diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
index 0a0d4ba..66e76f3 100644
--- a/.env.sample
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -11,4 +11,14 @@ CLOUDANT_URL=
 LOGGER_LEVEL=
 
 # set to true to make the expertise authenticate requests
-AUTHENTICATE_REQUESTS=false
\ No newline at end of file
+AUTHENTICATE_REQUESTS=false
+
+# set wcs credentials (can also be set in the wcs.json file), you need to set them all for this to work.
+WCS_USERNAME =
+WCS_URL =
+WCS_PASSWORD =
+WCS_VERSION_DATE =
+WCS_VERSION =
+WCS_WORKSPACE_ID =
+WCS_WORKSPACE_NAME =
+WCS_WORKSPACE_LANGUAGE =
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
index ef23f35..f60e617 100755
--- a/LICENSE.txt
+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
  same "printed page" as the copyright notice for easier
  identification within third party archives.
 
-Copyright IBM Corp. Year 2017
+Copyright IBM Corp. Year 2018
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 09a7818..3e0a49a 100755
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -18,25 +18,23 @@ require('dotenv').config();
 if(manifest.nlu.indexOf('wcs') > -1) {
     handler.initialize();
 }
-let newManifest = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(manifest));
-//in case the nlu is handled in the skill - create nlu engines
-let index = newManifest.nlu.indexOf('skill');
-newManifest.nlu.splice(index, 1);
-if(index > -1) {
-    if(newManifest.nlu.length < 1) {
-        console.log('No Nlu engines selected, you need to add the nlu engines you want to use to manifest.nlu (along with "skill") ')
-    }
-    else {
-        factory.getNLUs(newManifest).then(updatedManifest => {
-            if (updatedManifest.nlu.regexp) {
-                updatedManifest.intents = require('./res/nlu/intents');
-            }
-            handler.manifest = updatedManifest;
-            factory.createAll(updatedManifest).then(function (engines) {
-                handler.engines = engines;
-            });
+let localManifest = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(manifest));
+let index = localManifest.nlu.indexOf('skill');
+if(index !== -1) {
+    localManifest.nlu.splice(index, 1);
+}
+if (localManifest.nlu.length < 1) {
+    console.error('No Nlu engines selected, you need to add the nlu engines you want to use to manifest.json nlu field')
+} else {
+    factory.getNLUs(localManifest).then(updatedManifest => {
+        if (updatedManifest.nlu.regexp) {
+            updatedManifest.intents = require('./res/nlu/intents');
+        }
+        handler.manifest = updatedManifest;
+        factory.createAll(updatedManifest).then(function (engines) {
+            handler.engines = engines;
         });
-    }
+    });
 }
 
 // The expertise handler
diff --git a/res/assets/manifest.json b/res/assets/manifest.json
index eb06fc7..e14e5b2 100755
--- a/res/assets/manifest.json
+++ b/res/assets/manifest.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "en-US"
   ],
   "nlu": [
-    "skill", "regexp"
+    "wcs", "regexp", "skill"
   ],
   "tags": [
     "hello world"
diff --git a/skill_debugger_tool/Windows/skill_debugger.exe b/skill_debugger_tool/Windows/skill_debugger.exe
index ddc9831..9aa666b 100644
Binary files a/skill_debugger_tool/Windows/skill_debugger.exe and b/skill_debugger_tool/Windows/skill_debugger.exe differ
diff --git a/skill_debugger_tool/macOS/skill_debugger b/skill_debugger_tool/macOS/skill_debugger
index 22b9f71..9ba4daf 100755
Binary files a/skill_debugger_tool/macOS/skill_debugger and b/skill_debugger_tool/macOS/skill_debugger differ