diff --git a/codalab/config/templates/freetds.conf b/codalab/config/templates/freetds.conf
index 7d7ace0a1..511f1cb2e 100644
--- a/codalab/config/templates/freetds.conf
+++ b/codalab/config/templates/freetds.conf
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 [global]
-    tds version = 8.0
+    tds version = 7.1
     character set = UTF-8
 
 [{{DB_SERVER}}]
     port = {{DB_PORT}}
-    tds version = 8.0
+    tds version = 7.1
     character set = UTF-8
     host = {{DB_HOST}}
     encryption = required
diff --git a/codalab/config/templates/odbc.ini b/codalab/config/templates/odbc.ini
index eff887bdd..f07b71ed7 100644
--- a/codalab/config/templates/odbc.ini
+++ b/codalab/config/templates/odbc.ini
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ Database		= {{DB_NAME}}
 UID		= {{DB_USER}}
 PWD		= {{DB_PASSWORD}}
 Port		= {{DB_PORT}}
-TDS_Version             = 8.0
+TDS_Version             = 7.1
 
diff --git a/codalab/config/templates/odbcinst.ini b/codalab/config/templates/odbcinst.ini
index d64454142..c247b90be 100644
--- a/codalab/config/templates/odbcinst.ini
+++ b/codalab/config/templates/odbcinst.ini
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [ODBC]
-Trace = Yes
+Trace = No
 TraceFile = /tmp/odbc-{{DB_NAME}}.log
 
 [FreeTDS]
diff --git a/codalab/fabfile.py b/codalab/fabfile.py
index 204649e8c..15206bae6 100644
--- a/codalab/fabfile.py
+++ b/codalab/fabfile.py
@@ -7,32 +7,51 @@
 VENV_PATH = os.path.join(THIS_DIR,'venv')
 THIS_SETTINGS_DIR = os.path.join(THIS_DIR,'codalab','settings')
 
+env.conf.DEPLOY_USER = 'wwwuser'
+env.conf.DEPLOY_PATH = 'codalab_src'
+
 def env_setup(config=env.CONFIG,settings_module='codalab.settings'):
+    if config is None:
+        
     sys.path.append('.')
     os.environ['DJANGO_CONFIGURATION'] = config
-    os.environ["DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE"]= settings_module
+    os.environ["DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE"] = settings_module
+    from fabric.contrib import django
     
     from configurations import importer
 
     importer.install()
-    from fabric.contrib import django
+    
     django.settings_module(settings_module)
-    from django.conf import settings
+    from django.conf import settings as django_settings
 
-    #env.roledefs = settings.DEPLOY_ROLES
-    env.django_settings = settings
-env_setup()
+    env.roledefs = django_settings.DEPLOY_ROLES
+    env.django_settings = django_settings
 
 @task
-def local():    
+def local(**kwargs):    
     env.run = lrun
-    
+    env_setup(**kwargs)
+
 @task
-def remote():    
+def remote(**kwargs):    
     env.run = run
+    env_setup(**kwargs)
 
 @task
-def bootstrap_on_linux():
+def clone_repo(repo_url='https://github.com/codalab/codalab.git',path=env.conf.DEPLOY_PATH):
+    env.run('git clone %s %s' % (repo_url, path))
+    
+@task
+def provision(config='Dev'):
+    clone_repo()
+    with cd(env.conf.DEPLOY_PATH):
+        sudo('/bin/bash codalab/scripts/provision %s' % env.conf.DEPLOY_USER)
+        sudo('python manage.py config_gen --configuration=%s' % config,
+             user=env.conf.DEPLOY_USER)
+        
+@task
+def bootstrap():
     make_virtualenv(path='venv', system_site_packages=False)
     with virtualenv('venv'):
         run('pip install --upgrade pip')
diff --git a/codalab/runserver b/codalab/runserver
index b867092aa..83531ba3c 100755
--- a/codalab/runserver
+++ b/codalab/runserver
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+THIS_DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+pushd `pwd` > /dev/null
+cd $THIS_DIR
+
 source ./config/generated/startup_env.sh
 echo " .... "
 echo "$DJANGO_CONFIGURATION Configuration"
 echo " .... "
-python manage.py runserver $1 $2
\ No newline at end of file
+/bin/bash manage runserver "$@"
+popd
diff --git a/codalab/scripts/provision b/codalab/scripts/provision
deleted file mode 100644
index dc9b0d96b..000000000
--- a/codalab/scripts/provision
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-## This will eventually be a bit more configurable
-
-THIS_DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-pushd `pwd` > /dev/null
-cd $THIS_DIR
-
-U=$1
-
-if [[ "$U" == ""  ]] ; then
-  echo "Specify user"
-  exit 1
-fi
-if ! id -u "$U" > /dev/null; then
-  sudo useradd -m -s /bin/bash $U
-  sudo passwd $U
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Installing codalab dependency meta-package..."
-sudo dpkg -i *.deb > /dev/null && \
-sudo apt-get -f install > /dev/null && \
-echo "Updaing some user permissions..." && \
-sudo chgrp -R www-data /var/log/nginx /var/lib/nginx && \
-sudo chmod -R g+rw   /var/log/nginx /var/lib/nginx && \
-sudo usermod -a -G www-data $U
-
-
diff --git a/codalab/scripts/ubuntu/provision b/codalab/scripts/ubuntu/provision
index dc9b0d96b..9a4c0950c 100755
--- a/codalab/scripts/ubuntu/provision
+++ b/codalab/scripts/ubuntu/provision
@@ -3,27 +3,27 @@
 ## This will eventually be a bit more configurable
 
 THIS_DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-pushd `pwd` > /dev/null
+pushd `pwd` 2>&1 > /dev/null
 cd $THIS_DIR
 
 U=$1
 
-if [[ "$U" == ""  ]] ; then
-  echo "Specify user"
-  exit 1
-fi
-if ! id -u "$U" > /dev/null; then
-  sudo useradd -m -s /bin/bash $U
-  sudo passwd $U
+if [[ $U =~ [a-zA-Z0-9][\-\_a-zA-Z0-9]+[a-zA-Z0-9] ]] ; then
+  if ! id -u "$U" 2>&1 > /dev/null; then
+    echo "User will be added."
+    sudo useradd -m -s /bin/bash $U
+    sudo passwd $U
+  fi
+else
+  echo "User not specified or username has bad characters"
   exit 1
 fi
 
 echo "Installing codalab dependency meta-package..."
 sudo dpkg -i *.deb > /dev/null && \
 sudo apt-get -f install > /dev/null && \
-echo "Updaing some user permissions..." && \
+echo "Updaing some group permissions..." && \
 sudo chgrp -R www-data /var/log/nginx /var/lib/nginx && \
 sudo chmod -R g+rw   /var/log/nginx /var/lib/nginx && \
 sudo usermod -a -G www-data $U
-
-
+popd > /dev/null