diff --git a/rebar.config b/rebar.config
index f379e05..66e81cd 100644
--- a/rebar.config
+++ b/rebar.config
@@ -1,39 +1,6 @@
 %%-*- mode: erlang -*-
 %% ex: ft=erlang ts=4 sw=4 et
-
-{require_otp_vsn, "R1[456]"}.
-
-{cover_enabled, true}.
-
-{eunit_opts, [verbose, {report, {eunit_surefire, [{dir, "."}]}}]}.
-
-{erl_opts, [%{d,'DEBUG',true},
-            debug_info,
-            fail_on_warning,
-            warn_unused_vars,
-            warn_export_all,
-            warn_shadow_vars,
-            warn_unused_import,
-            warn_unused_function,
-            warn_bif_clash,
-            warn_unused_record,
-            warn_deprecated_function,
-            warn_obsolete_guard,
-            warn_export_vars,
-            warn_exported_vars,
-            warn_untyped_record,
-            {parse_transform, lager_transform}
-            %warn_missing_spec,
-            %strict_validation
-            ]}.
-
-{xref_checks, [undefined_function_calls]}.
-
-{deps, [
-	{lager, "2.*", {git, "git://github.com/basho/lager", {branch, "master"}}}
-       ]}.
-
-{port_specs, [{"priv/wt.so", ["c_src/*.c"]}]}.
+{port_specs, [{"priv/wterl.so", ["c_src/*.c"]}]}.
 
 {port_env, [
             {"DRV_CFLAGS",  "$DRV_CFLAGS -Werror -I c_src/system/include"},
diff --git a/src/riak_kv_wterl_backend.erl b/src/riak_kv_wterl_backend.erl
index 4f9e0bd..eeaf4f8 100644
--- a/src/riak_kv_wterl_backend.erl
+++ b/src/riak_kv_wterl_backend.erl
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 -behavior(temp_riak_kv_backend).
 -author('Steve Vinoski <steve@basho.com>').
 
+-compile([{parse_transform, lager_transform}]).
+
 %% KV Backend API
 -export([api_version/0,
          capabilities/1,
@@ -111,7 +113,7 @@ start(Partition, Config) ->
 				      {logging, true},
 				      {transactional, true},
 				      {session_max, SessionMax},
-				      {cache_size, "2GB"},
+				      {cache_size, size_cache(Config)},
 				      {sync, false}
 				      %% {verbose,
 				      %%  ["block", "shared_cache", "ckpt", "evict",
@@ -135,8 +137,7 @@ start(Partition, Config) ->
                                         session=SRef,
                                         partition=Partition}};
                         {error, ConnReason}=ConnError ->
-                            lager:error("Failed to start wterl backend: ~p\n",
-                                        [ConnReason]),
+                            lager:error("Failed to start wterl backend: ~p\n", [ConnReason]),
                             ConnError
                     end;
                 Error ->
@@ -476,6 +477,43 @@ fetch_status(Cursor, {ok, Stat}, Acc) ->
     [What,Val|_] = [binary_to_list(B) || B <- binary:split(Stat, [<<0>>], [global])],
     fetch_status(Cursor, wterl:cursor_next_value(Cursor), [{What,Val}|Acc]).
 
+size_cache(Config) ->
+    Size =
+	case app_helper:get_prop_or_env(cache_size, Config, wterl) of
+	    {ok, Value} ->
+		Value;
+	    undefined ->
+		RunningApps = application:which_applications(),
+		FinalGuess =
+		    case proplists:is_defined(sasl, RunningApps) andalso
+			proplists:is_defined(os_mon, RunningApps) of
+			true ->
+			    Memory = memsup:get_system_memory_data(),
+			    TotalRAM = proplists:get_value(system_total_memory, Memory),
+			    FreeRAM = proplists:get_value(free_memory, Memory),
+			    UsedByBeam = proplists:get_value(total, erlang:memory()),
+			    Target = ((TotalRAM - UsedByBeam) div 3),
+			    FirstGuess = (Target - (Target rem (1024 * 1024))),
+			    SecondGuess =
+				case FirstGuess > FreeRAM of
+				    true -> FreeRAM - (FreeRAM rem (1024 * 1024));
+				    _ -> FirstGuess
+				end,
+			    case SecondGuess < 1073741824 of %% < 1GB?
+				true -> "1GB";
+				false ->
+				    ThirdGuess = SecondGuess div (1024 * 1024),
+				    integer_to_list(ThirdGuess) ++ "MB"
+			    end;
+			false ->
+			    "1GB"
+		    end,
+		application:set_env(wt, cache_size, FinalGuess),
+		lager:warning("Using best-guess cache size of ~p for WiredTiger storage backend.", [FinalGuess]),
+		FinalGuess
+	end,
+    Size.    
+
 %% ===================================================================
 %% EUnit tests
 %% ===================================================================
diff --git a/src/temp_riak_kv_backend.erl b/src/temp_riak_kv_backend.erl
index 6763692..5c27461 100644
--- a/src/temp_riak_kv_backend.erl
+++ b/src/temp_riak_kv_backend.erl
@@ -272,7 +272,9 @@ empty_check({Backend, State}) ->
     }.
 
 setup({BackendMod, Config}) ->
-    %% Start the backend
+    lager:start(),
+    application:start(sasl),
+    application:start(os_mon),
     {ok, S} = BackendMod:start(42, Config),
     {BackendMod, S}.