diff --git a/services/git-bridge/.gitignore b/services/git-bridge/.gitignore
index 7bf222c561..e90f3aaf1a 100644
--- a/services/git-bridge/.gitignore
+++ b/services/git-bridge/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 target/
-*.jar
 .idea/workspace.xml
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/.idea/libraries/betamax_core.xml b/services/git-bridge/.idea/libraries/betamax_core.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b4ff458a2..0000000000
--- a/services/git-bridge/.idea/libraries/betamax_core.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<component name="libraryTable">
-  <library name="betamax-core">
-    <CLASSES>
-      <root url="jar://$PROJECT_DIR$/bin/betamax-core.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$PROJECT_DIR$/bin/betamax-httpclient.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$PROJECT_DIR$/bin/betamax-proxy.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$PROJECT_DIR$/bin/betamax-tck.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$PROJECT_DIR$/bin/betamax-test-support.jar!/" />
-    </CLASSES>
-    <JAVADOC />
-    <SOURCES />
-  </library>
-</component>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/.idea/libraries/betamax_junit.xml b/services/git-bridge/.idea/libraries/betamax_junit.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index b21c3a3be6..0000000000
--- a/services/git-bridge/.idea/libraries/betamax_junit.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<component name="libraryTable">
-  <library name="betamax-junit">
-    <CLASSES>
-      <root url="jar://$PROJECT_DIR$/bin/betamax-junit.jar!/" />
-    </CLASSES>
-    <JAVADOC />
-    <SOURCES />
-  </library>
-</component>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/README.md b/services/git-bridge/README.md
index 128e2b32e5..46901b249d 100644
--- a/services/git-bridge/README.md
+++ b/services/git-bridge/README.md
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ Required
 Installation
 ------------
 ### Ubuntu ###
-Run `sudo install.sh` to get dependencies, build, test, package, and make it a service.
+Run `sudo ./install.sh` to get dependencies, build, test, package, and make it a service.
 
 Use `sudo service wlgb start` and `sudo service wlgb stop` to start and stop the server.
 
 The configuration file will be at `/etc/wlgb/config.json`.
 
-Run `sudo uninstall.sh` to undo what `sudo install.sh` did.
+Run `sudo ./uninstall.sh` to undo what `sudo ./install.sh` did.
 ### Manually ###
 Run `mvn package` to build, test, and package it into a jar at `target/writelatex-git-bridge-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar`.
 
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/install.sh b/services/git-bridge/install.sh
index 47aa36973a..ed1cbd3a4f 100755
--- a/services/git-bridge/install.sh
+++ b/services/git-bridge/install.sh
@@ -1,21 +1,19 @@
-if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
-	echo "You must be root to install" 1>&2
-	exit 1
-fi
-command -v ant >/dev/null 2>&1 && command -v /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/bin/javac >/dev/null 2>&1 || installDeps()
+command -v ant >/dev/null 2>&1 && command -v /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/bin/javac >/dev/null 2>&1 || installDeps
 mvn package &&\
-mv ./target/writelatex-git-bridge-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar /usr/local/sbin/ &&\
-cp ./bin/wlgb /etc/init.d/ &&\
-mkdir -p /var/log/wlgb &&\
-mkdir -p /etc/wlgb &&\
-cp ./bin/config.json /etc/wlgb/ &&\
-/usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f wlgb defaults
+sudo mv ./target/writelatex-git-bridge-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar /usr/local/sbin/writelatex-git-bridge.jar &&\
+sudo cp ./bin/wlgb /etc/init.d/ &&\
+sudo mkdir -p /var/log/wlgb &&\
+sudo mkdir -p /etc/wlgb &&\
+if [ -f /etc/wlgb/config.json ]; then
+    sudo cp ./bin/config.json /etc/wlgb/
+fi &&\
+sudo /usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f wlgb defaults
 
 installDeps() {
-	apt-get update
-	apt-get install -y maven2
-	apt-get install -y openjdk-7-jdk
-	update-alternatives --set java /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java
-	update-alternatives --set javac /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/javac
+	sudo apt-get update
+	sudo apt-get install -y maven2
+	sudo apt-get install -y openjdk-7-jdk
+	sudo update-alternatives --set java /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java
+	sudo update-alternatives --set javac /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/javac
 	return 1
 }
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/uninstall.sh b/services/git-bridge/uninstall.sh
index 107fa7c2f6..8ada2b0f99 100755
--- a/services/git-bridge/uninstall.sh
+++ b/services/git-bridge/uninstall.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
-	echo "You must be root to uninstall" 1>&2
-	exit 1
-fi
-rm -f /usr/local/sbin/writelatex-git-bridge.jar &&\
-rm -f /etc/init.d/wlgb &&\
-rm -rf /etc/wlgb
-/usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f wlgb remove
+sudo rm -f /usr/local/sbin/writelatex-git-bridge.jar &&\
+sudo rm -f /etc/init.d/wlgb &&\
+sudo rm -rf /etc/wlgb
+sudo /usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f wlgb remove
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/writelatex-git-bridge.iml b/services/git-bridge/writelatex-git-bridge.iml
index b5203d9ca2..309e9c3214 100644
--- a/services/git-bridge/writelatex-git-bridge.iml
+++ b/services/git-bridge/writelatex-git-bridge.iml
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
     </content>
     <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
     <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="betamax-junit" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="betamax-core" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" scope="TEST" name="Maven: junit:junit:4.10" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:1.1" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.jmock:jmock-junit4:2.6.0" level="project" />