diff --git a/APIG/Makefile b/APIG/Makefile
index d9ed428..3ca40f5 100644
--- a/APIG/Makefile
+++ b/APIG/Makefile
@@ -5,14 +5,16 @@ LOCATION=authoring
 CC=g++
 Cc=gcc
 
-#
-# To build apig-cli, you must first build the server
-# and put it in operation at port used here because part
-# of the client is generated using xml-rpc-api2cpp.
-#
-
-MD_URL= http://localhost:4243/RPC2
-
+#---------------------------------------------------------------
+# To build apig-cli, you must first build an XMLRPC entabled 
+# cliever and put it in operation at URL below because part
+# of the generic core client generated using xml-rpc-api2cpp.
+#--------------------------------------------------------------
+CD_URL= http://localhost:4243/RPC2
+#---------------------------------------------------------------
+# You can build just CD without XMLRPC by leaving the DEF, LIB 
+# INCL variables out. Otherwise set them from xmlrpc-c-config.
+#--------------------------------------------------------------
 ##### Set this to the location of the executables/objects to be produced
 
 BUILD_OBJ_DIR = build
@@ -20,6 +22,11 @@ BUILD_OBJ_DIR = build
 BOSTLIB=-L/usr/lib/boost
 BOSINCL=-L/usr/include/boost
 LOG4LIB=-L/usr/lib
+
+#DEF_XML_RPC=-DXMLRPC-C
+#XMLRPC_INCL=
+#XMLRPC_LIB=
+
 CLIENT=drde
  
 SLIBS= -L/usr/lib $(BOSTLIB) $(LOG4LIB) -l boost_system -l boost_thread -l log4cpp
@@ -52,20 +59,25 @@ cliever: build/$(CLIENT)-cd
 .c.o:
 	$(Cc) -c $(CLFLAGS) -o  $<
 	
+#
+# xmlrpc utils will create the following by reflection from a running cliever.
+#  this is only needed for APIG, 
+#	
+	
 client/mdClientBehavior.cpp:
-	xml-rpc-api2cpp $(MD_URL) "behavior" mdClientBehavior    >client/mdClientBehavior 
-	bin/after   client/mdClientBehavior mdClientBehavior\.cc >client/mdClientBehavior.cpp
-	bin/before  client/mdClientBehavior mdClientBehavior\.cc >include/mdClientBehavior.h
+	xml-rpc-api2cpp $(CD_URL) "behavior" mdClientBehavior    >client/mdClientBehavior 
+	after   client/mdClientBehavior mdClientBehavior\.cc >client/mdClientBehavior.cpp
+	before  client/mdClientBehavior mdClientBehavior\.cc >include/mdClientBehavior.h
 	rm src/client/mdClientBehavior
 
 client/mdClientDevice.cpp:
-	xml-rpc-api2cpp $(MD_URL) "device" mdClientDevice     >client/mdClientDevice 
-	bin/after   client/mdClientDevice mdClientDevice\.cc  >client/mdClientDevice.cpp
-	bin/before  client/mdClientDevice mdClientDevice\.cc  >include/mdClientDevice.h
+	xml-rpc-api2cpp $(CD_URL) "device" mdClientDevice     >client/mdClientDevice 
+	after   client/mdClientDevice mdClientDevice\.cc  >client/mdClientDevice.cpp
+	before  client/mdClientDevice mdClientDevice\.cc  >include/mdClientDevice.h
 	rm src/client/mdClientDevice 
 
 client/mdClientState.cpp:
-	xml-rpc-api2cpp $(MD_URL) "state" mdClientState    >client/mdClientState 
+	xml-rpc-api2cpp $(CD_URL) "state" mdClientState    >client/mdClientState 
 	bin/after   client/mdClientState mdClientState\.cc >client/mdClientState.cpp
 	bin/before  client/mdClientState mdClientState\.cc >include/mdClientState.h
 	rm src/client/mdClientState
diff --git a/APIG/client/ausreg-cd.cpp b/APIG/client/ausreg-cd.cpp
index 9907eee..a11f657 100644
--- a/APIG/client/ausreg-cd.cpp
+++ b/APIG/client/ausreg-cd.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,17 @@ void acClientServer() { // AKA "Cliever"
        boost::thread cliever(runCliever);
        boost::thread apiLayer(runAPILayer);
 
+#ifdef XMLRPC-C
+
+       xmlrpc_c::serverAbyss myAbyssServer(
+           thisConfig->api_registry,
+           thisConfig->xmlrpcPort,
+           thisConfig->xmlrpcLogpath
+           );
+
+
+#endif
+
        if (!apiLayer.joinable() || !cliever.joinable()) {
             if (!apiLayer.joinable())
                theseLogs.logN(0,"Failed to start API layer, ausred-cd process will terminate.");
@@ -80,7 +91,11 @@ void acClientServer() { // AKA "Cliever"
             }
        else {
              theseLogs.logN(0,"Cliever started OK.");
-            apiLayer.join();
+#ifdef XMLRPC-C
+             theseLogs->logN(2,"%s %d","Accepting XMLRPC API Requests on Port",thisConfig->xmlrpcPort);
+             myAbyssServer.run();
+#endif
+             apiLayer.join();
              theseLogs.logN(0,"ausreg-cd EOJ.");
             }