diff --git a/adPythonApp/src/Makefile b/adPythonApp/src/Makefile
index 3d1a015..788f127 100644
--- a/adPythonApp/src/Makefile
+++ b/adPythonApp/src/Makefile
@@ -57,4 +57,6 @@ endif
 
 USR_CXXFLAGS += -DDATADIRS=\"$(shell cd ..; pwd):$(shell cd ../../scripts; pwd)\"
 
+include $(ADCORE)/ADApp/commonLibraryMakefile
+
 include $(TOP)/configure/RULES
diff --git a/adPythonApp/src/adPythonPlugin.cpp b/adPythonApp/src/adPythonPlugin.cpp
index ab8505f..5af1b50 100644
--- a/adPythonApp/src/adPythonPlugin.cpp
+++ b/adPythonApp/src/adPythonPlugin.cpp
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ adPythonPlugin::adPythonPlugin(const char *portNameArg, const char *filename,
                    const char *NDArrayPort, int NDArrayAddr, int maxBuffers, 
                    size_t maxMemory, int priority, int stackSize)
     : NDPluginDriver(portNameArg, queueSize, blockingCallbacks,
-                       NDArrayPort, NDArrayAddr, 1, NUM_ADPYTHONPLUGIN_PARAMS, 
+                       NDArrayPort, NDArrayAddr, 1,
                        maxBuffers, maxMemory,
                        asynGenericPointerMask|asynFloat64ArrayMask,
                        asynGenericPointerMask|asynFloat64ArrayMask,
-                       ASYN_MULTIDEVICE, 1, priority, stackSize) 
+                       ASYN_MULTIDEVICE, 1, priority, stackSize, 1)
 {
     // Initialise some params
     this->pInstance = NULL;
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ void adPythonPlugin::initThreads()
   */
 void adPythonPlugin::processCallbacks(NDArray *pArray) {
     // First call the base class method
-    NDPluginDriver::processCallbacks(pArray);
+    NDPluginDriver::beginProcessCallbacks(pArray);
 
     // Make sure we are in a good state, otherwise do nothing
     if (this->pluginState != GOOD) return;
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ void adPythonPlugin::processCallbacks(NDArray *pArray) {
     this->lock(); 
 
     // Store the time at the beginning of processing for profiling 
-    epicsTimeStamp start, end;
-    epicsTimeGetCurrent(&start);
+    epicsTimeStamp startTime, endTime;
+    epicsTimeGetCurrent(&startTime);
        
     // Update the attribute dict
     this->updateAttrDict(pArray);        
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ void adPythonPlugin::processCallbacks(NDArray *pArray) {
     this->updateAttrList(pArray);
 
     // timestamp
-    epicsTimeGetCurrent(&end);
-    setDoubleParam(adPythonTime, epicsTimeDiffInSeconds(&end, &start)*1000);
+    epicsTimeGetCurrent(&endTime);
+    setDoubleParam(adPythonTime, epicsTimeDiffInSeconds(&endTime, &startTime)*1000);
     callParamCallbacks();
 
     // release GIL and dict Mutex 
@@ -848,6 +848,7 @@ static int adPythonPluginConfigure(const char *portNameArg, const char *filename
                    NDArrayPort, NDArrayAddr, maxBuffers, maxMemory,
                    priority, stackSize);
     adp->initThreads();
+    adp->start();
     return(asynSuccess);
 }
 
diff --git a/configure/CONFIG_SITE b/configure/CONFIG_SITE
index f30c124..e927e13 100644
--- a/configure/CONFIG_SITE
+++ b/configure/CONFIG_SITE
@@ -31,3 +31,12 @@ CROSS_COMPILER_TARGET_ARCHS =
 # You must rebuild in the iocBoot directory for this to
 #   take effect.
 #IOCS_APPL_TOP = </IOC/path/to/application/top>
+
+# Get settings from AREA_DETECTOR, so that we only have to configure once
+-include $(AREA_DETECTOR)/configure/CONFIG_SITE
+-include $(AREA_DETECTOR)/configure/CONFIG_SITE.$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH)
+-include $(AREA_DETECTOR)/configure/CONFIG_SITE.$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH).Common
+ifdef T_A
+  -include $(AREA_DETECTOR)/configure/CONFIG_SITE.Common.$(T_A)
+  -include $(AREA_DETECTOR)/configure/CONFIG_SITE.$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH).$(T_A)
+endif
diff --git a/configure/RELEASE b/configure/RELEASE
index 622362f..4f94a63 100644
--- a/configure/RELEASE
+++ b/configure/RELEASE
@@ -19,18 +19,15 @@
 # Build settings that are NOT module paths should appear in a
 # CONFIG_SITE file.
 
-TEMPLATE_TOP=$(EPICS_BASE)/templates/makeBaseApp/top
-SUPPORT=/dls_sw/prod/R3.14.12.3/support
+-include $(TOP)/../configure/RELEASE_LIBS_INCLUDE
+-include $(TOP)/RELEASE.local
+-include $(TOP)/configure/RELEASE.local
+
 WORK=/dls_sw/work/R3.14.12.3/support
 TOOLS_BASE=/dls_sw/prod/tools/RHEL6-x86_64
 
-ASYN=$(SUPPORT)/asyn/4-26
-ADCORE=$(SUPPORT)/ADCore/2-4dls8
 PYTHON_PREFIX=$(TOOLS_BASE)/Python/2-7-3/prefix
 
-# EPICS_BASE usually appears last so other apps can override stuff:
-EPICS_BASE=/dls_sw/epics/R3.14.12.3/base
-
 # Set RULES here if you want to take build rules from somewhere
 # other than EPICS_BASE:
 #RULES=/path/to/epics/support/module/rules/x-y