diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ef68c495..3fa2ae33 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Please note some media files may require significant CPU usage to be transcoded.
 ### Debian or Ubuntu packages
 
 ```sh
-$ apt-get install g++ autoconf automake libboost-dev libboost-locale-dev libboost-iostreams-dev libboost-log-dev libavcodec-dev libwtdbosqlite-dev libwthttp-dev libwtdbo-dev libwt-dev libmagick++-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libavutil
+$ apt-get install g++ autoconf automake libboost-dev libboost-locale-dev libboost-iostreams-dev libavcodec-dev libwtdbosqlite-dev libwthttp-dev libwtdbo-dev libwt-dev libmagick++-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libav-tools
 ```
 
 ## Build
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c7af1f14..344ee0e3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -28,6 +28,27 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS([Wt/WApplication],
                  [],
                  [AC_MSG_ERROR([Header not found or unusable !])])
 
+AC_CHECK_LIB([wt],
+             [main],
+             ,
+             [AC_MSG_ERROR([libwt not found!])])
+
+AC_CHECK_LIB([wtdbo],
+             [main],
+             ,
+             [AC_MSG_ERROR([libwtdbo not found!])])
+
+AC_CHECK_LIB([wtdbosqlite3],
+             [main],
+             ,
+             [AC_MSG_ERROR([libwtdbosqlite3 not found!])])
+
+AC_CHECK_LIB([wthttp],
+	     [main],
+	     ,
+	     [AC_MSG_ERROR([libwthttp not found!])])
+
+
 AC_CHECK_LIB([avutil],
 	     [av_free],
 	     ,
@@ -58,48 +79,16 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB(	[boost_locale],
 		,
 		[AC_MSG_ERROR([libboost_locale not found!])])
 
-AC_CHECK_LIB(	[boost_thread],
- 		[main],
-		,
-		[AC_MSG_ERROR([libboost_thread not found!])])
-
 AC_CHECK_LIB(	[boost_date_time],
 		[main],
 		,
 		[AC_MSG_ERROR([libboost_date_time not found!])])
 
-#AC_CHECK_LIB(	[boost_signals],
-#		[main],
-#		,
-#		[AC_MSG_ERROR([libboost_signals not found!])])
-
 AC_CHECK_LIB(	[boost_iostreams],
 		[main],
 		,
 		[AC_MSG_ERROR([libboost_iostreams not found!])])
 
-# TODO -> PARAMETRIZE THIS
-AC_CHECK_LIB([wthttp],
-	     [main],
-	     ,
-	     [AC_MSG_ERROR([libwthttp not found!])])
-
-AC_CHECK_LIB([wtdbosqlite3],
-             [main],
-             ,
-             [AC_MSG_ERROR([libwtdbosqlite3 not found!])])
-
-AC_CHECK_LIB([wtdbo],
-             [main],
-             ,
-             [AC_MSG_ERROR([libwtdbo not found!])])
-
-AC_CHECK_LIB([wt],
-             [main],
-             ,
-             [AC_MSG_ERROR([libwt not found!])])
-
-
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
 		 src/Makefile
 		 test/Makefile])
diff --git a/src/config/.empty b/src/config/.empty
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/src/main/main.cpp b/src/main/main.cpp
index 32338881..dae3f710 100644
--- a/src/main/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main/main.cpp
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@
 
 #include "service/ServiceManager.hpp"
 #include "service/DatabaseUpdateService.hpp"
-#if defined HAVE_LMSAPI
-#include "service/LmsAPIServerService.hpp"
-#endif
 
 #include <Wt/WServer>
 
@@ -63,10 +60,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 
 		serviceManager.add( std::make_shared<Service::DatabaseUpdateService>(*connectionPool));
 
-#if defined HAVE_LMSAPI
-		serviceManager.add( std::make_shared<Service::LmsAPIService>(*connectionPool));
-#endif
-
 		// bind entry point
 		server.addEntryPoint(Wt::Application, boost::bind(UserInterface::LmsApplication::create, _1, boost::ref(*connectionPool)));
 
diff --git a/src/ui/LmsApplication.cpp b/src/ui/LmsApplication.cpp
index b00d7ba8..0011ed78 100644
--- a/src/ui/LmsApplication.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/LmsApplication.cpp
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ LmsApplication::LmsApplication(const Wt::WEnvironment& env, Wt::Dbo::SqlConnecti
 		firstConnection = (Database::User::getAll(DboSession()).size() == 0);
 	}
 
+	LMS_LOG(UI, DEBUG) << "Creating root widget. First connection = " << std::boolalpha << firstConnection;
+
 	// If here is no account in the database, launch the first connection wizard
 	if (firstConnection)
 		createFirstConnectionUI();