diff --git a/bin/monitor.php b/bin/monitor.php
index 762735d46..bbee5b304 100644
--- a/bin/monitor.php
+++ b/bin/monitor.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ $TESTING="{$array['NEWZPATH']}{$array['TESTING_PATH']}";
 
 //build queries for shell
 $_backfill_increment = "UPDATE groups set backfill_target=backfill_target+1 where active=1 and backfill_target<{$array['MAXDAYS']};";
-$mysql_command_1 = "$_mysql --defaults-extra-file=$_conf/my.cnf -u$_DB_USER -h $_DB_HOST $_DB_NAME -e \"$_backfill_increment\"";
+$mysql_command_1 = "$_mysql --defaults-file=$_conf/my.cnf -u$_DB_USER -h $_DB_HOST $_DB_NAME -e \"$_backfill_increment\"";
 //$mysql_command_1 = "$_mysql -u$_DB_USER -p $_DB_PASSWORD -h $_DB_HOST $_DB_NAME -e \"$_backfill_increment\"";
 
 //got microtime
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ while( $i > 0 )
     if ( $array['RAMDISK_PATH'] != "" ) {
         printf($mask, "Ramdisk", "$disk_use used", "$disk_free free");
     }
-
+echo $_DB_USER;
     printf("\033[1;33m\n");
     printf($mask, "Category", "In Process", "In Database");
     printf($mask, "====================", "====================", "====================");
diff --git a/bin/nzbcount.php b/bin/nzbcount.php
index bca7c1196..219788000 100644
--- a/bin/nzbcount.php
+++ b/bin/nzbcount.php
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ while ($i==0) {
     printf($mask, "===============", "==========", "=============\033[0m");
 
     $subdir_count = 0;
-    $path = $array['NZBS'];
-    $subdirs = array_filter(glob($path.'/*', GLOB_ONLYDIR|GLOB_NOSORT));
+    $subpath = $array['NZBS'];
+    $subdirs = array_filter(glob($subpath.'/*', GLOB_ONLYDIR|GLOB_NOSORT));
     foreach($subdirs AS $subdir){
         $subdir_count++;
     }
@@ -74,10 +74,10 @@ while ($i==0) {
         echo ("\033[1;33m");
         printf($mask, "Total","$toprocess","$totalproc");
     } else {
-        $filecount0 = count(glob($path.'/*.nzb'));
+        $filecount0 = count(glob($subpath.'/*.nzb'));
         if ( $filecount == 0 ) { $filecount = $filecount0; }
         $processed=$filecount-$filecount0;
-        $folder=basename("$path");
+        $folder=basename("$subpath");
         printf($mask, "$folder","$filecount0","$processed");
     }
     sleep(90);
diff --git a/bin/update_binaries_threaded.php b/bin/update_binaries_threaded.php
index 89638182a..9f2298c0b 100644
--- a/bin/update_binaries_threaded.php
+++ b/bin/update_binaries_threaded.php
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ if ($ps->RunThreadCode())
 	$file = 'update_binaries.php';
 	
 	//$output = shell_exec("php {$dir}/{$file} {$param}");
-	$output = passthru("php {$dir}/{$file} {$param}");
+	$output = shell_exec("php {$dir}/{$file} {$param}");
 	//$output = shell_exec("/usr/bin/php -c /etc/php5/cli/php.ini {$dir}/{$file} {$param}");
 	
 	echo "[Thread-{$thread}] Completed update for group {$group['name']}\n";
diff --git a/config.sh b/config.sh
index 3baec6fc6..3d97049d1 100644
--- a/config.sh
+++ b/config.sh
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ export INNODB="false"
 #to actually do anything, directions are in the file
 export CLEANUP="false"
 
-#edit update_cleanup.php and update_parsing.php and svn up
+#edit update_cleanup.php and update_parsing.php and svn up, this will only mod files when you run scripts/update_svn.sh or scripts/fix_files.sh
 export CLEANUP_EDIT="false"
 
 #How often do you want  update_cleanup.php and removespecial.php to run, in seconds
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ export RAMDISK="false"
 ############################################################
 
