diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d050d692..05d147ef 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@ env:
 node_js:
   - "0.12"
 before_install:
-  - sudo apt-get install libboost1.48-all-dev
-  - sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
-  - sudo apt-get update
-  - sudo apt-get install libdb4.8-dev libdb4.8++-dev
   - git config --global user.email "dev@bitpay.com"
   - git config --global user.name "BitPay, Inc."
 script:
diff --git a/binding.gyp b/binding.gyp
index 8dfff9e8..947966a5 100644
--- a/binding.gyp
+++ b/binding.gyp
@@ -28,13 +28,12 @@
     ],
     'link_settings': {
       'libraries': [
-        '-lboost_filesystem',
-        '-L/usr/local/lib',
+        '<!(./platform/os.sh filesystem)',
         '<!(./platform/os.sh thread)',
         '<!(./platform/os.sh lib)'
       ],
       'ldflags': [
-        '-Wl,-rpath,<!(./platform/os.sh osdir),-rpath,<!(./platform/os.sh btcdir)/src/leveldb'
+        '-Wl,-rpath,<!(./platform/os.sh osdir),-rpath,<!(./platform/os.sh btcdir)/src/leveldb,-rpath,<!(./platform/os.sh boost_dir)'
       ]
     }
   }]
diff --git a/example/index.js b/example/index.js
index 98e5c7b4..7782b355 100755
--- a/example/index.js
+++ b/example/index.js
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ process.title = 'bitcoind.js';
 
 var daemon = require('../').daemon({
   datadir: process.env.BITCOINDJS_DIR || '~/.bitcoin',
-  network: 'regtest'
 });
 
 daemon.on('error', function(err) {
diff --git a/platform/os.sh b/platform/os.sh
index 14406da7..11a29804 100755
--- a/platform/os.sh
+++ b/platform/os.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ root_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/.."
 BITCOIN_DIR="${root_dir}/libbitcoind"
 os=
 ext=so
-thread=-lboost_thread
+
+boost_dir="${root_dir}"/libbitcoind/depends/x86_64-linux/lib
+thread="${boost_dir}"/libboost_thread-mt.so
+filesystem="${boost_dir}"/libboost_filesystem.so
 
 if test -f /etc/centos-release \
   || grep -q 'CentOS' /etc/redhat-release \
@@ -20,7 +23,9 @@ elif test -f /etc/redhat_release \
 elif uname -a | grep -q '^Darwin'; then
   os=osx
   ext=dylib
-  thread=-lboost_thread-mt
+  boost_dir="${root_dir}"/libbitcoind/depends/x86_64-darwin/lib
+  thread="${boost_dir}"/libboost_thread-mt.dylib
+  filesystem="${boost_dir}"/libboost_filesystem.dylib
 elif test -f /etc/SuSE-release; then
   os=suse
 elif test -f /etc/mandrake-release \
@@ -74,6 +79,14 @@ if test -z "$1" -o x"$1" = x'thread'; then
   echo -n "${thread}"
 fi
 
+if test -z "$1" -o x"$1" = x'filesystem'; then
+  echo -n "${filesystem}"
+fi
+
+if test -z "$1" -o x"$1" = x'boost_dir'; then
+  echo -n "${boost_dir}"
+fi
+
 if test -z "$1" -o x"$1" = x'lib'; then
   if test -e "${os_dir}/libbitcoind.${ext}" -o -e "${os_dir}/lib/libbitcoind.${ext}"; then
     if test -e "${os_dir}/lib/libbitcoind.${ext}"; then