diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 468cb5a8..7c10cb0d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,6 +22,16 @@ bitcoind as a shared object. This may not be ideal yet.
 
 #### Compiling bticoind as a library
 
+##### Dependencies
+
+  - Boost
+    - Bost Header Files (`/usr/include/boost`)
+
+  - Berkeley DB
+
+  - LevelDB Header Files (included in bitcoin source repo, leveldb itself
+    unnecessary, libbitcoind.so is already linked to them)
+
 ``` bash
 # ensure clean up
 $ make clean
@@ -63,7 +73,7 @@ Without `--enable-library`, the Makefile with compile bitcoind with -fPIE
 
 ``` bash
 $ cd ~/work/node_modules/bitcoind.js
-$ PYTHON=/usr/bin/python2.7 make gyp
+$ BITCOIN_DIR=~/bitcoin PYTHON=/usr/bin/python2.7 make
 ```
 
 #### Running bitcoind.js
diff --git a/binding.gyp b/binding.gyp
index d31e33cd..72c07839 100644
--- a/binding.gyp
+++ b/binding.gyp
@@ -2,17 +2,23 @@
   'targets': [{
     'target_name': 'bitcoindjs',
     'include_dirs' : [
-      '/usr/include',
+      # standard include:
+      # '/usr/include',
       '<!(node -e "require(\'nan\')")',
-      '/usr/include/boost',
-      '<!(echo "$HOME")/bitcoin/src/leveldb/include',
-      '<!(echo "$HOME")/bitcoin/src',
+      # '/usr/include/boost',
+      '<!(test -n "$BITCOIN_DIR" && echo "$BITCOIN_DIR" || echo "${HOME}/bitcoin")/src/leveldb/include',
+      '<!(test -n "$BITCOIN_DIR" && echo "$BITCOIN_DIR" || echo "${HOME}/bitcoin")/src',
     ],
     'sources': [
       './src/bitcoindjs.cc',
     ],
     'defines': [
-      'HAVE_WORKING_BOOST_SLEEP',
+      '<!(test $(grep "#define BOOST_VERSION " /usr/include/boost/version.hpp'\
+      ' | awk "{ print \$3 }") -gt 105200'\
+      ' && echo HAVE_WORKING_BOOST_SLEEP_FOR'\
+      ' || echo HAVE_WORKING_BOOST_SLEEP)',
+      # Assume libbitcoind.so is always
+      # compiled with wallet support.
       'ENABLE_WALLET',
     ],
     'cflags_cc': [
@@ -21,18 +27,16 @@
     ],
     'libraries': [
       # standard libs:
-      '-L/usr/lib',
-      '-L/usr/local/lib',
+      # '-L/usr/lib',
+      # '-L/usr/local/lib',
       # boost:
       '-lboost_system',
       '-lboost_filesystem',
       '-lboost_program_options',
       '-lboost_thread',
       '-lboost_chrono',
-      # leveldb:
-      #'<!(echo "$HOME")/bitcoin/src/leveldb/libleveldb.a',
       # bitcoind:
-      '<!(echo "$HOME")/bitcoin/src/libbitcoind.so',
+      '<!(test -n "$BITCOIN_DIR" && echo "$BITCOIN_DIR" || echo "${HOME}/bitcoin")/src/libbitcoind.so',
     ]
   }]
 }
diff --git a/binding_work.gyp b/binding_work.gyp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d5c71b20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binding_work.gyp
