diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3b98c84..d8590e3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .DS_Store
-node_modules
+*node_modules/*
 *.pyc
 backend/venv
 frontend/dist
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ffa942..0000000
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# This file may be used to create an environment using:
-# $ conda create --name <env> --file <this file>
-# Release package=current_release
-
-cdms2
-vcs
-vcs-js
-nodejs
-flask
-service_identity
-vcsaddons
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conda/build.sh b/conda/build.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/conda/conda_build.sh b/conda/conda_build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..015ea7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda/conda_build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+export VERSION="1.0"
+export BUILD_NAME="rc2"
+export CONDA_BLD_PATH=~/conda-bld
+PLATFORM="osx-64"
+PKG="vcdat"
+
+if [ -d $CONDA_BLD_PATH ]; then
+    rm -rf $CONDA_BLD_PATH
+fi
+echo "Creating build dir at" $CONDA_BLD_PATH
+mkdir $CONDA_BLD_PATH
+
+conda config --set anaconda_upload no
+if [ ! -z "$1" ]; then
+    export TAG="$1"
+else
+    export TAG="master"
+fi
+echo "Building" $VERSION"-"$BUILD_NAME "for label:" $TAG
+
+conda build -c conda-forge -c cdat .
+
+if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then
+    echo "conda build failed"
+    exit
+fi
+
+if [ ! -z "$1" ]; then
+    anaconda upload -c cdat -l "$1" $CONDA_BLD_PATH/$PLATFORM/$PKG-$VERSION-$BUILD_NAME.tar.bz2 
+else
+    anaconda upload -c cdat $CONDA_BLD_PATH/$PLATFORM/$PKG-$VERSION-$BUILD_NAME.tar.bz2
+fi
diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml.in b/conda/meta.yaml.in
index b39444d..9c42c13 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml.in
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ package:
 
 source:
   git_rev: @UVCDAT_BRANCH@
-  git_url: git://github.com/UV-CDAT/vcdat.git
+  git_url: git://github.com/CDAT/vcdat.git
 
 requirements:
   build:
@@ -13,15 +13,18 @@ requirements:
   - nodejs
   run:
   - python =2
+  - nodejs
   - flask
-  - vcs
-  - cdms2
+  - vcs 8.0
+  - cdms2 3.0
+  - cdutil 8.0
+  - genutil 8.1
+  - service_identity
+  - vcsaddons 8.0
   - vcs-js
-  - genutil
-  - proj4 <5
 
 build:
   noarch_python: true
 
 about:
-  home: http://github.com/UV-CDAT/vcdat
+  home: http://github.com/CDAT/vcdat
diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml.official b/conda/meta.yaml.official
index bfa1617..95a5bfd 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml.official
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml.official
@@ -1,24 +1,26 @@
 about:
-  home: http://github.com/UV-CDAT/vcdat
+  home: http://github.com/CDAT/vcdat
 package:
   name: vcdat
-  version: "0.7.0"
+  version: "1.0"
 requirements:
   build:
-  - python
+  - python =2
   - setuptools
   - nodejs
   run:
-  - python
+  - python =2
+  - nodejs
   - flask
-  - vcs 2.12
-  - cdms2 2.12
-  - cdutil 2.12
-  - genutil 2.12
+  - vcs 8.0
+  - cdms2 3.0
+  - cdutil 8.0
+  - genutil 8.1
+  - service_identity
+  - vcsaddons 8.0
   - vcs-js
 source:
-  git_rev: v0.0.4
-  git_url: git://github.com/UV-CDAT/vcdat.git
+  git_url: git://github.com/CDAT/vcdat.git
 build:
   noarch_python: false
   number: 1
diff --git a/scripts/setup.sh b/scripts/setup.sh
index 6492a3f..bc8e4bf 100755
--- a/scripts/setup.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ if [[ $current_dir == */vcdat* ]]; then
     conda env remove -y -n ${CONDA_ENV}
 
     # Create a new one
-    conda create -y -n ${CONDA_ENV} -c cdat/label/nightly -c conda-forge -c cdat --file $current_dir/backend/requirements.txt
+    conda create -y -n ${CONDA_ENV} -c cdat/label/nightly -c conda-forge -c cdat vcdat
 
     source activate ${CONDA_ENV}
     cd frontend