diff --git a/app/controllers/status.js b/app/controllers/status.js
index 0d9194bb..c64eb6aa 100644
--- a/app/controllers/status.js
+++ b/app/controllers/status.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ exports.show = function(req, res) {
   }
   else {
     var option = req.query.q;
-    var statusObject = Status.new();
+    var statusObject = new Status();
 
     var returnJsonp = function (err) {
       if (err || ! statusObject)
diff --git a/app/models/Address.js b/app/models/Address.js
index f67ab1ca..aff16114 100644
--- a/app/models/Address.js
+++ b/app/models/Address.js
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 'use strict';
 
-//var imports       = require('soop').imports();
+var imports            = require('soop').imports();
 var async              = require('async');
 var BitcoreAddress     = require('bitcore/Address');
 var BitcoreTransaction = require('bitcore/Transaction');
 var BitcoreUtil        = require('bitcore/util/util');
 var Parser             = require('bitcore/util/BinaryParser');
 var Buffer             = require('buffer').Buffer;
-var TransactionDb      = require('../../lib/TransactionDb').default();
+var TransactionDb      = imports.TransactionDb || require('../../lib/TransactionDb').default();
 var CONCURRENCY        = 5;
 
 function Address(addrStr) {
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Address.prototype.getUtxo = function(next) {
   if (!self.addrStr) return next();
 
   var ret  = [];
-  var db   = new TransactionDb();
+  var db   = TransactionDb;
 
   db.fromAddr(self.addrStr, function(err,txOut){
     if (err) return next(err);
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ Address.prototype.update = function(next) {
   if (!self.addrStr) return next();
 
   var txs  = [];
-  var db   = new TransactionDb();
+  var db   = TransactionDb;
   async.series([
     function (cb) {
       var seen={};
diff --git a/app/models/Status.js b/app/models/Status.js
index 548974f3..39e52476 100644
--- a/app/models/Status.js
+++ b/app/models/Status.js
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@
 
 var async     = require('async');
 var RpcClient = require('bitcore/RpcClient');
-var BlockDb   = require('../../lib/BlockDb');
 var config    = require('../../config/config');
 var rpc       = new RpcClient(config.bitcoind);
 
 function Status() {
-  this.bDb = new BlockDb();
+  this.bDb = require('../../lib/BlockDb').default();
 }
 
 Status.prototype.getInfo = function(next) {
diff --git a/lib/BlockDb.js b/lib/BlockDb.js
index bab3d53f..0da84e30 100644
--- a/lib/BlockDb.js
+++ b/lib/BlockDb.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ var db  = imports.db || levelup(config.leveldb + '/blocks',{maxOpenFiles: MAX_OP
 var Rpc = imports.rpc || require('./Rpc');
 var PoolMatch = imports.poolMatch || require('soop').load('./PoolMatch',config);
 
-var TransactionDb = require('./TransactionDb.js').default();
+var tDb = require('./TransactionDb.js').default();
 
 var BlockDb = function() {
   BlockDb.super(this, arguments);
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ BlockDb.prototype.add = function(b, cb) {
   .put(PREV_PREFIX + b.hash, b.previousblockhash)
     .write(function(err){
       if (!err) {
+        self.emit('new_block', {blockid: b.hash});
       }
       cb(err);
     });
@@ -160,10 +161,9 @@ BlockDb.prototype.has = function(hash, cb) {
 };
 
 BlockDb.prototype.getPoolInfo = function(tx, cb) {
-  var tr = new TransactionDb();
   var self = this;
 
-  tr._getInfo(tx, function(e, a) {
+  tDb._getInfo(tx, function(e, a) {
     if (e) return cb(false);
 
     if (a.isCoinBase) {
diff --git a/test/integration/01-transactionouts.js b/test/integration/01-transactionouts.js
index 0fc7e0ff..bb41fd25 100644
--- a/test/integration/01-transactionouts.js
+++ b/test/integration/01-transactionouts.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ process.env.NODE_ENV = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development';
 var assert          = require('assert'),
   fs              = require('fs'),
   util            = require('util'),
-  TransactionDb = require('../../lib/TransactionDb').class();
+  TransactionDb = require('../../lib/TransactionDb').default();
 
 var txItemsValid = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('test/integration/txitems.json'));
 var txDb;
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ var txDb;
 describe('TransactionDb fromIdWithInfo', function(){
 
   before(function(c) {
-    txDb = new TransactionDb();
+    txDb = TransactionDb;
     return c();
   });
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ describe('TransactionDb fromIdWithInfo', function(){
 describe('TransactionDb Outs', function(){
 
   before(function(c) {
-    txDb = new TransactionDb();
+    txDb = TransactionDb;
     return c();
   });
 
diff --git a/test/integration/02-transactionouts.js b/test/integration/02-transactionouts.js
index e61635fd..6dc1f851 100644
--- a/test/integration/02-transactionouts.js
+++ b/test/integration/02-transactionouts.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ var txDb;
 describe('TransactionDb Expenses', function(){
 
   before(function(c) {
-    txDb = new TransactionDb();
+    txDb = TransactionDb;
 
