diff --git a/db/manifest b/db/manifest
index 67ef13c9e..0e1256774 100755
--- a/db/manifest
+++ b/db/manifest
@@ -189,4 +189,5 @@ allow_unspecified_rsvps.sql
 music_session_cancel_flag.sql
 fix_sms_query_cancel_flag.sql
 fix_sms_query_cancel_flag2.sql
-next_session_scheduled_default.sql
\ No newline at end of file
+next_session_scheduled_default.sql
+max_mind_releases.sql
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/db/up/max_mind_releases.sql b/db/up/max_mind_releases.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bdd2a4cf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/up/max_mind_releases.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+-- released_at is when maxmind released this data
+CREATE TABLE max_mind_releases (
+  id VARCHAR(64)  PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT uuid_generate_v4(),
+  released_at     DATE,
+  geo_ip_124_url  VARCHAR(2000),
+  geo_ip_124_md5  VARCHAR(255),
+  geo_ip_124_size INTEGER,
+  geo_ip_134_url  VARCHAR(2000),
+  geo_ip_134_md5  VARCHAR(255),
+  geo_ip_134_size INTEGER,
+  geo_ip_139_url  VARCHAR(2000),
+  geo_ip_139_md5  VARCHAR(255),
+  geo_ip_139_size INTEGER,
+  geo_ip_142_url  VARCHAR(2000),
+  geo_ip_142_md5  VARCHAR(255),
+  geo_ip_142_size INTEGER,
+  created_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+  updated_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+);
+
+-- the 1st available release
+INSERT INTO max_mind_releases VALUES (DEFAULT, DATE '2014-07-01',
+'maxmind/2014-07-01/GeoIP-124_20140701.zip', '93430c4b34b366030054a97c1b595f6f', 1997587,
+'maxmind/2014-07-01/GeoIP-134_20140701.zip', '893c8674656271dac4964d5a56325203', 48198205,
+'maxmind/2014-07-01/GeoIP-139_20140701.zip', '8487b681cc14ea9f603b52db5763a77a', 62399148,
+'maxmind/2014-07-01/GeoIP-142_20140701.zip', '2fb4288fa3004ad68a06388f716e4ee5', 2265920,
+DEFAULT, DEFAULT);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ruby/Gemfile b/ruby/Gemfile
index c4acf6d44..204201bab 100644
--- a/ruby/Gemfile
+++ b/ruby/Gemfile
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ gem 'builder'
 gem 'fog'
 gem 'rest-client'
 gem 'iso-639'
+gem 'rubyzip'
 
 group :test do
   gem 'simplecov', '~> 0.7.1'
diff --git a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby.rb b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby.rb
index 89e4fc634..cf17de2a0 100755
--- a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby.rb
+++ b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ require 'builder'
 require 'cgi'
 require 'resque_mailer'
 require 'rest-client'
+require 'zip'
 
