diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/models/Block.php b/airtime_mvc/application/models/Block.php
index 1a068fd08..6098f2b85 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/models/Block.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/models/Block.php
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ SQL;
             }
             
             foreach ($p_items as $ac) {
-                Logging::info("Adding audio file {$ac[0]}");
+                //Logging::info("Adding audio file {$ac[0]}");
                 try {
                     if (is_array($ac) && $ac[1] == 'audioclip') {
                         $res = $this->insertBlockElement($this->buildEntry($ac[0], $pos));
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ SQL;
 
     public function getFadeInfo($pos)
     {
-        Logging::info("Getting fade info for pos {$pos}");
+        //Logging::info("Getting fade info for pos {$pos}");
 
         $row = CcBlockcontentsQuery::create()
         ->joinWith(CcFilesPeer::OM_CLASS)
@@ -1275,8 +1275,10 @@ SQL;
         $isBlockFull = false;
         
         while ($iterator->valid()) {
+        	
             $id = $iterator->current()->getDbId();
-            $length = Application_Common_DateHelper::calculateLengthInSeconds($iterator->current()->getDbLength());
+            $fileLength = $iterator->current()->getCueLength();
+            $length = Application_Common_DateHelper::calculateLengthInSeconds($fileLength);
             $insertList[] = array('id'=>$id, 'length'=>$length);
             $totalTime += $length;
             $totalItems++;
@@ -1291,8 +1293,11 @@ SQL;
         
         $sizeOfInsert = count($insertList);
         
-        // if block is not full and reapeat_track is check, fill up more
+        // if block is not full and repeat_track is check, fill up more
         while (!$isBlockFull && $repeat == 1 && $sizeOfInsert > 0) {
+        	Logging::debug("adding repeated tracks.");
+        	Logging::debug("total time = " . $totalTime);
+        	
             $randomEleKey = array_rand(array_slice($insertList, 0, $sizeOfInsert));
             $insertList[] = $insertList[$randomEleKey];
             $totalTime += $insertList[$randomEleKey]['length'];
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/models/airtime/CcFiles.php b/airtime_mvc/application/models/airtime/CcFiles.php
index 001c2c7a1..7ceb5e5e8 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/models/airtime/CcFiles.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/models/airtime/CcFiles.php
@@ -12,6 +12,20 @@
  * @package    propel.generator.campcaster
  */
 class CcFiles extends BaseCcFiles {
+	
+	public function getCueLength()
+	{
+		$cuein = $this->getDbCuein();
+		$cueout = $this->getDbCueout();
+		
+		$cueinSec = Application_Common_DateHelper::calculateLengthInSeconds($cuein);
+		$cueoutSec = Application_Common_DateHelper::calculateLengthInSeconds($cueout);
+		$lengthSec = bcsub($cueoutSec, $cueinSec, 6);
+		
+		$length = Application_Common_DateHelper::secondsToPlaylistTime($lengthSec);
+		
+		return $length;
+	}
 
     public function getDbLength($format = "H:i:s.u")
     {
diff --git a/python_apps/pypo/airtime-liquidsoap b/python_apps/pypo/airtime-liquidsoap
index 259ff4646..0812bd47d 100755
--- a/python_apps/pypo/airtime-liquidsoap
+++ b/python_apps/pypo/airtime-liquidsoap
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ ls_param="/usr/lib/airtime/pypo/bin/liquidsoap_scripts/ls_script.liq"
 
 export PYTHONPATH=${api_client_path}
 
-cd /usr/lib/airtime/pypo/bin/liquidsoap_scripts
+SCRIPT=`readlink -f $0`
+# Absolute directory this script is in
+SCRIPTPATH=`dirname $SCRIPT`
+
+cd $SCRIPTPATH/liquidsoap_scripts
 python generate_liquidsoap_cfg.py
 
 exec ${ls_path} ${ls_param} 2>&1
diff --git a/python_apps/pypo/liquidsoap_scripts/generate_liquidsoap_cfg.py b/python_apps/pypo/liquidsoap_scripts/generate_liquidsoap_cfg.py
index b123763e2..6144058e0 100644
--- a/python_apps/pypo/liquidsoap_scripts/generate_liquidsoap_cfg.py
+++ b/python_apps/pypo/liquidsoap_scripts/generate_liquidsoap_cfg.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 import sys
+import time
 from api_clients.api_client import AirtimeApiClient
 
 def generate_liquidsoap_config(ss):
@@ -26,10 +27,19 @@ def generate_liquidsoap_config(ss):
 
 logging.basicConfig(format='%(message)s')
 ac = AirtimeApiClient(logging.getLogger())
-try:
-    ss = ac.get_stream_setting()
-    generate_liquidsoap_config(ss)
-except Exception, e:
-    logging.error(str(e))
-    print "Unable to connect to the Airtime server."
-    sys.exit(1)
+attempts = 0
+max_attempts = 5
+
+while True:
+    try:
+        ss = ac.get_stream_setting()
+        generate_liquidsoap_config(ss)
+        break
+    except Exception, e:
+        if attempts == max_attempts:
+            print "Unable to connect to the Airtime server."
+            logging.error(str(e))
+            sys.exit(1)
+        else:
+            time.sleep(3)
+    attempts += 1