diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e04a3bd3..2698a145 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/cloud9-sdk
 
 Follow these steps to install the SDK:
 
-    git clone git@github.com:c9/core.git c9sdk
+    git clone git://github.com/c9/core.git c9sdk
     cd c9sdk
     scripts/install-sdk.sh
     
diff --git a/build/build-local.sh b/build/build-local.sh
index 4f85a5f2..20779115 100755
--- a/build/build-local.sh
+++ b/build/build-local.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ case "$uname" in
     FreeBSD\ *) os=freebsd ;;
     CYGWIN*) os=windows ;;
     MINGW*) os=windows ;;
+    MSYS_NT*) os=windows ;;
 esac
 case "$uname" in
     *x86_64*) arch=x64 ;;
diff --git a/build/build-standalone.sh b/build/build-standalone.sh
index bda190f1..59a058d2 100755
--- a/build/build-standalone.sh
+++ b/build/build-standalone.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ case "$uname" in
     FreeBSD\ *) os=freebsd ;;
     CYGWIN*) os=windows ;;
     MINGW*) os=windows ;;
+    MSYS_NT*) os=windows ;;
 esac
 case "$uname" in
     *x86_64*) arch=x64 ;;
diff --git a/local/server.js b/local/server.js
index 707e8137..ed2ea053 100644
--- a/local/server.js
+++ b/local/server.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ if (process.platform == "win32") {
     if (!process.env.HOME)
         process.env.HOME = process.env.HOMEDRIVE + process.env.HOMEPATH;
     // add cloud9 cygwin to path
-    var msysBin = join(process.execPath, "/../../msys/bin");
+    var msysBin = join(process.env.HOME, ".c9", "msys/bin");
     process.env.Path = msysBin + ";" + process.env.path;
     process.env.C9_BASH_BIN = msysBin + "/bash.exe";
     process.env.CYGWIN = "nodosfilewarning " + (process.env.CYGWIN || "");
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ if (installPath === "/Library/Application Support/Cloud9"
     installPath = join(process.env.HOME, installPath);
 
 var nodePath = process.platform == "win32"
-    ? join(process.execPath, "..\\node.exe")
+    ? join(installPath, "node.exe")
     : installPath + "/node/bin/node";
 
