diff --git a/chef/cookbooks/common/files/default/thins.yml b/chef/cookbooks/common/files/default/thins.yml
index 31bd3d893..0f660443f 100644
--- a/chef/cookbooks/common/files/default/thins.yml
+++ b/chef/cookbooks/common/files/default/thins.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-- socket_id: '1'
-- socket_id: '2'
-- socket_id: '3'
+- port: '3001'
+- port: '3002'
+- port: '3003'
diff --git a/chef/cookbooks/common/recipes/daemontools.rb b/chef/cookbooks/common/recipes/daemontools.rb
index ed2e6980a..3ce295c3a 100644
--- a/chef/cookbooks/common/recipes/daemontools.rb
+++ b/chef/cookbooks/common/recipes/daemontools.rb
@@ -16,13 +16,14 @@ end
 config = YAML.load_file("/usr/local/app/diaspora/chef/cookbooks/common/files/default/thins.yml")
 
 config.each do |thin|
-  id = thin["socket_id"]
-  socket = "/tmp/thin_#{id}.sock"
-  dir = "/service/thin_#{id}"
+  id = thin["port"]
+  #socket = "/tmp/thin_#{id}.sock"
+  dir = "/service/thin_#{port}"
   flags = []
   flags << "-c /usr/local/app/diaspora" #directory to run from
   flags << "-e production" #run in production mode
-  flags << "-S #{socket}"  #use a socket
+  #flags << "-S #{socket}"  #use a socket
+  flags << "-p #{port}"  #use a socket
   execute "thin run" do
     command "mkdir -p #{dir} && echo '#!/bin/sh' > #{dir}/run && echo 'exec /usr/local/bin/ruby /usr/local/bin/thin start #{flags.join(" ")}' >> #{dir}/run"
   end
diff --git a/chef/cookbooks/common/recipes/nginx.rb b/chef/cookbooks/common/recipes/nginx.rb
index f4719f74b..5ee2a1ba7 100644
--- a/chef/cookbooks/common/recipes/nginx.rb
+++ b/chef/cookbooks/common/recipes/nginx.rb
@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@ end
 config = YAML.load_file("/usr/local/app/diaspora/chef/cookbooks/common/files/default/thins.yml")
 template "/usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf" do
   source "nginx.conf.erb"
-  variables :socket_paths => config.map{|thin| "/tmp/thin_#{thin["socket_id"]}.sock"}
+  #variables :socket_paths => config.map{|thin| "/tmp/thin_#{thin["socket_id"]}.sock"}
+  variables :ports => config.map{|thin| "thin["port"]"}
 end
diff --git a/chef/cookbooks/common/templates/default/nginx.conf.erb b/chef/cookbooks/common/templates/default/nginx.conf.erb
index 8a4f0b888..21ed1e4d1 100644
--- a/chef/cookbooks/common/templates/default/nginx.conf.erb
+++ b/chef/cookbooks/common/templates/default/nginx.conf.erb
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ http {
  gzip_proxied      any;
  gzip_buffers      16 8k;
   upstream thin_cluster {
-  <% @socket_paths.each do |socket_path| %>
-  server unix:<%=socket_path%>;
+  <% @ports.each do |port| %>
+    server <%="localhost:#{port}"%>;
   <% end %>
   }