diff --git a/cluster-mgmt/bin/func.sh b/cluster-mgmt/bin/func.sh
index fe65ab6..b42ead1 100755
--- a/cluster-mgmt/bin/func.sh
+++ b/cluster-mgmt/bin/func.sh
@@ -29,9 +29,11 @@
   case "$1" in
     start)
       echo "Starting ZK.."
-      dsh -g $basename "$ZK_DIR/bin/zkServer.sh start"
+#      dsh -g $basename "$ZK_DIR/bin/zkServer.sh start"
+      dsh -g $basename 'cd ONOS; ./start-zk.sh start'
       while [ 1 ]; do
-        nup=`dsh -g $basename "$ZK_DIR/bin/zkServer.sh status" | grep "Mode" | egrep "leader|follower" | wc -l`
+#        nup=`dsh -g $basename "$ZK_DIR/bin/zkServer.sh status" | grep "Mode" | egrep "leader|follower" | wc -l`
+        nup=`dsh -g $basename "cd ONOS; ./start-zk.sh status" | grep "Mode" | egrep "leader|follower|standalone" | wc -l`
         if [ $nup == $nr_nodes ]; then
           echo "everybody's up: $nup up of of $nr_nodes"
           echo "ZK started"
@@ -125,7 +127,9 @@
     start)
       if [ x$2 == "x" -o x$2 == "xall" ]; then
         echo "Starting ONOS on all nodes"
-        dsh -g ${basename} "cd $ONOS_DIR; ./start-onos.sh start"
+        dsh -w ${basename}1 "cd $ONOS_DIR; ./start-onos.sh start"
+        sleep 3
+        dsh -g ${basename} -x ${basename}1 "cd $ONOS_DIR; ./start-onos.sh start"
         dsh -g ${basename} "cd $ONOS_DIR; ./start-rest.sh start"
       else
         echo "Starting ONOS on ${basename}$2"
diff --git a/cluster-mgmt/bin/zk b/cluster-mgmt/bin/zk
index 262c936..b2033ad 100755
--- a/cluster-mgmt/bin/zk
+++ b/cluster-mgmt/bin/zk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/bash
-. ${HOME}/bin/func.sh
+. `dirname $0`/func.sh
 
 #$0 $1 $2
 `basename $0` $1 $2
diff --git a/start-cassandra.sh b/start-cassandra.sh
index d4d722c..426fa60 100755
--- a/start-cassandra.sh
+++ b/start-cassandra.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # Set paths
 ONOS_HOME=`dirname $0`
 CASSANDRA_DIR=${HOME}/apache-cassandra-1.2.4
-LOGDIR=${HOME}/ONOS/onos-logs
-CASSANDRA_LOG=$LOGDIR/cassandara.`hostname`.log
+LOGDIR=${ONOS_HOME}/ONOS/onos-logs
+CASSANDRA_LOG=${LOGDIR}/cassandara.`hostname`.log
 
 function lotate {
     logfile=$1
@@ -30,10 +30,11 @@
 
   # Run cassandra 
   echo "Starting cassandra"
-  echo "[31;48m[WARNING] This script copies conf/cassandra.yam to $CASSANDRA_DIR/conf/cassandra.yaml (overwrites)[0m"
-  echo "[31;48moriginal cassandra.yaml was backed up as cassandra.yaml.backup[0m"
-  cp $CASSANDRA_DIR/conf/cassandra.yaml $CASSANDRA_DIR/conf/cassandra.yaml.backup
-  cp ${ONOS_HOME}/conf/cassandra.yaml $CASSANDRA_DIR/conf
+#  echo "[31;48m[WARNING] This script copies conf/cassandra.yaml to $CASSANDRA_DIR/conf/cassandra.yaml (overwrites)[0m"
+#  echo "[31;48moriginal cassandra.yaml was backed up as cassandra.yaml.backup[0m"
+#  id=`hostid`
+#  cp ${CASSANDRA_DIR}/conf/cassandra.yaml $CASSANDRA_DIR/conf/cassandra.yaml.backup
+#  cp ${ONOS_HOME}/conf/cassandra.yaml.${id} $CASSANDRA_DIR/conf
   $CASSANDRA_DIR/bin/cassandra > $CASSANDRA_LOG 2>&1 
 }
 