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+{
+  'targets': [{
+    'target_name': 'bitcoindjs',
+    'include_dirs' : [
+      # standard include:
+      # '/usr/include',
+      '<!(node -e "require(\'nan\')")',
+      '/usr/include/boost',
+      '<!(test -n "$BITCOIN_DIR" && echo "$BITCOIN_DIR" || echo "${HOME}/bitcoin")/src/leveldb/include',
+      '<!(test -n "$BITCOIN_DIR" && echo "$BITCOIN_DIR" || echo "${HOME}/bitcoin")/src',
+    ],
+    # 'includes': [
+    #   './include.gypi',
+    # ],
+    # 'variables': {
+    #   'BOOST_VERSION': '<!(grep "#define BOOST_VERSION " /usr/include/boost/version.hpp | awk "{ print \$3 }")',
+    #   'BOOST_HAS_NANOSLEEP': '0',
+    # },
+    'conditions': [
+      ['OS=="linux"', {
+        'variables': {
+          'BOOST_VERSION': '<!(grep "#define BOOST_VERSION " /usr/include/boost/version.hpp | awk "{ print \$3 }")',
+          'BOOST_HAS_NANOSLEEP': '<!(grep -q "#define \+BOOST_HAS_NANOSLEEP" /usr/include/boost/config/platform/linux.hpp && echo 1 || echo 0)',
+        },
+      }],
+      ['OS=="darwin"', {
+        'variables': {
+          'BOOST_VERSION': '<!(grep "#define BOOST_VERSION " /usr/include/boost/version.hpp | awk "{ print \$3 }")',
+          'BOOST_HAS_NANOSLEEP': '<!(grep -q "#define \+BOOST_HAS_NANOSLEEP" /usr/include/boost/config/platform/macos.hpp && echo 1 || echo 0)',
+        },
+      }],
+      ['OS!="linux" && OS!="darwin"', {
+        'variables': {
+          'BOOST_VERSION': '<!(grep "#define BOOST_VERSION " /usr/include/boost/version.hpp | awk "{ print \$3 }")',
+          'BOOST_HAS_NANOSLEEP': '0',
+        },
+      }],
+      ['BOOST_VERSION>=105000 && (BOOST_HAS_NANOSLEEP==0 || BOOST_VERSION>=105200)', {
+        'variables': {
+          'BOOST_SLEEP': 'HAVE_WORKING_BOOST_SLEEP_FOR',
+        },
+        #'defines': [
+        #  'HAVE_WORKING_BOOST_SLEEP_FOR',
+        #  # Assume libbitcoind.so is always
+        #  # compiled with wallet support.
+        #  'ENABLE_WALLET',
+        #],
+      }, { # !(BOOST_VERSION>=105000) ...
+        'variables': {
+          'BOOST_SLEEP': 'HAVE_WORKING_BOOST_SLEEP',
+        },
+        #'defines': [
+        #  'HAVE_WORKING_BOOST_SLEEP',
+        #  # Assume libbitcoind.so is always
+        #  # compiled with wallet support.
+        #  'ENABLE_WALLET',
+        #],
+      }],
+    ],
+    'sources': [
+      './src/bitcoindjs.cc',
+    ],
+    'defines': [
+      # TODO: Figure out how to detect BOOST_SLEEP in gyp.
+      # 'HAVE_WORKING_BOOST_SLEEP',
+      '<(BOOST_SLEEP)',
+      # Assume libbitcoind.so is always
+      # compiled with wallet support.
