diff --git a/project/SparkRedshiftBuild.scala b/project/SparkRedshiftBuild.scala
index 1a5301f9..e5b827e6 100644
--- a/project/SparkRedshiftBuild.scala
+++ b/project/SparkRedshiftBuild.scala
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ object SparkRedshiftBuild extends Build {
       organization := "com.databricks",
       scalaVersion := "2.11.7",
       crossScalaVersions := Seq("2.10.5", "2.11.7"),
-      sparkVersion := "2.0.0",
+      sparkVersion := "2.1.1",
+      //sparkVersion := "2.0.0",
       testSparkVersion := sys.props.get("spark.testVersion").getOrElse(sparkVersion.value),
       testSparkAvroVersion := sys.props.get("sparkAvro.testVersion").getOrElse("3.0.0"),
       testHadoopVersion := sys.props.get("hadoop.testVersion").getOrElse("2.2.0"),
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 3ee88f7d..a4f9d989 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import sbtassembly.ShadeRule
+
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.mpeltonen" % "sbt-idea" % "1.6.0")
 
 addSbtPlugin("net.virtual-void" % "sbt-dependency-graph" % "0.7.5")
@@ -17,3 +19,9 @@ addSbtPlugin("com.github.gseitz" % "sbt-release" % "1.0.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.jsuereth" % "sbt-pgp" % "1.0.0")
 
 libraryDependencies += "org.apache.maven" % "maven-artifact" % "3.3.9"
+
+addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-assembly" % "0.14.5")
+
+//assemblyShadeRules in assembly := Seq(
+//  ShadeRule.rename("com.databricks.spark.redshift.**" -> "edmunds.@1").inProject
+//)
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/redshift/Parameters.scala b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/redshift/Parameters.scala
index 875f5b75..f188524c 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/redshift/Parameters.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/redshift/Parameters.scala
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ private[redshift] object Parameters {
     "diststyle" -> "EVEN",
     "usestagingtable" -> "true",
     "preactions" -> ";",
-    "postactions" -> ";"
+    "postactions" -> ";",
+    "create_table_if_not_exist" -> "true"
   )
 
   val VALID_TEMP_FORMATS = Set("AVRO", "CSV", "CSV GZIP")
@@ -47,8 +48,9 @@ private[redshift] object Parameters {
    * Merge user parameters with the defaults, preferring user parameters if specified
    */
   def mergeParameters(userParameters: Map[String, String]): MergedParameters = {
-    if (!userParameters.contains("tempdir")) {
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException("'tempdir' is required for all Redshift loads and saves")
+    if (!userParameters.contains("tempdir") && !userParameters.contains("permdir")) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("'tempdir' or 'permdir' is required "
+        + "for all Redshift loads and saves")
     }
     if (userParameters.contains("tempformat") &&
         !VALID_TEMP_FORMATS.contains(userParameters("tempformat").toUpperCase)) {
@@ -121,8 +123,15 @@ private[redshift] object Parameters {
 
     /**
      * Creates a per-query subdirectory in the [[rootTempDir]], with a random UUID.
+     * modified by jchoi to support permDir
      */
-    def createPerQueryTempDir(): String = Utils.makeTempPath(rootTempDir)
+    def createPerQueryTempDir(): String = {
+      if (!permDir.isEmpty){
+        return permDir
+      }
+
+      Utils.makeTempPath(rootTempDir)
+    }
 
     /**
      * The Redshift table to be used as the target when loading or writing data.
@@ -285,5 +294,18 @@ private[redshift] object Parameters {
           new BasicSessionCredentials(accessKey, secretAccessKey, sessionToken))
       }
     }
+
+
+    /**
+      * option for create table if not exists
+      */
+    def createTableIfNotExist: Boolean = parameters("create_table_if_not_exist").toBoolean
+
+    /**
+      *
+      * @return
+      */
+    def permDir: String = parameters.getOrElse("permdir", "")
+
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/redshift/RedshiftWriter.scala b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/redshift/RedshiftWriter.scala
index 8383231d..a0c9514f 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/redshift/RedshiftWriter.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/redshift/RedshiftWriter.scala
@@ -124,10 +124,12 @@ private[redshift] class RedshiftWriter(
       creds: AWSCredentialsProvider,
       manifestUrl: Option[String]): Unit = {
 
