diff --git a/lib/rebus.js b/lib/rebus.js
index 5750a97..0681390 100644
--- a/lib/rebus.js
+++ b/lib/rebus.js
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 var path = require('path');
 var fs = require('fs');
 var async = require('async');
-var deepEqual = require('deep-equal');
-var clone = require('clone');
+var crypto = require('crypto');
 var syncasyncFacade = require('ypatterns').syncasyncFacade;
 
 // Suffix for all published objects.
@@ -80,6 +79,8 @@ module.exports = function (folder, options, callback) {
   var closed = false;
   // The state of the loder. Keeps files that are not loaded successfully.
   var loader = { errors: {} };
+  // Files hashes
+  var hashes = [];
 
   // Create facade for rebus factory, which creates and initializes rebus instance.
   var instance = syncasyncFacade({ create: createInstance, initializeAsync: initializeAsync, initializeSync: initializeSync }, callback);
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ module.exports = function (folder, options, callback) {
 
   function createInstance() {
     var instance = { publish: publish, subscribe: subscribe, close: close };
-    instance.__defineGetter__("value", function () { return clone(shared); });
+    instance.__defineGetter__("value", function () { return shared; });
     return instance;
   }
 
@@ -148,20 +149,23 @@ module.exports = function (folder, options, callback) {
     if (!prop || typeof prop !== 'string' || prop.length < 1) {
       throw new Error('invalid property path');
     }
-    if (_checkEqual(prop, obj)) {
-      // There is no change. Skip this publish.
-      return callback();
-    }
     // Write the object to the separate file.
     var shortname = prop + '.json';
     var fullname = path.join(folder, shortname);
-    fs.writeFile(fullname, JSON.stringify(obj), function (err) {
+    var data = JSON.stringify(obj);
+    if (!_checkNewHash(fullname, data)) {
+      // No need to publish is the data is the same.      
+      return callback();
+    }
+    fs.writeFile(fullname, data, function (err) {
       if (err) {
         console.error('Failed to write file ' + fullname + ' err:', err);
       }
       else {
         // Update the publisher instance before completion.
-        _loadObject(shortname, obj);
+        // Notification are not called from this update, but from the trigger of the chagned
+        // file
+        _loadObject(shortname, obj, { notify: false });
       }
       callback(err);
     });
@@ -210,21 +214,15 @@ module.exports = function (folder, options, callback) {
   // Private functions.
   */
 
-  // Check if the object inserted is equal to the exisitng object.
-  function _checkEqual(prop, obj) {
-    var props = prop.split('.');
-    var existing = shared;
-    props.forEach(function(p) {
-      if (existing) {
-        existing = existing[p];
-      }
-    });
-    if (existing) {
-      if (deepEqual(existing, obj)) {
-        return true;
-      }
+  // Check if file is differrent. Return the new hash if it is.
+  function _checkNewHash(filename, data) {
+    var shasum = crypto.createHash('sha1');
+    shasum.update(data);
+    var hash = shasum.digest('hex');
+    if (hash === hashes[filename]) {
+      return null;
     }
-    return false;
+    return hash;
   }
 
   // Store the instance of rebus per process to be
@@ -315,15 +313,21 @@ module.exports = function (folder, options, callback) {
   }
 
   function _loadData(filename, data) {
+    var hash = _checkNewHash(filename, data);
+    if (!hash) {
+      // Skip loading if the file did not change.
+      return;
+    }
     var obj = JSON.parse(data);
+    hashes[filename] = hash;
     _loadObject(filename, obj);
   }
 
-  function _loadObject(filename, obj) {
+  function _loadObject(filename, obj, options) {
     var props = filename.split('.');
     // Don't count suffix (.json).
     props.pop();
-    _traverse(props, obj, null);
+    _traverse(props, obj, null, options);
   }
 
