diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 0b469f5..ce3cdc5 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ if (appConfig.killIguanaOnStart) {
 }
 
 guiapp.use(function(req, res, next) {
-	res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', appConfig.dev ? '*' : 'http://127.0.0.1:' + appConfig.iguanaAppPort);
+	res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', appConfig.dev ? '*' : 'http://127.0.0.1:3000');
 	res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', 'X-Requested-With');
 	res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Credentials', 'true');
 	res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', 'Content-Type');
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ server.listen(appConfig.iguanaAppPort, function() {
 	console.log('guiapp and sockets.io are listening on port ' + appConfig.iguanaAppPort + '!');
 });
 
-io.set('origins', 'http://127.0.0.1:' + appConfig.iguanaAppPort); // set origin
+io.set('origins', appConfig.dev ? 'http://127.0.0.1:3000' : 'http://127.0.0.1:' + appConfig.iguanaAppPort); // set origin
 
 io.on('connection', function(client) {
 	console.log('EDEX GUI is connected...');
@@ -327,7 +327,11 @@ function createWindow (status) {
 
 		// load our index.html (i.e. easyDEX GUI)
 		if (appConfig.edexGuiOnly) {
-			mainWindow.loadURL('http://' + appConfig.host + ':' + appConfig.iguanaAppPort + '/gui/EasyDEX-GUI/');
+			if (appConfig.v2) {
+				mainWindow.loadURL('http://' + appConfig.host + ':' + appConfig.iguanaAppPort + '/gui/EasyDEX-GUI/react/build');
+			} else {
+				mainWindow.loadURL('http://' + appConfig.host + ':' + appConfig.iguanaAppPort + '/gui/EasyDEX-GUI/');
+			}
 		} else {
 			mainWindow.loadURL('http://' + appConfig.host + ':' + appConfig.iguanaAppPort + '/gui/main.html');
 		}
@@ -350,6 +354,12 @@ function createWindow (status) {
 				return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
 					console.log('Closing Main Window...');
 
+					shepherd.quitKomodod();
+					// if komodod is under heavy load it may not respond to cli stop the first time
+					setInterval(function() {
+						shepherd.quitKomodod();
+					}, 100);
+
 					pm2.connect(true, function(err) {
 						console.log('connecting to pm2...');
 
diff --git a/routes/shepherd.js b/routes/shepherd.js
index eeef9cf..578051b 100644
--- a/routes/shepherd.js
+++ b/routes/shepherd.js
@@ -90,9 +90,22 @@ shepherd.appConfig = {
     "linux": 1000000
   },
   "killIguanaOnStart": true,
-  "dev": false
+  "dev": false,
+  "v2": false
 };
 
+shepherd.quitKomodod = function() {
+  // exit komodod gracefully
+  console.log('exec ' + komodocliBin + ' stop');
+  exec(komodocliBin + ' stop', function(error, stdout, stderr) {
+    console.log('stdout: ' + stdout)
+    console.log('stderr: ' + stderr)
+    if (error !== null) {
+      console.log('exec error: ' + error)
+    }
+  });
+}
+
 shepherd.saveLocalAppConf = function(appSettings) {
   var appConfFileName = iguanaDir + '/config.json';
 
@@ -737,24 +750,36 @@ function herder(flock, data) {
       portscanner.checkPortStatus(_port, '127.0.0.1', function(error, status) {
         // Status is 'open' if currently in use or 'closed' if available
         if (status === 'closed') {
-          pm2.connect(true, function(err) { // start up pm2 god
-            if (err) {
-              console.error(err);
-              process.exit(2);
-            }
-
-            pm2.start({
-              script: komododBin, // path to binary
-              name: data.ac_name, // REVS, USD, EUR etc.
-              exec_mode : 'fork',
-              cwd: komodoDir,
-              args: data.ac_options
-            }, function(err, apps) {
-              pm2.disconnect(); // Disconnect from PM2
-              if (err)
-                throw err;
+          // start komodod via exec
+          if (data.ac_name === 'komodod') {
+            console.log('exec' + komododBin + ' ' + data.ac_options.join(' '));
+            exec(komododBin + ' ' + data.ac_options.join(' '), function(error, stdout, stderr) {
+              console.log('stdout: ' + stdout)
+              console.log('stderr: ' + stderr)
+              if (error !== null) {
+                console.log('exec error: ' + error)
+              }
             });
-          });
+          } else {
+            pm2.connect(true, function(err) { // start up pm2 god
+              if (err) {
+                console.error(err);
+                process.exit(2);
+              }
+
+              pm2.start({
+                script: komododBin, // path to binary
+                name: data.ac_name, // REVS, USD, EUR etc.
+                exec_mode : 'fork',
+                cwd: komodoDir,
+                args: data.ac_options
+              }, function(err, apps) {
+                pm2.disconnect(); // Disconnect from PM2
+                if (err)
+                  throw err;
+              });
+            });
+          }
         } else {
           console.log('port ' + _port + ' (' + data.ac_name + ') is already in use');
         }