 #use kevin123's compression mod true/false
-#this will copy kevin123's compression mod to the correct location when you update_svn.sh
+#this will copy kevin123's compression mod to the correct location when you update_svn.sh or fix_files.sh
 #this ensures that kevin123's files are present after updaing svn
 export KEVINS_COMP="false"
 
diff --git a/scripts/fix_files.sh b/scripts/fix_files.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..bf975ed90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/fix_files.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
+DIR="$( dirname "$SOURCE" )"
+while [ -h "$SOURCE" ]
+do
+    SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"
+    [[ $SOURCE != /* ]] && SOURCE="$DIR/$SOURCE"
+    DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE"  )" && pwd )"
+done
+DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )"
+
+# Make sure only root can run our script
+if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
+    echo "This script must be run as root"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+source $DIR/../defaults.sh
+
+#purge smarty cache
+cd $NEWZPATH"/www/lib/smarty/templates_c/"
+rm -fv *
+
+#edit cleanup scripts
+if [[ $CLEANUP_EDIT  == "true" ]]; then
+    sed -i -e 's/^$echo =.*$/$echo = false;/' $TESTING_PATH/update_parsing.php
+    sed -i -e 's/^$limited =.*$/$limited = false;/' $TESTING_PATH/update_parsing.php
+    sed -i -e 's/^$echo =.*$/$echo = false;/' $TESTING_PATH/update_cleanup.php
+    sed -i -e 's/^$limited =.*$/$limited = false;/' $TESTING_PATH/update_cleanup.php
+fi
+
+#import kevin123's compression mod
+if [[ $KEVINS_COMP == "true" ]]; then
+    cd $NEWZPATH"/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/tmux/kevin123"
+    cp -frv * $NEWZPATH/www/lib/
+fi
+
+#set user/group to www
+if [[ $CHOWN_TRUE == "true" ]]; then
+    chown -c $WWW_USER $NEWZPATH/*
+    chown -Rc $WWW_USER $NEWZPATH/www/
+    chown -Rc $WWW_USER $NEWZPATH/db/
+    chown -Rc $WWW_USER $NEWZPATH/docs/
+    chown -Rc $WWW_USER $NEWZPATH/misc/
+    chmod 775 $NEWZPATH/www/lib/smarty/templates_c
+    chmod -R 775 $NEWZPATH/www/covers
+    chmod 775 $NEWZPATH/www
+    chmod 775 $NEWZPATH/www/install
+else
+    chmod 777 $NEWZPATH/www/lib/smarty/templates_c
+    chmod -R 777 $NEWZPATH/www/covers
+    chmod 777 $NEWZPATH/www
+    chmod 777 $NEWZPATH/www/install
+fi
+
diff --git a/scripts/revert.sh b/scripts/revert.sh
index 763f1add4..2cf26158b 100755
--- a/scripts/revert.sh
+++ b/scripts/revert.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ fi
 
 #Get the path to tmpunrar
 TMPUNRAR_QUERY="SELECT value from site where setting = \"tmpunrarpath\";"
-TMPUNRAR_PATH=`$MYSQL --defaults-extra-file=../conf/my.cnf -u$DB_USER -h$DB_HOST $DB_NAME -s -N -e "${TMPUNRAR_QUERY}"`
+TMPUNRAR_PATH=`$MYSQL --defaults-file=../conf/my.cnf -u$DB_USER -h$DB_HOST $DB_NAME -s -N -e "${TMPUNRAR_QUERY}"`
 TMPUNRAR_PATH=$TMPUNRAR_PATH"1"
 
 #remove the ramdisk
diff --git a/scripts/update_svn.sh b/scripts/update_svn.sh
index 419f711df..f55f4e69c 100755
--- a/scripts/update_svn.sh
+++ b/scripts/update_svn.sh
@@ -28,41 +28,6 @@ svn export --force --username svnplus --password $SVN_PASSWORD svn://svn.newznab
 cd $NEWZPATH"/misc/update_scripts"
 $PHP update_database_version.php
 