 var logStream;
diff --git a/node_modules/amd-loader/.gitignore b/node_modules/amd-loader/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..69d39625
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node_modules/amd-loader/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.c9revisions/
+amd-loader-*.tgz
+package/
diff --git a/node_modules/amd-loader/.npmignore b/node_modules/amd-loader/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a8a239c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node_modules/amd-loader/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+.git/
+.c9revisions/
+package/
+amd-loader-*.tgz
diff --git a/node_modules/amd-loader/.travis.yml b/node_modules/amd-loader/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1cf67b79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node_modules/amd-loader/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+language: node_js
+node_js:
+  - 0.4
+  - 0.5
+  - 0.6
+  - 0.10
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/node_modules/amd-loader/LICENSE b/node_modules/amd-loader/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b70a601
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node_modules/amd-loader/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+The MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2010 ajax.org B.V (Fabian Jakobs)
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/node_modules/amd-loader/README.md b/node_modules/amd-loader/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..82d7c060
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node_modules/amd-loader/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+AMD loader for node.js
+======================
+
+node-amd-loader adds the capability to load unmodified AMD (Asynchronous Module DefinitionAsynchronous Module Definition) from node.js applications.
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+`node-amd-loader` can be easily installed using [npm](http://npmjs.org).
+
+    npm install amd-loader
+    
+Before being able to load AMD modules the `amd-loader` module has to be required.
+
+    require("amd-loader");
+    
+This needs to be done only once.
+
+Features
+--------
+
+### load modules which use AMD define() ###
+
+Load modules which are written using  AMD [define](http://wiki.commonjs.org/wiki/Modules/AsynchronousDefinition#define.28.29_function) from node.js node.
+
+amd.js
+
+```javascript
+    define(function(require, exports, module) {
+        exports.B = "B";
+    });
+```
+
+main.js
+
+```
+    require("amd-loader");
+    var amd = require("./amd");
+```
+
+### support requireJS asyncronous loading syntax ###
+
+From within an AMD modules the async require syntax introduced by [requireJS](http://requirejs.org) can be used.
+
+```javascript
+    require(["fs"], function(fs) {
+        fs.readFile(...);
+    })
+```
+
+### support requireJS text plugin ###
+
+From within an AMD module the requireJS text plugin is supported.
+
+```javascript
+    var readme = require("text!./readme.md");
+```
+
+Continuous Integration status
+-----------------------------
+
+This project is tested with [Travis CI](http://travis-ci.org)
+[![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/ajaxorg/node-amd-loader.png)](http://travis-ci.org/ajaxorg/node-amd-loader)
+
+Credits
+-------
+
+[Kris Zip](https://github.com/kriszyp) came up the the initial [idea](https://gist.github.com/650000) how to hijack the node module loading.
+
+License
+-------
+
+MIT license. See the LICENSE file for details.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/node_modules/amd-loader/amd-loader.js b/node_modules/amd-loader/amd-loader.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a8add0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node_modules/amd-loader/amd-loader.js
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+var fs = require("fs");
+var Module = require("module");
+
+var moduleStack = [];
+var defaultCompile = module.constructor.prototype._compile;
+
+module.constructor.prototype._compile = function(content, filename){  
+    moduleStack.push(this);
+    try {        
+        return defaultCompile.call(this, content, filename);
+    }
+    finally {
+        moduleStack.pop();
+    }
+};
+
+global.define = function (id, injects, factory) {
+
+    // infere the module
+    var currentModule = moduleStack[moduleStack.length-1];
+    var mod = currentModule || module.parent || require.main;
+    
+    // parse arguments
+    if (!factory) {
+        // two or less arguments
+        factory = injects;
+        if (factory) {
+            // two args
+            if (typeof id === "string") {
+                if (id !== mod.id) {
+                    throw new Error("Can not assign module to a different id than the current file");
+                }
+                // default injects
+                injects = [];
+            }
+            else{
+                // anonymous, deps included
+                injects = id;          
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            // only one arg, just the factory
+            factory = id;
+            injects = [];
+        }
+    }
+
+    var req = function(module, relativeId, callback) {
+        if (Array.isArray(relativeId)) {
+            // async require
+            return callback.apply(this, relativeId.map(req))
+        }
+        
+        var chunks = relativeId.split("!");
+        var prefix;
+        if (chunks.length >= 2) {
+            prefix = chunks[0];
+            relativeId = chunks.slice(1).join("!");
+        }
+        
+        var fileName = Module._resolveFilename(relativeId, module);
+        if (Array.isArray(fileName))
+            fileName = fileName[0];
+        
+        if (prefix && prefix.indexOf("text") !== -1) {
+            return fs.readFileSync(fileName, "utf8");
+        } else
+            return require(fileName);
+    }.bind(this, mod);
+
+    injects.unshift("require", "exports", "module");
+    
+    id = mod.id;
+    if (typeof factory !== "function") {
+        // we can just provide a plain object
+        return mod.exports = factory;
+    }
+    
+    var returned = factory.apply(mod.exports, injects.map(function (injection) {
+        switch (injection) {
+            // check for CommonJS injection variables
+            case "require": return req;
+            case "exports": return mod.exports;
+            case "module": return mod;
+            default:
+                // a module dependency
+                return req(injection);
+        }
+    }));
+    
+    if (returned) {
+        // since AMD encapsulates a function/callback, it can allow the factory to return the exports.
+        mod.exports = returned;
+    }
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/node_modules/amd-loader/package.json b/node_modules/amd-loader/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e70e29b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node_modules/amd-loader/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  "name" : "amd-loader",
+  "version" : "0.0.5",
+  "description" : "Add the capability to load AMD (Asynchronous Module Definition) modules to node.js",
+  "author": "ajax.org B.V. <info@ajax.org>",
+  "contributors": [
+    { "name": "Fabian Jakobs", "email": "fabian@ajax.org" }
+  ],
+  "repository" : {
+    "type" : "git",
+    "url" : "http://github.com/ajaxorg/node-amd-loader.git" 
+  },
+  "main": "./amd-loader.js",
+  "scripts" : {
+    "test" : "node test/test.js && node test/test2.js"
+  },
+  "engines" : {
+     "node" : ">= 0.4.11"
+  },
+  "licenses" : [{
+    "type" : "MIT",
+    "url" : "http://github.com/ajaxorg/node-amd-loader/raw/master/LICENSE"
+  }]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/node_modules/amd-loader/test/node_modules/a.js b/node_modules/amd-loader/test/node_modules/a.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f199de8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node_modules/amd-loader/test/node_modules/a.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+define(function(require, exports, module) {
+    
+    exports.B = require("./b").B;
+    exports.D = require("d").D;
+    exports.A = "A";
+    
+    exports.text = require("text!./c.txt");
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/node_modules/amd-loader/test/node_modules/b.js b/node_modules/amd-loader/test/node_modules/b.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e2a898ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node_modules/amd-loader/test/node_modules/b.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+define(function(require, exports, module) {
+    exports.B = "B";
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/node_modules/amd-loader/test/node_modules/c.txt b/node_modules/amd-loader/test/node_modules/c.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..95d09f2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node_modules/amd-loader/test/node_modules/c.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hello world
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/node_modules/amd-loader/test/node_modules/d.js b/node_modules/amd-loader/test/node_modules/d.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5bc470eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node_modules/amd-loader/test/node_modules/d.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+define(function(require, exports, module) {
+    exports.D = "D";
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/node_modules/amd-loader/test/node_modules/e.js b/node_modules/amd-loader/test/node_modules/e.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2fb486ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node_modules/amd-loader/test/node_modules/e.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+require("../..");
+
+define(function(require, exports, module) {    
+    exports.A = require("./a").A;
+    exports.E = "E";
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/node_modules/amd-loader/test/test.js b/node_modules/amd-loader/test/test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..79d578bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node_modules/amd-loader/test/test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+require("..");
+var assert = require("assert");
+
+console.log("Running amd-loader tests");
+console.log("========================\n");
+
+console.log("resolve relative id");
+var a = require("./node_modules/a");
+var b = require("./node_modules/b");
+
+assert.equal(a.A, "A");
+assert.equal(a.B, "B");
+assert.equal(a.text, "hello world");
+assert.equal(a.D, "D");
+
+assert.equal(b.B, "B");
+
+console.log("resolve fully qualified id");
+var a = require("a");
+var b = require("b");
+
+assert.equal(a.A, "A");
+assert.equal(a.B, "B");
+assert.equal(a.text, "hello world");
+assert.equal(b.B, "B");
+
+console.log("resolve from node_modules");
+var d = require("d");
+
+assert.equal(d.D, "D");
+
+// TODO
+// node_modules + package
+// async require
diff --git a/node_modules/amd-loader/test/test2.js b/node_modules/amd-loader/test/test2.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..92674deb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node_modules/amd-loader/test/test2.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// this tests the case where the AMD-loader is not loaded in the main module and
+// the module using amd-loader uses define itself
+console.log("require file with amd-loader and define")
+require("e");
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/node_modules/vfs-local/localfs.js b/node_modules/vfs-local/localfs.js
index 5296f882..ae1d3a02 100644
--- a/node_modules/vfs-local/localfs.js
+++ b/node_modules/vfs-local/localfs.js
@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@ module.exports = function setup(fsOptions) {
     }
 
