diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/common/DateHelper.php b/airtime_mvc/application/common/DateHelper.php
index cc02544cd..5d40e9b5f 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/common/DateHelper.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/common/DateHelper.php
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ class Application_Common_DateHelper
     public static function calculateLengthInSeconds($p_time){
 
         if (2 !== substr_count($p_time, ":")){
-            return FALSE;
+            return false;
         }
         
         if (1 === substr_count($p_time, ".")){
@@ -241,12 +241,8 @@ class Application_Common_DateHelper
 
         list($hours, $minutes, $seconds) = explode(":", $hhmmss);
         
-        // keep ms in 3 digits
-        $ms = substr($ms, 0, 3);
-        
-        $totalSeconds = $hours*3600 + $minutes*60 + $seconds + $ms/1000;
-
-        return $totalSeconds;
+        $totalSeconds = ($hours*3600 + $minutes*60 + $seconds).".$ms";
+        return round($totalSeconds, 3);
     }
 
     public static function ConvertToUtcDateTime($p_dateString, $timezone=null){
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/models/RabbitMq.php b/airtime_mvc/application/models/RabbitMq.php
index df3ffca29..7a5448feb 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/models/RabbitMq.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/models/RabbitMq.php
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ class Application_Model_RabbitMq
                                          $CC_CONFIG["rabbitmq"]["user"],
                                          $CC_CONFIG["rabbitmq"]["password"],
                                          $CC_CONFIG["rabbitmq"]["vhost"]);
+
+        if (!isset($conn)) {
+            throw new Exception("Cannot connect to RabbitMQ server");
+        }
+
         $channel = $conn->channel();
         $channel->access_request($CC_CONFIG["rabbitmq"]["vhost"], false, false,
             true, true);
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/models/StoredFile.php b/airtime_mvc/application/models/StoredFile.php
index 769f6176e..adb5c4c8a 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/models/StoredFile.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/models/StoredFile.php
@@ -368,7 +368,12 @@ SQL;
 
         if (file_exists($filepath) && $type == "stor") {
             $data = array("filepath" => $filepath, "delete" => 1);
-            Application_Model_RabbitMq::SendMessageToMediaMonitor("file_delete", $data);
+            try {
+                Application_Model_RabbitMq::SendMessageToMediaMonitor("file_delete", $data);
+            } catch (Exception $e) {
+                Logging::error($e->getMessage());
+                return;
+            }
         }
 
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 4a8ad6e96..b5ea18954 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Depends: apache2,
  vorbis-tools,
  zendframework | libzend-framework-php,
  ${misc:Depends}
-Recommends: icecast2
+Recommends: icecast2, php-apc
 Suggests: airtime-audio-samples,
  alsa-utils
 Description: open radio software for scheduling and remote station management.
diff --git a/install_minimal/airtime-install b/install_minimal/airtime-install
index 279fdce64..0bd704900 100755
--- a/install_minimal/airtime-install
+++ b/install_minimal/airtime-install
@@ -217,7 +217,9 @@ if [ "$python_service" -eq "0" ]; then
     echo -e "\n*** Verifying your system environment, running airtime-check-system ***"
     sleep 15
 
+    set +e
     airtime-check-system --no-color
+    set -e
 fi
 
 echo -e "\n******************************* Install Complete *******************************"
diff --git a/install_minimal/include/airtime-initialize.sh b/install_minimal/include/airtime-initialize.sh
index b83967016..50cf65b9f 100755
--- a/install_minimal/include/airtime-initialize.sh
+++ b/install_minimal/include/airtime-initialize.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ chmod 600 /etc/monit/conf.d/monit-airtime-liquidsoap.cfg
 chmod 600 /etc/monit/conf.d/monit-airtime-media-monitor.cfg
 chmod 600 /etc/monit/conf.d/monit-airtime-playout.cfg
 chmod 600 /etc/monit/conf.d/monit-airtime-liquidsoap.cfg
-chmod 600 /etc/monit/conf.d/monit-airtime-rabbitmq-server.cfg
 
 # Start monit if it is not running, or restart if it is.
 # Need to ensure monit is running before Airtime daemons are run. This is
diff --git a/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/metadata/process.py b/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/metadata/process.py
index 9128c0bec..0cbc44a54 100644
--- a/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/metadata/process.py
+++ b/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/metadata/process.py
@@ -171,17 +171,16 @@ def normalize_mutagen(path):
     md['path']        = normpath(path)
 
     # silence detect(set default cue in and out)
-    try:
-        command = ['silan', "-b", '-f', 'JSON', md['path']]
-        proc = subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
-        out = proc.communicate()[0].strip('\r\n')
+    #try:
+        #command = ['silan', '-b', '-f', 'JSON', md['path']]
+        #proc = subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+        #out = proc.communicate()[0].strip('\r\n')
 
-        info = json.loads(out)
-        md['cuein'] = info['sound'][0][0]
-        md['cueout'] = info['sound'][0][1]
-    except Exception:
-        logger = logging.getLogger()
-        logger.info('silan is missing')
+        #info = json.loads(out)
+        #md['cuein'] = info['sound'][0][0]
+        #md['cueout'] = info['sound'][0][1]
+    #except Exception:
+        #self.logger.debug('silan is missing')
 
     if 'title' not in md: md['title']  = u''
     return md
diff --git a/python_apps/pypo/install/pypo-copy-files.py b/python_apps/pypo/install/pypo-copy-files.py
index fd80e7113..e88b46a64 100644
--- a/python_apps/pypo/install/pypo-copy-files.py
+++ b/python_apps/pypo/install/pypo-copy-files.py
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ try:
     #copy monit files
     shutil.copy('%s/../../monit/monit-airtime-generic.cfg'%current_script_dir, '/etc/monit/conf.d/')
     subprocess.call('sed -i "s/\$admin_pass/%s/g" /etc/monit/conf.d/monit-airtime-generic.cfg' % get_rand_string(), shell=True)
-    shutil.copy('%s/../../monit/monit-airtime-rabbitmq-server.cfg'%current_script_dir, '/etc/monit/conf.d/')
 
     monit_version = get_monit_version()
     if version_compare(monit_version, "5.3.0") >= 0:
diff --git a/python_apps/pypo/install/pypo-remove-files.py b/python_apps/pypo/install/pypo-remove-files.py
index 6b26d7484..3a20a2dda 100644
--- a/python_apps/pypo/install/pypo-remove-files.py
+++ b/python_apps/pypo/install/pypo-remove-files.py
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ try:
     remove_file("/etc/monit/conf.d/monit-airtime-playout.cfg")
     remove_file("/etc/monit/conf.d/monit-airtime-liquidsoap.cfg")
     remove_file("/etc/monit/conf.d/monit-airtime-generic.cfg")
-    remove_file("/etc/monit/conf.d/monit-airtime-rabbitmq-server.cfg")
 
 except Exception, e:
     print e
diff --git a/utils/airtime-silan.py b/utils/airtime-silan.py
index 08bc04b55..fcaa6e88e 100644
--- a/utils/airtime-silan.py
+++ b/utils/airtime-silan.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ try:
             full_path = f['fp']
             # silence detect(set default queue in and out)
             try:
-                command = ['silan', '-f', 'JSON', full_path]
+                command = ['silan', '-b' '-f', 'JSON', full_path]
                 proc = subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
                 out = proc.communicate()[0].strip('\r\n')
                 info = json.loads(out)
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ try:
             except Exception, e:
                 print e
                 print traceback.format_exc()
-                break
         print "Processed: %d songs" % total
         subtotal += total