diff --git a/b9/b9 b/b9/b9
index 635b5d14..799c8da6 100755
--- a/b9/b9
+++ b/b9/b9
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ B9=$B9_DIR/b9
 
 source ./lib/_init.sh 
 
-NODEJS=$(_b9_init_find_nodejs)
+NODEJS=$(_b9_init_nodejs)
+NPM=$(_b9_init_npm)
 
 TMPDIR=$(_b9_init_temp)
 TMP=$TMPDIR
diff --git a/b9/lib/_init.sh b/b9/lib/_init.sh
index bfda6245..4886d348 100644
--- a/b9/lib/_init.sh
+++ b/b9/lib/_init.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ _b9_init_temp() {
     echo $TMPDIR
 }
 
-_b9_init_find_nodejs() {
+_b9_init_nodejs() {
     local NODEJS
     
     . ~/.nvm/nvm.sh &> /dev/null || :
@@ -33,4 +33,20 @@ _b9_init_find_nodejs() {
     fi
     
     echo $NODEJS
+}
+
+_b9_init_npm() {
+    local NPM
+    
+    for NPM in $(which npm) /usr/local/bin/npm /usr/bin/npm; do
+        [ -x $NPM ] && break
+        NPM=""
+    done
+    
+    if [ -z "$NPM" ]; then
+        echo "Can't find npm executable" 1>&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    
+    echo $NPM
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/b9/lib/js/package.json b/b9/lib/js/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..48327c81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/b9/lib/js/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "name": "b9-utils",
+  "private": true,
+  "dependencies": {
+    "async": "^1.5.2",
+    "lodash": "^4.2.1",
+    "optimist": "^0.6.1"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/b9/lib/js/release_event.js b/b9/lib/js/release_event.js
index c1b01ca0..4b0b4faf 100644
--- a/b9/lib/js/release_event.js
+++ b/b9/lib/js/release_event.js
@@ -1,26 +1,53 @@
 "use strict";
 
-var request = require('request');
+var https = require("https");
 
 var DATADOG_API_KEY = '64e56d39dfdd7f2bbf06f09100d51a18';
-var DATADOG_API_URL = 'https://app.datadoghq.com/api/v1/events';
+var DATADOG_API_URL = 'https://app.datadoghq.com';
 
 module.exports = releaseEvent;
 
 if (!module.parent) {
     var argv = process.argv;
-    releaseEvent(argv[2], argv[3], argv[4], argv[5]);
+    releaseEvent(argv[2], argv[3], argv[4], argv[5], function(err) {
+        if (err) {
+            console.error("Error posting release event to datadog" + err.message);
+            process.exit(1);
+        }
+        process.exit(0);
+    });
 }
 
 function datadogEvent(msg, callback) {
-    request.post({
-        url: DATADOG_API_URL,
-        qs: { api_key: DATADOG_API_KEY },
-        json: msg
-    }, callback);
+    
+    var payload = JSON.stringify(msg);
+    
+    var req = https.request({
+        hostname: "app.datadoghq.com",
+        port: 443,
+        path: "/api/v1/events?api_key=" + encodeURIComponent(DATADOG_API_KEY),
+        method: "POST",
+        headers: {
+            "Accept": "application/json",
+            "Content-Type": "application/json",
+            "Content-Length": payload.length
+        }
+    }, function(res) {
+        if (res.statusCode >= 400)
+            return callback(new Error("request failed with status code " + res.statusCode));
+
+        callback();
+    });
+    
+    req.on("error", function(e) {
+        callback(e);
+    });
+
+    req.write(payload);
+    req.end();
 }
 
-function releaseEvent(application, mode, version, pattern) {
+function releaseEvent(application, mode, version, pattern, callback) {
     datadogEvent({
         title: 'Release: ' + application + ' version ' + version + ' to "' + pattern + '"',
         tags: [
@@ -30,7 +57,5 @@ function releaseEvent(application, mode, version, pattern) {
             'version:' + version,
             'pattern:' + pattern
             ]
-    }, function(err) {
-        if (err) console.error("Error posting release event to datadog" + err.message);
-    });
+    }, callback);
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/b9/lib/package_service_docker.sh b/b9/lib/package_service_docker.sh
index 2ac33b0e..c051f305 100644
--- a/b9/lib/package_service_docker.sh
+++ b/b9/lib/package_service_docker.sh
@@ -6,20 +6,28 @@ _d9_package_sync_workdir_docker() {
     
     pushd $WORKDIR &> /dev/null
     
-    _do_package_docker_init_source $WORKDIR $SOURCE $VERSION $SETTINGS
-    _do_package_docker_init_workdir
+    _b9_package_docker_init_source $WORKDIR $SOURCE $VERSION $SETTINGS
+    _b9_package_docker_init_workdir
     
-    _do_package_docker_node_modules $WORKDIR $SOURCE $SETTINGS
-    _do_package_docker_generate_settings $WORKDIR $SOURCE $SETTINGS
-    _do_package_docker_include_files $WORKDIR $SOURCE $SETTINGS
-    _do_package_docker_copy_plugins $WORKDIR $SOURCE $SETTINGS
+    _b9_init_node_helper
+    _b9_package_docker_node_modules $WORKDIR $SOURCE $SETTINGS
+    _b9_package_docker_generate_settings $WORKDIR $SOURCE $SETTINGS
+    _b9_package_docker_include_files $WORKDIR $SOURCE $SETTINGS
+    _b9_package_docker_copy_plugins $WORKDIR $SOURCE $SETTINGS
     
     rm -rf $SOURCE
     
     popd &> /dev/null
 }
 
-_do_package_docker_init_source() {
+_b9_init_node_helper() {
+    pushd $B9_DIR/lib/js &> /dev/null
+    rm -rf node_modules
+    $NPM install
+    popd &> /dev/null
+}
+
+_b9_package_docker_init_source() {
     local WORKDIR=$1
     local SOURCE=$2
     local VERSION=$3
@@ -32,14 +40,14 @@ _do_package_docker_init_source() {
     _d9_package_npm_install $SOURCE
 }
 
-_do_package_docker_init_workdir() {
+_b9_package_docker_init_workdir() {
     mkdir -p plugins
     mkdir -p node_modules
     mkdir -p settings
     mkdir -p configs
 }
 
-_do_package_docker_node_modules() {
+_b9_package_docker_node_modules() {
     local WORKDIR=$1
     local SOURCE=$2
     local SETTINGS=$3
@@ -64,7 +72,7 @@ _do_package_docker_node_modules() {
     popd &> /dev/null
 }
 
-_do_package_docker_generate_settings() {
+_b9_package_docker_generate_settings() {
     local WORKDIR=$1
     local SOURCE=$2
     local SETTINGS=$3
@@ -72,7 +80,7 @@ _do_package_docker_generate_settings() {
     $NODEJS $B9_DIR/lib/js/generate_settings.js docker --targetFile=$WORKDIR/settings/$SETTINGS.js --source=$SOURCE --settings=$SETTINGS
 }
 
-_do_package_docker_include_files() {
+_b9_package_docker_include_files() {
     local WORKDIR=$1
     local SOURCE=$2
     local SETTINGS=$3
@@ -100,7 +108,7 @@ _do_package_docker_include_files() {
     popd &> /dev/null
 }
 
-_do_package_docker_copy_plugins() {
+_b9_package_docker_copy_plugins() {
     local WORKDIR=$1
     local SOURCE=$2
     local SETTINGS=$3