diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..daef0736f09645cb1c8a134c3fb2e8178b9620c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.os
+build
+.sconsign.dblite
diff --git a/SConscript b/SConscript
index 6d313e211d95ac4bd441d37bd5ae6be80ec8b9ba..c9c8cff0609af04313b5b401affd1a9aa418fc6b 100644
--- a/SConscript
+++ b/SConscript
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Import('env')
 myenv=env.Clone()
 
 cpppath='''
-	 $SECURITY_TRANSFORMS_HOME/third_party/elfio-code
+	 $PEASOUP_HOME/irdb-libs/third_party/elfio-code
 	 $PEASOUP_HOME/irdb-libs/libEXEIO/include
          $IRDB_SDK/include
         '''
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ files=Glob( Dir('.').srcnode().abspath+"/*.cpp")
 
 pgm="move_globals.so"
 
-LIBPATH="$SECURITY_TRANSFORMS_HOME/lib"
+LIBPATH="$PEASOUP_HOME/irdb-libs/lib"
 LIBS=Split("irdb-core irdb-cfg irdb-util irdb-transform irdb-deep StructDiv EXEIO ") 
 myenv.Append(CPPPATH=Split(cpppath))
 pgm=myenv.SharedLibrary(pgm,  files,  LIBPATH=LIBPATH, LIBS=LIBS)
-install=myenv.Install("$SECURITY_TRANSFORMS_HOME/plugins_install/", pgm)
+install=myenv.Install("$MG_HOME/plugins_install/", pgm)
 Default(install)
 
 Return('install')
diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index c96332f0422ad5df0853931209219d9a2e20bc17..863481ad3159fe83dcd0e9347efcc643f8a1d84c 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -1,6 +1,65 @@
+#   
+#   Copyright 2017-2019 University of Virginia
+#
+#   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#   limitations under the License.
+#
 
 
+#
+# Scons is python based.  We import OS to get at the environment.
+#
+import os
 
+
+#
+# create a basic scons environment
+#
 env=Environment()
+
+#
+# Include environment variables.  These lines throw semi-readable errors if the environment is not defined properly.
+#
+env.Replace(IRDB_SDK=     os.environ['IRDB_SDK']     ) # IRDB_SDK and IRDB_LIB by convention to find headers and libraries.
+env.Replace(PEASOUP_HOME= os.environ['PEASOUP_HOME']     ) # IRDB_SDK and IRDB_LIB by convention to find headers and libraries.
+env.Replace(IRDB_LIBS=    os.environ['IRDB_LIBS']    ) 
+env.Replace(MG_HOME=      os.environ['MG_HOME']    ) 
+
+
+#
+# Check for "debug=1" on the scons command line
+#
+env.Replace(debug=ARGUMENTS.get("debug",0))   # build in debug mode?
+
+#
+# Required:  need these flag to appropriately include/link IRDB files.
+#
+env.Append(CXXFLAGS=" -std=c++11 ")	# enable c++11
+env.Append(LINKFLAGS=" -Wl,-unresolved-symbols=ignore-in-shared-libs ") # irdb libs may have symbols that resolve OK at runtime, but not linktime.
+
+
+# if we are building in debug mode, use -g, else use -O
+if int(env['debug']) == 1:
+        env.Append(CFLAGS=     " -g ")
+        env.Append(CXXFLAGS=   " -g ")
+        env.Append(LINKFLAGS=  " -g ")
+        env.Append(SHLINKFLAGS=" -g ")
+else:
+        env.Append(CFLAGS=     " -O ")
+        env.Append(CXXFLAGS=   " -O ")
+        env.Append(LINKFLAGS=  " -O ")
+        env.Append(SHLINKFLAGS=" -O ")
+
+
 Export('env')
-lib=SConscript("SConscript")
+SConscript("SConscript", variant_dir='build')
+
diff --git a/plugins_install/libmove_globals.so b/plugins_install/libmove_globals.so
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2e5ea87f0e94ae45016947fa8fe0e808858a933d
Binary files /dev/null and b/plugins_install/libmove_globals.so differ
diff --git a/set_env_vars b/set_env_vars
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b579b5f02bd49186d5a55187cb5d62b87f567607
--- /dev/null
+++ b/set_env_vars
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+
+#
+#  Tell pszr where to search for plugins
+#
+export MG_HOME=$PWD
+export PSPATH=$PSPATH:$MG_HOME/plugins_install