diff --git a/gui/EasyDEX-GUI b/gui/EasyDEX-GUI
index 338e125..597a06d 160000
--- a/gui/EasyDEX-GUI
+++ b/gui/EasyDEX-GUI
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 338e125db5b92f3fb0b690d4975b330f3330f2c9
+Subproject commit 597a06dd1376289aedeaf622ba1dd571e07088c6
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 84a17f4..a630fc0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     "pm2": "^2.3.0",
     "ps-node": "^0.1.4",
     "request": "^2.80.0",
+    "rimraf": "^2.6.1",
     "socket.io": "^1.7.3"
   }
 }
diff --git a/routes/shepherd.js b/routes/shepherd.js
index caf6a1b..f982b09 100644
--- a/routes/shepherd.js
+++ b/routes/shepherd.js
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ const electron = require('electron'),
       md5 = require('md5'),
       pm2 = require('pm2'),
       request = require('request'),
-      async = require('async');
+      async = require('async'),
+      rimraf = require('rimraf');
 
 Promise = require('bluebird');
 
@@ -1197,6 +1198,142 @@ shepherd.post('/getconf', function(req, res) {
   res.end(JSON.stringify(obj));
 });
 
+/*
+ *	type: GET
+ *	params: coin, type
+ */
+shepherd.get('/kick', function(req, res, next) {
+	var _coin = req.query.coin,
+			_type = req.query.type;
+
+	if (!_coin) {
+    var errorObj = {
+      'msg': 'error',
+      'result': 'no coin name provided'
+    };
+
+    res.end(JSON.stringify(errorObj));
+  }
+
+	if (!_type) {
+    var errorObj = {
+      'msg': 'error',
+      'result': 'no type provided'
+    };
+
+    res.end(JSON.stringify(errorObj));
+  }
+
+  var kickStartDirs = {
+  	'soft': [
+  		{
+  			'name': 'DB/[coin]/balancecrc.',
+  			'type': 'pattern'
+  		},
+  		{
+  			'name': 'DB/[coin]/utxoaddrs',
+  			'type': 'file'
+  		},
+  		{
+  			'name': 'DB/[coin]/accounts',
+  			'type': 'folder'
+  		},
+  		{
+  			'name': 'DB/[coin]/fastfind',
+  			'type': 'folder'
+  		},
+  		{
+  			'name': 'tmp/[coin]',
+  			'type': 'folder'
+  		}
+  	],
+  	'hard': [
+  		{
+  			'name': 'DB/[coin]',
+  			'type': 'pattern',
+  			'match': 'balancecrc.'
+  		},
+  		{
+  			'name': 'DB/[coin]/utxoaddrs',
+  			'type': 'file'
+  		},
+  		{
+  			'name': 'DB/[coin]',
+  			'type': 'pattern',
+  			'match': 'utxoaddrs.'
+  		},
+  		{
+  			'name': 'DB/[coin]/accounts',
+  			'type': 'folder'
+  		},
+  		{
+  			'name': 'DB/[coin]/fastfind',
+  			'type': 'folder'
+  		},
+  		{
+  			'name': 'DB/[coin]/spends',
+  			'type': 'folder'
+  		},
+  		{
+  			'name': 'tmp/[coin]',
+  			'type': 'folder'
+  		}
+  	],
+  	'brutal': [ // delete coin related data
+  		{
+				'name': 'DB/[coin]',
+				'type': 'folder'
+  		},
+  		{
+  			'name': 'DB/purgeable/[coin]',
+  			'type': 'folder'
+  		},
+  		{
+  			'name': 'DB/ro/[coin]',
+  			'type': 'folder'
+  		},
+  		{
+  			'name': 'tmp/[coin]',
+  			'type': 'folder'
+  		}
+  	]
+  };
+
+  if (_coin && _type) {
+		for (var i = 0; i < kickStartDirs[_type].length; i++) {
+			console.log('deleting ' + kickStartDirs[_type][i].type + (kickStartDirs[_type][i].match ? ' ' + kickStartDirs[_type][i].match : '') + ' ' + iguanaDir + '/' + kickStartDirs[_type][i].name.replace('[coin]', _coin));
+			if (kickStartDirs[_type][i].type === 'folder' || kickStartDirs[_type][i].type === 'file') {
+				rimraf(iguanaDir + '/' + kickStartDirs[_type][i].name.replace('[coin]', _coin), function(err) {
+					if (err) {
+						throw err;
+					}
+				});
+			} else if (kickStartDirs[_type][i].type === 'pattern') {
+				var dirItems = fs.readdirSync(iguanaDir + '/' + kickStartDirs[_type][i].name.replace('[coin]', _coin));
+				if (dirItems && dirItems.length) {
+			    for (var j = 0; j < dirItems.length; j++) {
+			      if (dirItems[j].indexOf(kickStartDirs[_type][i].match) > -1) {
+							rimraf(iguanaDir + '/' + kickStartDirs[_type][i].name.replace('[coin]', _coin) + '/' + dirItems[j], function(err) {
+								if (err) {
+									throw err;
+								}
+							});
+				      console.log('deleting ' + dirItems[j]);
+			      }
+			    }
+			  }
+			}
+  	}
+
+    var successObj = {
+      'msg': 'success',
+      'result': 'kickstart: brutal is executed'
+    };
+
+    res.end(JSON.stringify(successObj));
+  }
+});
+
 shepherd.loadLocalConfig = function() {
   if (fs.existsSync(iguanaDir + '/config.json')) {
     var localAppConfig = fs.readFileSync(iguanaDir + '/config.json', 'utf8');
@@ -1722,40 +1859,43 @@ function setConf(flock) {
 }
 
