diff --git a/drb_counter/drb_counter.rb b/drb_counter/drb_counter.rb
index fd476846..a3adf4b6 100755
--- a/drb_counter/drb_counter.rb
+++ b/drb_counter/drb_counter.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # See Dockerfile for run instructions
 require 'rubygems'
 require 'drb/drb'
+require 'erb'
+require 'couchrest'
 #require 'pry'
 #require File.expand_path('../lib/in_memory_q_counter', File.dirname(__FILE__))
 # This is a non thread safe replacement for the
@@ -67,7 +69,8 @@ class InMemoryQCounter
     couch_settings_path = 'config/couchdb.yml'
     puts "Couch settings path: #{couch_settings_path}"
     puts "Environment: #{environment.inspect}"
-    couch_settings = YAML.load_file(couch_settings_path)[environment]
+    #couch_settings = YAML.load_file(couch_settings_path)[environment]
+    couch_settings = YAML.safe_load(ERB.new(File.read(couch_settings_path)).result, [Symbol], [], ['default'])[environment]
     database = couch_settings['database']
     db = CouchRest.database(database) # for debug: db = CouchPotato.database.couchrest_database
     design_doc = "_design/order_counter"
@@ -75,7 +78,7 @@ class InMemoryQCounter
     tries = 0
     begin
       view_result = db.view(view_path, reduce: true, group: true, group_level: 2)
-    rescue RestClient::ResourceNotFound => e
+    rescue CouchRest::NotFound => e
       puts "Database view #{view_path} not found"
       design_doc_path = File.expand_path('../couchdb_design.yml', __FILE__)
       doc = YAML.load_file design_doc_path
@@ -107,5 +110,6 @@ class InMemoryQCounter
 end
 drb_port = 9022
 environment = (%w[production staging development test] & [ENV['DRB_ENV']]).first || 'development'
-DRb.start_service "druby://:#{drb_port}", InMemoryQCounter.new(reload_stats: environment == 'production', environment: environment)
+#InMemoryQCounter.new(reload_stats: true, environment: environment)
+DRb.start_service "druby://:#{drb_port}", InMemoryQCounter.new(reload_stats: true, environment: environment)
 DRb.thread.join