 require "jam_ruby/constants/limits"
 require "jam_ruby/constants/notification_types"
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ require "jam_ruby/app/uploaders/perf_data_uploader"
 require "jam_ruby/app/uploaders/recorded_track_uploader"
 require "jam_ruby/app/uploaders/mix_uploader"
 require "jam_ruby/app/uploaders/music_notation_uploader"
+require "jam_ruby/app/uploaders/max_mind_release_uploader"
 require "jam_ruby/lib/desk_multipass"
 require "jam_ruby/amqp/amqp_connection_manager"
 require "jam_ruby/database"
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@ require "jam_ruby/models/feedback"
 require "jam_ruby/models/feedback_observer"
 require "jam_ruby/models/max_mind_geo"
 require "jam_ruby/models/max_mind_isp"
+require "jam_ruby/models/max_mind_release"
 require "jam_ruby/models/band_genre"
 require "jam_ruby/models/genre"
 require "jam_ruby/models/user"
diff --git a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/app/uploaders/max_mind_release_uploader.rb b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/app/uploaders/max_mind_release_uploader.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e801059e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/app/uploaders/max_mind_release_uploader.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+class MaxMindReleaseUploader < CarrierWave::Uploader::Base
+  # include CarrierWaveDirect::Uploader
+  include CarrierWave::MimeTypes
+  process :set_content_type
+
+  after :store, :update_extras
+
+  def initialize(*args)
+    super
+    JamRuby::UploaderConfiguration.set_aws_private_configuration(self)
+  end
+
+  # Add a white list of extensions which are allowed to be uploaded.
+  def extension_white_list
+    %w(zip)
+  end
+
+  def store_dir
+    nil
+  end
+
+  # important; this code assumes that the mounted_as ends in _url, and the corresponding _md5 field has the same prefix
+  # this is true for max_mind_release, but not necessarily other models; so careful copy/pasting
+  def update_extras(file)
+    puts file.inspect
+    mounted = mounted_as.to_s
+    md5_field = mounted[0, mounted.rindex('_url')] + '_md5'
+    size_field = mounted[0, mounted.rindex('_url')] + '_size'
+    puts "size_field #{size_field}, file.size #{file.size}"
+    model[size_field.to_sym] = file.size
+    model[md5_field.to_sym] = ::Digest::MD5.file(file).hexdigest
+
+  end
+
+
+
+  def filename
+    File.join(model.store_dir, mounted_as.to_s + '.zip')
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/geodata/README.txt b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/geodata/README.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from db/geodata/README.txt
rename to ruby/lib/jam_ruby/geodata/README.txt
diff --git a/db/geodata/iso3166.csv b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/geodata/iso3166.csv
similarity index 100%
rename from db/geodata/iso3166.csv
rename to ruby/lib/jam_ruby/geodata/iso3166.csv
diff --git a/db/geodata/region_codes.csv b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/geodata/region_codes.csv
similarity index 100%
rename from db/geodata/region_codes.csv
rename to ruby/lib/jam_ruby/geodata/region_codes.csv
diff --git a/db/geodata/supplement.sql b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/geodata/supplement.sql
similarity index 100%
rename from db/geodata/supplement.sql
rename to ruby/lib/jam_ruby/geodata/supplement.sql
diff --git a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/country.rb b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/country.rb
index 0cf5486a6..18e8a97b3 100644
--- a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/country.rb
+++ b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/country.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ module JamRuby
       self.order('countryname asc').all
     end
 
