diff --git a/bin/dhcpleasor.py b/bin/nova-dhcpbridge
similarity index 83%
rename from bin/dhcpleasor.py
rename to bin/nova-dhcpbridge
index 07ff325f1..d15924e57 100755
--- a/bin/dhcpleasor.py
+++ b/bin/nova-dhcpbridge
@@ -18,23 +18,27 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 """
-dhcpleasor.py
+nova-dhcpbridge
 
 Handle lease database updates from DHCP servers.
 """
 
-import sys
-import os
 import logging
+import os
+import sys
+
+#TODO(joshua): there is concern that the user dnsmasq runs under will not
+#              have nova in the path. This should be verified and if it is
+#              not true the ugly line below can be removed
 sys.path.append(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(__file__, "../../")))
 
-logging.debug(sys.path)
-import getopt
-from os import environ
-from nova import rpc
 from nova import flags
+from nova import rpc
+from nova import utils
 from nova.compute import linux_net
 from nova.compute import network
+
+
 FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
 
 
@@ -63,11 +67,12 @@ def init_leases(interface):
     return res
 
 
-def main(argv=None):
-    if argv is None:
-        argv = sys.argv
-    interface = environ.get('DNSMASQ_INTERFACE', 'br0')
-    if int(environ.get('TESTING', '0')):
+def main():
+    flagfile = os.environ.get('FLAGFILE', FLAGS.dhcpbridge_flagfile)
+    utils.default_flagfile(flagfile)
+    argv = FLAGS(sys.argv)
+    interface = os.environ.get('DNSMASQ_INTERFACE', 'br0')
+    if int(os.environ.get('TESTING', '0')):
         FLAGS.fake_rabbit = True
         FLAGS.redis_db = 8
         FLAGS.network_size = 32
diff --git a/debian/nova-api.conf b/debian/nova-api.conf
index 9cd4051b1..d0b796878 100644
--- a/debian/nova-api.conf
+++ b/debian/nova-api.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 --daemonize=1
 --ca_path=/var/lib/nova/CA
 --keys_path=/var/lib/nova/keys
+--networks_path=/var/lib/nova/networks
+--dhcpbridge_flagfile=/etc/nova/nova-dhcpbridge.conf
 --fake_users=1
---datastore_path=/var/lib/nova/keeper
diff --git a/debian/nova-api.install b/debian/nova-api.install
index 02dbda02d..89615d302 100644
--- a/debian/nova-api.install
+++ b/debian/nova-api.install
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 bin/nova-api usr/bin
 debian/nova-api.conf etc/nova
+debian/nova-dhcpbridge.conf etc/nova
diff --git a/debian/nova-compute.conf b/debian/nova-compute.conf
index e4ca3fe95..d862f2328 100644
--- a/debian/nova-compute.conf
+++ b/debian/nova-compute.conf
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 --ca_path=/var/lib/nova/CA
 --keys_path=/var/lib/nova/keys
---datastore_path=/var/lib/nova/keeper
 --instances_path=/var/lib/nova/instances
---networks_path=/var/lib/nova/networks
 --simple_network_template=/usr/share/nova/interfaces.template
 --libvirt_xml_template=/usr/share/nova/libvirt.xml.template
 --vpn_client_template=/usr/share/nova/client.ovpn.template
diff --git a/debian/nova-dhcp.conf b/debian/nova-dhcp.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0aafe7549
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/nova-dhcp.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+--networks_path=/var/lib/nova/networks
+--fake_users=1
diff --git a/debian/nova-objectstore.conf b/debian/nova-objectstore.conf
index af3271d3b..03f5df051 100644
--- a/debian/nova-objectstore.conf
+++ b/debian/nova-objectstore.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 --daemonize=1
 --ca_path=/var/lib/nova/CA
 --keys_path=/var/lib/nova/keys
---datastore_path=/var/lib/nova/keeper
 --fake_users=1
 --images_path=/var/lib/nova/images
 --buckets_path=/var/lib/nova/buckets
diff --git a/debian/nova-volume.conf b/debian/nova-volume.conf
index af3271d3b..03f5df051 100644
--- a/debian/nova-volume.conf
+++ b/debian/nova-volume.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 --daemonize=1
 --ca_path=/var/lib/nova/CA
 --keys_path=/var/lib/nova/keys
---datastore_path=/var/lib/nova/keeper
 --fake_users=1
 --images_path=/var/lib/nova/images
 --buckets_path=/var/lib/nova/buckets
diff --git a/nova/tests/network_unittest.py b/nova/tests/network_unittest.py
index a822cc1d9..444063d0f 100644
--- a/nova/tests/network_unittest.py
+++ b/nova/tests/network_unittest.py
@@ -19,16 +19,15 @@
 import IPy
 import os
 import logging
-import unittest
 
 from nova import flags
 from nova import test
-from nova import exception
-from nova.compute.exception import NoMoreAddresses
-from nova.compute import network
-from nova.auth import users
 from nova import utils
+from nova.auth import users
+from nova.compute import network
+from nova.compute.exception import NoMoreAddresses
 
+FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
 
 class NetworkTestCase(test.TrialTestCase):
     def setUp(self):
@@ -180,14 +179,20 @@ def binpath(script):
 
 class FakeDNSMasq(object):
     def issue_ip(self, mac, ip, hostname, interface):
-        cmd = "%s add %s %s %s" % (binpath('dhcpleasor.py'), mac, ip, hostname)
-        env = {'DNSMASQ_INTERFACE': interface, 'TESTING' : '1'}
+        cmd = "%s add %s %s %s" % (binpath('nova-dhcpbridge'),
+                                   mac, ip, hostname)
+        env = {'DNSMASQ_INTERFACE': interface,
+               'TESTING' : '1',
+               'FLAGFILE' : FLAGS.dhcpbridge_flagfile}
         (out, err) = utils.execute(cmd, addl_env=env)
         logging.debug("ISSUE_IP: %s, %s " % (out, err))
 
     def release_ip(self, mac, ip, hostname, interface):
-        cmd = "%s del %s %s %s" % (binpath('dhcpleasor.py'), mac, ip, hostname)
-        env = {'DNSMASQ_INTERFACE': interface, 'TESTING' : '1'}
+        cmd = "%s del %s %s %s" % (binpath('nova-dhcpbridge'),
+                                   mac, ip, hostname)
+        env = {'DNSMASQ_INTERFACE': interface,
+               'TESTING' : '1',
+               'FLAGFILE' : FLAGS.dhcpbridge_flagfile}
         (out, err) = utils.execute(cmd, addl_env=env)
         logging.debug("RELEASE_IP: %s, %s " % (out, err))