diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 3b02134831..441b3846e2 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -58,13 +58,11 @@ if(os.platform() === 'linux') {
 	});
 }
 
-if (!cluster.isWorker) {
-	// If run using `node app`, log GNU copyright info along with server info
-	winston.info('NodeBB v' + pkg.version + ' Copyright (C) 2013-2014 NodeBB Inc.');
-	winston.info('This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.');
-	winston.info('This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.');
-	winston.info('');
-}
+// Log GNU copyright info along with server info
+winston.info('NodeBB v' + pkg.version + ' Copyright (C) 2013-2014 NodeBB Inc.');
+winston.info('This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.');
+winston.info('This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.');
+winston.info('');
 
 // Alternate configuration file support
 var	configFile = path.join(__dirname, '/config.json'),
@@ -104,20 +102,20 @@ function loadConfig() {
 }
 
 function start() {
+
 	loadConfig();
 
-	if (!cluster.isWorker) {
-		winston.info('Time: ' + new Date());
-		winston.info('Initializing NodeBB v' + pkg.version);
-		winston.info('* using configuration stored in: ' + configFile);
-	}
+	winston.info('Time: ' + new Date());
+	winston.info('Initializing NodeBB v' + pkg.version);
+	winston.info('* using configuration stored in: ' + configFile);
+	var host = nconf.get(nconf.get('database') + ':host'),
+		storeLocation = host ? 'at ' + host + (host.indexOf('/') === -1 ? ':' + nconf.get(nconf.get('database') + ':port') : '') : '';
 
-	if (cluster.isWorker && process.env.cluster_setup === 'true') {
-		var host = nconf.get(nconf.get('database') + ':host'),
-			storeLocation = host ? 'at ' + host + (host.indexOf('/') === -1 ? ':' + nconf.get(nconf.get('database') + ':port') : '') : '';
+	winston.info('* using ' + nconf.get('database') +' store ' + storeLocation);
+	winston.info('* using themes stored in: ' + nconf.get('themes_path'));
 
-		winston.info('* using ' + nconf.get('database') +' store ' + storeLocation);
-		winston.info('* using themes stored in: ' + nconf.get('themes_path'));
+	if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
+		winston.info('Base Configuration OK.');
 	}
 
 	require('./src/database').init(function(err) {
diff --git a/loader.js b/loader.js
index 7e63804175..c1603278fe 100644
--- a/loader.js
+++ b/loader.js
@@ -6,14 +6,10 @@ var	nconf = require('nconf'),
 	cluster = require('cluster'),
 	async = require('async'),
 	logrotate = require('logrotate-stream'),
-
-	pkg = require('./package.json'),
-
 	pidFilePath = __dirname + '/pidfile',
 	output = logrotate({ file: __dirname + '/logs/output.log', size: '1m', keep: 3, compress: true }),
 	silent = process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'development' ? true : false,
-	numProcs,
-
+	numCPUs,
 	Loader = {
 		timesStarted: 0,
 		shutdown_queue: [],
@@ -27,7 +23,7 @@ var	nconf = require('nconf'),
 		}
 	};
 
-Loader.init = function(callback) {
+Loader.init = function() {
 	cluster.setupMaster({
 		exec: "app.js",
 		silent: silent
@@ -40,20 +36,6 @@ Loader.init = function(callback) {
 		};
 	}
 
-	process.on('SIGHUP', Loader.restart);
-	callback();
-};
-
-Loader.displayStartupMessages = function(callback) {
-	console.log('NodeBB v' + pkg.version + ' Copyright (C) 2013-2014 NodeBB Inc.');
-	console.log('This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.');
-	console.log('This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.');
-	console.log('For the full license, please visit: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html');
-	console.log('');
-	callback();
-};
-
-Loader.addClusterEvents = function(callback) {
 	cluster.on('fork', function(worker) {
 		worker.on('message', function(message) {
 			if (message && typeof message === 'object' && message.action) {
@@ -133,7 +115,7 @@ Loader.addClusterEvents = function(callback) {
 					case 'user:connect':
 					case 'user:disconnect':
 					case 'config:update':
-						Loader.notifyWorkers(message);
+						notifyWorkers(message);
 					break;
 				}
 			}
@@ -144,9 +126,15 @@ Loader.addClusterEvents = function(callback) {
 		console.log('[cluster] Child Process (' + worker.process.pid + ') listening for connections.');
 	});
 
+	function notifyWorkers(msg) {
+		Object.keys(cluster.workers).forEach(function(id) {
+			cluster.workers[id].send(msg);
+		});
+	}
+
 	cluster.on('exit', function(worker, code, signal) {
 		if (code !== 0) {
-			if (Loader.timesStarted < numProcs*3) {
+			if (Loader.timesStarted < numCPUs*3) {
 				Loader.timesStarted++;
 				if (Loader.crashTimer) {
 					clearTimeout(Loader.crashTimer);
@@ -155,7 +143,7 @@ Loader.addClusterEvents = function(callback) {
 					Loader.timesStarted = 0;
 				});
 			} else {
-				console.log(numProcs*3 + ' restarts in 10 seconds, most likely an error on startup. Halting.');
+				console.log(numCPUs*3 + ' restarts in 10 seconds, most likely an error on startup. Halting.');
 				process.exit();
 			}
 		}
@@ -171,16 +159,16 @@ Loader.addClusterEvents = function(callback) {
 		}
 	});
 
-	callback();
-}
+	process.on('SIGHUP', Loader.restart);
+
+	Loader.start();
+};
 
-Loader.start = function(callback) {
+Loader.start = function() {
 	var output = logrotate({ file: __dirname + '/logs/output.log', size: '1m', keep: 3, compress: true }),
 		worker;
 
-	console.log('Clustering enabled: Spinning up ' + numProcs + ' process(es).\n');
-
-	for(var x=0;x<numProcs;x++) {
+	for(var x=0;x<numCPUs;x++) {
 		// Only the first worker sets up templates/sounds/jobs/etc
 		worker = cluster.fork({
 			cluster_setup: x === 0,
@@ -192,8 +180,6 @@ Loader.start = function(callback) {
 			worker.process.stdout.pipe(output);
 		}
 	}
-
-	if (callback) callback();
 };
 
 Loader.restart = function(callback) {
@@ -210,19 +196,15 @@ Loader.reload = function() {
 	});
 };
 
-Loader.notifyWorkers = function (msg) {
-	Object.keys(cluster.workers).forEach(function(id) {
-		cluster.workers[id].send(msg);
-	});
-}
+
 
 
 nconf.argv().file({
 	file: path.join(__dirname, '/config.json')
 });
 
-numProcs = nconf.get('cluster') || 1;
-numProcs = (numProcs === true) ? require('os').cpus().length : numProcs;
+numCPUs = nconf.get('cluster') || 1;
+numCPUs = (numCPUs === true) ? require('os').cpus().length : numCPUs;
 
 if (nconf.get('daemon') !== false) {
 	if (fs.existsSync(pidFilePath)) {
@@ -240,13 +222,4 @@ if (nconf.get('daemon') !== false) {
 	fs.writeFile(__dirname + '/pidfile', process.pid);
 }
 
-async.series([
-	Loader.init,
-	Loader.displayStartupMessages,
-	Loader.addClusterEvents,
-	Loader.start
-], function(err) {
-	if (err) {
-		console.log('[loader] Error during startup: ' + err.message);
-	}
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+Loader.init();