependencies()
 	{
-		depCount=$((depCount+1))
+		linux_version
 
-		GIT_PATH=`which git 2>/dev/null`
+		find_multirust
+		find_rocksdb
 
-		if [[ -f $GIT_PATH ]]
-		then
-			check "$($GIT_PATH --version)"
-			isGit=true
-			depFound=$((depFound+1))
-		else
-			uncheck "Git is missing"
-			isGit=false
-		fi
-	}
+		find_curl
+		find_git
+		find_make
+		find_gcc
 
-	function find_ruby()
-	{
-		depCount=$((depCount+1))
-
-		RUBY_PATH=`which ruby 2>/dev/null`
-
-		if [[ -f $RUBY_PATH ]]
-		then
-			RUBY_VERSION=`ruby -e "print RUBY_VERSION"`
-			check "Ruby ${RUBY_VERSION}"
-			isRuby=true
-			depFound=$((depFound+1))
-		else
-			uncheck "Ruby is missing 🔥"
-			isRuby=false
-			canContinue=false
-			errorMessages+="${red}==>${reset} ${b}Couldn't find Ruby:${reset} Brew requires Ruby which could not be found.\n"
-			errorMessages+="		Please install Ruby using these instructions ${u}${blue}https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/installation/${reset}.\n"
-		fi
+		find_apt
 	}
 
 	function find_brew()
@@ -270,60 +250,277 @@ function run_installer()
 
 		depCount=$((depCount+1))
 	}
-
-	function install_brew()
+	
+	function find_ruby()
 	{
-		if [[ $isBrew == false ]]
+		depCount=$((depCount+1))
+
+		RUBY_PATH=`which ruby 2>/dev/null`
+
+		if [[ -f $RUBY_PATH ]]
 		then
-			head "Installing Homebrew"
+			RUBY_VERSION=`ruby -e "print RUBY_VERSION"`
+			check "Ruby ${RUBY_VERSION}"
+			isRuby=true
+			depFound=$((depFound+1))
+		else
+			uncheck "Ruby is missing 🔥"
+			isRuby=false
+			canContinue=false
+			errorMessages+="${red}==>${reset} ${b}Couldn't find Ruby:${reset} Brew requires Ruby which could not be found.\n"
+			errorMessages+="		Please install Ruby using these instructions ${u}${blue}https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/installation/${reset}.\n"
+		fi
+	}
+	
+	function find_rocksdb()
+	{
+		depCount=$((depCount+1))
+		if [[ $(ldconfig -v 2>/dev/null | grep rocksdb | wc -l) == 1 ]]; then
+			depFound=$((depFound+1))
+			check "librocksdb"
+			isRocksDB=true
+		else
+			uncheck "librocksdb is missing"
+			isRocksDB=false
+			INSTALL_FILES+="${blue}${dim}==>${reset}\tlibrocksdb\n"
+		fi
+	}
 
-			if [[ $isRuby == true ]]
-			then
-				ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
+	function find_multirust()
+	{
+		depCount=$((depCount+2))
+		MULTIRUST_PATH=`which multirust 2>/dev/null`
+		if [[ -f $MULTIRUST_PATH ]]; then
+			depFound=$((depFound+1))
+			check "multirust"
+			isMultirust=true
+			if [[ $(multirust show-default 2>/dev/null | grep nightly | wc -l) == 4 ]]; then
+				depFound=$((depFound+1))
+				check "rust nightly"
+				isMultirustNightly=true
 			else
-				cd /usr
-
-				if [[ ! -d $HOMEBREW_PREFIX ]]
-				then
-					sudo mkdir $HOMEBREW_PREFIX
-					sudo chmod g+rwx $HOMEBREW_PREFIX
-				fi
-
-				if [[ ! -d $HOMEBREW_CACHE ]]
-				then
-					sudo mkdir $HOMEBREW_CACHE
-					sudo chmod g+rwx $HOMEBREW_CACHE
-				fi
-
-				DEVELOPER_DIR=`/usr/bin/xcode-select -print-path 2>/dev/null`
-
-				if [[ ! $(ls -A $DEVELOPER_DIR) || ! -f $DEVELOPER_DIR/usr/bin/git ]]
-				then
-					info "Installing the Command Line Tools (expect a GUI popup):"
-					sudo /usr/bin/xcode-select --install
-
-					echo "Press any key when the installation has completed"
-				fi
-
-				cd $HOMEBREW_PREFIX
-
-				bash -o pipefail -c "curl -fsSL ${HOMEBREW_REPO}/tarball/master | tar xz -m --strip 1"
+				uncheck "rust is not nightly"
+				isMultirustNightly=false
+				INSTALL_FILES+="${blue}${dim}==>${reset}\tmultirust -> rust nightly\n"
 			fi
+		else
+			uncheck "multirust is missing"
+			uncheck "rust nightly is missing"
+			isMultirust=false
+			isMultirustNightly=false
+			INSTALL_FILES+="${blue}${dim}==>${reset}\tmultirust\n"
+		fi
+	}
 
