diff --git a/binding.gyp b/binding.gyp
index 5dab354d..b0e7cb4f 100644
--- a/binding.gyp
+++ b/binding.gyp
@@ -3,13 +3,22 @@
     'target_name': 'bitcoindjs',
     'include_dirs' : [
       '<!(node -e "require(\'nan\')")',
-      '/home/user/bitcoin/src',
-      '/home/user/bitcoin/src/leveldb/include',
-      #'/usr/include/boost',
-      './deps/boost'
+      '<!(echo "$HOME")/bitcoin/src',
+      '<!(echo "$HOME")/bitcoin/src/leveldb/include',
+      '/usr/include/boost',
+      # include our own boost
+      #'./deps'
     ],
     'sources': [
-      'src/bitcoindjs.cc'
+      './src/bitcoindjs.cc'
+    ],
+    'defines': [
+      'HAVE_WORKING_BOOST_SLEEP'
+      #'HAVE_WORKING_BOOST_SLEEP_FOR'
+    ],
+    'cflags_cc': [
+      '-fexceptions',
+      '-frtti'
     ],
     'libraries': [
       '-lutil',
diff --git a/src/bitcoindjs.cc b/src/bitcoindjs.cc
index c12d99e7..e79a8ed5 100644
--- a/src/bitcoindjs.cc
+++ b/src/bitcoindjs.cc
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 // bitcoind headers:
 #include "core.h"
-/*
 #include "addrman.h"
 #include "checkpoints.h"
 #include "crypter.h"
@@ -61,7 +60,6 @@
 #include "protocol.h"
 #include "threadsafety.h"
 #include "version.h"
-*/
 
 #include <node.h>
 #include <string>