-    def self.import_from_iso3166(file)
+    def self.find_iso3166
+      gem_dir = Gem::Specification.find_by_name("jam_ruby").gem_dir
+      File.join(gem_dir, 'lib', 'jam_ruby', 'geo_data', 'iso3166.csv')
+    end
+
+    def self.import_from_iso3166(file = find_iso3166)
       self.delete_all
       File.open(file, 'r:ISO-8859-1') do |io|
         csv = ::CSV.new(io, {encoding: 'ISO-8859-1', headers: false})
diff --git a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/max_mind_release.rb b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/max_mind_release.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c77dd974
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/max_mind_release.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+module JamRuby
+  class MaxMindRelease < ActiveRecord::Base
+
+    include S3ManagerMixin
+
+    @@log = Logging.logger[MaxMindRelease]
+
+    mount_uploader :geo_ip_124_url, MaxMindReleaseUploader
+    mount_uploader :geo_ip_134_url, MaxMindReleaseUploader
+    mount_uploader :geo_ip_139_url, MaxMindReleaseUploader
+    mount_uploader :geo_ip_142_url, MaxMindReleaseUploader
+
+    def store_dir
+      "maxmind/#{released_at}"
+    end
+
+    def import
+
+      # you can only import a maxmind release that has released_at specified
+      unless released_at
+        raise "released_at not set in import"
+      end
+
+      working_dir = dated_working_dir
+
+      @@log.debug("downloading and unzipping geoip-142")
+      geo_ip_142_files = download_and_unzip(working_dir, :geo_ip_142_url, self[:geo_ip_142_md5])
+
+      @@log.debug("downloading and unzipping geoip-139")
+      geo_ip_139_files = download_and_unzip(working_dir, :geo_ip_139_url, self[:geo_ip_139_md5])
+
+      @@log.debug("downloading and unzipping geoip-134")
+      geo_ip_134_files = download_and_unzip(working_dir, :geo_ip_134_url, self[:geo_ip_134_md5])
+
+      @@log.debug("downloading and unzipping geoip-124")
+      geo_ip_124_files = download_and_unzip(working_dir, :geo_ip_124_url, self[:geo_ip_124_md5])
+
+      MaxMindIsp.import_from_max_mind(geo_ip_142_files['GeoIPISP-142.csv'])
+      MaxMindGeo.import_from_max_mind(geo_ip_139_files['GeoIPCity.csv'])
+      GeoIpBlocks.import_from_max_mind(geo_ip_134_files['GeoIPCity-134-Blocks.csv'])
+      GeoIpLocations.import_from_max_mind(geo_ip_134_files['GeoIPCity-134-Location.csv'])
+      JamIsp.import_from_max_mind(geo_ip_124_files['GeoIPISP.csv'])
+      Country.import_from_iso3166
+      Region.import_from_region_codes
+
+
+    end
+
+    def download_and_unzip(working_dir, field, md5)
+      downloaded_filename = download(working_dir, field, md5)
+
+      unzip(working_dir, downloaded_filename)
+    end
+
+    def download(working_dir, field, md5)
+
+      filename = File.basename(self[field])
+      downloaded_filename = File.join(working_dir, filename)
+      @@log.debug("working on field=#{field}, filename #{downloaded_filename}")
+
+      if File.exists?(downloaded_filename)
+        if matched_md5(downloaded_filename, md5)
+          @@log.debug("#{downloaded_filename} file has matching md5")
+          return downloaded_filename
+        else
+          @@log.debug("#{downloaded_filename} exists but has wrong md5. deleting.")
+          File.delete(downloaded_filename)
+        end
+      end
+
+      uri = URI(sign_url(field))
+      open downloaded_filename, 'wb' do |io|
+        Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port) do |http|
+          request = Net::HTTP::Get.new uri
+          http.request request do |response|
+            response_code = response.code.to_i
+            unless response_code >= 200 && response_code <= 299
+              raise "bad status code: #{response_code}. body: #{response.body}"
+            end
+            response.read_body do |chunk|
+              io.write chunk
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      @@log.debug("downloaded #{downloaded_filename}")
+      downloaded_filename
+    end
+
+    def unzip(working_dir, downloaded_filename)
+      result = {}
+
+      # overwrites existing files
+      Zip.on_exists_proc = true
+
+      # get the file without extension, to make the output folder name
+      extension = File.extname(downloaded_filename)
+      name = File.basename(downloaded_filename, extension)
+
+      output_dir = File.join(working_dir, name)
+      Dir.mkdir(output_dir) unless Dir.exists?(output_dir)
+
+      Zip::File.open(downloaded_filename) do |zip_file|
+        # Handle entries one by one
+        zip_file.each do |entry|
+          # Extract to file/directory/symlink
+
+          entry_output_dir = File.join(Dir.pwd, output_dir, File.dirname(entry.name))
+          res = FileUtils.mkdir_p(entry_output_dir)
+
+          output_filename = File.join(output_dir, entry.name)
+          entry.extract(output_filename)
+          result[File.basename(entry.name)] = output_filename
+        end
+      end
+
+      result
+    end
+
+    def dated_working_dir
+      # you need a valid working directory from config
+      working_dir = APP_CONFIG.max_mind_working_dir
+      unless Dir.exists?(working_dir)
+        raise "maxmind release working_dir does not exist=#{working_dir}"
+      end
+
+      # append date, antd download everything to there
+      working_dir = File.join(working_dir, released_at.to_s)
+
+      unless Dir.exists?(working_dir)
+        Dir.mkdir(working_dir)
+      end
+      working_dir
+    end
+
+    def sign_url(expiration_time = 120, field)
+      resolve_url(field, 'application/zip', expiration_time)
+    end
+
+    def resolve_url(url_field, mime_type, expiration_time)
+      self[url_field].start_with?('http') ? self[url_field] : s3_manager.sign_url(self[url_field], {:expires => expiration_time, :response_content_type => mime_type, :secure => false})
+    end
+
+  end
+end
diff --git a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/region.rb b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/region.rb
index 0aa27ea87..56ef29443 100644
--- a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/region.rb
+++ b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/region.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ module JamRuby
       self.where(countrycode: country).order('regionname asc').all
     end
 
