diff --git a/Jakefile.js b/Jakefile.js
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index c1c540630..000000000
--- a/Jakefile.js
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@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-// Add your porject's tasks here
-// For examples on loading the actionHero environment, visit https://github.com/evantahler/actionHero/wiki/Running-ActionHero
-// More information about Jake can be found at https://github.com/mde/jake/
-/* An example actionHero task:
-
-desc("my actionHero jake task");
-task("myTask", {async: true}, function(){
-  var api = jake.Task["actionHero:envrionment"].value;
-  // your logic here
-  complete(process.exit());
-}); */
diff --git a/kill.sh b/kill.sh
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index da0679f7b..000000000
--- a/kill.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# kill the currently running Node.JS process
-
-# find the processes
-
-echo searching for processes....
-    sockproc=$(ps -efww | grep "node_modules" | grep -v grep |grep $USER | cut -c9-14)
-
-    echo processes $sockproc
-
-# if they are not blank, kill them
-    if [[ -n $sockproc ]]; then
-      echo killing $sockproc ...
-      kill -9 $sockproc
-      echo "kill -9 ${sockproc}"
-    else
-      echo "Node process was not found."
-    fi
-
-exit ${exitcode}
diff --git a/old-config.js b/old-config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index dedf86eb2..000000000
--- a/old-config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,395 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2013 - 2014 TopCoder Inc., All Rights Reserved.
- *
- * @author vangavroche, Ghost_141, kurtrips, Sky_, isv, bugbuka, flytoj2ee
- * @version 1.24
- * changes in 1.1:
- * - add defaultCacheLifetime parameter
- * changes in 1.2:
- * - add badgeProperties.
- * changes in 1.3:
- * - add oauthClientId and oauthClientSecret parameters
- * changes in 1.4:
- * - add oauthConnection and oauthDomain parameters
- * - added submissionLink and finalFixLink
- * changes in 1.5:
- * - add jiraWsdlUrl, jiraUsername and jiraPassword parameters
- * changes in 1.6:
- * - add corporate_oltp in database mapping.
- * changes in 1.7:
- * - add downloadsRootDirectory parameter
- * changes in 1.8:
- * - add time_oltp and corporate_oltp in databaseMapping.
- * - added uploadsRootDirectory, thurgoodDownloadUsername and thurgoodDownloadPassword parameters
- * changes in 1.9:
- * - add parameters for submission output directory, submission max size and thurgood endpoint parameters
- * changes in 1.10:
- * - add challengeCommunityLink and reviewAuctionDetailLink.
- * Changes in 1.11:
- * - add cachePrefix in config.general.
- * - added designSubmissionsBasePath for design submissions
- * changes in 1.12:
- * - add defaultUserCacheLifetime property.
- * changes in 1.13:
- * - add jive in database mapping.
- * - added the docusign object
- * - add grantForumAccess property.
- * Changes in 1.14:
- * - add redis.cacheFileTypesKey, redis.cacheDefaultLifetime, designSubmissionTmpPath, designSubmissionsBasePath
- * Changes in 1.15:
- * - added configuration for Docusign integration.
- * Changes in 1.16:
- * - add welcome email property.
- * Changes in 1.17:
- * - add maxRSSLength.
- * changes in 1.19:
- * - add defaultResetPasswordTokenCacheLifetime property.
- * - add resetPasswordTokenEmailSubject property.
- * changes in 1.20:
- * - add tcForumsServer property.
- * - add studioForumsServer property.
- * Changes in 1.21:
- * - add minPasswordLength and maxPasswordLength
- * - add resetTokenSuffix
- * Changes in 1.22:
- * - add auth0 configuration.
- * Changes in 1.23:
- * - Add member photo properties.
- * Changes in 1.24:
- * - Added 'watermark' configuration.
- * - Added designSubmission group of properties" from the UnifiedSubmissionValidator submission.
- */
-"use strict";
-
-/**
- * Module dependencies.
