diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fc00652..2f244a5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ Overview
 --------
 
 This charm provides the swift-storage component of the OpenStack Swift object
-storage system.  It can be deployed as part of its own stand-alone storage
+storage system.  It can be deployed as part of its own standalone storage
 cluster or it can be integrated with the other OpenStack components, assuming
 those are also managed by Juju.  For Swift to function, you'll also need to
-deploy an additional swift-proxy using the cs:precise/swift-storage charm.
+deploy an additional swift-proxy using the cs:precise/swift-proxy charm.
 
 For more information about Swift and its architecture, visit the official
 project website at http://swift.openstack.org.
diff --git a/hooks/swift-storage-node-common b/hooks/swift-storage-node-common
index d6e96d0..342f351 100755
--- a/hooks/swift-storage-node-common
+++ b/hooks/swift-storage-node-common
@@ -80,7 +80,11 @@ bind_port = $port
 workers = 2
 
 [pipeline:main]
-pipeline = $1-server
+pipeline = recon $1-server
+
+[filter:recon]
+use = egg:swift#recon
+recon_cache_path = /var/cache/swift
 
 [app:$1-server]
 use = egg:swift#$1
diff --git a/hooks/swift-storage-node-relations b/hooks/swift-storage-node-relations
index 25c93da..ea53b48 100755
--- a/hooks/swift-storage-node-relations
+++ b/hooks/swift-storage-node-relations
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ function install_hook {
     install --no-install-recommends $PACKAGES || exit 1
 
   [[ ! -d /etc/swift ]] && mkdir /etc/swift
+  [[ ! -d /var/cache/swift ]] && mkdir /var/cache/swift
   chown swift:swift /etc/swift
+  chown -R swift:swift /var/cache/swift
   configure_rsyncd
   swift-init all stop || true
   setup_storage