diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 5a92149aee9e6332a12ad3342e30fb19128a814a..70d2ba306eda8b334eac2f3799cfe696c21b3bbe 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ gem 'roxml', :git => "git://github.com/Empact/roxml.git"
 
 
 #mai crazy async stuff
-gem 'em-synchrony',   :git => 'git://github.com/igrigorik/em-synchrony.git',    :require => 'em-synchrony/em-http'
+#gem 'em-synchrony',   :git => 'git://github.com/igrigorik/em-synchrony.git',    :require => 'em-synchrony/em-http'
 gem 'em-http-request',:git => 'git://github.com/igrigorik/em-http-request.git', :require => 'em-http'
-gem 'rack-fiber_pool', :require => 'rack/fiber_pool'
+#gem 'rack-fiber_pool', :require => 'rack/fiber_pool'
 gem 'addressable', :require => "addressable/uri"
 gem 'em-websocket'
 gem 'thin'
diff --git a/app/models/post.rb b/app/models/post.rb
index 39dedfe4c7abe64b9cf9d95e7eff9a80769c29dc..a03d3736c4db1882fb80218ed8c2941faad9e8dd 100644
--- a/app/models/post.rb
+++ b/app/models/post.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Post 
-  require_relative '../../lib/common'
+  require 'lib/common'
   include ApplicationHelper 
   
   # XML accessors must always preceed mongo field tags
diff --git a/config.ru b/config.ru
index 58f9e64a893bb2f14a47b1b23e13e622fc66136f..10d1ee578653f7f7a78c32ad9b9e6b25b7280e78 100644
--- a/config.ru
+++ b/config.ru
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file is used by Rack-based servers to start the application.
 
 require ::File.expand_path('../config/environment',  __FILE__)
-use Rack::FiberPool
+#use Rack::FiberPool
 run Diaspora::Application