diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index db0b2303..eaf2690b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,20 @@
+project(hyperion)
 
 # define the minimum cmake version (as required by cmake)
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
 
 #set(CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE /opt/raspberrypi/Toolchain-RaspberryPi.cmake)
 
+# set the build options
+option (ENABLE_DISPMANX "Enable the RPi dispmanx grabber" ON)
+message(STATUS "ENABLE_DISPMANX = " ${ENABLE_DISPMANX})
+
+# Createt the configuration file
+# configure a header file to pass some of the CMake settings
+# to the source code
+configure_file ("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/HyperionConfig.h.in" "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/HyperionConfig.h")
+include_directories("${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}")
+
 # Define the main-project name
 project(Hyperion)
 
@@ -37,8 +48,9 @@ find_package(Qt4 COMPONENTS QtCore QtGui QtNetwork REQUIRED QUIET)
 # add protocol buffers
 find_package(Protobuf REQUIRED)
 
-#add libusb
+#add libusb and pthreads
 find_package(libusb-1.0 REQUIRED)
+find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 
 #SET(QT_DONT_USE_QTGUI   TRUE)
 #SET(QT_USE_QTCONSOLE    TRUE)
diff --git a/HyperionConfig.h.in b/HyperionConfig.h.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..875e1193
--- /dev/null
+++ b/HyperionConfig.h.in
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// Generated config file
+
+// Define to enable the dispmanx grabber
+#cmakedefine ENABLE_DISPMANX
diff --git a/deploy/HyperCon.jar.REMOVED.git-id b/deploy/HyperCon.jar.REMOVED.git-id
index 78191e82..66954acf 100644
--- a/deploy/HyperCon.jar.REMOVED.git-id
+++ b/deploy/HyperCon.jar.REMOVED.git-id
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2361db3581db887d5f2de0077d0ef6a16a5bb582
\ No newline at end of file
+97f01ae47416100223417becca5c3a50a773fbfa
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deploy/hyperion-remote b/deploy/hyperion-remote
index 8d8588d2..e1720d47 100755
Binary files a/deploy/hyperion-remote and b/deploy/hyperion-remote differ
diff --git a/deploy/hyperiond.REMOVED.git-id b/deploy/hyperiond.REMOVED.git-id
index f603c0d1..1eec85ee 100644
--- a/deploy/hyperiond.REMOVED.git-id
+++ b/deploy/hyperiond.REMOVED.git-id
@@ -1 +1 @@
-d59ae219a9dad5cd6138c23122df5e3313e473cb
\ No newline at end of file
+5031f4b1d3a2682b6df94ba6671bcc97f9b5a4d1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libsrc/CMakeLists.txt b/libsrc/CMakeLists.txt
index a6874d3a..d97e6368 100644
--- a/libsrc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libsrc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@ SET(CURRENT_HEADER_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
 SET(CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/libsrc)
 
 add_subdirectory(bootsequence)
-add_subdirectory(dispmanx-grabber)
 add_subdirectory(hyperion)
 add_subdirectory(jsonserver)
 add_subdirectory(protoserver)
 add_subdirectory(boblightserver)
 add_subdirectory(utils)
 add_subdirectory(xbmcvideochecker)
+
+if (ENABLE_DISPMANX)
+	add_subdirectory(dispmanx-grabber)
+endif (ENABLE_DISPMANX)
diff --git a/libsrc/bootsequence/BootSequenceFactory.cpp b/libsrc/bootsequence/BootSequenceFactory.cpp
index c7674657..7ad5ae6b 100644
--- a/libsrc/bootsequence/BootSequenceFactory.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/bootsequence/BootSequenceFactory.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ BootSequence * BootSequenceFactory::createBootSequence(Hyperion * hyperion, cons
 		const unsigned duration_ms = jsonConfig["duration_ms"].asUInt();
 		return new RainbowBootSequence(hyperion, duration_ms);
 	}
-	else if (type == "knightrider" || type == "knight rider")
+	else if (type == "knightrider" || type == "knight rider" || "knight_rider")
 	{
 		std::cout << "SELECTED BOOT SEQUENCE: " << "KITT" << std::endl;
 		const unsigned duration_ms = jsonConfig["duration_ms"].asUInt();
@@ -34,5 +34,3 @@ BootSequence * BootSequenceFactory::createBootSequence(Hyperion * hyperion, cons
 	std::cerr << "Unknown boot-sequence selected; boot-sequence disabled." << std::endl;
 	return nullptr;
 }
-
-
diff --git a/libsrc/hyperion/CMakeLists.txt b/libsrc/hyperion/CMakeLists.txt
index 4ad8df23..03d9df24 100644
--- a/libsrc/hyperion/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libsrc/hyperion/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -82,4 +82,5 @@ target_link_libraries(hyperion
 		hyperion-utils
 		serialport
 		${QT_LIBRARIES}
-		${LIBUSB_1_LIBRARIES})
+		${LIBUSB_1_LIBRARIES}
+		${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
diff --git a/libsrc/jsonserver/JsonClientConnection.cpp b/libsrc/jsonserver/JsonClientConnection.cpp
index 4af1b4dd..1c99b13d 100644
--- a/libsrc/jsonserver/JsonClientConnection.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/jsonserver/JsonClientConnection.cpp
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ void JsonClientConnection::handleServerInfoCommand(const Json::Value &message)
 		item["priority"] = priority;
 		if (priorityInfo.timeoutTime_ms != -1)
 		{
-			item["duration_ms"] = priorityInfo.timeoutTime_ms - now;
+			item["duration_ms"] = Json::Value::UInt(priorityInfo.timeoutTime_ms - now);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/config-tool/ConfigTool/src/org/hyperion/hypercon/spec/BootSequence.java b/src/config-tool/ConfigTool/src/org/hyperion/hypercon/spec/BootSequence.java
index 138638b4..7109dee3 100644
--- a/src/config-tool/ConfigTool/src/org/hyperion/hypercon/spec/BootSequence.java
+++ b/src/config-tool/ConfigTool/src/org/hyperion/hypercon/spec/BootSequence.java
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ public enum BootSequence {
 	/** The rainbow boot sequence */ 
 	rainbow,
 	/** The Knight Rider (or KITT) boot sequence */
-	knight_rider;
+	knightrider;
 	