-    // If the table doesn't exist, we need to create it first, using JDBC to infer column types
-    val createStatement = createTableSql(data, params)
-    log.info(createStatement)
-    jdbcWrapper.executeInterruptibly(conn.prepareStatement(createStatement))
+    if (params.createTableIfNotExist) {
+      // If the table doesn't exist, we need to create it first, using JDBC to infer column types
+      val createStatement = createTableSql(data, params)
+      log.info(createStatement)
+      jdbcWrapper.executeInterruptibly(conn.prepareStatement(createStatement))
+    }
 
     val preActions = commentActions(params.description, data.schema) ++ params.preActions
 
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/redshift/TableName.scala b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/redshift/TableName.scala
index d4a3d12e..bc11d986 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/redshift/TableName.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/redshift/TableName.scala
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ private[redshift] case class TableName(unescapedSchemaName: String, unescapedTab
   private def quote(str: String) = '"' + str.replace("\"", "\"\"") + '"'
   def escapedSchemaName: String = quote(unescapedSchemaName)
   def escapedTableName: String = quote(unescapedTableName)
-  override def toString: String = s"$escapedSchemaName.$escapedTableName"
+
+  // escapedSchemaName.length == 2 if empty due to ""
+  override def toString: String = if (escapedSchemaName.length == 2) escapedTableName
+                                    else s"$escapedSchemaName.$escapedTableName"
 }
 
 private[redshift] object TableName {
@@ -39,7 +42,7 @@ private[redshift] object TableName {
     def unescapeQuotes(s: String) = s.replace("\"\"", "\"")
     def unescape(s: String) = unescapeQuotes(dropOuterQuotes(s))
     splitByDots(str) match {
-      case Seq(tableName) => TableName("PUBLIC", unescape(tableName))
+      case Seq(tableName) => TableName("", unescape(tableName)) // jchoi "PUBLIC"
       case Seq(schemaName, tableName) => TableName(unescape(schemaName), unescape(tableName))
       case other => throw new IllegalArgumentException(s"Could not parse table name from '$str'")
     }
diff --git a/src/test/scala/com/databricks/spark/redshift/TableNameSuite.scala b/src/test/scala/com/databricks/spark/redshift/TableNameSuite.scala
index 24c935f3..68939adc 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/com/databricks/spark/redshift/TableNameSuite.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/com/databricks/spark/redshift/TableNameSuite.scala
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import org.scalatest.FunSuite
 class TableNameSuite extends FunSuite {
   test("TableName.parseFromEscaped") {
     assert(TableName.parseFromEscaped("foo.bar") === TableName("foo", "bar"))
-    assert(TableName.parseFromEscaped("foo") === TableName("PUBLIC", "foo"))
-    assert(TableName.parseFromEscaped("\"foo\"") === TableName("PUBLIC", "foo"))
+    assert(TableName.parseFromEscaped("foo") === TableName("", "foo"))    // PUBLIC  jchoi
+    assert(TableName.parseFromEscaped("\"foo\"") === TableName("", "foo")) // PUBLIC  jchoi
     assert(TableName.parseFromEscaped("\"\"\"foo\"\"\".bar") === TableName("\"foo\"", "bar"))
     // Dots (.) can also appear inside of valid identifiers.
     assert(TableName.parseFromEscaped("\"foo.bar\".baz") === TableName("foo.bar", "baz"))
diff --git a/version.sbt b/version.sbt
index 4a2422e0..11809522 100644
--- a/version.sbt
+++ b/version.sbt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version in ThisBuild := "3.0.0-SNAPSHOT"
\ No newline at end of file
+version in ThisBuild := "3.0.0-edmunds-SNAPSHOT"
\ No newline at end of file