diff --git a/lib/blockchain.js b/lib/blockchain.js
index 6080bfd7a..9beee684b 100644
--- a/lib/blockchain.js
+++ b/lib/blockchain.js
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ Blockchain.prototype.generate_basic_command = function() {
   cmd += "--rpcport " + this.blockchainConfig.rpcPort + " ";
   cmd += "--rpcaddr " + this.blockchainConfig.rpcHost + " ";
   cmd += "--networkid " + "12301" + " ";
-  cmd += "--rpccorsdomain=\"" + "localhost" + "\" ";
+  //cmd += "--rpccorsdomain=\"" + "localhost" + "\" ";
+  cmd += "--rpccorsdomain=\"" + "*" + "\" ";
 
   //cmd += "--port " + config.port + " ";
   //cmd += "--rpc ";
diff --git a/lib/deploy.js b/lib/deploy.js
index cfb0e31d8..bd88d38b4 100644
--- a/lib/deploy.js
+++ b/lib/deploy.js
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ Deploy.prototype.deployContract = function(contract, params, callback) {
 
   contractParams.push(function(err, transaction) {
     if (err) {
-      self.logger.info("error");
+      self.logger.error("error deploying contract: " + contract.className);
+      self.logger.error(err.toString());
       callback(new Error(err));
     } else if (transaction.address !== undefined) {
       self.logger.info("address contract: " + transaction.address);
@@ -36,16 +37,16 @@ Deploy.prototype.deployContract = function(contract, params, callback) {
 
 Deploy.prototype.deployAll = function(done) {
   var self = this;
-  this.logger.info("deployAll");
+  this.logger.info("deploying contracts");
 
   async.eachOfSeries(this.contractsManager.listContracts(),
                      function(contract, key, callback) {
-                       self.logger.info(arguments);
+                       self.logger.trace(arguments);
                        self.deployContract(contract, null, callback);
                      },
                      function(err, results) {
                        self.logger.info("finished");
-                       self.logger.info(arguments);
+                       self.logger.trace(arguments);
                        done();
                      }
                     );
diff --git a/lib/monitor.js b/lib/monitor.js
index 0a35f07d3..e663a504e 100644
--- a/lib/monitor.js
+++ b/lib/monitor.js
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ function Dashboard(options) {
   });
 
   this.status.setContent(this.env);
+  this.operations.setContent('Ready');
+  this.progress.setContent([
+    'geth (Ethereum)'.green,
+    'whisper'.green,
+    'IPFS'.green
+  ].join('\n'));
   this.moduleTable.setData([
     ["Contract Name", "Address", "Status"],
     ["SimpleStorage", "0x123", "Deployed".green]
@@ -191,7 +197,7 @@ Dashboard.prototype.layoutStatus = function() {
       left: 1,
     },
     width: "100%",
-    height: "25%",
+    height: "20%",
     valign: "middle",
     border: {
       type: "line",
@@ -212,7 +218,7 @@ Dashboard.prototype.layoutStatus = function() {
       left: 1,
     },
     width: "100%",
-    height: "25%",
+    height: "20%",
     valign: "middle",
     border: {
       type: "line",
@@ -233,8 +239,8 @@ Dashboard.prototype.layoutStatus = function() {
       left: 1,
     } : 1,
     width: "100%",
-    height: "58%",
-    valign: "middle",
+    height: "60%",
+    valign: "top",
     border: {
       type: "line",
     },