diff --git a/install_minimal/airtime-install b/install_minimal/airtime-install
index 203f61dbf..e9bd99df3 100755
--- a/install_minimal/airtime-install
+++ b/install_minimal/airtime-install
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ if [[ "$DEB" = "Status: install ok installed" ]]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-
 #Check whether version of virtualenv is <= 1.4.8. If so exit install. 
 BAD_VERSION="1.4.8"
 VERSION=$(virtualenv --version)
@@ -33,19 +32,19 @@ fi
 
 echo -e "\n******************************** Install Begin *********************************"
 
-# Absolute path to this script
+# Absolute path to this script, e.g. /home/user/bin/foo.sh
 SCRIPT=`readlink -f $0`
-# Absolute directory this script is in
+# Absolute path this script is in, thus /home/user/bin
 SCRIPTPATH=`dirname $SCRIPT`
 
-${SCRIPTPATH}/../python_apps/python-virtualenv/virtualenv-install.sh
+python $SCRIPTPATH/../python_apps/create-pypo-user.py
 
+$SCRIPTPATH/include/airtime-copy-files.sh
+
+${SCRIPTPATH}/../python_apps/python-virtualenv/virtualenv-install.sh
 virtualenv_bin="/usr/lib/airtime/airtime_virtualenv/bin/"
 . ${virtualenv_bin}activate
 
-echo -e "\n*** Creating Pypo User ***"
-python ${SCRIPTPATH}/../python_apps/create-pypo-user.py
-
 set +e
 php --php-ini ${SCRIPTPATH}/airtime-php.ini ${SCRIPTPATH}/include/airtime-install.php $@
 result=$?
@@ -57,35 +56,32 @@ if [ "$result" -ne "0" ]; then
 fi
 set -e
 
-echo -e "\n*** API Client Installation ***"
-python ${SCRIPTPATH}/../python_apps/api_clients/install/api_client_install.py
-
-echo -e "\n*** Pypo Installation ***"
-python ${SCRIPTPATH}/../python_apps/pypo/install/pypo-install.py
-
-echo -e "\n*** Recorder Installation ***"
-python ${SCRIPTPATH}/../python_apps/show-recorder/install/recorder-install.py
-
-echo -e "\n*** Media Monitor Installation ***"
-python ${SCRIPTPATH}/../python_apps/media-monitor/install/media-monitor-install.py
-
-python ${SCRIPTPATH}/../python_apps/icecast2/install/icecast2-install.py
+python $SCRIPTPATH/../python_apps/pypo/install/pypo-initialize.py
+python $SCRIPTPATH/../python_apps/media-monitor/install/media-monitor-initialize.py
+python $SCRIPTPATH/../python_apps/show-recorder/install/recorder-initialize.py
 
 # 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
 # so we can ensure they can register with monit to monitor them when they start.
 # If monit is already running, this step is still useful as we need monit to
 # reload its config files.
+
+echo "Restarting"
 /etc/init.d/monit restart
+echo "Restarting Done"
 
 #give monit some time to boot-up before issuing commands
 sleep 1
 
 set +e
 monit monitor airtime-media-monitor
+sleep 0.5
 monit monitor airtime-liquidsoap
+sleep 0.5
 monit monitor airtime-playout
+sleep 0.5
 monit monitor airtime-show-recorder
+sleep 0.5
 monit monitor rabbitmq-server
 set -e
 
