diff --git a/kalite/control_panel/static/js/control_panel/data_export/views.js b/kalite/control_panel/static/js/control_panel/data_export/views.js
index 50419d3d6f..f7563b86ac 100644
--- a/kalite/control_panel/static/js/control_panel/data_export/views.js
+++ b/kalite/control_panel/static/js/control_panel/data_export/views.js
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ var ZoneSelectView = Backbone.View.extend({
 
     template: require('./hbtemplates/zone-select.handlebars'),
 
-    initialize: function() {
+    initialize: function(options) {
         // Create collections
         this.zone_list = new Models.ZoneCollection();
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ var ZoneSelectView = Backbone.View.extend({
             // Fetch collection by org_id
             this.zone_list.fetch({
                 data: $.param({
-                    "org_id": this.options.org_id,
+                    "org_id": options.org_id,
                     "limit": 0
                 })
             });
diff --git a/kalite/distributed/static/js/distributed/bundle_modules/base.js b/kalite/distributed/static/js/distributed/bundle_modules/base.js
index 4322c20fa8..34f0780d47 100644
--- a/kalite/distributed/static/js/distributed/bundle_modules/base.js
+++ b/kalite/distributed/static/js/distributed/bundle_modules/base.js
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ require("browsernizr/test/canvas");
 require("browsernizr/test/touchevents");
 var Modernizr = require("browsernizr");
 
+// Expose this as a global object for use in central server inline JS.
+global.getCookie = require("utils/get_cookie");
+
 global.$ = $;
 global._ = _;
 global.sessionModel = new SessionModel();
diff --git a/kalite/packages/bundled/securesync/api_client.py b/kalite/packages/bundled/securesync/api_client.py
index 75653af243..9608f19bbf 100644
--- a/kalite/packages/bundled/securesync/api_client.py
+++ b/kalite/packages/bundled/securesync/api_client.py
@@ -13,9 +13,17 @@
 
 class BaseClient(object):
 
-    def __init__(self, host="%s://%s/" % (settings.SECURESYNC_PROTOCOL, settings.CENTRAL_SERVER_HOST), require_trusted=True, verbose=True):
-        self.parsed_url = urllib2.urlparse.urlparse(host)
-        self.url = "%s://%s" % (self.parsed_url.scheme, self.parsed_url.netloc)
+    def __init__(self, host=None, require_trusted=True, verbose=True):
+        
+        if not host:
+            if settings.CENTRAL_SERVER_URL:
+                self.url = settings.CENTRAL_SERVER_URL
+            else:
+                self.url = "%s://%s/" % (settings.SECURESYNC_PROTOCOL, settings.CENTRAL_SERVER_HOST)
+        else:
+            parsed_url = urllib2.urlparse.urlparse(host)
+            self.url = "%s://%s" % (self.parsed_url.scheme, self.parsed_url.netloc)
+        
         self.require_trusted = require_trusted
         self.verbose = verbose
 
diff --git a/kalite/packages/bundled/securesync/devices/api_views.py b/kalite/packages/bundled/securesync/devices/api_views.py
index 6afdb23abd..4894cf2b49 100755
--- a/kalite/packages/bundled/securesync/devices/api_views.py
+++ b/kalite/packages/bundled/securesync/devices/api_views.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def register_device(request):
         # that what should be proper exception namespacing in code being called isn't correctly catching this exception
         msg = "\n\n".join([request.body, client_device._hashable_representation(), "Exception: %s" % e, str(type(e)), client_device.signed_by_id, client_device.id, str(request)])
         send_mail("Exception while verifying client device", msg, "kalite@learningequality.org", ["errors@learningequality.org"])
-        return JsonResponseMessageError("Client device must be self-signed with a signature matching its own public key!", code=EC.CLIENT_DEVICE_INVALID_SIGNATURE)
+        return JsonResponseMessageError("Client device must be self-signed with a signature matching its own public key.", code=EC.CLIENT_DEVICE_INVALID_SIGNATURE)
 
     try:
         zone = register_self_registered_device(client_device, models, data)
diff --git a/kalite/packages/bundled/securesync/management/commands/register.py b/kalite/packages/bundled/securesync/management/commands/register.py
index 4b2c53e7e3..649d5313e9 100644
--- a/kalite/packages/bundled/securesync/management/commands/register.py
+++ b/kalite/packages/bundled/securesync/management/commands/register.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def handle(self, *args, **options):
         csrftoken = s.cookies['csrftoken_central']
         login_data = dict(username=options["username"], password=options["password"], csrfmiddlewaretoken=csrftoken, next='/')
         r = s.post(login_url, data=login_data, headers={"Referer": login_url})
-        assert r.status_code == 200, "Error logging into central server: " + r.content
+        assert r.status_code == 200 and "Incorrect user" not in r.content, "Error logging into central server: " + r.content
 
         # register on the central server
         reg_url = client.get_registration_url()
@@ -80,5 +80,3 @@ def handle(self, *args, **options):
         own_device = Device.get_own_device()
         assert own_device.is_registered(), "Device was not registered successfully..."
         sys.stdout.write("Device '%s' has been successfully registered to zone '%s'!\n" % (own_device.id, own_device.get_zone().id))
-
-
diff --git a/kalite/version.py b/kalite/version.py
index 1d478b956d..7c22dba8c0 100644
--- a/kalite/version.py
+++ b/kalite/version.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Must also be of the form N.N.N for internal use, where N is a non-negative integer
 MAJOR_VERSION = "0"
 MINOR_VERSION = "17"
-PATCH_VERSION = "5"
+PATCH_VERSION = "6.dev"
 VERSION = "%s.%s.%s" % (MAJOR_VERSION, MINOR_VERSION, PATCH_VERSION)
 SHORTVERSION = "%s.%s" % (MAJOR_VERSION, MINOR_VERSION)