diff --git a/generators/processor/templates/poller b/generators/processor/templates/poller
index 2b7e3e4..5381eef 100755
--- a/generators/processor/templates/poller
+++ b/generators/processor/templates/poller
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+ENV['APP_ROOT'] ||= File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..'))
+APP_ROOT = ENV['APP_ROOT']
+script_file = File.join(APP_ROOT, 'lib', 'poller.rb')
+tmp_dir = File.join(APP_ROOT, 'tmp')
+
 require 'rubygems'
 require 'daemons'
 require 'activesupport'
 require 'activemessaging'
 
-APP_ROOT = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/..')
-script_file = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__)+'/../lib/poller.rb')
-tmp_dir = File.join(File.expand_path(APP_ROOT), 'tmp')
-
 options = {
   :app_name   => "poller",
   :dir_mode   => :normal,
diff --git a/generators/processor/templates/poller.rb b/generators/processor/templates/poller.rb
index 364882e..7e6c854 100644
--- a/generators/processor/templates/poller.rb
+++ b/generators/processor/templates/poller.rb
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@
 STDERR.sync = true; STDERR.flush
 
 #Try to Load Merb
-begin
+merb_init_file = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)+'/../config/merb_init')
+if File.exists? merb_init_file
   require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)+'/../config/boot')
   #need this because of the CWD
   Merb.root = MERB_ROOT
-  require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)+'/../config/merb_init')
-rescue LoadError
+  require merb_init_file
+else
   # Load Rails
   RAILS_ROOT=File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..'))
   require File.join(RAILS_ROOT, 'config', 'boot')
@@ -20,4 +21,4 @@
 #ActiveMessaging::load_processors
 
 # Start it up!
-ActiveMessaging::start
\ No newline at end of file
+ActiveMessaging::start
diff --git a/generators/processor/templates/processor_test.rb b/generators/processor/templates/processor_test.rb
index 633a9f0..0bcab52 100644
--- a/generators/processor/templates/processor_test.rb
+++ b/generators/processor/templates/processor_test.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../test_helper'
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../vendor/plugins/activemessaging/lib/activemessaging/test_helper'
+require 'activemessaging/test_helper'
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../app/processors/application'
 
 class <%= class_name %>ProcessorTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
diff --git a/lib/activemessaging.rb b/lib/activemessaging.rb
index 67bfd87..cea6342 100644
--- a/lib/activemessaging.rb
+++ b/lib/activemessaging.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 module ActiveMessaging
-  VERSION  = "0.5" #maybe this should be higher, but I'll let others judge :)
+  VERSION  = "0.6.0"
   APP_ROOT = ENV['APP_ROOT'] || ENV['RAILS_ROOT'] || ((defined? RAILS_ROOT) && RAILS_ROOT) || File.dirname($0)
   APP_ENV  = ENV['APP_ENV']  || ENV['RAILS_ENV']  || 'development'
+  ROOT     = File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..'))
 
   # Used to indicate that the processing for a thread shoud complete
   class StopProcessingException < Interrupt #:nodoc:
@@ -18,9 +19,10 @@ class StopFilterException < Exception #:nodoc:
   end
 
   def ActiveMessaging.logger
-    @@logger = RAILS_DEFAULT_LOGGER if !defined?(@@logger) && (defined?(RAILS_DEFAULT_LOGGER) && !RAILS_DEFAULT_LOGGER.nil?)
-    @@logger = ActiveRecord::Base.logger unless defined?(@@logger)
-    @@logger = Logger.new(STDOUT) unless defined?(@@logger)
+    @@logger = nil unless defined? @@logger
+    @@logger ||= RAILS_DEFAULT_LOGGER if defined? RAILS_DEFAULT_LOGGER
+    @@logger ||= ActiveRecord::Base.logger if defined? ActiveRecord
+    @@logger ||= Logger.new(STDOUT)
     @@logger
   end
 
@@ -36,18 +38,20 @@ def self.load_extensions
     require 'activemessaging/trace_filter'
 
     # load all under the adapters dir 
-    Dir[APP_ROOT + '/vendor/plugins/activemessaging/lib/activemessaging/adapters/*.rb'].each{|a| 
+    Dir[File.join(ROOT, 'lib', 'activemessaging', 'adapters', '*.rb')].each do |a| 
       begin
         adapter_name = File.basename(a, ".rb")
         require 'activemessaging/adapters/' + adapter_name
       rescue RuntimeError, LoadError => e
         logger.debug "ActiveMessaging: adapter #{adapter_name} not loaded: #{ e.message }"
       end
-    }
+    end
   end
 
   def self.load_config
+    p APP_ROOT
     path = File.expand_path("#{APP_ROOT}/config/messaging.rb")
+    p path
     begin
       load path
     rescue MissingSourceFile
@@ -115,10 +119,9 @@ class DoSomethingProcessor < ActiveMessaging::Processor
 #load these once to start with
 ActiveMessaging.load_activemessaging
 
-
-
-# reload these on each request - leveraging Dispatcher semantics for consistency
-begin
+# reload these on each Rails request - leveraging Dispatcher semantics for consistency
+if defined? Rails
+  ActiveMessaging.logger.info "Rails available: Adding dispatcher prepare callback."
   require 'dispatcher' unless defined?(::Dispatcher)
   
   # add processors and config to on_prepare if supported (rails 1.2+)
@@ -127,7 +130,4 @@ class DoSomethingProcessor < ActiveMessaging::Processor
       ActiveMessaging.reload_activemessaging
     end
   end
-rescue MissingSourceFile => e
-  logger.info e.message
-  logger.info "Rails not available."
 end