-echo " "
-
-#purge smarty cache
-cd $NEWZPATH"/www/lib/smarty/templates_c/"
-rm -fv *
-
-#edit cleanup scripts
-if [[ $CLEANUP_EDIT  == "true" ]]; then
-    sed -i -e 's/^$echo =.*$/$echo = false;/' $TESTING_PATH/update_parsing.php
-    sed -i -e 's/^$limited =.*$/$limited = false;/' $TESTING_PATH/update_parsing.php
-    sed -i -e 's/^$echo =.*$/$echo = false;/' $TESTING_PATH/update_cleanup.php
-    sed -i -e 's/^$limited =.*$/$limited = false;/' $TESTING_PATH/update_cleanup.php
-fi
-
-#import kevin123's compression mod
-if [[ $KEVINS_COMP == "true" ]]; then
-    cd $NEWZPATH"/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/tmux/kevin123"
-    cp -frv * $NEWZPATH/www/lib/
-fi
-
-#set user/group to www
-if [[ $CHOWN_TRUE == "true" ]]; then
-    chown -c $WWW_USER $NEWZPATH/*
-    chown -Rc $WWW_USER $NEWZPATH/www/
-    chown -Rc $WWW_USER $NEWZPATH/db/
-    chown -Rc $WWW_USER $NEWZPATH/docs/
-    chown -Rc $WWW_USER $NEWZPATH/misc/
-    chmod 775 $NEWZPATH/www/lib/smarty/templates_c
-    chmod -R 775 $NEWZPATH/www/covers
-    chmod 775 $NEWZPATH/www
-    chmod 775 $NEWZPATH/www/install
-else
-    chmod 777 $NEWZPATH/www/lib/smarty/templates_c
-    chmod -R 777 $NEWZPATH/www/covers
-    chmod 777 $NEWZPATH/www
-    chmod 777 $NEWZPATH/www/install
-fi
-
+cd $DIR/scripts
+ls -al
+./fix_files.sh
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 2cf7f8a24..6a4e5d67c 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ fi
 if $TMUXCMD -q has-session -t $TMUX_SESSION; then
     $TMUXCMD attach-session -t $TMUX_SESSION
 else
-    printf "The above is just a notice, it is saying, that you do not have a session currently running. It is not an error."
+    printf "The above is just a TMUX notice, it is saying TMUX, that you do not have a TMUX session currently running. It is not an error. It is TMUX"
     printf "\033]0; $TMUX_SESSION\007\003\n"
     $TMUXCMD -f $TMUX_CONF new-session -d -s $TMUX_SESSION -n Monitor 'cd bin && echo "Monitor Started" && echo "It might take a minute for everything to spinup......" && $NICE -n 19 $PHP monitor.php'
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ else
 
     #Get the path to tmpunrar
     TMPUNRAR_QUERY="SELECT value from site where setting = \"tmpunrarpath\";"
-    TMPUNRAR_PATH=`$MYSQL --defaults-extra-file=conf/my.cnf -u$DB_USER -h$DB_HOST $DB_NAME -s -N -e "${TMPUNRAR_QUERY}"`
+    TMPUNRAR_PATH=`$MYSQL --defaults-file=conf/my.cnf -u$DB_USER -h$DB_HOST $DB_NAME -s -N -e "${TMPUNRAR_QUERY}"`
     TMPUNRAR_PATH=$TMPUNRAR_PATH"1"
 
     #remove the ramdisk, previous versions were smaller
@@ -97,13 +97,13 @@ else
         umount $TMPUNRAR_PATH &> /dev/null
     fi
 
-    #remove and recreate
+    #remove and recreate, this is to ensure an empty folder for moounting into
     rm -rf $TMPUNRAR_PATH
     mkdir -p $TMPUNRAR_PATH
 
     #create a ramdisk
     if [[ $RAMDISK == "true" ]]; then
-        mountpoint -q $TMPUNRAR_PATH || mount -t tmpfs -o size=256M tmpfs $TMPUNRAR_PATH 2>&1 > /dev/null
+        mountpoint -q $TMPUNRAR_PATH || mount -t tmpfs -o size=256M tmpfs $TMPUNRAR_PATH
     fi
 
     chmod -R 777 $TMPUNRAR_PATH