diff --git a/JobTracker/JTPageLoadOperation.m b/JobTracker/JTPageLoadOperation.m
index af368a0..cddfbd0 100644
--- a/JobTracker/JTPageLoadOperation.m
+++ b/JobTracker/JTPageLoadOperation.m
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ - (void)main {
         NSLog(@"Error loading document: %@", error);
     }
     
-    [[[JTState alloc] init] performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(pageLoaded:)
-                                       withObject:document
-                                    waitUntilDone:YES];
+    [[JTState sharedInstance] performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(pageLoaded:)
+                                               withObject:document
+                                            waitUntilDone:YES];
 }
 
 @end
diff --git a/JobTracker/JTState.h b/JobTracker/JTState.h
index 95cead4..fc2b91c 100644
--- a/JobTracker/JTState.h
+++ b/JobTracker/JTState.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-//  JTParser.h
+//  JTState.h
 //  JobTracker
 //
 //  Created by Brad Greenlee on 11/6/12.
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
 @property(nonatomic, retain) NSArray *usernames;
 @property(nonatomic, retain) id delegate;
 
-- (id)initWithURL:(NSURL *)url withUsernames:(NSString *)usernames;
++ (id)sharedInstance;
+- (void)setUsernameString:(NSString *)usernames;
 - (void)pageLoaded:(NSXMLDocument *)document;
 - (void)refresh;
 - (void)parse:(NSXMLDocument *)document;
diff --git a/JobTracker/JTState.m b/JobTracker/JTState.m
index 564435a..b91490a 100644
--- a/JobTracker/JTState.m
+++ b/JobTracker/JTState.m
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-//  JTParser.m
+//  JTState.m
 //  JobTracker
 //
 //  Created by Brad Greenlee on 11/6/12.
@@ -14,28 +14,33 @@ @implementation JTState
 
 @synthesize clusterSummary, jobs, url, usernames, delegate;
 
-- (id)init {
-    if (shared) {
-        return shared;
++ (id)sharedInstance {
+    return shared;
+}
+
++ (void)initialize {
+    static BOOL initialized = NO;
+    if (!initialized) {
+        initialized = YES;
+        shared = [[JTState alloc] init];
     }
+}
+
+- (id)init {
     if ((self = [super init])) {
         clusterSummary = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
         jobs = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
         queue = [[NSOperationQueue alloc] init];
     }
-    shared = self;
     return self;
 }
 
-- (id)initWithURL:(NSURL *)_url withUsernames:(NSString *)_usernames{
-    self = [self init];
-    url = _url;
+- (void)setUsernameString:(NSString *)_usernames{
     if (_usernames == nil || [_usernames isEqualToString:@""]) {
         usernames = nil;
     } else {
         usernames = [_usernames componentsSeparatedByString:@","];
     }
-    return self;
 }
 
 - (void)pageLoaded:(NSXMLDocument *)document {
diff --git a/JobTracker/JTStatusMenu.m b/JobTracker/JTStatusMenu.m
index b0b039f..4ab9998 100644
--- a/JobTracker/JTStatusMenu.m
+++ b/JobTracker/JTStatusMenu.m
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ - (void)awakeFromNib {
     
     [self loadPreferences];
     if ([self isConfigured]) {
-        jtState = [[JTState alloc] initWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:[jobTrackerURL stringByAppendingString:@"/jobtracker.jsp"]]
-                                 withUsernames:usernames];
+        jtState = [JTState sharedInstance];
+        jtState.url = [NSURL URLWithString:[jobTrackerURL stringByAppendingString:@"/jobtracker.jsp"]];
+        [jtState setUsernameString:usernames];
         jtState.delegate = self;
         [self refresh:nil];
         [self startTimer];
@@ -212,8 +213,9 @@ - (IBAction)openInBrowser:(id)sender {
 - (void)preferencesUpdated {
     [self loadPreferences];
     if ([self isConfigured]) {
-        jtState = [[JTState alloc] initWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:[jobTrackerURL stringByAppendingString:@"/jobtracker.jsp"]]
-                                 withUsernames:usernames];
+        jtState = [JTState sharedInstance];
+        jtState.url = [NSURL URLWithString:[jobTrackerURL stringByAppendingString:@"/jobtracker.jsp"]];
+        [jtState setUsernameString:usernames];
         jtState.delegate = self;
         [self refresh:nil];
         [self startTimer];
diff --git a/JobTracker/JobTracker-Info.plist b/JobTracker/JobTracker-Info.plist
index 18cdd6e..c0d966e 100644
--- a/JobTracker/JobTracker-Info.plist
+++ b/JobTracker/JobTracker-Info.plist
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 	<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
 	<string>????</string>
 	<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
-	<string>1.0.3</string>
+	<string>1.0.4</string>
 	<key>LSApplicationCategoryType</key>
 	<string>public.app-category.developer-tools</string>
 	<key>LSMinimumSystemVersion</key>
diff --git a/JobTrackerTests/JTStateTests.m b/JobTrackerTests/JTStateTests.m
index 45938a6..8d586da 100644
--- a/JobTrackerTests/JTStateTests.m
+++ b/JobTrackerTests/JTStateTests.m
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ - (void)setUp {
     NSXMLDocument *document = [[NSXMLDocument alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:fileUrl
                                                                    options:NSXMLDocumentTidyHTML
                                                                      error:nil];
-    jtState = [[JTState alloc] initWithURL:fileUrl withUsernames:nil];
+    jtState = [JTState sharedInstance];
+    jtState.url = fileUrl;
     [jtState pageLoaded:document];
 }