diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9ab00ab..ea59d3a 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.nhind</groupId>
 	<artifactId>config-service-jar</artifactId>
-	<version>8.0.5</version>
+	<version>8.1.0</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>NHIN Direct Java RI config service jar</name>
     <description>NHIN Direct Java RI config service jar.</description>	
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<commons-net.version>3.8.0</commons-net.version>
-		<bcprov-jdk15on.version>1.68</bcprov-jdk15on.version>
 	</properties>   	
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
@@ -58,28 +57,18 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.nhind</groupId>
 			<artifactId>config-store</artifactId>
-			<version>8.0.0</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.nhind</groupId>
-			<artifactId>config-model</artifactId>
-			<version>8.0.0</version>
-		</dependency>		
+			<version>8.1.0</version>
+		</dependency>	
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.nhind</groupId>
 			<artifactId>direct-common</artifactId>
-			<version>8.0.0</version>	
+			<version>8.1.0</version>	
 		</dependency>											  
 	      <dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-net</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-net</artifactId>
 			<version>${commons-net.version}</version>
-		  </dependency>	
-		  <dependency>
-		    <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-		    <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
-		    <version>${bcprov-jdk15on.version}</version>    
-		  </dependency> 	             	    	
+		  </dependency>		             	    	
 		<dependency>
 		    <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
 		    <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
@@ -190,6 +179,15 @@
                <version>3.0.1</version>
             </plugin>		
             -->
+	        <plugin>
+	          <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
+	          <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+	          <version>0.8.0</version>
+	          <extensions>true</extensions>
+	          <configuration>
+	            <publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
+	          </configuration>
+	        </plugin>            
 		</plugins>			
 	</build>
 	<reporting>
@@ -249,24 +247,4 @@
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</reporting>
-	<distributionManagement>
-		<site>
-			<id>nhind-site</id>
-			<name>NHIN Direct API publication site</name>
-			<url>sftp://api.nhindirect.org/x/www/api.nhindirect.org/java/site/config/config-service-jar/${project.version}</url>
-		</site>
-        <snapshotRepository>
-            <id>sonatype-snapshot</id>
-            <name>Sonatype OSS Maven SNAPSHOT Repository</name>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
-            <uniqueVersion>false</uniqueVersion>
-         </snapshotRepository>
-         <repository>
-            <id>sonatype-release</id>
-            <name>Sonatype OSS Maven Release Repositor</name>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
-            <uniqueVersion>false</uniqueVersion>
-         </repository>				
-	</distributionManagement>
-
 </project>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/nhindirect/config/processor/impl/DefaultBundleRefreshProcessorImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/nhindirect/config/processor/impl/DefaultBundleRefreshProcessorImpl.java
index 4a2cd82..2eee8d0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/nhindirect/config/processor/impl/DefaultBundleRefreshProcessorImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/nhindirect/config/processor/impl/DefaultBundleRefreshProcessorImpl.java
@@ -292,28 +292,42 @@ public Mono<?> refreshBundle(TrustBundle bundle)
 	protected Mono<Collection<X509Certificate>> convertRawBundleToAnchorCollection(byte[] rawBundle, final TrustBundle existingBundle,
 			final LocalDateTime processAttempStart)
 	{
-		Collection<? extends Certificate> bundleCerts = null;
-		InputStream inStream = null;
-		// check to see if its an unsigned PKCS7 container
+		
+		boolean isSigned = false;
+		
 		try
 		{
-			inStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(rawBundle);
-			bundleCerts = CertificateFactory.getInstance("X.509").generateCertificates(inStream);
-			
-			// in Java 7, an invalid bundle may be returned as a null instead of throw an exception
-			// if its null and has no anchors, then try again as a signed bundle
-			if (bundleCerts != null && bundleCerts.size() == 0)
-				bundleCerts = null;
-			
+			final CMSSignedData signed = new CMSSignedData(rawBundle);
+			if (signed.getSignerInfos().getSigners().size() > 0)
+				isSigned = true;
 		}
-		catch (Exception e)
-		{
-			/* no-op for now.... this may not be a p7b, so try it as a signed message*/
-		}
-		finally
-		{
-			IOUtils.closeQuietly(inStream);
+		catch (Exception e) {/*no-op*/}
+		
+		Collection<? extends Certificate> bundleCerts = null;
+		InputStream inStream = null;
+		
+		if (!isSigned) {
+			try
+			{
+				inStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(rawBundle);
+				bundleCerts = CertificateFactory.getInstance("X.509").generateCertificates(inStream);
+				
+				// in Java 7, an invalid bundle may be returned as a null instead of throw an exception
+				// if its null and has no anchors, then try again as a signed bundle
+				if (bundleCerts != null && bundleCerts.size() == 0)
+					bundleCerts = null;
+				
+			}
+			catch (Exception e)
+			{
+				/* no-op for now.... this may not be a p7b, so try it as a signed message*/
+			}
+			finally
+			{
+				IOUtils.closeQuietly(inStream);
+			}			
 		}
+
 		
 		// didnt work... try again as a CMS signed message
 		if (bundleCerts == null)