diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 064057969..f38228f43 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ end
   gem 'rack-test'
   # gem 'rb-fsevent', '0.9.1', :require => false
   # gem 'growl', '1.0.3'
-  gem 'poltergeist'
+  gem 'poltergeist', '1.3.0' # can't go to 1.4.0 until this is fixed https://github.com/jonleighton/poltergeist/issues/385
 end
 
 group :production do
diff --git a/app/controllers/api_users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api_users_controller.rb
index a663bcec2..3b471097c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api_users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api_users_controller.rb
@@ -67,9 +67,7 @@ class ApiUsersController < ApiController
     @user.musician = params[:musician] if params.has_key?(:musician)
     @user.update_instruments(params[:instruments].nil? ? [] : params[:instruments]) if params.has_key?(:instruments)
 
-    puts params[:birth_date]
     @user.save
-    puts @user.birth_date.inspect
 
     if @user.errors.any?
       respond_with @user, :status => :unprocessable_entity
diff --git a/build b/build
index 05e12fa06..d694cfd6b 100755
--- a/build
+++ b/build
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ rm -rf vendor/bundle
 rm -rf tmp/capybara
 rm Gemfile.lock # if we don't want versions to float, pin it in the Gemfile, not count on Gemfile.lock
 # put all dependencies into vendor/bundle
-bundle install --path vendor/bundle
-bundle update
+bundle install --path vendor/bundle --local
+#bundle update
 
 # clean assets, because they may be lingering from last build
 bundle exec rake assets:clean
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ EOF
 
     set -e
     # cache all gems local, and tell bundle to use local gems only
-    bundle install --path vendor/bundle --local
+    #bundle install --path vendor/bundle --local
     # prepare production acssets
     rm -rf $DIR/public/assets
     bundle exec rake assets:precompile RAILS_ENV=production