-			find_brew
-			echo
+	function find_apt()
+	{
+		depCount=$((depCount+1))
 
-			if [[ $isBrew == false ]]
-			then
-				abortInstall "Couldn't install brew"
+		APT_PATH=`which apt-get 2>/dev/null`
+
+		if [[ -f $APT_PATH ]]
+		then
+			depFound=$((depFound+1))
+			check "apt-get"
+			isApt=true
+		else
+			uncheck "apt-get is missing"
+			isApt=false
+
+			if [[ $isGCC == false || $isGit == false || $isMake == false || $isCurl == false ]]; then
+				canContinue=false
+				errorMessages+="${red}==>${reset} ${b}Couldn't find apt-get:${reset} We can only use apt-get in order to grab our dependencies.\n"
+				errorMessages+="		Please switch to a distribution such as Debian or Ubuntu or manually install the missing packages.\n"
 			fi
 		fi
 	}
 
+	function find_gcc()
+	{
+		depCount=$((depCount+1))
+		GCC_PATH=`which g++ 2>/dev/null`
+
+		if [[ -f $GCC_PATH ]]
+		then
+			depFound=$((depFound+1))
+			check "g++"
+			isGCC=true
+		else
+			uncheck "g++ is missing"
+			isGCC=false
+			INSTALL_FILES+="${blue}${dim}==>${reset}\tg++\n"
+		fi
+	}
+
+	function find_git()
+	{
+		depCount=$((depCount+1))
+		GIT_PATH=`which git 2>/dev/null`
+
+		if [[ -f $GIT_PATH ]]
+		then
+			depFound=$((depFound+1))
+			check "git"
+			isGit=true
+		else
+			uncheck "git is missing"
+			isGit=false
+			INSTALL_FILES+="${blue}${dim}==>${reset}\tgit\n"
+		fi
+	}
+
+	function find_make()
+	{
+		depCount=$((depCount+1))
+		MAKE_PATH=`which make 2>/dev/null`
+
+		if [[ -f $MAKE_PATH ]]
+		then
+			depFound=$((depFound+1))
+			check "make"
+			isMake=true
+		else
+			uncheck "make is missing"
+			isMake=false
+			INSTALL_FILES+="${blue}${dim}==>${reset}\tmake\n"
+		fi
+	}
+
+	function find_curl()
+	{
+		depCount=$((depCount+1))
+		CURL_PATH=`which curl 2>/dev/null`
+
+		if [[ -f $CURL_PATH ]]
+		then
+			depFound=$((depFound+1))
+			check "curl"
+			isCurl=true
+		else
+			uncheck "curl is missing"
+			isCurl=false
+			INSTALL_FILES+="${blue}${dim}==>${reset}\tcurl\n"
+		fi
+	}
+
+	function ubuntu1404_rocksdb_installer()
+	{
+		sudo apt-get update -qq
+		sudo apt-get install -qq -y software-properties-common
+		sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:giskou/librocksdb
+		sudo apt-get -f -y install
+		sudo apt-get update -qq
+		sudo apt-get install -qq -y librocksdb
+	}
+
+	function linux_rocksdb_installer()
+	{
+		if [[ $isUbuntu1404 == true ]]; then
+			ubuntu1404_rocksdb_installer
+		else
+			oldpwd=`pwd`
+			cd /tmp
+			exe git clone --branch v4.2 --depth=1 https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb.git
+			cd rocksdb
+			exe make shared_lib
+			sudo cp -a librocksdb.so* /usr/lib
+			sudo ldconfig
+			cd /tmp
+			rm -rf /tmp/rocksdb
+			cd $oldpwd
+		fi
+	}
+
+
+
+	function verify_installation()
+	{
+		ETH_PATH=`which parity 2>/dev/null`
+
+		if [[ -f $ETH_PATH ]]
+		then
+			success "Parity has been installed"
+		else
+			error "Parity is missing"
+			abortInstall
+		fi
+	}
+	
+	function verify_dep_installation()
+	{
+		info "Verifying installation"
+
+		if [[ $OS_TYPE == "linux" ]]; then
+			find_curl
+			find_git
+			find_make
+			find_gcc
+			find_rocksdb