+      'ENABLE_WALLET',
+    ],
+    'conditions': [
+    ],
+    'cflags_cc': [
+      '-fexceptions',
+      '-frtti',
+    ],
+    'libraries': [
+      # standard libs:
+      # '-L/usr/lib',
+      # '-L/usr/local/lib',
+      # boost:
+      '-lboost_system',
+      '-lboost_filesystem',
+      '-lboost_program_options',
+      '-lboost_thread',
+      '-lboost_chrono',
+      # bitcoind:
+      '<!(test -n "$BITCOIN_DIR" && echo "$BITCOIN_DIR" || echo "${HOME}/bitcoin")/src/libbitcoind.so',
+    ]
+  }]
+}
diff --git a/binding_work2.gyp b/binding_work2.gyp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c6a012e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binding_work2.gyp
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+{
+  'targets': [{
+    'target_name': 'bitcoindjs',
+    'include_dirs' : [
+      # standard include:
+      # '/usr/include',
+      '<!(node -e "require(\'nan\')")',
+      '/usr/include/boost',
+      '<!(test -n "$BITCOIN_DIR" && echo "$BITCOIN_DIR" || echo "${HOME}/bitcoin")/src/leveldb/include',
+      '<!(test -n "$BITCOIN_DIR" && echo "$BITCOIN_DIR" || echo "${HOME}/bitcoin")/src',
+    ],
+    'variables': {
+      'BOOST_VERSION': '<!(grep "#define BOOST_VERSION " /usr/include/boost/version.hpp | awk "{ print \$3 }")',
+      'BOOST_HAS_NANOSLEEP': '0',
+    },
+    'conditions': [
+      ['OS=="linux"', {
+        'variables': {
+          'BOOST_VERSION': '<!(grep "#define BOOST_VERSION " /usr/include/boost/version.hpp | awk "{ print \$3 }")',
+          'BOOST_HAS_NANOSLEEP': '<!(grep -q "#define \+BOOST_HAS_NANOSLEEP" /usr/include/boost/config/platform/linux.hpp && echo 1 || echo 0)',
+        },
+      }],
+      ['OS=="darwin"', {
+        'variables': {
+          'BOOST_VERSION': '<!(grep "#define BOOST_VERSION " /usr/include/boost/version.hpp | awk "{ print \$3 }")',
+          'BOOST_HAS_NANOSLEEP': '<!(grep -q "#define \+BOOST_HAS_NANOSLEEP" /usr/include/boost/config/platform/macos.hpp && echo 1 || echo 0)',
+        },
+      }],
+      ['BOOST_VERSION >= 105000 && (BOOST_HAS_NANOSLEEP == 0 || BOOST_VERSION >= 105200)', {
+        'defines': [
+          'HAVE_WORKING_BOOST_SLEEP_FOR',
+        ],
+      }, { # !(BOOST_VERSION>=105000) ...
+        'defines': [
+          'HAVE_WORKING_BOOST_SLEEP',
+        ],
+      }],
+    ],
+    'sources': [
+      './src/bitcoindjs.cc',
+    ],
+    'defines': [
+      # Assume libbitcoind.so is always
+      # compiled with wallet support.
+      '<!(test $(grep "#define BOOST_VERSION " /usr/include/boost/version.hpp | awk "{ print \$3 }") -gt 105200 && echo HAVE_WORKING_BOOST_SLEEP_FOR || echo HAVE_WORKING_BOOST_SLEEP)',
+      'ENABLE_WALLET',
+    ],
+    'cflags_cc': [
+      '-fexceptions',
+      '-frtti',
+    ],
+    'libraries': [
+      # standard libs:
+      # '-L/usr/lib',
+      # '-L/usr/local/lib',
+      # boost:
+      '-lboost_system',
+      '-lboost_filesystem',
+      '-lboost_program_options',
+      '-lboost_thread',
+      '-lboost_chrono',
+      # bitcoind:
+      '<!(test -n "$BITCOIN_DIR" && echo "$BITCOIN_DIR" || echo "${HOME}/bitcoin")/src/libbitcoind.so',
+    ]
+  }]
+}
diff --git a/binding_work3.gyp b/binding_work3.gyp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e2fada69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binding_work3.gyp
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+{
+  'targets': [{
+    'target_name': 'bitcoindjs',
+    'include_dirs' : [