     var TMUX       = fsOptions.tmuxBin || "tmux";
-    var BASH       = fsOptions.bashBin || process.env.C9_BASH_BIN ||
-        (process.platform == "win32" ? "C:\\cygwin\\bin\\bash.exe" : "bash");
+    var BASH       = fsOptions.bashBin || process.env.C9_BASH_BIN || (isWin ? "bash.exe" : "bash");
     var METAPATH   = fsOptions.metapath;
     var WSMETAPATH = fsOptions.wsmetapath;
     var TESTING    = fsOptions.testing;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c71d92ee..55c527b4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
         "c9.ide.help.support": "#60e88f5680",
         "c9.ide.imgeditor": "#ed89162aa7",
         "c9.ide.immediate": "#6845a93705",
-        "c9.ide.installer": "#19b25fc787",
+        "c9.ide.installer": "#36460d01e0",
         "c9.ide.mount": "#896ebf836e",
         "c9.ide.navigate": "#7c58c7f3d7",
         "c9.ide.newresource": "#f1f0624768",
diff --git a/plugins/c9.core/settings.js b/plugins/c9.core/settings.js
index e996648a..fdc5389a 100644
--- a/plugins/c9.core/settings.js
+++ b/plugins/c9.core/settings.js
@@ -425,10 +425,10 @@ define(function(require, exports, module) {
             if (query.indexOf("json()") == -1)
                 json = json["json()"];
             