-    def self.import_from_region_codes(file)
+    def self.find_region_codes
+      gem_dir = Gem::Specification.find_by_name("jam_ruby").gem_dir
+      File.join(gem_dir, 'lib', 'jam_ruby', 'geo_data', 'region_codes.csv')
+    end
+
+    def self.import_from_region_codes(file = find_region_codes)
       self.delete_all
       File.open(file, 'r:ISO-8859-1') do |io|
         csv = ::CSV.new(io, {encoding: 'ISO-8859-1', headers: false})
diff --git a/ruby/spec/factories.rb b/ruby/spec/factories.rb
index 7cf0753bb..dfeb9951a 100644
--- a/ruby/spec/factories.rb
+++ b/ruby/spec/factories.rb
@@ -556,4 +556,8 @@ FactoryGirl.define do
       latency_tester.save
     end
   end
+
+  factory :max_mind_release, :class => JamRuby::MaxMindRelease do
+    released_at Time.now.to_date
+  end
 end
diff --git a/ruby/spec/jam_ruby/models/max_mind_releases_spec.rb b/ruby/spec/jam_ruby/models/max_mind_releases_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e42034f37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby/spec/jam_ruby/models/max_mind_releases_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe MaxMindRelease do
+
+  include UsesTempFiles
+
+  GEOISP_124 = 'geoisp_124.csv'
+
+  in_directory_with_file(GEOISP_124)
+
+  before(:all) do
+    @original_storage = MaxMindReleaseUploader.storage = :fog
+  end
+
+  after(:all) do
+    MaxMindReleaseUploader.storage = @original_storage
+  end
+
+  let(:zipfile) {fake_geo_124_zip(File.new(GEOISP_124))}
+  let(:release) {FactoryGirl.create(:max_mind_release)}
+
+  before(:each) do
+    content_for_file('abc')
+
+    Dir.mkdir(APP_CONFIG.max_mind_working_dir) unless Dir.exists?(APP_CONFIG.max_mind_working_dir)
+  end
+
+  it "unzip" do
+    result = release.unzip(APP_CONFIG.max_mind_working_dir, zipfile.path)
+    result.include?('GeoIPISP.csv').should be_true
+    output = result['GeoIPISP.csv']
+    File.exists?(output).should be_true
+    IO.read(output).should == 'abc'
+  end
+
+  it "downloads", aws: true do
+    uploader = MaxMindReleaseUploader.new(release, :geo_ip_124_url)
+    zipfile.open
+    uploader.store!(zipfile) # uploads the file to s3
+    release.save!
+    release[:geo_ip_124_url].should == File.join(release.store_dir, 'geo_ip_124_url.zip')
+    release[:geo_ip_124_md5].should == Digest::MD5.file(zipfile).hexdigest
+    release[:geo_ip_124_size].should == zipfile.size
+
+    downloaded_filename = release.download(release.dated_working_dir, :geo_ip_124_url, release[:geo_ip_124_md5])
+
+    Digest::MD5.file(downloaded_filename ).hexdigest.should == Digest::MD5.file(zipfile).hexdigest
+  end
+
+  #it "uploads to s3 with correct name, and then downloads via signed URL" do
+  #  pending "use"
+  #  jam_track = FactoryGirl.create(:jam_track)
+  #  uploader = JamTrackUploader.new(jam_track, :url)
+  #  uploader.store!(File.open(JKA_NAME))  # uploads file
+  #  jam_track.save!
+  #
+  #  # verify that the uploader stores the correct path
+  #  jam_track[:url].should == jam_track.store_dir + '/' + jam_track.filename
+  #
+  #  # verify it's on S3
+  #  s3 = S3Manager.new(APP_CONFIG.aws_bucket, APP_CONFIG.aws_access_key_id, APP_CONFIG.aws_secret_access_key)
+  #  s3.exists?(jam_track[:url]).should be_true
+  #  s3.length(jam_track[:url]).should == 'abc'.length
+  #
+  #  # download it via signed URL, and check contents
+  #  url = jam_track.sign_url
+  #  downloaded_contents = open(url).read
+  #  downloaded_contents.should == 'abc'
+  #end
+
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ruby/spec/support/utilities.rb b/ruby/spec/support/utilities.rb
index 23b37a3e6..5e3d38e60 100644
--- a/ruby/spec/support/utilities.rb
+++ b/ruby/spec/support/utilities.rb
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ def app_config
       true
     end
 
