diff --git a/plugins/c9.ide.language/complete_util.js b/plugins/c9.ide.language/complete_util.js
index cb05d47b..394a5c04 100644
--- a/plugins/c9.ide.language/complete_util.js
+++ b/plugins/c9.ide.language/complete_util.js
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ function fetchText(path, callback) {
     xhr.onload = function (e) {
         if (xhr.readyState !== 4)
             return;
-        if (xhr.status !== 200)
+        // loading from file:// returns 0
+        if (xhr.status !== 200 && xhr.status !== 0)
             return done(new Error(xhr.statusText));
         done(null, xhr.responseText);
     };
diff --git a/plugins/c9.vfs.standalone/www/ide.offline.html b/plugins/c9.vfs.standalone/www/ide.offline.html
index d63bb9e7..18d7dc92 100644
--- a/plugins/c9.vfs.standalone/www/ide.offline.html
+++ b/plugins/c9.vfs.standalone/www/ide.offline.html
@@ -38,8 +38,14 @@
             document.body.className = document.body.className.replace("loading " + loadingIde.className, "");
         };
     </script>
+    <!--packed{
+    <script src="./build/standalone/config/default.js"></script>
+    packed}-->
+    <!--dev{-->
     <script src="/static/mini_require.js"></script>
     <script src="/configs/require_config.js"></script>
+    <!--dev}-->
+    
     <script>
         var vfsPlugin = {
             consumes: [],
@@ -51,7 +57,13 @@
                 var connection = {};
                 // initialize mock fsData
                 var fsData = {};
-                findNode("/hello", true, "world");
+                findNode("/README.md", true, [
+                    "# Welcome to Cloud9 offline demo!",
+                    "",
+                    "This is a demo of Cloud9 ui, with a mock vfs server working with localStorage",
+                    "Some features that need a real server have been disabled",
+                    "So be sure to try the real thing at https://c9.io!"
+                ].join("\n"));
                 findNode("~", true);
                 // Try loading data from localStorage
                 try {
@@ -236,17 +248,24 @@
         
                     // Save and retrieve Metadata
                     metadata: function(path, value, sync, cb) {
+                        var parts = ("/.c9/metadata" + path).split("/")
+                        var name = "!" + parts.pop();
+                        var parent = findNode(parts.join("/"), true);
+                        if (sync)
+                            parent[name] = JSON.stringify(value);
                         setTimeout(function() {
-                            cb()
+                            parent[name] = JSON.stringify(value);
+                            cb();
                         });
                     },
                     readFileWithMetadata: function(path, options, cb) {
                         var data = findNode(path);
+                        var metadata = findNode("/.c9/metadata" + path);
                         setTimeout(function() {
                             if (typeof data != "string")
                                 return cb(ENOENT());
                             // TODO metadata
-                            cb(null, data)
+                            cb(null, data, metadata)
                         });
                         return { abort: function() {} };
                     },
@@ -331,7 +350,6 @@
                 "plugins/c9.ide.terminal/terminal",
                 "plugins/c9.ide.test/all",
                 "plugins/c9.ide.find/find",
-                "plugins/c9.ide.language.jsonalyzer/jsonalyzer",
                 "plugins/c9.ide.terminal/link_handler",
                 "plugins/c9.ide.test/coverage",
                 "plugins/c9.ide.test/coverage",
@@ -340,12 +358,9 @@
                 
                 "plugins/c9.ide.find.infiles/findinfiles",
                 "plugins/c9.ide.language.codeintel/codeintel",
-                "plugins/c9.ide.language.core/outline",
                 "plugins/c9.ide.language.go/go",
                 "plugins/c9.ide.language.python/python",
-                "plugins/c9.ide.navigate/navigate",
                 "plugins/c9.ide.test/coverageview",
-                "plugins/c9.ide.tree/favorites",
                 "plugins/c9.cli.bridge/bridge_commands",
                 "plugins/c9.ide.ace.keymaps/cli",
                 "plugins/c9.ide.configuration/configure",
@@ -360,6 +375,7 @@
                 if (/\/c9.ide.installer/.test(packagePath)) return false;
                 if (/\/c9.vfs.client/.test(packagePath)) return false;
                 if (/\/c9.ide.plugins/.test(packagePath)) return false;
+                if (/\/c9.ide.scm/.test(packagePath)) return false;
                 if (excludes.indexOf(packagePath) != -1) return false;
                 
                 if (packagePath == "plugins/c9.fs/fs")
@@ -373,17 +389,34 @@
                 return true;
             });
             plugins.push(vfsPlugin);
+            plugins.push({
+                provides: ["find", "installer"],
+                consumes: [],
+                setup: function(options, imports, register) {
+                    function noop() {}
+                    register(null, {
+                        find: { on: noop, once: noop, getFileList: noop },
+                        installer: {},
+                    });
+                }
+            });
             return plugins;
         }
     </script>
     <script>
-    
         var start = Date.now();
-        
+        /*packed{
+        var href = location.href.split(/[#&]/)[0].replace(/[^\/]*$/, "");
+        require.MODULE_LOAD_URL = href + "build/standalone/modules";
+        require.config({paths: {
+            configs: href + "configs",
+            lib: href + "build/static/lib",
+        }});
+        /*packed}*/
         var plugins;
         require(["lib/architect/architect", "configs/ide/default"], function (architect, defaultConfig) {
             var plugins = defaultConfig({
-                staticPrefix: "/static",
+                staticPrefix: href,
                 workspaceDir: "/",
                 workspaceId: "/",
                 workspaceName: "/",
@@ -396,7 +429,13 @@
                 standalone: true,
                 previewUrl: "",
                 dashboardUrl: "",
+                /*dev{*/
                 themePrefix: "/static/standalone/skin/default",
+                /*dev}*/
+                /*packed{
+                themePrefix: href + "build/standalone/skin/default",
+                CORSWorkerPrefix: href + "build/standalone/worker",
+                /*packed}*/
             });
             plugins = offlineConfig(plugins);
             
diff --git a/scripts/makestandalone.sh b/scripts/makestandalone.sh
index cb211c99..99d9147c 100755
--- a/scripts/makestandalone.sh
+++ b/scripts/makestandalone.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ while [ "$1" ]; do
     --obfuscate)
       OBFUSCATE_OPTION="--obfuscate"
       ;;
+    --copy-static-resources)
+      COPY_STATICS_OPTION="--copy-static-resources"
+      ;;
     *)
       echo Unknown option: $1
       exit 1
@@ -30,7 +33,8 @@ esac
 CACHE=$CURDIR/../build
 
 #CDN="echo server.js cdn-cli"
-CDN="$CURDIR/../server.js cdn-cli -s standalone --server-config standalone --server-settings standalone --version=standalone --cache $CACHE $COMPRESS_OPTION $OBFUSCATE_OPTION"
+CDN="$CURDIR/../server.js cdn-cli -s standalone --server-config standalone --server-settings standalone
+  --version=standalone --cache $CACHE $COMPRESS_OPTION $OBFUSCATE_OPTION $COPY_STATICS_OPTION"
 
 # build async loaded ace modules
 $CDN --module ace