-            if (typeof json == "object")
+            if (typeof json === "object")
                 return JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(json));
             
-            if (typeof json == "string")
+            if (typeof json !== "string")
                 return json;
             
             try {
diff --git a/scripts/install-sdk.sh b/scripts/install-sdk.sh
index 2a7fda84..dddc8d03 100755
--- a/scripts/install-sdk.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-sdk.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ case "$uname" in
     FreeBSD\ *) os=freebsd ;;
     CYGWIN*) os=windows ;;
     MINGW*) os=windows ;;
+    MSYS_NT*) os=windows ;;
 esac
 case "$uname" in
     *x86_64*) arch=x64 ;;
diff --git a/scripts/setup-local-dev.sh b/scripts/setup-local-dev.sh
index 64eec9d7..8a8ed448 100755
--- a/scripts/setup-local-dev.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup-local-dev.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ case "$uname" in
     FreeBSD\ *) os=freebsd ;;
     CYGWIN*) os=windows ;;
     MINGW*) os=windows ;;
+    MSYS_NT*) os=windows ;;
 esac
 case "$uname" in
     *x86_64*) arch=x64 ;;
@@ -69,24 +70,30 @@ if [ "$os" == "darwin" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ "$os" == "windows" ]; then
-    NODE_VERSION=v0.10.25
-    NW_VERSION=v0.9.2
+    NODE_VERSION=v0.12.2
+    NW_VERSION=v0.12.1
     
     pushd build
-    if [ ! -f node.exe ]; then
+    if [ ! -f "$HOME/.c9/"node.exe ]; then
         echo "downloading node"
+        pushd "$HOME/.c9/"
         curl -OL http://nodejs.org/dist/$NODE_VERSION/node.exe
+        popd
     fi
-    if [ ! -f node-webkit-$NW_VERSION-win-ia32.zip ]; then
+    
+    NW_FILE_NAME=nwjs-$NW_VERSION-win-ia32
+    if [ ! -f $NW_FILE_NAME.zip ]; then
         echo "downloading node-webkit"
-        curl -OL http://dl.node-webkit.org/$NW_VERSION/node-webkit-$NW_VERSION-win-ia32.zip
+        curl -OL http://dl.nwjs.io/$NW_VERSION/$NW_FILE_NAME.zip
     fi
     
     dest=win32-dev/bin
     mkdir -p $dest
     
-    unzip node-webkit-$NW_VERSION-win-ia32.zip -d $dest
-    cp node.exe $dest
+    unzip -uo $NW_FILE_NAME.zip -d win32-dev
+    rm -rf $dest
+    mv win32-dev/$NW_FILE_NAME $dest
+    # cp node.exe $dest
     mv $dest/nw.exe $dest/Cloud9.exe
     
     cp win32/icon.png $dest