- */
-var fs = require('fs');
-var cluster = require('cluster');
-
-var config = {};
-
-/////////////////////////
-// General Information //
-/////////////////////////
-
-config.general = {
-    apiVersion : "0.0.1",
-    serverName : "TopCoder API",
-    // id: "myActionHeroServer",                                    // id can be set here, or it will be generated dynamically.  Be sure that every server you run has a unique ID (which will happen when genrated dynamically)
-    serverToken : "not-used",                                       // A unique token to your application that servers will use to authenticate to each other
-    welcomeMessage : "Hello! Welcome to the [topcoder] API",          // The welcome message seen by TCP and webSocket clients upon connection
-    flatFileNotFoundMessage : "Sorry, that file is not found :(",   // The body message to accompany 404 (file not found) errors regading flat files
-    serverErrorMessage : "The server experienced an internal error",// The message to accompany 500 errors (internal server errors)
-    defaultChatRoom : "default",                                // The chatRoom that TCP and webSocket clients are joined to when the connect
-    defaultLimit : 100,                                             // defaultLimit & defaultOffset are useful for limiting the length of response lists.
-    defaultOffset : 0,
-    workers : 5,                                                    // The number of internal "workers" (timers) this node will have.
-    developmentMode : (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') ? true : false,  // Watch for changes in actions and tasks, and reload/restart them on the fly
-    simultaneousActions : 5,                                        // How many pending actions can a single connection be working on
-    paths : {                                                       // configuration for your actionHero project structure
-        "action" : __dirname + "/actions",
-        "task" : __dirname + "/tasks",
-        "public" : __dirname + "/public",
-        "pid" : __dirname + "/pids",
-        "log" : __dirname + "/log",
-        "server" : __dirname + "/servers",
-        "initializer" : __dirname + "/initializers",
-    },
-    defaultCacheLifetime : process.env.CACHE_EXPIRY || 1000 * 60 * 10, //10 min default
-    defaultAuthMiddlewareCacheLifetime : process.env.AUTH_MIDDLEWARE_CACHE_EXPIRY || 1000 * 60 * 10, //10 min default
-    defaultUserCacheLifetime: process.env.USER_CACHE_EXPIRY || 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24, //24 hours default
-    resetTokenPrefix: 'tokens-',
-    resetTokenSuffix: '-reset-token',
-    minPasswordLength: 7,
-    maxPasswordLength: 30,
-    defaultResetPasswordTokenCacheLifetime: process.env.RESET_PASSWORD_TOKEN_CACHE_EXPIRY ? parseInt(process.env.RESET_PASSWORD_TOKEN_CACHE_EXPIRY, 10) : 1000 * 60 * 30, //30 min
-    resetPasswordTokenEmailSubject: process.env.RESET_PASSWORD_TOKEN_EMAIL_SUBJECT || "TopCoder Account Password Reset",
-    cachePrefix: '',
-    oauthClientId: process.env.OAUTH_CLIENT_ID || "CMaBuwSnY0Vu68PLrWatvvu3iIiGPh7t",
-    //auth0 secret is encoded in base64!
-    oauthClientSecret: new Buffer(process.env.OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET || 'ZEEIRf_aLhvbYymAMTFefoEJ_8y7ELrUaboMTmE5fQoJXEo7sxxyg8IW6gtbyKuT', 'base64'),
-    oauthConnection: process.env.OAUTH_CONNECTION || "vm-ldap-connection",
-    oauthDomain: process.env.OAUTH_DOMAIN || "sma",
-    jiraWsdlUrl: "https://apps.topcoder.com/bugs/rpc/soap/jirasoapservice-v2?wsdl",
-    jiraUsername: process.env.JIRA_USERNAME,
-    jiraPassword: process.env.JIRA_PASSWORD,
-    tcForumsServer: process.env.TC_FORUMS_SERVER_NAME || "http://forums.topcoder.com/",
-    studioForumsServer: process.env.STUDIO_FORUMS_SERVER_NAME || "http://studio.topcoder.com/forums",
-    grantForumAccess: process.env.GRANT_FORUM_ACCESS === "true" ? true : false, // false by default, used in challenge registration API
-    devForumJNDI: process.env.DEV_FORUM_JNDI || "jnp://env.topcoder.com:1199",
-    filteredParams: ['password'],
-    downloadsRootDirectory: process.env.DOWNLOADS_ROOT_DIRECTORY || __dirname + "/downloads",
-    challengeCommunityLink: 'http://community.topcoder.com/tc?module=ProjectDetail&pj=',
-    reviewAuctionDetailLink: 'http://community.topcoder.com/tc?module=ReviewAuctionDetails&aid=',
-
-    /**
-     * The directory where uploaded files are stored.