diff --git a/install_minimal/airtime-install-new b/install_minimal/airtime-install-new
deleted file mode 100644
index d9be45eb4..000000000
--- a/install_minimal/airtime-install-new
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -e
-#-e Causes bash script to exit if any of the installers
-#return with a non-zero return value.
-
-if [ `whoami` != 'root' ]; then
-    echo "Please run as root user."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-set +e
-DEB=$(dpkg -s airtime 2> /dev/null | grep Status)
-set -e
-if [[ "$DEB" = "Status: install ok installed" ]]; then
-    echo -e "\nDebian package of Airtime detected. Please use the debian package to upgrade.\n"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-#Check whether version of virtualenv is <= 1.4.8. If so exit install. 
-BAD_VERSION="1.4.8"
-VERSION=$(virtualenv --version)
-NEWEST_VERSION=$(echo -e "$BAD_VERSION\n$VERSION\n'" | sort -t '.' -g | tail -n 1)
-echo -n "Ensuring python-virtualenv version > $BAD_VERSION..."
-if [[ "$NEWEST_VERSION" = "$BAD_VERSION" ]]; then
-    URL="http://apt.sourcefabric.org/pool/main/p/python-virtualenv/python-virtualenv_1.4.9-3_all.deb"
-    echo "Failed!"
-    echo "You have version $BAD_VERSION or older installed. Please install package at $URL first and then try installing Airtime again."
-    exit 1
-else
-    echo "Success!"
-fi
-
-
-echo -e "\n******************************** Install Begin *********************************"
-
-#copy files to 
-## /etc/airtime
-#+ /etc/apache2/sites-available/airtime
-#+ /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/airtime
-## /etc/cron.d/
-## /etc/init.d/
-## /etc/monit/conf.d/
-# /usr/lib/airtime/airtime_virtualenv
-# /usr/lib/airtime/api_clients
-# /usr/lib/airtime/media-monitor
-# /srv/airtime
-# /usr/lib/airtime/pypo
-# /usr/lib/airtime/show-recorder
-## /usr/lib/airtime/utils
-## /usr/bin/airtime-*
-## /usr/share/airtime
-## /var/log/airtime
-## /var/tmp/airtime
-
-# Absolute path to this script, e.g. /home/user/bin/foo.sh
-SCRIPT=`readlink -f $0`
-# Absolute path this script is in, thus /home/user/bin
-SCRIPTPATH=`dirname $SCRIPT`
-
-mkdir -p /etc/airtime
-cp $SCRIPTPATH/../airtime_mvc/build/airtime.conf /etc/airtime
-cp $SCRIPTPATH/../python_apps/api_clients/api_client.cfg /etc/airtime
-cp $SCRIPTPATH/../python_apps/show-recorder/recorder.cfg /etc/airtime
-cp $SCRIPTPATH/../python_apps/media-monitor/media-monitor.cfg /etc/airtime
-cp $SCRIPTPATH/../python_apps/pypo/pypo.cfg /etc/airtime
-cp $SCRIPTPATH/../python_apps/pypo/liquidsoap_scripts/liquidsoap.cfg /etc/airtime
-
-HOUR=$(($RANDOM%24))
-MIN=$(($RANDOM%60))
-echo "$MIN $HOUR * * * root /usr/lib/airtime/utils/phone_home_stat" > /etc/cron.d/airtime-crons
-
-cp $SCRIPTPATH/../python_apps/show-recorder/airtime-show-recorder-init-d /etc/init.d/airtime-show-recorder
-cp $SCRIPTPATH/../python_apps/media-monitor/airtime-media-monitor-init-d /etc/init.d/airtime-media-monitor
-cp $SCRIPTPATH/../python_apps/pypo/airtime-playout-init-d /etc/init.d/airtime-playout
-
-cp $SCRIPTPATH/../python_apps/monit/monit-airtime-generic.cfg /etc/monit/conf.d/
-#cp $SCRIPTPATH/../python_apps/monit/monit-airtime-rabbitmq-server.cfg /etc/monit/conf.d/
-cp $SCRIPTPATH/../python_apps/media-monitor/monit-airtime-media-monitor.cfg /etc/monit/conf.d/
-cp $SCRIPTPATH/../python_apps/show-recorder/monit-airtime-show-recorder.cfg /etc/monit/conf.d/
-cp $SCRIPTPATH/../python_apps/pypo/monit-airtime-liquidsoap.cfg /etc/monit/conf.d/
-cp $SCRIPTPATH/../python_apps/pypo/monit-airtime-playout.cfg /etc/monit/conf.d/
-
-cp -R $SCRIPTPATH/../utils /usr/lib/airtime
-
-ln -s /usr/lib/airtime/utils/airtime-import/airtime-import /usr/bin/airtime-import
-ln -s /usr/lib/airtime/utils/airtime-update-db-settings /usr/bin/airtime-update-db-settings
