diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 0d9cbe9..135b4c5 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ process.once('loaded', () => {
 		process.setFdLimit(appConfig.maxDescriptors.darwin);
 		app.setAboutPanelOptions({
 			applicationName: app.getName(),
-			applicationVersion: app.getVersion(),
+			applicationVersion: `app.getVersion().replace('version=', '')}-beta`,
 			copyright: 'Released under the MIT license',
 			credits: 'SuperNET Team'
 		})
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5c6f43f..d6085e6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     "portscanner": "^2.1.1",
     "ps-node": "^0.1.5",
     "remote-file-size": "^3.0.3",
-    "request": "^2.80.0"
+    "request": "^2.80.0",
+    "socket.io": "^1.7.3"
   }
 }
diff --git a/routes/shepherd.js b/routes/shepherd.js
index ce96364..a99766c 100644
--- a/routes/shepherd.js
+++ b/routes/shepherd.js
@@ -2496,16 +2496,16 @@ function setConf(flock) {
     return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
       const result = 'Check Conf file exists is done'
 
-      fs.ensureFile(DaemonConfPath, function(err) {
-        shepherd.log(err); // => null
-      });
-
-      setTimeout(function() {
+      const confFileExist = fs.ensureFileSync(DaemonConfPath);
+      if (confFileExist) {
         shepherd.log(result);
         shepherd.writeLog(`setconf ${result}`);
 
         resolve(result);
-      }, 2000);
+      } else {
+        shepherd.log('conf file doesnt exist');
+        resolve('conf file doesnt exist');
+      }
     });
   }
 
@@ -2514,13 +2514,10 @@ function setConf(flock) {
       const result = 'Conf file permissions updated to Read/Write';
 
       fsnode.chmodSync(DaemonConfPath, '0666');
+      shepherd.log(result);
+      shepherd.writeLog(`setconf ${result}`);
 
-      setTimeout(function() {
-        shepherd.log(result);
-        shepherd.writeLog(`setconf ${result}`);
-
-        resolve(result);
-      }, 1000);
+      resolve(result);
     });
   }
 
@@ -2539,16 +2536,13 @@ function setConf(flock) {
         fs.writeFile(DaemonConfPath, rmlines, 'utf8', function(err) {
           if (err)
             return shepherd.log(err);
+
+          fsnode.chmodSync(DaemonConfPath, '0666');
+          shepherd.writeLog(`setconf ${result}`);
+          shepherd.log(result);
+          resolve(result);
         });
       });
-
-      fsnode.chmodSync(DaemonConfPath, '0666');
-      setTimeout(function() {
-        shepherd.writeLog(`setconf ${result}`);
-        shepherd.log(result);
-
-        resolve(result);
-      }, 2000);
     });
   }
 
@@ -2565,7 +2559,7 @@ function setConf(flock) {
               shepherd.log('rpcuser: OK');
               shepherd.writeLog('rpcuser: OK');
             } else {
-              const randomstring = md5(Math.random() * Math.random() * 999);
+              const randomstring = md5((Math.random() * Math.random() * 999).toString());
 
               shepherd.log('rpcuser: NOT FOUND');
               shepherd.writeLog('rpcuser: NOT FOUND');
@@ -2593,7 +2587,7 @@ function setConf(flock) {
               shepherd.log('rpcpassword: OK');
               shepherd.writeLog('rpcpassword: OK');
             } else {
-              var randomstring = md5(Math.random() * Math.random() * 999);
+              var randomstring = md5((Math.random() * Math.random() * 999).toString());
 
               shepherd.log('rpcpassword: NOT FOUND');
               shepherd.writeLog('rpcpassword: NOT FOUND');
@@ -2705,27 +2699,10 @@ function setConf(flock) {
         .then(addnode);
       });
 
-      setTimeout(function() {
-        shepherd.log(result);
-        shepherd.writeLog(`checkconf addnode ${result}`);
-
-        resolve(result);
-      }, 2000);
-    });
-  }
+      shepherd.log(result);
+      shepherd.writeLog(`checkconf addnode ${result}`);
 
-  const MakeConfReadOnly = function() {
-    return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
-      const result = 'Conf file permissions updated to Read Only';
-
-      fsnode.chmodSync(DaemonConfPath, '0400');
-
-      setTimeout(function() {
-        shepherd.log(result);
-        shepherd.writeLog(`MakeConfReadOnly ${result}`);
-
-        resolve(result);
-      }, 1000);
+      resolve(result);
     });
   }