diff --git a/apps/rss_feeds/models.py b/apps/rss_feeds/models.py
index dce8d3c96..0c4f1cc25 100644
--- a/apps/rss_feeds/models.py
+++ b/apps/rss_feeds/models.py
@@ -1977,7 +1977,7 @@ class MStarredStory(mongo.Document):
         return stories
 
     @classmethod
-    def trim_old_stories(cls, stories=10, days=30, dryrun=False):
+    def trim_old_stories(cls, stories=10, days=60, dryrun=False):
         print " ---> Fetching starred story counts..."
         stats = settings.MONGODB.newsblur.starred_stories.aggregate([{
             "$group": {
diff --git a/clients/ios/Entitlements.entitlements b/clients/ios/Entitlements.entitlements
index fe238e5c4..c468210c7 100644
--- a/clients/ios/Entitlements.entitlements
+++ b/clients/ios/Entitlements.entitlements
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<key>application-identifier</key>
 	<string>$(AppIdentifierPrefix)$(CFBundleIdentifier)</string>
 	<key>get-task-allow</key>
-	<false/>
+	<true/>
 	<key>keychain-access-groups</key>
 	<array>
 		<string>$(AppIdentifierPrefix)$(CFBundleIdentifier)</string>
diff --git a/config/monit_debug.sh b/config/monit_debug.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..55c9d7904
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/monit_debug.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+    {
+     echo "MONIT-WRAPPER date"
+     date
+     echo "MONIT-WRAPPER env"
+     env
+     echo "MONIT-WRAPPER $@"
+     $@
+     R=$?
+     echo "MONIT-WRAPPER exit code $R"
+    } 2>&1 | logger
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/monit_redis.conf b/config/monit_redis.conf
index 55a92b095..137629609 100644
--- a/config/monit_redis.conf
+++ b/config/monit_redis.conf
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 set daemon  30
- 
+
 set logfile /var/log/monit.log
 
 check process redis with pidfile /var/run/redis.pid
-    stop program = "/etc/init.d/redis stop"
+    stop program = "/etc/monit/monit_debug.sh /etc/init.d/redis stop"
         as uid root and gid root
-    start program = "/etc/init.d/redis start"
+    start program = "/etc/monit/monit_debug.sh /etc/init.d/redis start"
         as uid root and gid root
-    if failed host 127.0.0.1 port 6379 then restart
+    # if failed host 127.0.0.1 port 6379 then restart
diff --git a/fabfile.py b/fabfile.py
index 90656a0b4..6862b81e9 100644
--- a/fabfile.py
+++ b/fabfile.py
@@ -477,6 +477,10 @@ def config_monit_app():
     sudo('/etc/init.d/monit restart')
 
 def config_monit_redis():
+    sudo('chown root.root /etc/init.d/redis')
+    sudo('chmod a+x /etc/init.d/redis')
+    put('config/monit_debug.sh', '/etc/monit/monit_debug.sh', use_sudo=True)
+    sudo('chmod a+x /etc/monit/monit_debug.sh')
     put('config/monit_redis.conf', '/etc/monit/conf.d/redis.conf', use_sudo=True)
     sudo('echo "START=yes" > /etc/default/monit')
     sudo('/etc/init.d/monit restart')
@@ -863,7 +867,7 @@ def setup_mongo_mms():
 
 
 def setup_redis(slave=False):
-    redis_version = '2.6.14'
+    redis_version = '2.6.16'
     with cd(env.VENDOR_PATH):
         run('wget http://redis.googlecode.com/files/redis-%s.tar.gz' % redis_version)
         run('tar -xzf redis-%s.tar.gz' % redis_version)
@@ -887,6 +891,7 @@ def setup_redis(slave=False):
     sudo('/etc/init.d/redis stop')
     sudo('/etc/init.d/redis start')
     setup_syncookies()
+    config_monit_redis()
 
 def setup_munin():
     # sudo('apt-get update')