 function getConf(flock) {
+	const komodoDir = '',
+				ZcashDir = '',
+				DaemonConfPath = '';
+
   console.log(flock);
 
 	if (os.platform() === 'darwin') {
-		var komodoDir = process.env.HOME + '/Library/Application Support/Komodo',
-			ZcashDir = process.env.HOME + '/Library/Application Support/Zcash';
+		komodoDir = process.env.HOME + '/Library/Application Support/Komodo';
+		ZcashDir = process.env.HOME + '/Library/Application Support/Zcash';
 	}
 
 	if (os.platform() === 'linux') {
-		var komodoDir = process.env.HOME + '/.komodo',
-			ZcashDir = process.env.HOME + '/.zcash';
+		komodoDir = process.env.HOME + '/.komodo';
+		ZcashDir = process.env.HOME + '/.zcash';
 	}
 
-  	if (os.platform() === 'win32') {
-		var komodoDir = process.env.APPDATA + '/Komodo',
-			ZcashDir = process.env.APPDATA + '/Zcash';
+  if (os.platform() === 'win32') {
+		komodoDir = process.env.APPDATA + '/Komodo';
+		ZcashDir = process.env.APPDATA + '/Zcash';
 	}
 
 	switch (flock) {
 		case 'komodod':
-			var DaemonConfPath = komodoDir;
+			DaemonConfPath = komodoDir;
 			if (os.platform() === 'win32') {
 				DaemonConfPath = path.normalize(DaemonConfPath);
 				console.log('===>>> SHEPHERD API OUTPUT ===>>>');
-				console.log(DaemonConfPath);
 			}
 			break;
 		case 'zcashd':
-			var DaemonConfPath = ZcashDir;
+			DaemonConfPath = ZcashDir;
 			if (os.platform() === 'win32') {
 				DaemonConfPath = path.normalize(DaemonConfPath);
 			}
 			break;
 		default:
-			var DaemonConfPath = komodoDir + '/' + flock;
+			DaemonConfPath = komodoDir + '/' + flock;
 			if (os.platform() === 'win32') {
 				DaemonConfPath = path.normalize(DaemonConfPath);
 			}
@@ -1765,27 +1905,41 @@ function getConf(flock) {
   return DaemonConfPath;
 }
 
-function formatBytes(bytes,decimals) {
-   if(bytes == 0) return '0 Bytes';
-   var k = 1000,
-       dm = decimals + 1 || 3,
-       sizes = ['Bytes', 'KB', 'MB', 'GB', 'TB', 'PB', 'EB', 'ZB', 'YB'],
-       i = Math.floor(Math.log(bytes) / Math.log(k));
-   return parseFloat((bytes / Math.pow(k, i)).toFixed(dm)) + ' ' + sizes[i];
+function formatBytes(bytes, decimals) {
+  if (bytes == 0)
+   	return '0 Bytes';
+
+  var k = 1000,
+      dm = decimals + 1 || 3,
+      sizes = [
+       	'Bytes',
+       	'KB',
+       	'MB',
+       	'GB',
+       	'TB',
+       	'PB',
+       	'EB',
+       	'ZB',
+       	'YB'
+      ],
+      i = Math.floor(Math.log(bytes) / Math.log(k));
+
+  return parseFloat((bytes / Math.pow(k, i)).toFixed(dm)) + ' ' + sizes[i];
 }
 
 shepherd.SystemInfo = function() {
-	os_data = {
-		'totalmem_bytes': os.totalmem(),
-		'totalmem_readble': formatBytes(os.totalmem()),
-		'arch': os.arch(),
-		'cpu': os.cpus()[0].model,
-		'cpu_cors': os.cpus().length,
-		'platform': os.platform(),
-		'os_release': os.release(),
-		'os_type': os.type()
-	}
-	return os_data
+	const os_data = {
+					'totalmem_bytes': os.totalmem(),
+					'totalmem_readble': formatBytes(os.totalmem()),
+					'arch': os.arch(),
+					'cpu': os.cpus()[0].model,
+					'cpu_cores': os.cpus().length,
+					'platform': os.platform(),
+					'os_release': os.release(),
+					'os_type': os.type()
+				};
+
+	return os_data;
 }