diff --git a/routes/api.js b/routes/api.js
index 2cc177c..45f6736 100644
--- a/routes/api.js
+++ b/routes/api.js
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 var express = require('express');
 var router = express.Router();
+// what is util for??
 var util = require('util');
-var request = require('request');
 var lxc = require('../lxc');
 var doapi = require('../doapi')();
 
@@ -13,58 +13,6 @@ console.log('========STARTING===========');
 
 workers.start();
 
-var attemptRun = function(req, res, runner, count){
-	count = count || 0;
-	console.log(`Runner starting attempt ${count}.`);
-
-	if(!runner){
-		console.log(`No runner available!`);
-		res.status(503);
-		return res.json({error: 'No runners, try again soon.'});
-	}
-
-	// TODO: Configurable
-	if(count > 2){
-		console.log(`Runner attempt failed, to many requests!`);
-		return res.status(400).json({error: 'Runner restarted to many times'});
-	}
-
-	var httpOptions = {
-		url: 'http://' + runner.worker.ip,
-		headers: {
-			Host: runner.name
-		},
-		body: JSON.stringify({
-			code: req.body.code
-		})
-	};
-
-	return request.post(httpOptions, function(error, response, body){
-		// console.log('runner response:', arguments)
-		if(error || response.statusCode !== 200) {
-			return attemptRun(req, res, workers.getAvailableRunner(), ++count);
-		}
-		
-		body = JSON.parse(body);
-
-		if(req.query.once){
-			res.json(body);
-			// 0 here does nothing
-			// return runnerFree(runner, 0);
-			return runner.free();
-		}
-
-		workers.setRunner(runner);
-		body['ip'] = runner.label;
-		body['rname'] = runner.name;
-		body['wname'] = runner.worker.name;
-		res.json(body);
-
-		// runnerTimeout(runner);
-		runner.setTimeout();
-	});
-};
-
 // Why is this a GET?
 router.get('/stop/:name', function(req, res, next){
 	return lxc.stop(req.params.name, function(data){
@@ -105,8 +53,21 @@ router.get('/ping/:runner', function(req, res, next){
 
 router.post('/run/:runner?', function (req, res, next){
 	console.log(`Request runner route!`);
-	var runner = workers.getAvailableRunner(workers.getRunner(req.params.runner));
-	return attemptRun(req, res, runner);
+	
+	return workers.attemptRun(
+		req.body.code, req.query.once, req.params.runner, 
+		(body) => {
+			res.json(body);
+		}, 
+		(error, statusCode) => {
+			if (statusCode === 503){
+				res.status(503);
+				return res.json({error: 'No runners, try again soon.'});
+			} else if (statusCode === 400){
+				return res.status(400).json({error: 'Runner restarted too many times'});
+			}
+		}
+	);
 });
 
 module.exports = router;
diff --git a/routes/worker_collection.js b/routes/worker_collection.js
index d93e703..95f6cd1 100644
--- a/routes/worker_collection.js
+++ b/routes/worker_collection.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 var jsonfile = require('jsonfile');
+var request = require('request');
 var lxc = require('../lxc');
 var doapi = require('../doapi')();
 var settings = require('./workers.json');
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ var Runner = (function(){
 	proto.get = function(label){
 		return proto.runnerMap[label];
 	};
-	
+
 
 	proto.create = function(config){
 		var runner = Object.create(proto);
@@ -47,9 +48,13 @@ var Runner = (function(){
 	};
 
 	proto.free = function(){
+		// track how often this happens in a minute
 		var runner = this;
+
 		lxc.stop(runner.name, runner.worker.ip);
+		// this should be done by the worker
 		runner.worker.usedrunners--;
+
 		if(runner.hasOwnProperty('timeout')){
 			clearTimeout(runner.timeout);
 		}
@@ -57,8 +62,11 @@ var Runner = (function(){
 		if(runner.hasOwnProperty('cleanUp')){
 			runner.cleanUp();
 		}
-		// TODO: Determine if this call is even needed
-		// runner.worker.sync();
+		// worker has more space now
+		// worker should track this
+		setTimeout(()=>{
+			runner.worker.populate();
+		}, 0);
 	};
 
 	proto.setTimeout = function(time){
@@ -94,13 +102,6 @@ var Worker = (function(){
 		});
 
 		worker.availrunners = [];
-		// need map of used runners
-		// need list of all runners
-		// - sync should probably populate the all runners container
-		// - availrunners should the diff of used runners and all runners
-		
-		// runners should probably indicate when they have been used.
-
 		worker.ip = worker.publicIP;
 		worker.usedrunners = 0;
 		worker.age = +(new Date());
@@ -113,6 +114,14 @@ var Worker = (function(){
 		return worker;
 	};
 