-     * It can be relative to the current directory or can be absolute 
-     */
-    uploadsRootDirectory: process.env.UPLOADS_ROOT_DIRECTORY || "test/test_files/dev_download_submission",
-    maxRSSLength: 1000,
-    memberPhoto: {
-        fileSizeLimit: process.env.PHOTO_SIZE_LIMIT || 1048576,
-        validTypes: ['jpeg', 'png', 'bmp', 'jpg'],
-        storeDir: process.env.PHOTO_STORE_DIR || 'test/tmp/memberPhoto/'
-    },
-    technologiesCacheKey: 'technologies',
-    platformsCacheKey: 'platforms'
-};
-
-/////////////
-// logging //
-/////////////
-
-config.logger = {
-    transports : []
-};
-
-// console logger
-if (cluster.isMaster && !process.env.DISABLE_CONSOLE_LOG) {
-    config.logger.transports.push(function (api, winston) {
-        return new (winston.transports.Console)({
-            colorize : true,
-            level : "debug",
-            timestamp : api.utils.sqlDateTime,
-	    json: false
-        });
-    });
-}
-
-// file logger
-fs.mkdir("./log", function (err) {
-    if (err && err.code !== "EEXIST") {
-        console.log(err);
-        process.exit();
-    }
-});
-
-config.logger.transports.push(function (api, winston) {
-    return new (winston.transports.File)({
-        filename : config.general.paths.log + '/actionhero-worker.log',
-        level : "debug",
-        json : false,
-        timestamp : api.utils.sqlDateTime,
-        colorize: true
-    });
-});
-
-///////////
-// Stats //
-///////////
-
-config.stats = {
-    // how often should the server write its stats to redis?
-    writeFrequency: 300000, //every five min
-    // what redis key(s) [hash] should be used to store stats?
-    //  provide no key if you do not want to store stats
-    keys: [
-        'actionHero:stats'
-    ]
-};
-
-///////////
-// Redis //
-///////////
-
-config.redis = {
-    fake : !(process.env.REDIS_HOST && process.env.REDIS_HOST !== '127.0.0.1'),
-    host : process.env.REDIS_HOST || "127.0.0.1",
-    port : process.env.REDIS_PORT || 6379,
-    password : null,
-    options : null,
-    DB : 0,
-    cacheFileTypesKey: "file_types",
-    cacheDefaultLifetime: 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24
-};
-
-//////////
-// FAYE //
-//////////
-
-config.faye = {
-    mount : "/faye",
-    timeout : 45,
-    ping : null,
-    redis: config.redis,
-    namespace: 'faye:'
-};
-
-///////////
-// TASKS //
-///////////
-
-// see https://github.com/taskrabbit/node-resque for more information / options
-config.tasks = {
-  // Should this node run a scheduler to promote delayed tasks?
-    scheduler: false,
-  // what queues should the workers work and how many to spawn?
-  //  ['*'] is one worker working the * queue
-  //  ['high,low'] is one worker working 2 queues
-    queues: ['default'],
-  // how long to sleep between jobs / scheduler checks
-    timeout: process.env.TASK_TIMEOUT || 5000,
-  // What redis server should we connect to for tasks / delayed jobs?
-    redis: config.redis
-};
-
-/////////////
-// SERVERS //
-/////////////
-
-// uncomment the section to enable the server
-
-config.servers = {
-    "web" : {
-        secure : false,                         // HTTP or HTTPS?