+			find_multirust
+
+			if [[ $isCurl == false || $isGit == false || $isMake == false || $isGCC == false || $isRocksDB == false || $isMultirustNightly == false ]]; then
+				abortInstall
+			fi
+		fi
+	}
+	
+	function linux_deps_installer()
+	{
+		if [[ $isGCC == false || $isGit == false || $isMake == false || $isCurl == false ]]; then
+			info "Installing build dependencies..."
+			sudo apt-get update -qq
+			if [[ $isGit == false ]]; then
+				sudo apt-get install -q -y git
+			fi
+			if [[ $isGCC == false ]]; then
+				sudo apt-get install -q -y g++ gcc
+			fi
+			if [[ $isMake == false ]]; then
+				sudo apt-get install -q -y make
+			fi
+			if [[ $isCurl == false ]]; then
+				sudo apt-get install -q -y curl
+			fi
+			echo
+		fi
+
+		if [[ $isRocksDB == false ]]; then
+			info "Installing rocksdb..."
+			linux_rocksdb_installer
+			echo
+		fi
+
+		if [[ $isMultirust == false ]]; then
+			info "Installing multirust..."
+			curl -sf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brson/multirust/master/blastoff.sh | sudo sh -s -- --yes
+			echo
+		fi
+
+		if [[ $isMultirustNightly == false ]]; then
+			info "Installing rust nightly..."
+			sudo multirust update nightly
+			sudo multirust default nightly
+			echo
+		fi
+
+	}
+	
+	function linux_installer()
+	{
+		linux_deps_installer
+		verify_dep_installation
+
+		info "Installing parity"
+		file=/tmp/parity.deb
+
+		wget $PARITY_DEB_URL -qO $file
+		sudo dpkg -i $file
+		rm $file
+	}
+
+	
 	function osx_installer()
 	{
-		osx_dependency_installer
-
 		info "Adding ethcore repository"
 		brew tap ethcore/ethcore https://github.com/ethcore/homebrew-ethcore.git
 		echo
@@ -342,105 +539,66 @@ function run_installer()
 		fi
 		echo
 	}
-
-	function osx_dependency_installer()
+	
+	function install()
 	{
-		if [[ $isGit == false ]];
-		then
-			echo "Installing Git"
-		fi
-
-		if [[ $isRuby == false ]];
-		then
-			echo "Installing Ruby"
-		fi
-
-		if [[ $isBrew == false ]];
-		then
-			install_brew
-		fi
-	}
-
-	function get_linux_dependencies()
-	{
-		find_apt
-		find_docker
-	}
-
-	function find_apt()
-	{
-		APT_PATH=`which apt-get 2>/dev/null`
-
-		if [[ -f $APT_PATH ]]
-		then
-			check "apt-get"
-			echo "$($APT_PATH -v)"
-			isApt=true
-		else
-			uncheck "apt-get is missing"
-			isApt=false
-		fi
-	}
-
-	function find_docker()
-	{
-		DOCKER_PATH=`which docker 2>/dev/null`
-
-		if [[ -f $DOCKER_PATH ]]
-		then
-			check "docker"
-			echo "$($DOCKER_PATH -v)"
-			isDocker=true
-		else
-			isDocker=false
-		fi
-	}
-	function linux_rocksdb_installer()
-	{
-		sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:giskou/librocksdb
-		sudo apt-get -f -y install
-		sudo apt-get update
-		sudo apt-get install -y librocksdb
-	}
-
-	function linux_installer()
-	{
-		info "Installing dependencies"
-		sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -q -y git curl g++ wget
 		echo
+		head "Installing Parity build dependencies"
 
-		info "Installing rocksdb"
-		linux_rocksdb_installer
-		echo
+		if [[ $OS_TYPE == "osx" ]]
+		then
+			osx_installer
+		elif [[ $OS_TYPE == "linux" ]]
+		then
+			linux_installer
+		fi
 