diff --git a/start-onos.sh b/start-onos.sh
index b3bccba..c356c87 100755
--- a/start-onos.sh
+++ b/start-onos.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 if [ -z "${ONOS_HOME}" ]; then
         ONOS_HOME=`dirname $0`
 fi
+
 ONOS_LOGBACK="${ONOS_HOME}/logback.xml"
 LOGDIR=${ONOS_HOME}/onos-logs
 ONOS_LOG="${LOGDIR}/onos.`hostname`.log"
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@
 MAIN_CLASS="net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.core.Main"
 
 if [ -z "${MVN}" ]; then
-    MVN="mvn"
+    MVN="mvn -o"
 fi
 
 #<logger name="net.floodlightcontroller.linkdiscovery.internal" level="TRACE"/>
@@ -96,7 +97,8 @@
 
   # XXX : MVN has to run at the project top dir 
   cd ${ONOS_HOME}
-  ${MVN} exec:exec -Dexec.executable="java" -Dexec.args="${JVM_OPTS} -Dlogback.configurationFile=${ONOS_LOGBACK} -cp %classpath ${MAIN_CLASS} -cf ${ONOS_HOME}/conf/onos.properties" > ${LOGDIR}/onos.stdout 2>${LOGDIR}/onos.stderr &
+  echo "${MVN} exec:exec -Dexec.executable=\"java\" -Dexec.args=\"${JVM_OPTS} -Dlogback.configurationFile=${ONOS_LOGBACK} -cp %classpath ${MAIN_CLASS} -cf ${ONOS_HOME}/conf/onos.properties\""
+  ${MVN} exec:exec -Dexec.executable="java" -Dexec.args="${JVM_OPTS} -Dlogback.configurationFile=${ONOS_LOGBACK} -cp %classpath ${MAIN_CLASS} -cf ${ONOS_HOME}/conf/onos.properties" > ${LOGDIR}/onos.`hostname`.stdout 2>${LOGDIR}/onos.`hostname`.stderr &
 
   echo "Waiting for ONOS to start..."
   COUNT=0
diff --git a/start-zk.sh b/start-zk.sh
index 206370f..0853a96 100755
--- a/start-zk.sh
+++ b/start-zk.sh
@@ -3,18 +3,19 @@
 
 ONOS_HOME=`dirname $0`
 ZK_DIR=${HOME}/zookeeper-3.4.5
-ZK_CONF=${ONOS_HOME}/conf/zoo.cfg
+#ZK_CONF=${ONOS_HOME}/conf/zoo.cfg
 
 function start {
   # Run Zookeeper with our configuration
   echo "Starting Zookeeper"
-  echo "[31;48m[WARNING] This script copies conf/zoo.cfg to $ZK_DIR/conf/zoo.cfg (overwrites)[0m"
-  echo "[31;48moriginal zoo.cfg was backed up as zoo.cfg.backup[0m"
-  if [ $ZK_DIR/conf/zoo.cfg ]; then
-    cp $ZK_DIR/conf/zoo.cfg $ZK_DIR/conf/zoo.cfg.backup
-  fi
-  cp $ZK_CONF $ZK_DIR/conf
-  echo "cp $ZK_CONF $ZK_DIR/conf"
+#  echo "[31;48m[WARNING] This script copies conf/zoo.cfg to $ZK_DIR/conf/zoo.cfg (overwrites)[0m"
+#  echo "[31;48moriginal zoo.cfg was backed up as zoo.cfg.backup[0m"
+#  if [ $ZK_DIR/conf/zoo.cfg ]; then
+#    cp $ZK_DIR/conf/zoo.cfg $ZK_DIR/conf/zoo.cfg.backup
+#  fi
+#  hostid > /var/lib/zookeeper/myid
+#  cp $ZK_CONF $ZK_DIR/conf
+#  echo "cp $ZK_CONF $ZK_DIR/conf"
   $ZK_DIR/bin/zkServer.sh start
 }
 
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@
   done
 }
 function status {
-  $ZK_DIR/bin/zkServer.sh status $ZK_CONF
+  $ZK_DIR/bin/zkServer.sh status
 }
 
 case "$1" in