diff --git a/docs/source/installation.rst b/docs/source/installation.rst
index 3f3268a3..a84b40e7 100644
--- a/docs/source/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/source/installation.rst
@@ -164,6 +164,13 @@ Step by Step::
 .. _installing docker: https://docs.docker.com/installation/#installation
 .. _instructions: http://mozdef.readthedocs.org/en/latest/installation.html#dockerfile
 
+MozDef manual installation process
+----------------------------------
+This section explains the manual installation process for the MozDef system.
+  git clone https://github.com/jeffbryner/MozDef.git
+
+
+
 Elasticsearch nodes
 -------------------
 
@@ -225,6 +232,8 @@ Then::
   make
   make install
 
+  cd /home/mozdef
+
   wget https://raw.github.com/pypa/pip/master/contrib/get-pip.py
   export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/mozdef/python2.7/lib/
   ./python2.7/bin/python get-pip.py
@@ -251,8 +260,8 @@ On Yum-based systems::
 
 You can then install the rabbitmq server::
 
-  rpm --import http://www.rabbitmq.com/rabbitmq-signing-key-public.asc
-  yum install rabbitmq-server-3.2.4-1.noarch.rpm
+  sudo rpm --import http://www.rabbitmq.com/rabbitmq-signing-key-public.asc
+  sudo yum install rabbitmq-server
 
 To start rabbitmq at startup::
 
@@ -300,13 +309,13 @@ For meteor, in a terminal::
   cd node-v0.10.26
   ./configure
   make
-  make install
+  sudo make install
 
-Make sure you have meteorite/mrt::
+Make sure you have meteorite/mrt (run as root/admin)::
 
   npm install -g meteorite
 
-Then from the meteor subdirectory of this git repository run::
+Then from the meteor subdirectory of this git repository (/home/mozdef/MozDef/meteor)  run::
 
   mrt add iron-router
   mrt add accounts-persona
@@ -403,12 +412,17 @@ We use `uwsgi`_ to interface python and nginx::
 
   wget http://projects.unbit.it/downloads/uwsgi-2.0.2.tar.gz
   tar zxvf uwsgi-2.0.2.tar.gz
+  cd uwsgi-2.0.2
   ~/python2.7/bin/python uwsgiconfig.py --build
   ~/python2.7/bin/python uwsgiconfig.py  --plugin plugins/python core
   cp python_plugin.so ~/envs/mozdef/bin/
   cp uwsgi ~/envs/mozdef/bin/
 
-  cd rest
+  cp -r ~/MozDef/rest   ~/envs/mozdef/
+  cp -r ~/MozDef/loginput   ~/envs/mozdef/
+  mkdir ~/envs/mozdef/logs
+
+  cd ~/envs/mozdef/rest
   # modify settings.py
   vim settings.py
   # modify uwsgi.ini
@@ -445,3 +459,26 @@ To initialize elasticsearch indices and load some sample data::
 
 .. _Kibana: http://www.elasticsearch.org/overview/kibana
 
+Start Services
+******
+
+Start the following services
+
+  cd ~/MozDef/mq
+  ./esworker.py
+  
+  cd ~/MozDef/alerts
+  celery -A celeryconfig worker --loglevel=info --beat 
+  
+  cd ~/MozDef/examples/demo
+  ./syncalerts.sh
+  ./sampleevents.sh
+  
+  
+  
+  
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/examples/demo/syncalerts.sh b/examples/demo/syncalerts.sh
index 83064f11..c12d4d86 100755
--- a/examples/demo/syncalerts.sh
+++ b/examples/demo/syncalerts.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 while true
 do
-          /opt/MozDef/cron/syncAlertsToMongo.py
-          /opt/MozDef/cron/collectAttackers.py
+          ~/MozDef/cron/syncAlertsToMongo.py
+          ~/MozDef/cron/collectAttackers.py
           sleep 10
 done
diff --git a/meteor/.meteor/release b/meteor/.meteor/release
index fdc65835..dab6b552 100644
--- a/meteor/.meteor/release
+++ b/meteor/.meteor/release
@@ -1 +1 @@
-METEOR@1.0.2.1
+METEOR@1.1.0.2
diff --git a/meteor/app/lib/settings.js b/meteor/app/lib/settings.js
index 1d4f2b77..f2dd5c26 100644
--- a/meteor/app/lib/settings.js
+++ b/meteor/app/lib/settings.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ mozdef = {
   port: "3000",
   rootAPI: "http://localhost:8081",
   kibanaURL: "http://localhost:9090",
-  enableBlockIP: true
+  enableBlockIP: true,
   enableClientAccountCreation: true
 }
 
diff --git a/meteor/public/css/mozdef.css b/meteor/public/css/mozdef.css
index a9438c6a..47d922e8 100644
--- a/meteor/public/css/mozdef.css
+++ b/meteor/public/css/mozdef.css
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ td{
 }
 
 
-/*login ui css to hide the local account/password signup options */
+/* uncomment this login ui css to hide the local account/password signup options 
 .logins-wrapper .svgtextlabel {
   font-size: 20px;
   color: white;
@@ -205,6 +205,11 @@ td{
 .or {
   display: none;
 }
+*/
+/* don't float the 'create account' link*/
+#login-buttons #signup-link{
+    float: none;
+}
 
 /* d3 circle styles */
 .successcircle{
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a9860d5f..48e94597 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ anyjson==0.3.3
 boto==2.26.1
 bottle==0.12.4
 configlib==1.0.0
-configparser==3.3.0r2
+configparser==3.5.0b2
 docutils==0.11
 elasticutils==0.8.2
 futures==2.1.6