diff --git a/3rd_party/gslib/install b/3rd_party/gslib/install
index 727264f39..0802c9773 100755
--- a/3rd_party/gslib/install
+++ b/3rd_party/gslib/install
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
-VER=1.0.7
+VER=1.0.8
 
 if [ "$1" == "clean" ]; then
-  rm -rf lib include 2>/dev/null 
+  rm -rf lib include 2>/dev/null
   find . -name '*.o' -exec rm {} +
-  find . -name '*.a' -exec rm {} + 
+  find . -name '*.a' -exec rm {} +
   exit 0
 fi
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ ! -d ./gslib ]; then
   wget --no-check-certificate -O v$VER.tar.gz http://github.com/gslib/gslib/archive/v$VER.tar.gz
-  mkdir gslib 
+  mkdir gslib
   tar -zxvf v$VER.tar.gz -C ./gslib --strip-components=1
 fi
 
diff --git a/3rd_party/parRSB/install b/3rd_party/parRSB/install
index 3e569220f..a94ae16ac 100755
--- a/3rd_party/parRSB/install
+++ b/3rd_party/parRSB/install
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
-VER=0.8
+VER=0.9
 
 if [ "$1" == "clean" ]; then
   rm -rf parRSB/build lib include 2>/dev/null
diff --git a/core/makenek.inc b/core/makenek.inc
index 5c6322b0e..baddc20f4 100644
--- a/core/makenek.inc
+++ b/core/makenek.inc
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ do
    fi
    if [ "$i" == "PARRSB" ]; then
      PARRSB=1
-     PARRSB_OPT=" DESTDIR=.. UNDERSCORE=$UNDERSCORE MPI=$MPI BLAS=0"
+     PARRSB_OPT=" DESTDIR=${SOURCE_ROOT_PARRSB} UNDERSCORE=$UNDERSCORE MPI=$MPI BLAS=0"
      PARRSB_OPT+=" GSLIBPATH=${SOURCE_ROOT_GSLIB}"
      USR_LFLAGS+=" -L${SOURCE_ROOT_PARRSB}/lib -lparRSB"
      PARRSB_INC="${SOURCE_ROOT_PARRSB}/include"
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ if [ $VENDOR_BLAS -ne 1 ]; then
 fi
 
 # gslib build options
-GSLIB_OPT+=" DESTDIR=.."
+GSLIB_OPT+=" DESTDIR=${SOURCE_ROOT_GSLIB}"
 GSLIB_OPT+=" MPI=$MPI MPIIO=$MPIIO"
 GSLIB_OPT+=" ADDUS=$UNDERSCORE USREXIT=0 BLAS=2"
 GSLIB_IFLAGS=" -I$SOURCE_ROOT_GSLIB/include"
diff --git a/core/map2.f b/core/map2.f
index d99d77640..ae52f0b7b 100644
--- a/core/map2.f
+++ b/core/map2.f
@@ -186,12 +186,13 @@ subroutine get_vert_map(nlv)
       if (ierr.ne.0) then
         ifread_con = .false.
         tol = connectivityTol
-        call find_con(wk,size(wk),tol,ierr)
+        call find_con(wk,nwk,tol,ierr)
         if(ierr.ne.0) then
           tol = tol / 10.0;
-          call find_con(wk,size(wk),tol,ierr)
+          call find_con(wk,nwk,tol,ierr)
         endif
-        call err_chk(ierr,' find_con failed!$')
+        call err_chk(ierr,'Connectivity calculation failed! '//
+     &    'Try tightening mesh::connectivityTol$')
       endif
 
 c fluid elements
@@ -511,8 +512,8 @@ subroutine find_con(wk,nwk,tol,ierr)
         enddo
       enddo
 
-      call fparrsb_find_conn(vtx8,xyz,nelt,ndim,eid8,npf,tol,nekcomm,
-     $  0,ierr)
+      call fparrsb_conn_mesh(vtx8,xyz,nelt,ndim,eid8,npf,tol,nekcomm,
+     $  ierr)
 
       k=1
       l=1
diff --git a/core/partitioner.c b/core/partitioner.c
index c32947f58..ce5f00798 100644
--- a/core/partitioner.c
+++ b/core/partitioner.c
@@ -343,12 +343,24 @@ void fpartMesh(long long *el, long long *vl, double *xyz, const int *lelt, int *
 
   ierr = 1;
 #if defined(PARRSB)
-  parrsb_options options = parrsb_default_options;
-
-  options.debug_level = 0;
-  if (*loglevel > 2)
-    options.debug_level = 1;
+  // General options
+  //   partitioner: Partition algo: 0 - RSB, 1 - RCB, 2 - RIB (Default: 0)
+  //   verbose_level: Verbose level: 0, 1, 2, .. etc (Default: 1)
+  //   profile_level: Profile level: 0, 1, 2, .. etc (Default: 1)
+  //   two_level: Use two level partitioning algo (Default: 0)
+  //   repair: Repair disconnected components: 0 - No, 1 - Yes (Default: 0)
+  // RSB specific
+  //   rsb_algo: RSB algo: 0 - Lanczos, 1 - RQI (Default: 0)
+  //   rsb_pre: RSB pre-partition algo: 0 - None, 1 - RCB , 2 - RIB (Default: 1)
+  //   rsb_max_iter: Maximum iterations in Lanczos or RQI (Default: 50)
+  //   rsb_tol: Tolerance for Lanczos or RQI (Default: 1e-3)
+  // RSB-MG specific
+  //   rsb_mg_grammian: MG Grammian: 0 or 1 (Default: 0)
+  //   rsb_mg_factor: MG Coarsening factor (Default: 2, should be > 1)
+  // RSB-Lanczos specific
+  //   rsb_lanczos_max_restarts: Maximum restarts in Lanczos (Default: 50)
 
+  parrsb_options options = parrsb_default_options;
   if (partitioner & 1)
     options.partitioner = 0;
   else if (partitioner & 2)
@@ -357,7 +369,7 @@ void fpartMesh(long long *el, long long *vl, double *xyz, const int *lelt, int *
   if (partitioner & 1)
     options.rsb_algo = algo;
 
-  if(*loglevel >2)
+  if (*loglevel > 2)
     printPartStat(vl, nel, nv, cext);
 
   ierr = parrsb_part_mesh(part, seq, vl, xyz, nel, nv, options, comm.c);
@@ -368,7 +380,7 @@ void fpartMesh(long long *el, long long *vl, double *xyz, const int *lelt, int *
   if (ierr != 0)
     goto err;
 
-  if(*loglevel >2)
+  if (*loglevel > 2)
     printPartStat(vl, nel, nv, cext);
 
 #elif defined(PARMETIS)