diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8f0324f9..46a93660 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ core-*.tar.gz
 debian
 stamp-h1
 
+# python build directory
+dist
+
 # intellij
 *.iml
 .idea
diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 8d9f14c0..b9228986 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+2018-XX-XX CORE 5.1
+  * DAEMON:
+   - default nodes are now set in the node map
+   - moved ns3 and netns directories to the top of the repo
+   - changes to make use of fpm as the tool for building packages
+   - removed usage of logzero to avoid dependency issues for built packages
+  * TEST:
+   - fixed some broken tests
+  * BUGFIXES:
+   - #142 - duplication of custom services
+
 2017-09-01 CORE 5.0
   * DEVELOPMENT:
     - support for editorconfig to help standardize development across IDEs, from the defined configuration file
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 5c8cbe3f..fd63834a 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ endef
 
 define fpm-daemon-rpm =
 fpm -s python -t rpm \
+	--verbose \
 	-p NAME_$1_VERSION_ARCH.rpm \
 	--python-setup-py-arguments --service=$1 \
 	-m "$(CORE_MAINTAINERS)" \
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ endef
 
 .PHONY: fpm
 fpm: clean-local-fpm
+	$(MAKE) -C gui install DESTDIR=$(DESTDIR)
 	$(call fpm-gui,rpm,-d "tkimg")
 	$(call fpm-gui,deb,-d "libtk-img")
 	$(call fpm-python,rpm,ns3/setup.py)
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 3dff84d8..1e85692f 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ Note: You may need to pass the proxy settings to sudo make install:
 Here is what is installed with 'make install':
 
     /usr/local/bin/core-gui
-    /usr/local/sbin/core-daemon
-    /usr/local/sbin/[vcmd, vnoded, coresendmsg, core-cleanup.sh]
+    /usr/local/bin/core-daemon
+    /usr/local/bin/[vcmd, vnoded, coresendmsg, core-cleanup.sh]
     /usr/local/lib/core/*
     /usr/local/share/core/*
     /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/core/*
@@ -66,6 +66,27 @@ Once that has been done you can run the following commands:
     ./configure
     make html
 
+Building Packages
+=================
+
+Install fpm
+
+    http://fpm.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installing.html
+
+Build package commands, DESTDIR is used for gui packaging only
+
+* ./bootstrap.sh
+* ./configure
+* make
+* mkdir /tmp/core-gui
+* make fpm DESTDIR=/tmp/core-gui
+
+This will produce:
+
+* CORE GUI rpm/deb files
+* CORE ns3 rpm/deb files
+* CORE python rpm/deb files for SysV and systemd service types
+
 Running CORE
 ============
 
diff --git a/daemon/setup.py b/daemon/setup.py
index 1e438853..552a357c 100644
--- a/daemon/setup.py
+++ b/daemon/setup.py
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 from distutils.command.install import install
 
 
+_CORE_DIR = "/etc/core"
+_MAN_DIR = "/usr/local/share/man/man1"
+_SHARE_DIR = "/usr/local/share/core"
+_SYSV = "/etc/init.d"
+_SYSTEMD = "/etc/systemd/system"
+
+
 def recursive_files(data_path, files_path):
     data_files = []
     for path, directories, filenames in os.walk(files_path):
@@ -40,15 +47,26 @@ class CustomInstall(install):
     def run(self):
         if self.service == "sysv":
             self.distribution.data_files.append((
-                "/etc/init.d", ["../scripts/core-daemon"]
+                _SYSV, ["../scripts/core-daemon"]
             ))
         else:
             self.distribution.data_files.append((
-                "/etc/systemd/system", ["../scripts/core-daemon.service"]
+                _SYSTEMD, ["../scripts/core-daemon.service"]
             ))
         install.run(self)
 
 
+data_files = [
+    (_CORE_DIR, [
+        "data/core.conf", 
+        "data/xen.conf",
+        "data/logging.conf",
+    ]),
+    (_MAN_DIR, glob_files("../doc/man/**.1")),
+]
+data_files.extend(recursive_files(_SHARE_DIR, "examples"))
+
+
 setup(
     name="core",
     version="5.1",
@@ -62,14 +80,7 @@ setup(
         "pytest-cov",
         "mock",
     ],
-    data_files=[
-        ("/etc/core", [
-            "data/core.conf", 
-            "data/xen.conf",
-            "data/logging.conf",
-        ]),
-        ("/usr/local/share/man/man1", glob_files("../doc/man/**.1")),
-    ] + recursive_files("/usr/local/share/core", "examples"),
+    data_files=data_files,
     scripts=[
         "sbin/core-cleanup",
         "sbin/core-daemon",