   // Traverse the shared object according to property path.
@@ -334,8 +338,9 @@ module.exports = function (folder, options, callback) {
   // notification - if defined, pin the notification at the end of the specified path.
   // Returns - if called with notification, returns the handler with information where the notification was pinned, so can be
   // unpinned later.
-  function _traverse(props, obj, notification) {
+  function _traverse(props, obj, notification, options) {
 
+    options = options || { notify: true };
     var length = props.length;
     var refobj = shared;
     var refmeta = meta;
@@ -361,11 +366,6 @@ module.exports = function (folder, options, callback) {
       if (i === (length - 1)) {
         // The end of the path.
         if (obj) {
-          // Skip object update if nothing changed.
-          if (deepEqual(currentobj, obj)) {
-            // No need to call all the notifications along the path.
-            return handler;
-          }
           // Pin the object here.
           refobj[prop] = obj;
           // Since object changed, append all notifications in the subtree.
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ module.exports = function (folder, options, callback) {
           // Call notification in the next tick, so that return value from subsribtion
           // will be available.
           process.nextTick(function () {
-            notification(clone(currentobj));
+            notification(currentobj);
           });
         }
       }
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ module.exports = function (folder, options, callback) {
       refmeta = currentmeta;
     }
 
-    if (obj) {
+    if (obj && options.notify) {
       // Call all notifications.
       async.parallel(fns);
     }
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ module.exports = function (folder, options, callback) {
     for (var id in meta[nfs]) {
       fns.push(function (i) {
         return function () {
-          meta[nfs][i](clone(obj));
+          meta[nfs][i](obj);
         }
       } (id));
     }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6163c58..7284cdd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "main": "./main",
   "bin": {},
   "author": "yosefd <yosefd@microsoft.com>",
-  "version": "0.4.6",
+  "version": "0.4.7",
   "license": "MIT",
   "contributors": [
     "Yosef Dinerstein <yosefd@microsoft.com>",
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "async": "0.1.x",
-    "deep-equal": "0.0.x",
-    "clone": "0.1.x",
     "ypatterns": "0.2.x"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index b815a2a..40db9d1 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ module.exports = testCase({
 
   publishWithoutChange: function (test) {
     var self = this;
-    var rebus1 = rebus(self.folder, function (err) {
+    var rebus1 = rebus(self.folder, { singletons: false }, function (err) {
       test.ok(!err, 'failed to start empty instance');
       test.ok(rebus1, 'got the 1st rebus instance');
       var count1 = 0;
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ module.exports = testCase({
           count1++;
         }
       });
-      var rebus2 = rebus(self.folder, function (err) {
+      var rebus2 = rebus(self.folder, { singletons: false }, function (err) {
         test.ok(!err, 'failed to start empty instance');
         test.ok(rebus2, 'got the 2nd rebus instance');
         rebus2.subscribe('a.c', function (obj) {
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ module.exports = testCase({
           }
         });
       });
-      var rebus3 = rebus(self.folder, function (err) {
+      var rebus3 = rebus(self.folder, { singletons: false }, function (err) {
         test.ok(!err, 'failed to start empty instance');
         test.ok(rebus3, 'got the 3rd rebus instance');
         rebus3.subscribe('a', function (obj) {
@@ -263,9 +263,9 @@ module.exports = testCase({
     });
   },
 
-  modifyRebusObject: function (test) {
+  modifyObject: function (test) {
     var self = this;
-    var rebus1 = rebus(self.folder, function (err) {
+    var rebus1 = rebus(self.folder, { singletons: false }, function (err) {
       test.ok(!err, 'failed to start empty instance');
       test.ok(rebus1, 'got the 1st rebus instance');
       var r1gotb = false;
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ module.exports = testCase({
         }
       });
 
-      var rebus2 = rebus(self.folder, function (err) {
+      var rebus2 = rebus(self.folder, { singletons: false }, function (err) {
         test.ok(!err, 'failed to start empty instance');
         test.ok(rebus2, 'got the 2nd rebus instance');
         rebus2.subscribe('a.c', function (obj) {