-ln -s /usr/lib/airtime/utils/airtime-check-system /usr/bin/airtime-check-system
-ln -s /usr/lib/airtime/utils/airtime-log /usr/bin/airtime-log
-
-cp -R $SCRIPTPATH/../airtime_mvc/* /usr/share/airtime/
-
-mkdir -p /var/log/airtime
-mkdir -p /var/tmp/airtime
diff --git a/install_minimal/airtime-install-old b/install_minimal/airtime-install-old
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..203f61dbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install_minimal/airtime-install-old
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+#-e Causes bash script to exit if any of the installers
+#return with a non-zero return value.
+
+if [ `whoami` != 'root' ]; then
+    echo "Please run as root user."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+set +e
+DEB=$(dpkg -s airtime 2> /dev/null | grep Status)
+set -e
+if [[ "$DEB" = "Status: install ok installed" ]]; then
+    echo -e "\nDebian package of Airtime detected. Please use the debian package to upgrade.\n"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+
+#Check whether version of virtualenv is <= 1.4.8. If so exit install. 
+BAD_VERSION="1.4.8"
+VERSION=$(virtualenv --version)
+NEWEST_VERSION=$(echo -e "$BAD_VERSION\n$VERSION\n'" | sort -t '.' -g | tail -n 1)
+echo -n "Ensuring python-virtualenv version > $BAD_VERSION..."
+if [[ "$NEWEST_VERSION" = "$BAD_VERSION" ]]; then
+    URL="http://apt.sourcefabric.org/pool/main/p/python-virtualenv/python-virtualenv_1.4.9-3_all.deb"
+    echo "Failed!"
+    echo "You have version $BAD_VERSION or older installed. Please install package at $URL first and then try installing Airtime again."
+    exit 1
+else
+    echo "Success!"
+fi
+
+
+echo -e "\n******************************** Install Begin *********************************"
+
+# Absolute path to this script
+SCRIPT=`readlink -f $0`
+# Absolute directory this script is in
+SCRIPTPATH=`dirname $SCRIPT`
+
+${SCRIPTPATH}/../python_apps/python-virtualenv/virtualenv-install.sh
+
+virtualenv_bin="/usr/lib/airtime/airtime_virtualenv/bin/"
+. ${virtualenv_bin}activate
+
+echo -e "\n*** Creating Pypo User ***"
+python ${SCRIPTPATH}/../python_apps/create-pypo-user.py
+
+set +e
+php --php-ini ${SCRIPTPATH}/airtime-php.ini ${SCRIPTPATH}/include/airtime-install.php $@
+result=$?
+
+if [ "$result" -ne "0" ]; then
+    #There was an error, exit with error code.
+    echo "There was an error during upgrade. Exit code $result"
+    exit 1
+fi
+set -e
+
+echo -e "\n*** API Client Installation ***"
+python ${SCRIPTPATH}/../python_apps/api_clients/install/api_client_install.py
+
+echo -e "\n*** Pypo Installation ***"
+python ${SCRIPTPATH}/../python_apps/pypo/install/pypo-install.py
+
+echo -e "\n*** Recorder Installation ***"
+python ${SCRIPTPATH}/../python_apps/show-recorder/install/recorder-install.py
+
+echo -e "\n*** Media Monitor Installation ***"
+python ${SCRIPTPATH}/../python_apps/media-monitor/install/media-monitor-install.py
+
+python ${SCRIPTPATH}/../python_apps/icecast2/install/icecast2-install.py
+
+# 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
+# so we can ensure they can register with monit to monitor them when they start.
+# If monit is already running, this step is still useful as we need monit to
+# reload its config files.
+/etc/init.d/monit restart
+
+#give monit some time to boot-up before issuing commands
+sleep 1
+
+set +e
+monit monitor airtime-media-monitor
+monit monitor airtime-liquidsoap
+monit monitor airtime-playout
+monit monitor airtime-show-recorder
+monit monitor rabbitmq-server
+set -e
+
+echo -e "\n*** Verifying your system environment ***"
+sleep 10
+airtime-check-system
+
+echo -e "\n******************************* Install Complete *******************************"
diff --git a/install_minimal/include/airtime-copy-files.sh b/install_minimal/include/airtime-copy-files.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..327dc4784