-        serverOptions : {},                     // Passed to https.createServer if secure=ture. Should contain SSL certificates
-        port : process.env.PORT || 8080,        // Port or Socket
-        bindIP : "0.0.0.0",                     // Which IP to listen on (use 0.0.0.0 for all)
-        httpHeaders : {},                       // Any additional headers you want actionHero to respond with
-        urlPathForActions : "api",              // Route that actions will be served from; secondary route against this route will be treated as actions, IE: /api/?action=test == /api/test/
-        urlPathForFiles : "public",             // Route that static files will be served from; path (relitive to your project root) to server static content from
-        rootEndpointType : "api",               // When visiting the root URL, should visitors see "api" or "file"? Visitors can always visit /api and /public as normal
-        directoryFileType : "index.html",       // The default filetype to server when a user requests a directory
-        flatFileCacheDuration : 60,             // The header which will be returned for all flat file served from /public; defined in seconds
-        fingerprintOptions : {                  // Settings for determining the id of an http(s) requset (browser-fingerprint)
-            cookieKey : "sessionID",
-            toSetCookie : true,
-            onlyStaticElements : true
-        },
-        formOptions : {                         // Options to be applied to incomming file uplaods. More options and details at https://github.com/felixge/node-formidable
-            uploadDir : "/tmp",
-            keepExtensions : false,
-            maxFieldsSize : 1024 * 1024 * 100
-        },
-        // Options to configure metadata in responses
-        metadataOptions: {
-            serverInformation: true,
-            requesterInformation: true
-        },
-        returnErrorCodes : false                // When true, returnErrorCodes will modify the response header for http(s) clients if connection.error is not null. You can also set connection.responseHttpCode to specify a code per request.
-    },
-    // "socket" : {
-    //   secure: false,                        // TCP or TLS?
-    //   serverOptions: {},                    // passed to tls.createServer if secure=ture. Should contain SSL certificates
-    //   port: 5000,                           // Port or Socket
-    //   bindIP: "0.0.0.0",                    // which IP to listen on (use 0.0.0.0 for all)
-    // },
-    "websocket" : {
-    }
-};
-
-/**
- * A mapping indicating which database belongs to which database server.
- */
-config.databaseMapping = {
-    "common_oltp" : "TC_DB",
-    "informixoltp" : "TC_DB",
-    "tcs_catalog" : "TC_DB",
-    "topcoder_dw" : "TC_DW",
-    "tcs_dw" : "TC_DW",
-    "time_oltp": "TC_DB",
-    "corporate_oltp": "TC_DB",
-    "jive": "TC_DB"
-};
-
-config.documentProvider = 'http://community.topcoder.com/tc?module=DownloadDocument&docid';
-
-/**
- * The default password to be used for social register
- */
-config.defaultPassword = process.env.DEFAULT_PASSWORD  || "defaultpass";
-config.submissionLink = 'https://software.topcoder.com/review/actions/DownloadContestSubmission.do?method=downloadContestSubmission&uid=';
-config.finalFixLink = 'https://software.topcoder.com/review/actions/DownloadFinalFix.do?method=downloadFinalFix&uid=';
-config.designSubmissionLink = 'http://studio.topcoder.com/?module=DownloadSubmission&sbmid=';
-
-//The name of the folder where to store the submission files.
-//Please make sure the directory already exists
-config.submissionDir = process.env.SUBMISSION_DIR || 'test/tmp/submissions';
-
-/**
- * The thurgood username and password used for downloading submissions
- */
-config.thurgoodDownloadUsername = process.env.THURGOOD_DOWNLOAD_USERNAME || "iamthurgood";
-config.thurgoodDownloadPassword = process.env.THURGOOD_DOWNLOAD_PASSWORD || "secret";
-
-//Max size of a submission. Currently set to 100M for now. 