 	/**
 	 * Returns a string representation of the BootSequence
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public enum BootSequence {
 		switch(this) {
 		case rainbow:
 			return "Rainbow";
-		case knight_rider:
+		case knightrider:
 			return "Kinght Rider";
 		}
 		return "None";
diff --git a/src/config-tool/ConfigTool/src/org/hyperion/hypercon/spec/MiscConfig.java b/src/config-tool/ConfigTool/src/org/hyperion/hypercon/spec/MiscConfig.java
index f8fd108a..118cd8a3 100644
--- a/src/config-tool/ConfigTool/src/org/hyperion/hypercon/spec/MiscConfig.java
+++ b/src/config-tool/ConfigTool/src/org/hyperion/hypercon/spec/MiscConfig.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public class MiscConfig {
 		StringBuffer strBuf = new StringBuffer();
 
 		strBuf.append("\t/// The boot-sequence configuration, contains the following items: \n");
-		strBuf.append("\t///  * type        : The type of the boot-sequence ('rainbow', 'knight_rider', 'none') \n");
+		strBuf.append("\t///  * type        : The type of the boot-sequence ('rainbow', 'knightrider', 'none') \n");
 		strBuf.append("\t///  * duration_ms : The length of the boot-sequence [ms]\n");
 		
 		String bootPreamble = mBootsequenceEnabled? "\t" : "//\t";
diff --git a/src/hyperiond/CMakeLists.txt b/src/hyperiond/CMakeLists.txt
index 2f75e10b..646a8575 100644
--- a/src/hyperiond/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/hyperiond/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@ add_executable(hyperiond
 target_link_libraries(hyperiond
 		bootsequence
 		hyperion
-		dispmanx-grabber
 		xbmcvideochecker
 		jsonserver
 		protoserver
 		boblightserver)
+
+if (ENABLE_DISPMANX)
+	target_link_libraries(hyperiond dispmanx-grabber)
+endif (ENABLE_DISPMANX)
diff --git a/src/hyperiond/hyperiond.cpp b/src/hyperiond/hyperiond.cpp
index 4f62ada8..bc789691 100644
--- a/src/hyperiond/hyperiond.cpp
+++ b/src/hyperiond/hyperiond.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 #include <QResource>
 
+// config includes
+#include "HyperionConfig.h"
+
 // Json-Schema includes
 #include <utils/jsonschema/JsonFactory.h>
 
@@ -15,8 +18,10 @@
 // Bootsequence includes
 #include <bootsequence/BootSequenceFactory.h>
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_DISPMANX
 // Dispmanx grabber includes
 #include <dispmanx-grabber/DispmanxWrapper.h>
+#endif
 
 // XBMC Video checker includes
 #include <xbmcvideochecker/XBMCVideoChecker.h>
@@ -118,6 +123,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 		std::cout << "XBMC video checker created and started" << std::endl;
 	}
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_DISPMANX
 	// Construct and start the frame-grabber if the configuration is present
 	DispmanxWrapper * dispmanx = nullptr;
 	if (config.isMember("framegrabber"))
@@ -137,6 +143,12 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 		dispmanx->start();
 		std::cout << "Frame grabber created and started" << std::endl;
 	}
+#else
+	if (config.isMember("framegrabber"))
+	{
+		std::cerr << "The dispmanx framegrabber can not be instantiated, becuse it has been left out from the build" << std::endl;
+	}
+#endif
 
 	// Create Json server if configuration is present
 	JsonServer * jsonServer = nullptr;
@@ -171,7 +183,9 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 
 	// Delete all component
 	delete bootSequence;
+#ifdef ENABLE_DISPMANX
 	delete dispmanx;
+#endif
 	delete xbmcVideoChecker;
 	delete jsonServer;
 	delete protoServer;
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 35f7a65b..5e2844e3 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ add_executable(test_image2ledsmap
 target_link_libraries(test_image2ledsmap
 		hyperion)
 
-add_subdirectory(dispmanx2png)
+if (ENABLE_DISPMANX)
+	add_subdirectory(dispmanx2png)
+endif (ENABLE_DISPMANX)
 
 add_executable(test_blackborderdetector
 		TestBlackBorderDetector.cpp)