diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index 119a6a4..25c1af6 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 test
 test_results
-node_modules
\ No newline at end of file
+node_modules
+etc/*_dev.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/config.js b/lib/config.js
index 29e786e..35a380d 100644
--- a/lib/config.js
+++ b/lib/config.js
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ function Config(jsonFilename, checkKey) {
     process.exit(1);
   }
 
+  json.key = process.env.REDSMIN_KEY || json.key;
+
   // valid the connection key
   if(!!checkKey && Config.checkKey(json.key)){
     process.exit(1);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3efb180..fd1a740 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "redsmin",
   "description": "Redsmin daemon for the Redsmin service",
-  "version": "0.1.9",
+  "version": "0.2.0",
   "keywords": [
     "redis",
     "redsmin",
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
     "redsmin": "./bin/redsmin"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "lodash": "~0.3.1",
+    "lodash": "~0.3.2",
     "winston": "~0.6.1",
     "backoff": "0.0.2",
-    "daemonize": "~0.3.1"
+    "daemonize2": "~0.4.0-rc.5"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "sinon": "~1.3.4",
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     "nodeunit": "~0.7.4"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=0.6"
+    "node": ">=0.8"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",