-config.submissionMaxSizeBytes = process.env.DEVELOP_SUBMISSION_MAX_SIZE || 104857600;
-
-//////Thurgood configurables///////
-config.thurgoodCodeUrl = 'https://software.topcoder.com/review/actions/DownloadContestSubmission.do?method=downloadContestSubmission%26uid=';
-
-//API URL for production
-//config.thurgoodApiUrl = 'https://thurgood-production.herokuapp.com/api/1/jobs';
-//API URL for testing
-config.thurgoodApiUrl = process.env.THURGOOD_API_URL || 'http://localhost:8090/';
-
-config.thurgoodTimeout = 5000;
-
-//API KEY for testing
-//Can be overwritten by an environment variable of name THURGOOD_API_KEY 
-config.thurgoodApiKey = process.env.THURGOOD_API_KEY || 'mock_api_key';
-
-//The base directory for design submission files. This directory must exist.
-config.designSubmissionsBasePath = process.env.DESIGN_SUBMISSIONS_BASE_PATH || 'test/tmp/design_submissions/';
-//The temporary directory for creating unified zip file
-config.designSubmissionTmpPath = process.env.DESIGN_SUBMISSIONS_TMP_PATH || 'test/tmp/design_tmp_submissions/';
-
-//The configuration for the DocuSign integration
-config.docusign = {
-    username: process.env.DOCUSIGN_USERNAME || '3c484022-cfd1-4be8-b199-951933a1e81b',
-    password: process.env.DOCUSIGN_PASSWORD || 'dN1ofminimum',
-    integratorKey: process.env.DOCUSIGN_INTEGRATOR_KEY || 'TOPC-a02ca014-0677-4e7f-946b-3a03f803c937',
-    serverURL: process.env.DOCUSIGN_SERVER_URL || 'https://demo.docusign.net/restapi/v2/',
-    roleName: process.env.DOCUSIGN_ROLENAME || 'Member',
-    clientUserId: process.env.DOCUSIGN_CLIENT_USER_ID || 'Member',
-    returnURL: process.env.DOCUSIGN_RETURN_URL || 'http://localhost:8080/v2/terms/docusign/returnSigning&envelopeId=<%= envelopeId %>',
-    assignmentV2TemplateId: process.env.DOCUSIGN_ASSIGNMENT_V2_TEMPLATE_ID || 'E12C78DE-67B1-4150-BEC8-C44CE20A2F0B',
-    w9TemplateId: process.env.DOCUSIGN_W9TEMPLATE_ID || '8E95BEB4-1C77-4CE2-97C7-5F64A3366370',
-    w8benTemplateId: process.env.DOCUSIGN_W8BEN_TEMPLATE_ID || 'CD415871-17F5-4A1E-A007-FE416B030FFB',
-    appirioMutualNDATemplateId: process.env.DOCUSIGN_NDA_TEMPLATE_ID || '19D958E1-E2EC-4828-B270-CA8F14CF7BF4',
-    affidavitTemplateId: process.env.DOCUSIGN_AFFIDAVIT_TEMPLATE_ID || '9103DC77-D8F1-4D7B-BED1-6116604EE98C',
-    assignmentDocTermsOfUseId: process.env.ASSIGNMENT_TERMS_OF_USE_ID || 20753,
-    callbackFailedEmailSubject: process.env.DOCUSIGN_CALLBACK_FAILED_EMAIL_SUBJECT || 'Processing DocuSign document failed',
-    callbackConnectKey: process.env.DOCUSIGN_CALLBACK_CONNECT_KEY || 'ABCDED-12435-EDFADSEC',
-    supportEmailAddress: process.env.DOCUSIGN_CALLBACK_FAILED_SUPPORT_EMAIL_ADDRESS || 'arahant7@yahoo.com',
-    fromEmailAddress: process.env.DOCUSIGN_CALLBACK_FAILED_FROM_EMAIL_ADDRESS || 'do-not-reply@topcoder.com'
-};
-
-config.welcomeEmail = {
-    template: 'welcome_email',
-    subject: 'Welcome to topcoder',
-    fromAddress: process.env.TC_EMAIL_FROM,
-    senderName: 'Topcoder API'
-};
-
-config.auth0 = {
-    serverName: process.env.AUTH0_SERVER_NAME || 'http://agile-crag-5056.herokuapp.com',
-    clientSecret: process.env.AUTH0_CLIENT_SECRET || '80LhxpoArWfAbgiIekJnDOpRVQcIrjBZ8DGnjDLUFdswwkCOI8zaUhGUZ5dr_2fg',
-    redirectUrl: process.env.AUTH0_REDIRECT_URL || '/v2/auth0/callback'