+    def max_mind_working_dir
+      'tmp'
+    end
     private
 
     def audiomixer_workspace_path
@@ -147,4 +150,15 @@ def wipe_s3_test_bucket
       end
     end
   end
+end
+
+# creates a maxmind 'GEO-124' zip file using the supplied CSV
+def fake_geo_124_zip(geoisp_csv)
+  zipfile = Tempfile.new(['fake_geo_124', '.zip'])
+
+  Zip::File.open(Pathname.new(zipfile.path).realpath.to_s, Zip::File::CREATE) do |zipfile|
+      zipfile.add('fake_geo_124/GeoIPISP.csv', Pathname.new(geoisp_csv.path).realpath.to_s)
+  end
+
+  zipfile
 end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/web/config/application.rb b/web/config/application.rb
index ebc2bb375..cd4ca0e40 100644
--- a/web/config/application.rb
+++ b/web/config/application.rb
@@ -243,5 +243,7 @@ if defined?(Bundler)
     config.ftue_network_test_max_clients = 8
     # the maximum amount of allowable latency
     config.ftue_maximum_gear_latency = 20
+
+    config.max_mind_working_dir = 'tmp'
   end
 end
diff --git a/web/lib/tasks/import_max_mind.rake b/web/lib/tasks/import_max_mind.rake
index c23e11b41..e3ab39a78 100644
--- a/web/lib/tasks/import_max_mind.rake
+++ b/web/lib/tasks/import_max_mind.rake
@@ -1,4 +1,17 @@
 namespace :db do
+
+  desc "Imports a maxmind release from S3.  If you specify a RELEASE env var, it should be like 2014-07-01 (YYYY-MM-DD).  Otherwise latest found max_mind_releases in db is used."
+  task import_maxmind: :environment do |task, args|
+    specific_release = ENV['RELEASE']
+    if specific_release
+      release = MaxMindRelease.find_by_released_at(Date.parse(specific_release))
+    else
+      release = MaxMindRelease.order('released_at DESC').first
+    end
+
+    release.import
+  end
+
   desc "Import a maxmind geo (139) database; run like this: rake db:import_maxmind_geo file=<path_to_GeoIPCity.csv>"
   task import_maxmind_geo: :environment do
     MaxMindGeo.import_from_max_mind ENV['file']
diff --git a/web/script/package/post-install.sh b/web/script/package/post-install.sh
index c6534c54f..a7d09f359 100755
--- a/web/script/package/post-install.sh
+++ b/web/script/package/post-install.sh
@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@ cp /var/lib/$NAME/script/package/$NAME.conf /etc/init/$NAME.conf
 
 mkdir -p /var/lib/$NAME/log
 mkdir -p /var/lib/$NAME/tmp
+mkdir -p /var/tmp/$NAME
 mkdir -p /etc/$NAME
 mkdir -p /var/log/$NAME
 
 chown -R $USER:$GROUP /var/lib/$NAME
 chown -R $USER:$GROUP /etc/$NAME
 chown -R $USER:$GROUP /var/log/$NAME
+chown -R $USER:$GROUP /var/tmp/$NAME
 
 # make log folders for jobs
 mkdir -p /var/log/any-job-worker