+      # standard include:
+      # '/usr/include',
+      '<!(node -e "require(\'nan\')")',
+      '/usr/include/boost',
+      '<!(test -n "$BITCOIN_DIR" && echo "$BITCOIN_DIR" || echo "${HOME}/bitcoin")/src/leveldb/include',
+      '<!(test -n "$BITCOIN_DIR" && echo "$BITCOIN_DIR" || echo "${HOME}/bitcoin")/src',
+    ],
+    'variables': {
+      'BOOST_VERSION': '<!(grep "#define BOOST_VERSION " /usr/include/boost/version.hpp | awk "{ print \$3 }")',
+      'BOOST_HAS_NANOSLEEP': '0',
+    },
+    'conditions': [
+      ['OS=="linux"', {
+        'variables': {
+          'BOOST_VERSION': '<!(grep "#define BOOST_VERSION " /usr/include/boost/version.hpp | awk "{ print \$3 }")',
+          'BOOST_HAS_NANOSLEEP': '<!(grep -q "#define \+BOOST_HAS_NANOSLEEP" /usr/include/boost/config/platform/linux.hpp && echo 1 || echo 0)',
+        },
+      }],
+      ['OS=="darwin"', {
+        'variables': {
+          'BOOST_VERSION': '<!(grep "#define BOOST_VERSION " /usr/include/boost/version.hpp | awk "{ print \$3 }")',
+          'BOOST_HAS_NANOSLEEP': '<!(grep -q "#define \+BOOST_HAS_NANOSLEEP" /usr/include/boost/config/platform/macos.hpp && echo 1 || echo 0)',
+        },
+      }],
+      ['BOOST_VERSION >= 105000 && (BOOST_HAS_NANOSLEEP == 0 || BOOST_VERSION >= 105200)', {
+        'defines': [
+          'HAVE_WORKING_BOOST_SLEEP_FOR',
+        ],
+      }, { # !(BOOST_VERSION>=105000) ...
+        'defines': [
+          'HAVE_WORKING_BOOST_SLEEP',
+        ],
+      }],
+    ],
+    'sources': [
+      './src/bitcoindjs.cc',
+    ],
+    'defines': [
+      '<!(test $(grep "#define BOOST_VERSION " /usr/include/boost/version.hpp | awk "{ print \$3 }") -gt 105200 && echo HAVE_WORKING_BOOST_SLEEP_FOR || echo HAVE_WORKING_BOOST_SLEEP)',
+      # Assume libbitcoind.so is always
+      # compiled with wallet support.
+      'ENABLE_WALLET',
+    ],
+    'cflags_cc': [
+      '-fexceptions',
+      '-frtti',
+    ],
+    'libraries': [
+      # standard libs:
+      # '-L/usr/lib',
+      # '-L/usr/local/lib',
+      # boost:
+      '-lboost_system',
+      '-lboost_filesystem',
+      '-lboost_program_options',
+      '-lboost_thread',
+      '-lboost_chrono',
+      # bitcoind:
+      '<!(test -n "$BITCOIN_DIR" && echo "$BITCOIN_DIR" || echo "${HOME}/bitcoin")/src/libbitcoind.so',
+    ]
+  }]
+}
diff --git a/src/bitcoindjs.cc b/src/bitcoindjs.cc
index 06a15b71..025d06eb 100644
--- a/src/bitcoindjs.cc
+++ b/src/bitcoindjs.cc
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ extern void (DetectShutdownThread)(boost::thread_group*);
 extern void (StartNode)(boost::thread_group&);
 extern void (ThreadScriptCheck)();
 extern void (StartShutdown)();
+extern bool (AppInit2)(boost::thread_group&);
 extern int nScriptCheckThreads;
 #ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
 extern std::string strWalletFile;
@@ -287,15 +288,16 @@ start_node(void) {
   detectShutdownThread = new boost::thread(
     boost::bind(&DetectShutdownThread, &threadGroup));
 
-  int _nScriptCheckThreads = 0;
-  for (int i = 0; i < _nScriptCheckThreads - 1; i++) {
+  for (int i = 0; i < nScriptCheckThreads - 1; i++) {
     threadGroup.create_thread(&ThreadScriptCheck);
   }
 
   std::vector<boost::filesystem::path> vImportFiles;
   threadGroup.create_thread(boost::bind(&ThreadImport, vImportFiles));
 
-  StartNode(threadGroup);
+  // StartNode(threadGroup);
+
+  AppInit2(threadGroup);
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
   if (pwalletMain) {