-};
-
-config.watermark = {
-    filePath: process.env.WATERMARK_FILE_PATH || '/home/studio/web/resources/studio/studio_logo_watermark.png',
-    fileType: process.env.WATERMARK_FILE_TYPE || 'PNG',
-    baseImageTransparency: process.env.WATERMARK_BASE_IMAGE_TRANSPARENCY || '50',
-    overlayImageTransparency: process.env.WATERMARK_OVERLAY_IMAGE_TRANSPARENCY || '100',
-    overlayImageRed: process.env.WATERMARK_OVERLAY_IMAGE_RED || '0',
-    overlayImageGreen: process.env.WATERMARK_OVERLAY_IMAGE_GREEN || '0',
-    overlayImageBlue: process.env.WATERMARK_OVERLAY_IMAGE_BLUE || '0'
-};
-
-config.galleryIds = [16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 30, 32];
-
-config.designSubmission = {
-    sourcePrefix: 'source/',
-    submissionPrefix: 'submission/'
-};
-
-config.jvm = {
-    minMemory: '128m',
-    maxMemory: '2048m'
-};
-
-exports.config = config;
diff --git a/runServer.sh b/runServer.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 1e5262f30..000000000
--- a/runServer.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-####
-# Copyright (C) 2013 TopCoder Inc., All Rights Reserved.
-#
-# Author: EasyHard, pvmagacho
-# Version: 1.1
-#
-# This file is for heroku app's enviroment setup.
-#
-# Changes in 1.1 : added JDBC connection pool environment variables
-#
-####
-
-. ./deploy/development.sh 
-
-## JDBC connection pool environment variables - set for all databases
-export MINPOOL=1
-export MAXPOOL=10
-export MAXSIZE=15
-export IDLETIMEOUT=3600
-export TIMEOUT=6000
-
-node ./node_modules/.bin/actionhero start
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diff --git a/start-cluster.sh b/start-cluster.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 0acf2d25e..000000000
--- a/start-cluster.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-
-# nohup node ~/tc-api/node_modules/.bin/actionHero start 2>&1 &
-"${DIR}/node_modules/actionhero/bin/actionhero" startCluster --workers=1 --daemon
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index c948f5733..b802bcb28 100644
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 
 # nohup node ~/tc-api/node_modules/.bin/actionHero start 2>&1 &
 #forever start -d -v -a -l "${DIR}/log/forever.log" "${DIR}/node_modules/actionhero/bin/actionhero" start
-forever start -d -a -l "${DIR}/log/forever.log" "${DIR}/node_modules/actionhero/bin/actionhero" start
+forever start -d -a -l "${DIR}/log/forever.log" "${DIR}/node_modules/actionhero/bin/actionhero" startCluster --workers=2
diff --git a/workers.sh b/workers.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5865e2882
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workers.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+ACTION=$1
+SIGNAL=""
+
+if [ "$ACTION" == "reload" ]; then
+	SIGNAL="HUP"
+elif [ "$ACTION" == "add" ]; then
+	SIGNAL="TTIN"
+elif [ "$ACTION" == "rm" ]; then
+	SIGNAL="TTOU"
+fi
+
+if [ "$SIGNAL" == "" ]; then
+	echo "Usage: workers.sh [reload|add|rm]"
+else
+	pid=$(ps ax | grep startCluster | grep -v grep | cut -f1 -d' ')
+	if [ "$pid" == "" ]; then echo "No cluster master process found."
+	else
+		kill -$SIGNAL $pid
+		echo "Signal $SIGNAL sent to process: $pid" 
+	fi
+fi
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