diff --git a/gui/init.js b/gui/init.js
index 24ceda0..4a6fcad 100644
--- a/gui/init.js
+++ b/gui/init.js
@@ -7,35 +7,37 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
     animation: 'pulse'
   });
 
-  var appConf = GetAppConf();
-
   $('#loading_status_text').text('Starting Iguana daemon...');
 
-  if (appConf && !appConf.manualIguanaStart) {
-    StartIguana();
-  }
+  GetAppConf(inititalWalletLoading);
 
-  var portcheck;
-
-  function startcheck() {
-    portcheck = setInterval(function(){
-      Iguana_activehandle().then(function(result){
-        console.log(result);
-
-        if (result !== 'error') {
-          stopcheck();
-          $('#loading_status_text').text('Connecting to Basilisk Network...');
-          EDEX_DEXgetinfoAll(appConf.skipBasiliskNetworkCheck, appConf.minNotaries);
-        }
-      })
-      //var check = Iguana_activehandle();
-      //console.log(check[0])
-    }, 2000);
-  }
+  function inititalWalletLoading(appConf) {
+    if (appConf && !appConf.manualIguanaStart) {
+      StartIguana();
+    }
 
-  function stopcheck() {
-    clearInterval(portcheck);
-  }
+    var portcheck;
 
-  startcheck();
+    function startcheck() {
+      portcheck = setInterval(function(){
+        Iguana_activehandle().then(function(result){
+          console.log(result);
+
+          if (result !== 'error') {
+            stopcheck();
+            $('#loading_status_text').text('Connecting to Basilisk Network...');
+            EDEX_DEXgetinfoAll(appConf.skipBasiliskNetworkCheck, appConf.minNotaries);
+          }
+        })
+        //var check = Iguana_activehandle();
+        //console.log(check[0])
+      }, 2000);
+    }
+
+    function stopcheck() {
+      clearInterval(portcheck);
+    }
+
+    startcheck();
+  }
 });
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diff --git a/gui/loading.js b/gui/loading.js
index 8815cfb..320f0a6 100644
--- a/gui/loading.js
+++ b/gui/loading.js
@@ -18,13 +18,15 @@ function Iguana_activehandle(callback) {
           'agent': 'SuperNET',
           'method': 'activehandle'
         },
-        AjaxOutputData = IguanaAJAX('http://127.0.0.1:' + config.iguanaPort, ajax_data).done(function(data) {
+        AjaxOutputData = IguanaAJAX('http://127.0.0.1:7778', ajax_data).done(function(data) {
+          //$('#loading_status_text').text('Retrieving active handle...');
           //console.log(AjaxOutputData.responseText);
           AjaxOutputData = JSON.parse(AjaxOutputData.responseText)
           //console.log(AjaxOutputData);
           resolve(AjaxOutputData);
         })
         .fail(function(xhr, textStatus, error) {
+         // $('#loading_status_text').text('Retrieving active handle error!');
           // handle request failures
           console.log(xhr.statusText);
           if ( xhr.readyState == 0 ) {
@@ -63,13 +65,12 @@ function StartIguana() {
   });
 }
 
-function GetAppConf() { // get iguana app conf
+function GetAppConf(cb) { // get iguana app conf
   var ajax_data = { 'herd': 'iguana' },
       data = false;
 
   console.log(ajax_data);
   $.ajax({
-    async: false,
     type: 'GET',
     url: 'http://127.0.0.1:17777/shepherd/appconf'
   })
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ function GetAppConf() { // get iguana app conf
     console.log('== App Conf Data OutPut ==');
     console.log(_data);
     data = _data;
+    cb.call(this, data);
   })
   .fail(function(xhr, textStatus, error) {
     // handle request failures
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ function GetAppConf() { // get iguana app conf
     }
     console.log(textStatus);
     console.log(error);
+    cb.call(this, data);
   });
 
   return data;
diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index a8dac54..d2e6020 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -456,4 +456,4 @@ app.on('activate', function () {
 	if (mainWindow === null) {
 		//createWindow('open');
 	}
-});
+});
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diff --git a/routes/shepherd.js b/routes/shepherd.js
index 9372547..fa9eeee 100644
--- a/routes/shepherd.js
+++ b/routes/shepherd.js
@@ -322,9 +322,9 @@ shepherd.post('/herd', function(req, res) {
 
