diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index 8c7bf4a..9760168 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ maintainer_email 'hpcs-mon@hp.com'
 license          'All rights reserved'
 description      'Installs/Configures mon_notification'
 long_description IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.md'))
-version          '0.1.6'
+version          '0.1.7'
diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index 941baac..e6e2d89 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-package 'mon-notification' do
+# preferable for the OS to install then easy_install to try and compile the MySQL-python package
+package 'python-mysqldb' do
+  action :install
+end
+
+easy_install_package 'mon-notification' do
   action :upgrade
 end
 
diff --git a/templates/default/mon-notification.conf.erb b/templates/default/mon-notification.conf.erb
index 42790fe..37d896d 100644
--- a/templates/default/mon-notification.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/default/mon-notification.conf.erb
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ kill timeout 240
 
 setgid <%= node[:mon_notification][:group] %>
 setuid <%= node[:mon_notification][:user] %>
-exec /usr/bin/mon-notification
+exec /usr/local/bin/mon-notification