-		info "Installing parity"
-		file=/tmp/parity.deb
-
-		
-		wget $PARITY_DEB_URL -qO $file
-		sudo dpkg -i $file
-		rm $file
+		verify_installation
 	}
 
+	
 	function install_netstats()
 	{
-		echo "install netstats"
-
-		if [[ $isDocker == false ]]
-		then
-			info "installing docker"
-			curl -sSL https://get.docker.com/ | sh
-		fi
-
-		dir=$HOME/.netstats
+		echo "Installing netstats"
 
 		secret=$(prompt_for_input "Please enter the netstats secret:")
 		instance_name=$(prompt_for_input "Please enter your instance name:")
 		contact_details=$(prompt_for_input "Please enter your contact details (optional):")
-		
 
-		mkdir -p $dir
-		cat > $dir/app.json << EOL
+		curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_0.12 | bash -
+		sudo apt-get update
+		
+		# install ethereum & install dependencies
+		sudo apt-get install -y -qq build-essential git unzip wget nodejs ntp cloud-utils
+
+		sudo apt-get install -y -qq npm
+
+		# add node symlink if it doesn't exist
+		[[ ! -f /usr/bin/node ]] && sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node
+
+		# set up time update cronjob
+		sudo bash -c "cat > /etc/cron.hourly/ntpdate << EOF
+		#!/bin/sh
+		pm2 flush
+		sudo service ntp stop
+		sudo ntpdate -s ntp.ubuntu.com
+		sudo service ntp start
+		EOF"
+
+		sudo chmod 755 /etc/cron.hourly/ntpdate
+
+		cd $HOME
+
+		[ ! -d "www" ] && git clone https://github.com/cubedro/eth-net-intelligence-api netstats
+		oldpwd= $(pwd)
+		cd netstats
+		git pull
+		git checkout 95d595258239a0fdf56b97dedcfb2be62f6170e6
+
+		sudo npm install
+		sudo npm install pm2 -g
+
+		cat > app.json << EOL
 [
 	{
 		"name"							: "node-app",
@@ -468,35 +626,10 @@ function run_installer()
 ]
 EOL
 
-		sudo docker rm --force netstats-client 2> /dev/null
-		sudo docker pull ethcore/netstats-client
-		sudo docker run -d --net=host --name netstats-client -v $dir/app.json:/home/ethnetintel/eth-net-intelligence-api/app.json	 ethcore/netstats-client 
-	}
-
-	function install()
-	{
-		echo
-		head "Installing Parity build dependencies"
-
-		if [[ $OS_TYPE == "osx" ]]
-		then
-			osx_installer
-		elif [[ $OS_TYPE == "linux" ]]
-		then
-			linux_installer
-		fi
-	}
-
-	function verify_installation()
-	{
-		info "Verifying installation"
-		find_eth
-
-		if [[ $isEth == false ]]
-		then
-			abortInstall
-		fi
+		pm2 startOrRestart app.json
+		cd $oldpwd
 	}
+	
 
 	function abortInstall()
 	{
@@ -510,32 +643,37 @@ EOL
 	function finish()
 	{
 		echo
-		successHeading "Installation successful!"
+		successHeading "All done"
 		#		head "Next steps"
 		#		info "Run ${cyan}\`\`${reset} to get started.${reset}"
 		echo
 		exit 0
 	}
 
-	# Check dependencies
 	head "Checking OS dependencies"
 	detectOS
 
-	echo
-	head "In addition to the parity build dependencies, this script will install:"
-	echo "$INSTALL_FILES"
-	echo
-
-	# Prompt user to continue or abort
-	if wait_for_user "${b}OK,${reset} let's go!"
-	then
-		echo "Installing..."
-	else
-		abortInstall "${red}==>${reset} Process stopped by user. To resume the install run the one-liner command again."
+	if [[ $INSTALL_FILES != "" ]]; then
+		echo
+		head "In addition to the Parity build dependencies, this script will install:"
+		printf "$INSTALL_FILES"
+		echo
 	fi
 