 
  /*
- * 
+ *
  *  ajax_data = { 'command': 'getinfo' };
- * 
+ *
  * console.log(ajax_data);
  * $.ajax({
  *   async: false,
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ shepherd.post('/herd', function(req, res) {
  *     console.log(error);
  *   }
  * });
- * 
+ *
  */
 /*shepherd.post('/kmdcli', function(req, res) {
   console.log('======= req.body =======');
@@ -422,7 +422,6 @@ shepherd.post('/setconf', function(req, res) {
     setConf(req.body.chain);
   }
 
-
   var obj = {
     'msg': 'success',
     'result': 'result'
@@ -619,9 +618,6 @@ shepherd.readDebugLog = function(fileLocation, lastNLines) {
 };
 
 function herder(flock, data) {
-  //console.log(flock);
-  //console.log(data);
-
   if (data == undefined) {
     data = 'none';
     console.log('it is undefined');
@@ -631,32 +627,6 @@ function herder(flock, data) {
     console.log('iguana flock selected...');
     console.log('selected data: ' + data);
 
-    //Make sure iguana isn't running before starting new process, kill it dammit!
-    // A simple pid lookup
-    /*ps.lookup({
-      command: 'iguana',
-      //arguments: '--debug',
-      }, function(err, resultList ) {
-      if (err) {
-        throw new Error( err );
-      }
-      resultList.forEach(function( process ){
-        if( process ){
-          console.log( 'PID: %s, COMMAND: %s, ARGUMENTS: %s', process.pid, process.command, process.arguments );
-          console.log(process.pid);
-          // A simple pid lookup
-          ps.kill( process.pid, function( err ) {
-            if (err) {
-              throw new Error( err );
-            }
-            else {
-              console.log( 'Process %s has been killed!', process.pid );
-            }
-          });
-        }
-      });
-    });*/
-
     // MAKE SURE IGUANA DIR IS THERE FOR USER
     mkdirp(iguanaDir, function(err) {
     if (err)
@@ -711,39 +681,47 @@ function herder(flock, data) {
   }
 
   if (flock === 'komodod') {
-    var kmdDebugLogLocation = komodoDir + '/debug.log';
+    var kmdDebugLogLocation = ( data.ac_name ? komodoDir + '/' + data.ac_name : komodoDir ) + '/debug.log';
     console.log('komodod flock selected...');
     console.log('selected data: ' + data);
 
     // truncate debug.log
-    _fs.access(kmdDebugLogLocation, fs.constants.R_OK, function(err) {
-      if (err) {
-        console.log('error accessing ' + kmdDebugLogLocation);
-      } else {
-        console.log('truncate ' + kmdDebugLogLocation);
-        fs.unlink(kmdDebugLogLocation);
-      }
-    });
+    try {
+      _fs.access(kmdDebugLogLocation, fs.constants.R_OK, function(err) {
+        if (err) {
+          console.log('error accessing ' + kmdDebugLogLocation);
+        } else {
+          console.log('truncate ' + kmdDebugLogLocation);
+          fs.unlink(kmdDebugLogLocation);
+        }
+      });
+    } catch(e) {
+      console.log('komodod debug.log access err: ' + e);
+    }
 
-    pm2.connect(true, function(err) { // start up pm2 god
-      if (err) {
-        console.error(err);
-        process.exit(2);
-      }
+    try {
+      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
-        //args: ["-server", "-ac_name=USD", "-addnode=78.47.196.146"],  //separate the params with commas
-      }, function(err, apps) {
-        pm2.disconnect();   // Disconnect from PM2
-          if (err)
-            throw err;
+        pm2.start({
+          script: komododBin, // path to binary
+          name: data.ac_name, // REVS, USD, EUR etc.
+          exec_mode : 'fork',
+          cwd: komodoDir,
+          args: data.ac_options
+          //args: ["-server", "-ac_name=USD", "-addnode=78.47.196.146"],  //separate the params with commas
+        }, function(err, apps) {
+          pm2.disconnect();   // Disconnect from PM2
+            if (err)
+              throw err;
+        });
       });
-    });
+    } catch(e) {
+      console.log('failed to start komodod err: ' + e);
+    }
   }
 
   if (flock === 'zcashd') {