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install_minimal/include/airtime-copy-files.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+#-e Causes bash script to exit if any of the installers
+#return with a non-zero return value.
+
+if [ `whoami` != 'root' ]; then
+    echo "Please run as root user."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+#copy files to 
+## /etc/airtime
+#+ /etc/apache2/sites-available/airtime
+#+ /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/airtime
+## /etc/cron.d/
+## /etc/init.d/
+## /etc/monit/conf.d/
+# /usr/lib/airtime/airtime_virtualenv
+## /usr/lib/airtime/api_clients
+## /usr/lib/airtime/media-monitor
+# /srv/airtime/stor
+## /usr/lib/airtime/pypo
+## /usr/lib/airtime/show-recorder
+## /usr/lib/airtime/utils
+## /usr/bin/airtime-*
+## /usr/share/airtime
+## /var/log/airtime
+## /var/tmp/airtime
+
+# Absolute path to this script, e.g. /home/user/bin/foo.sh
+SCRIPT=`readlink -f $0`
+# Absolute path this script is in, thus /home/user/bin
+SCRIPTPATH=`dirname $SCRIPT`
+
+AIRTIMEROOT=$SCRIPTPATH/../../
+
+mkdir -p /etc/airtime
+cp $AIRTIMEROOT/airtime_mvc/build/airtime.conf /etc/airtime
+cp $AIRTIMEROOT/python_apps/api_clients/api_client.cfg /etc/airtime
+cp $AIRTIMEROOT/python_apps/show-recorder/recorder.cfg /etc/airtime
+cp $AIRTIMEROOT/python_apps/media-monitor/media-monitor.cfg /etc/airtime
+cp $AIRTIMEROOT/python_apps/pypo/pypo.cfg /etc/airtime
+cp $AIRTIMEROOT/python_apps/pypo/liquidsoap_scripts/liquidsoap.cfg /etc/airtime
+
+HOUR=$(($RANDOM%24))
+MIN=$(($RANDOM%60))
+echo "$MIN $HOUR * * * root /usr/lib/airtime/utils/phone_home_stat" > /etc/cron.d/airtime-crons
+
+cp $AIRTIMEROOT/python_apps/show-recorder/airtime-show-recorder-init-d /etc/init.d/airtime-show-recorder
+cp $AIRTIMEROOT/python_apps/media-monitor/airtime-media-monitor-init-d /etc/init.d/airtime-media-monitor
+cp $AIRTIMEROOT/python_apps/pypo/airtime-playout-init-d /etc/init.d/airtime-playout
+
+cp $AIRTIMEROOT/python_apps/monit/monit-airtime-generic.cfg /etc/monit/conf.d/
+#cp $AIRTIMEROOT/python_apps/monit/monit-airtime-rabbitmq-server.cfg /etc/monit/conf.d/
+cp $AIRTIMEROOT/python_apps/media-monitor/monit-airtime-media-monitor.cfg /etc/monit/conf.d/
+cp $AIRTIMEROOT/python_apps/show-recorder/monit-airtime-show-recorder.cfg /etc/monit/conf.d/
+cp $AIRTIMEROOT/python_apps/pypo/monit-airtime-liquidsoap.cfg /etc/monit/conf.d/
+cp $AIRTIMEROOT/python_apps/pypo/monit-airtime-playout.cfg /etc/monit/conf.d/
+
+python $AIRTIMEROOT/python_apps/api_clients/install/api_client_install.py
+python $AIRTIMEROOT/python_apps/pypo/install/pypo-install-files.py
+python $AIRTIMEROOT/python_apps/media-monitor/install/media-monitor-install-files.py
+python $AIRTIMEROOT/python_apps/show-recorder/install/recorder-install-files.py
+
+cp -R $AIRTIMEROOT/utils /usr/lib/airtime
+
+#create symbolic links
+ln -sf /usr/lib/airtime/utils/airtime-import/airtime-import /usr/bin/airtime-import
+ln -sf /usr/lib/airtime/utils/airtime-update-db-settings /usr/bin/airtime-update-db-settings
+ln -sf /usr/lib/airtime/utils/airtime-check-system /usr/bin/airtime-check-system
+ln -sf /usr/lib/airtime/utils/airtime-log /usr/bin/airtime-log
+
+mkdir -p /usr/share/airtime
+cp -R $AIRTIMEROOT/airtime_mvc/* /usr/share/airtime/
+
+mkdir -p /var/log/airtime
+mkdir -p /var/tmp/airtime
+
+#Finished copying files
diff --git a/install_minimal/include/airtime-install.php b/install_minimal/include/airtime-install.php
index 3565d0d52..b567de19e 100644
--- a/install_minimal/include/airtime-install.php
+++ b/install_minimal/include/airtime-install.php
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/AirtimeInstall.php');
 require_once(__DIR__.'/airtime-constants.php');
 