-	# Install dependencies and eth
-	install
+	#DEBUG
+
+	
+	head "${b}OK,${reset} let's install Parity now!"
+	if wait_for_user "${b}Last chance!${reset} Sure you want to install this software?"
+	then
+		install	
+		echo
+		echo
+	else
+		finish
+	fi
+
+	
 
 	if [[ $OS_TYPE == "linux" ]]
 	then
@@ -547,10 +685,8 @@ EOL
 		fi
 	fi
 
-	# Check installation
-	verify_installation
 
-	# Display goodby message
+	# Display goodbye message
 	finish
 }
 
diff --git a/parity/main.rs b/parity/main.rs
index 7d0a08855..2aa0f7070 100644
--- a/parity/main.rs
+++ b/parity/main.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ extern crate ethsync;
 extern crate log as rlog;
 extern crate env_logger;
 extern crate ctrlc;
+extern crate fdlimit;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "rpc")]
 extern crate ethcore_rpc as rpc;
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ fn main() {
 	let args: Args = Args::docopt().decode().unwrap_or_else(|e| e.exit());
 
 	setup_log(&args.flag_logging);
+	unsafe { ::fdlimit::raise_fd_limit(); }
 
 	let spec = ethereum::new_frontier();
 	let init_nodes = match args.arg_enode.len() {
diff --git a/util/fdlimit/Cargo.toml b/util/fdlimit/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..42aa582fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/fdlimit/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[package]
+description = "Utility function to raise file descriptor limit on OS X"
+homepage = "http://ethcore.io"
+license = "GPL-3.0"
+name = "fdlimit"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Ethcore <admin@ethcore.io>"]
+
+[dependencies]
+libc = "0.2"
diff --git a/util/fdlimit/src/lib.rs b/util/fdlimit/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e659bb8c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/fdlimit/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// Copyright 2015, 2016 Ethcore (UK) Ltd.
+// This file is part of Parity.
+// 
+// Parity is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+// 
+// Parity is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+// 
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Parity.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.extern crate libc;
+extern crate libc;
+pub mod raise_fd_limit;
+pub use raise_fd_limit::raise_fd_limit;
diff --git a/util/fdlimit/src/raise_fd_limit.rs b/util/fdlimit/src/raise_fd_limit.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f57ac2785
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/fdlimit/src/raise_fd_limit.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+// Copyright 2015 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+/// darwin_fd_limit exists to work around an issue where launchctl on Mac OS X
+/// defaults the rlimit maxfiles to 256/unlimited. The default soft limit of 256
+/// ends up being far too low for our multithreaded scheduler testing, depending
+/// on the number of cores available.
+///
+#[cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "ios"))]
+#[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
+pub unsafe fn raise_fd_limit() {
+    use libc;
+    use std::cmp;
+    use std::io;
+    use std::mem::size_of_val;
+    use std::ptr::null_mut;
+
+    static CTL_KERN: libc::c_int = 1;
+    static KERN_MAXFILESPERPROC: libc::c_int = 29;
+
+    // The strategy here is to fetch the current resource limits, read the
+    // kern.maxfilesperproc sysctl value, and bump the soft resource limit for
+    // maxfiles up to the sysctl value.
+
+    // Fetch the kern.maxfilesperproc value
+    let mut mib: [libc::c_int; 2] = [CTL_KERN, KERN_MAXFILESPERPROC];
+    let mut maxfiles: libc::c_int = 0;
+    let mut size: libc::size_t = size_of_val(&maxfiles) as libc::size_t;
+    if libc::sysctl(&mut mib[0], 2, &mut maxfiles as *mut _ as *mut _, &mut size,
+              null_mut(), 0) != 0 {
+        let err = io::Error::last_os_error();
+        panic!("raise_fd_limit: error calling sysctl: {}", err);
+    }
+
+    // Fetch the current resource limits
+    let mut rlim = libc::rlimit{rlim_cur: 0, rlim_max: 0};
+    if libc::getrlimit(libc::RLIMIT_NOFILE, &mut rlim) != 0 {
+        let err = io::Error::last_os_error();
+        panic!("raise_fd_limit: error calling getrlimit: {}", err);
+    }
+
+    // Bump the soft limit to the smaller of kern.maxfilesperproc and the hard
+    // limit
+    rlim.rlim_cur = cmp::min(maxfiles as libc::rlim_t, rlim.rlim_max);
+
+    // Set our newly-increased resource limit
+    if libc::setrlimit(libc::RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rlim) != 0 {
+        let err = io::Error::last_os_error();
+        panic!("raise_fd_limit: error calling setrlimit: {}", err);
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "ios")))]
+pub unsafe fn raise_fd_limit() {}