+	proto.populate = function(callback){
+		callback = callback || __empty;
+		return lxc.startEphemeral(
+			"crunner-batch-$RANDOM-id-$RANDOM", "crunner0", this.ip, callback
+		);
+	};
+
+
 	proto.getRunner = function(){
 		if(this.availrunners.length === 0) return false;
 		// console.log('getting runner from ', worker.name, ' avail length ', this.availrunners.length);
@@ -168,7 +177,6 @@ var Worker = (function(){
 		// mainly to update the active runners on the worker
 		// potentially collect stats about the droplet as well
 		// - check memory and check runners
-		// - when does start runners get called?
 
 		lxc.exec('lxc-ls --fancy', worker.ip, function(data, error, stderr){
 			if (error){
@@ -206,11 +214,13 @@ var Worker = (function(){
 				}
 				console.log(`RUNNERS FOUND[=> ${worker.ip}`);
 				console.log(`RUNNERS FOUND[=>`, runners);
-				// bad
 				worker.availrunners = [];
 
 				for (let idx = 0, stop = runners.length; idx < stop; idx++){
-					if(runners[idx].state !== "STOPPED" && !Runner.get(worker.name + ':' + runners[idx].name)){
+					if(runners[idx].state === "STOPPED" || Runner.get(worker.name + ':' + runners[idx].name)){
+						continue;
+					} else {
+
 						var runner = Runner.create({
 							"name": runners[idx].name,
 							"ipv4": runners[idx].ipv4,
@@ -234,7 +244,7 @@ var Worker = (function(){
 	proto.initialize = function(params, config){
 		// Create droplet
 		// Once active the droplet begins to create runners
-		var maxMemoryUsage = args.maxMemoryUsage || config.maxMemoryUsage || 80;
+		var maxMemoryUsage = params.maxMemoryUsage || config.maxMemoryUsage || 80;
 		var worker_uuid = utils.uuid();
 		var phone_home = config.home || "/worker/ping";
 
@@ -524,6 +534,62 @@ var WorkerCollection = (function(){
 		});
 	};
 
+	workers.attemptRun = function(code, once, runnerLabel, callback, errorCallback, count){
+		// PARAMS: code, once, runnerLabel, callback, errorCallback, count;
+		
+		var runner = workers.getAvailableRunner(
+			workers.getRunner(runnerLabel)
+		);
+
+		if(!runner){
+			console.log(`No runner available!`);
+			return errorCallback(null, 503);
+		}
+
+		count = count || 0;
+
+		console.log(`Runner starting attempt ${count}.`);
+
+
+		if(count > 2){
+			console.log(`Runner attempt failed, to many requests!`);
+			return errorCallback(null, 400);
+		}
+
+		var httpOptions = {
+			url: 'http://' + runner.worker.ip,
+			headers: {
+				Host: runner.name
+			},
+			body: JSON.stringify({
+				code: code
+			})
+		};
+
+		// Move the http stuff to the runner
+		return request.post(httpOptions, function(error, response, body){
+			// console.log('runner response:', arguments)
+			
+			if(error || response.statusCode !== 200) {
+				return workers.attemptRun(code, once, void 0, callback, errorCallback, ++count);
+			}
+			
+			body = JSON.parse(body);
+			
+			if(once){
+				runner.free();
+			} else {
+				runner.setTimeout();
+				body['ip'] = runner.label;
+				body['rname'] = runner.name;
+				body['wname'] = runner.worker.name;
+				workers.setRunner(runner);
+			}
+			return callback(body);
+		});
+	};
+
+
 	workers.add = function(newWorkers){
 		newWorkers.forEach(function(worker){
 			workers.push(worker);