     // lets spend!
     async.each(Object.keys(spentValid), 
diff --git a/test/integration/addr.js b/test/integration/addr.js
index fecc7360..2bce598b 100644
--- a/test/integration/addr.js
+++ b/test/integration/addr.js
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ process.env.NODE_ENV = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development';
 
 var assert = require('assert'),
   fs = require('fs'),
-  Address = require('../../app/models/Address').class(),
-  TransactionDb = require('../../lib/TransactionDb').class(),
+  Address = require('../../app/models/Address'),
+  TransactionDb = require('../../lib/TransactionDb').default(),
   addrValid = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('test/integration/addr.json')),
   utxoValid = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('test/integration/utxo.json'));
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ var txDb;
 describe('Address balances', function() {
 
   before(function(c) {
-    txDb = new TransactionDb();
+    txDb = TransactionDb;
     return c();
   });
 
diff --git a/test/integration/block.js b/test/integration/block.js
index 037f7094..0d6e5e4e 100644
--- a/test/integration/block.js
+++ b/test/integration/block.js
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ var TESTING_BLOCK = '000000000185678d3d7ecc9962c96418174431f93fe20bf216d55652724
 var
 assert = require('assert'),
   //  config      = require('../../config/config'),
-  BlockDb = require('../../lib/BlockDb').class();
+  BlockDb = require('../../lib/BlockDb').default();
 
 var bDb;
 
 describe('BlockDb fromHashWithInfo', function() {
 
   before(function(c) {
-    bDb = new BlockDb();
+    bDb = BlockDb;
     return c();
   });
 
diff --git a/test/integration/blockExtractor.js b/test/integration/blockExtractor.js
index 13c7e8d2..0e222f83 100644
--- a/test/integration/blockExtractor.js
+++ b/test/integration/blockExtractor.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ process.env.NODE_ENV = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development';
 
 var assert        = require('assert'),
   config          = require('../../config/config'),
-  BlockExtractor  = require('../../lib/BlockExtractor').class(),
+  BlockExtractor  = require('../../lib/BlockExtractor'),
   networks        = require('bitcore/networks'),
   util            =  require('bitcore/util/util');
 
diff --git a/test/integration/blocklist.js b/test/integration/blocklist.js
index 628ef0d9..6491c89c 100644
--- a/test/integration/blocklist.js
+++ b/test/integration/blocklist.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ var START_TS  = 1;
 var END_TS    = '1296688928~'; // 2/2/2011 23:23PM
 
 var assert  = require('assert'),
-  BlockDb     = require('../../lib/BlockDb').class();
+  BlockDb     = require('../../lib/BlockDb').default();
 
 var bDb;
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ describe('BlockDb getBlocksByDate', function(){
 
 
   before(function(c) {
-    bDb = new BlockDb();
+    bDb = BlockDb;
     return c();
   });
 
diff --git a/test/integration/nodecheck.js b/test/integration/nodecheck.js
index 1cfef438..2e2973cd 100644
--- a/test/integration/nodecheck.js
+++ b/test/integration/nodecheck.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 'use strict';
 
-var BlockDb = require('../../lib/BlockDb').class();
+var BlockDb = require('../../lib/BlockDb').default();
 var height_needed = 180000;
-var bDb = new BlockDb();
+var bDb = BlockDb;
 
 var expect = require('chai').expect;
 
diff --git a/test/integration/status.js b/test/integration/status.js
index 82dea3a4..d912fa02 100644
--- a/test/integration/status.js
+++ b/test/integration/status.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 process.env.NODE_ENV = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development';
 
 var assert  = require('assert'),
-  Status = require('../../app/models/Status').class();
+  Status = require('../../app/models/Status');
 
 describe('Status', function(){
 
diff --git a/test/lib/PeerSync.js b/test/lib/PeerSync.js
index c4dc9734..092c9bae 100644
--- a/test/lib/PeerSync.js
+++ b/test/lib/PeerSync.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ var chai = require('chai'),
   expect = chai.expect,
   sinon = require('sinon');
 
-var PeerSync = require('../../lib/PeerSync.js').class();
+var PeerSync = require('../../lib/PeerSync.js');
 describe('PeerSync', function() {
   var ps;