 
-
-
-
 AirtimeInstall::ExitIfNotRoot();
 
 require_once('Zend/Loader/Autoloader.php');
@@ -117,8 +114,8 @@ if ($overwrite) {
     AirtimeIni::CreateIniFiles();
 }
 
-AirtimeInstall::InstallPhpCode();
-AirtimeInstall::InstallBinaries();
+//AirtimeInstall::InstallPhpCode();
+//AirtimeInstall::InstallBinaries();
 
 if ($overwrite) {
     echo "* Initializing INI files".PHP_EOL;
@@ -144,10 +141,10 @@ if ($db_install) {
     }
 }
 
-AirtimeInstall::CreateSymlinksToUtils();
+#AirtimeInstall::CreateSymlinksToUtils();
 
 AirtimeInstall::CreateZendPhpLogFile();
 
-AirtimeInstall::CreateCronFile();
+#AirtimeInstall::CreateCronFile();
 
 /* FINISHED AIRTIME PHP INSTALLER */
diff --git a/python_apps/media-monitor/install/media-monitor-initialize.py b/python_apps/media-monitor/install/media-monitor-initialize.py
index 17a634207..9e908c859 100644
--- a/python_apps/media-monitor/install/media-monitor-initialize.py
+++ b/python_apps/media-monitor/install/media-monitor-initialize.py
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ try:
     sts = os.waitpid(p.pid, 0)[1]
 
     #Start media-monitor daemon
-    #p = Popen("/etc/init.d/airtime-media-monitor start-no-monit", shell=True)
-    p = Popen("/etc/init.d/airtime-media-monitor restart", shell=True)
+    p = Popen("/etc/init.d/airtime-media-monitor stop", shell=True)
+    p = Popen("/etc/init.d/airtime-media-monitor start-no-monit", shell=True)
     sts = os.waitpid(p.pid, 0)[1]
 except Exception, e:
     print e
diff --git a/python_apps/media-monitor/install/media-monitor-install-files.py b/python_apps/media-monitor/install/media-monitor-install-files.py
index ee001da06..1f6c4de4d 100644
--- a/python_apps/media-monitor/install/media-monitor-install-files.py
+++ b/python_apps/media-monitor/install/media-monitor-install-files.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ try:
     
     #create log dir
     create_dir(config['log_dir'])
+    os.system("chown -R pypo:pypo "+config["log_dir"])
 
     #copy python files
     copy_dir("%s/.."%current_script_dir, config["bin_dir"])
diff --git a/python_apps/pypo/install/pypo-initialize.py b/python_apps/pypo/install/pypo-initialize.py
index e1c06fc9d..57a648de2 100644
--- a/python_apps/pypo/install/pypo-initialize.py
+++ b/python_apps/pypo/install/pypo-initialize.py
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ try:
 
     #restart airtime-playout   
     print "Waiting for processes to start..."
-    #p = Popen("/etc/init.d/airtime-playout start-no-monit", shell=True)
-    p = Popen("/etc/init.d/airtime-playout restart", shell=True)
+    p = Popen("/etc/init.d/airtime-playout stop", shell=True)
+    p = Popen("/etc/init.d/airtime-playout start-no-monit", shell=True)
     sts = os.waitpid(p.pid, 0)[1]
     
 except Exception, e:
diff --git a/python_apps/pypo/install/pypo-install-files.py b/python_apps/pypo/install/pypo-install-files.py
index 791c12f92..05b30676a 100644
--- a/python_apps/pypo/install/pypo-install-files.py
+++ b/python_apps/pypo/install/pypo-install-files.py
@@ -45,9 +45,11 @@ try:
 
     #create pypo log dir
     create_dir(config['pypo_log_dir'])
+    os.system("chown -R pypo:pypo "+config["pypo_log_dir"])
 
     #create liquidsoap log dir
     create_dir(config['liquidsoap_log_dir'])
+    os.system("chown -R pypo:pypo "+config["liquidsoap_log_dir"])
 
     #create cache, tmp, file dirs
     create_dir(config['cache_dir'])