diff --git a/bench/config/common_site_config.py b/bench/config/common_site_config.py
index 02edfc3b..f99b07cb 100644
--- a/bench/config/common_site_config.py
+++ b/bench/config/common_site_config.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def update_config_for_frappe(config, bench_path):
 		if key not in config:
 			config[key] = "redis://localhost:{0}".format(ports[key])
 
-	for key in ('webserver_port', 'socketio_port'):
+	for key in ('webserver_port', 'socketio_port', 'file_watcher_port'):
 		if key not in config:
 			config[key] = ports[key]
 
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ def make_ports(bench_path):
 	default_ports = {
 		"webserver_port": 8000,
 		"socketio_port": 9000,
+		"file_watcher_port": 6787,
 		"redis_queue": 11000,
 		"redis_socketio": 12000,
 		"redis_cache": 13000
diff --git a/bench/tests/test_init.py b/bench/tests/test_init.py
index d1045a6f..1b8d63d2 100755
--- a/bench/tests/test_init.py
+++ b/bench/tests/test_init.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class TestBenchInit(unittest.TestCase):
 		self.assert_common_site_config("test-bench-1", {
 			"webserver_port": 8000,
 			"socketio_port": 9000,
+			"file_watcher_port": 6787,
 			"redis_queue": "redis://localhost:11000",
 			"redis_socketio": "redis://localhost:12000",
 			"redis_cache": "redis://localhost:13000"
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ class TestBenchInit(unittest.TestCase):
 		self.assert_common_site_config("test-bench-2", {
 			"webserver_port": 8001,
 			"socketio_port": 9001,
+			"file_watcher_port": 6788,
 			"redis_queue": "redis://localhost:11001",
 			"redis_socketio": "redis://localhost:12001",
 			"redis_cache": "redis://localhost:13001"
@@ -210,7 +212,7 @@ class TestBenchInit(unittest.TestCase):
 		self.assert_exists(python_path, "site-packages", "pip")
 
 		site_packages = os.listdir(os.path.join(python_path, "site-packages"))
-		self.assertTrue(any(package.startswith("MySQL_python-1.2.5") for package in site_packages))
+		self.assertTrue(any(package.startswith("mysqlclient-1.3.8") for package in site_packages))
 
 	def assert_config(self, bench_name):
 		for config, search_key in (
diff --git a/playbooks/develop/create_user.yml b/playbooks/develop/create_user.yml
index 306dabc1..2980ed4e 100755
--- a/playbooks/develop/create_user.yml
+++ b/playbooks/develop/create_user.yml
@@ -10,14 +10,24 @@
       file:
         path: '/home/{{ frappe_user }}'
         mode: 'o+rx'
+        owner: '{{ frappe_user }}'
+        group: '{{ frappe_user }}'
+        recurse: yes
       when: ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' or ansible_distribution == 'CentOS' or ansible_distribution == 'Debian'
 
     - name: Set home folder perms
       file:
         path: '/Users/{{ frappe_user }}'
         mode: 'o+rx'
+        owner: '{{ frappe_user }}'
+        group: '{{ frappe_user }}'
+        recurse: yes
       when: ansible_distribution == 'MacOSX'
 
     - name: Set /tmp/.bench folder perms
-      command: 'chown -R {{ frappe_user }}:{{ frappe_user }} {{ repo_path }}'
+      file:
+        path: '{{ repo_path }}'
+        owner: '{{ frappe_user }}'
+        group: '{{ frappe_user }}'
+        recurse: yes
       when: ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' or ansible_distribution == 'CentOS' or ansible_distribution == 'Debian'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/playbooks/develop/includes/setup_bench.yml b/playbooks/develop/includes/setup_bench.yml
index f25cf9f0..7b768c4c 100644
--- a/playbooks/develop/includes/setup_bench.yml
+++ b/playbooks/develop/includes/setup_bench.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
     become: yes
     become_user: root
 
+  - name: Overwrite bench if required
+    file:
+      state: absent
+      path: "{{ bench_path }}"
+    when: overwrite
+
   - name: Check whether bench exists
     stat: path="{{ bench_path }}"
     register: bench_stat
diff --git a/playbooks/develop/includes/wkhtmltopdf.yml b/playbooks/develop/includes/wkhtmltopdf.yml
index bdd7e419..7929d3c0 100644
--- a/playbooks/develop/includes/wkhtmltopdf.yml
+++ b/playbooks/develop/includes/wkhtmltopdf.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
   - name: download wkthmltox linux
-    get_url: url=http://download.gna.org/wkhtmltopdf/0.12/0.12.3/wkhtmltox-0.12.3_linux-generic-{{ "amd64" if ansible_architecture == "x86_64" else "i386"}}.tar.xz dest=/tmp/wkhtmltox.tar.xz
+    get_url: url=http://downloads.wkhtmltopdf.org/0.12/0.12.3/wkhtmltox-0.12.3_linux-generic-{{ "amd64" if ansible_architecture == "x86_64" else "i386"}}.tar.xz dest=/tmp/wkhtmltox.tar.xz
 
   - name: Creates directory
     file: path=/tmp/wkhtmltox state=directory
diff --git a/playbooks/install.py b/playbooks/install.py
index 657cf465..65e6f35d 100755
--- a/playbooks/install.py
+++ b/playbooks/install.py
@@ -335,6 +335,10 @@ def parse_commandline_args():
 	parser.add_argument('--without-bench-setup', dest='without_bench_setup', action='store_true', default=False,
 		help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
 
+	# whether to overwrite an existing bench
+	parser.add_argument('--overwrite', dest='overwrite', action='store_true', default=False,
+		help='Whether to overwrite an existing bench')
+
 	args = parser.parse_args()
 
 	return args