diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6823349..295ce17 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,11 +28,14 @@ Artifice requires:
     * pyaml
     * mock
     * requests
-    *
+    * sqlalchemy >= 0.8.0
   * OpenStack Grizzly. *currently untested with Havana*
   * Openstack-Keystone
   * Openstack-Ceilometer
 
+Despite using SQLAlchemy, Artifice does NOT currently support SQLite or MySQL. Instead, it takes advantage of range exclusive 
+columns in Postgres, which is not supported on other systems.
+
 ## Configuration
 
 Configuring Artifice is handled through its primary configuration file, stored in `/etc/openstack/artifice.conf`.
@@ -45,7 +48,7 @@ This is a yaml-format config file, in the format of:
       database: artifice
       host: localhost
       password: aurynn
-      port: '5433'
+      port: '5432'
       username: aurynn
     # Configuration passed to the invoice system. This is an arbitrary dictionary 
     # and may be anything that the invoice object may require.
@@ -135,6 +138,22 @@ Actions one can perform with Artifice are:
  * *usage*
 
 
+## Running Tests
+
+The tests are currently expected to run with Nosetests, against a pre-provisioned database.
+
+### Expected environment
+
+The test environment expects that the *DATABASE_URL* envar will be populated.
+*DATABASE_URL* **must** be populated in the form:
+
+    export DATABASE_URL=postgres://user:password@server/database
+
+
+Provisioning the database is handled via:
+
+
+
 ### Future things
 
 Eventually we also want Artifice to:
diff --git a/bin/bill.py b/bin/bill.py
index 7eb2360..92a01b0 100644
--- a/bin/bill.py
+++ b/bin/bill.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import yaml
 date_format = "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"
 other_date_format = "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f"
 
-date_fmt_fnc = lambda x: datetime.datetime.strptime(date_fmt)
+date_fmt_fnc = lambda x: datetime.datetime.strptime(date_format)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     import argparse
@@ -54,7 +54,13 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
 
     # Make ourselves a nice interaction object
-    n = interface.Artifice(conf["username"], conf["password"], conf["admin_tenant"])
+    # Password needs to be loaded from /etc/artifice/database
+    fh = open(conf["database"]["password_path"])
+    password = fh.read()
+    fh.close()
+    # Make ourselves a nice interaction object
+    conf["database"]["password"] = password
+    n = interface.Artifice(conf)
     tenants = args.tenants
     if not args.tenants:
         # only parse this list of tenants
diff --git a/bin/usage.py b/bin/usage.py
index a5b252f..cce42d8 100644
--- a/bin/usage.py
+++ b/bin/usage.py
@@ -59,8 +59,12 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         # Whoops
         print "couldn't load %s " % args.config
         sys.exit(1)
-
+    
+    fh = open(conf["database"]["password_path"])
+    password = fh.read()
+    fh.close()
     # Make ourselves a nice interaction object
+    conf["database"]["password"] = password
     instance = interface.Artifice(conf)
     tenants = args.tenants
     if not args.tenants:
@@ -88,4 +92,4 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         invoice.bill(usage.volumes)
         invoice.bill(usage.objects)
 
-        print "Total invoice value: %s" % invoice.total()
\ No newline at end of file
+        print "Total invoice value: %s" % invoice.total()
diff --git a/examples/conf.yaml b/examples/conf.yaml
index 5e60620..82d644e 100644
--- a/examples/conf.yaml
+++ b/examples/conf.yaml
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ ceilometer:
 database:
   database: artifice
   host: localhost
-  password: aurynn
-  port: '5433'
-  username: aurynn
+  password_path: /etc/artifice/database
+  port: '5432'
+  username: artifice
 invoice_object:
   delimiter: ','
   output_file: '%(tenant)s-%(start)s-%(end)s.csv'
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ invoice_object:
   - amount
   - cost
   rates: 
-    file: /opt/stack/artifice/etc/artifice/csv_rates.csv
-    names: /opt/stack/artifice/etc/artifice/csv_names.csv
+    file: /etc/artifice/csv_rates.csv
+    names: /etc/artifice/csv_names.csv
 main:
   invoice:object: billing.csv_invoice:Csv
 openstack:
diff --git a/packaging/scripts/post_install.sh b/packaging/scripts/post_install.sh
index 3dc0c56..1acde37 100644
--- a/packaging/scripts/post_install.sh
+++ b/packaging/scripts/post_install.sh
@@ -21,13 +21,19 @@ virtualenv <%= install_path %>/env
 
 cat > /usr/local/bin/artifice-bill <<EOF
 #!/bin/bash
-<%=install_path%>/env/bin/python <%=install_path%>/bin/bill.py $@
+<%=install_path%>/env/bin/python <%=install_path%>/bin/bill.py \$@
 
 EOF
 
 cat > /usr/local/bin/artifice-usage <<EOF
 #!/bin/bash
-<%=install_path%>/env/bin/python <%=install_path%>/bin/usage.py $@
+<%=install_path%>/env/bin/python <%=install_path%>/bin/usage.py \$@
 EOF
 
+chmod 0755 /usr/local/bin/artifice-usage
+chmod 0755 /usr/local/bin/artifice-bill
+
+cp <%=install_path%>/etc/artifice/conf.yaml /etc/artifice/conf.yaml
+cp <%=install_path%>/etc/artifice/database /etc/artifice/database
+# chown 0640 /etc/artifice/database
 
diff --git a/packaging/scripts/pre_install.sh b/packaging/scripts/pre_install.sh
index cb93d1d..55ab55d 100644
--- a/packaging/scripts/pre_install.sh
+++ b/packaging/scripts/pre_install.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 # Loads a SQL script into postgres that creates the artifice DB.
 # Post-install script is going to load all the DB stuff via pythons
 
+if [ ! -e /etc/artifice ]; then
+    mkdir /etc/artifice
+fi
 
 
 if [ -e <%=install_path%>/etc/artifice/database ]; then
@@ -23,4 +26,4 @@ CREATE DATABASE <%=pg_database%>;
 CREATE EXTENSION btree_gist;
 CREATE USER <%=pg_user%> WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD '$PASSWORD';
 ALTER DATABASE <%=pg_database%> OWNER TO <%=pg_user%>;
-EOF
\ No newline at end of file
+EOF