diff --git a/admin/Gemfile b/admin/Gemfile
index d31c5ef8f..e1f493acc 100644
--- a/admin/Gemfile
+++ b/admin/Gemfile
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
 source 'https://jamjam:blueberryjam@int.jamkazam.com/gems/'
-# Look for $WORKSPACE, otherwise use "workspace" as dev path.
-workspace = ENV["WORKSPACE"] || "~/workspace"
 devenv = ENV["BUILD_NUMBER"].nil? # Jenkins sets a build number environment variable
 
 if devenv
-  gem 'jam_db', :path=> "#{workspace}/jam-db/target/ruby_package"
-  gem 'jampb', :path => "#{workspace}/jam-pb/target/ruby/jampb"
-  gem 'jam_ruby', :path => "#{workspace}/jam-ruby"
+  gem 'jam_db', :path=> "../db/target/ruby_package"
+  gem 'jampb', :path => "../pb/target/ruby/jampb"
+  gem 'jam_ruby', :path => "../ruby"
 else
   gem 'jam_db'
   gem 'jampb'
@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@ gem 'eventmachine', '1.0.0'
 gem 'amqp', '0.9.8'
 gem 'logging-rails', :require => 'logging/rails'
 
-gem 'pg_migrate' # ,'0.1.5' #:path => "#{workspace}/pg_migrate_ruby"
+gem 'pg_migrate' 
 gem 'ruby-protocol-buffers', '1.2.2'
 
 gem 'sendgrid', '1.1.0'
diff --git a/admin/build b/admin/build
index b0d5493d2..e0936e582 100755
--- a/admin/build
+++ b/admin/build
@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@ DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 rm -rf $DIR/target
 mkdir $DIR/target
 mkdir $DIR/target/deb
- 
+
+# copy needed gems to cache so they'll be bundled up in the debian
+mkdir -p vendor/cache
+cp ../db/target/ruby_package/jam_db-${GEM_VERSION}.gem vendor/cache/ || { echo "unable to copy jam-db gem"; exit 1; }
+cp ../pb/target/ruby/jampb/jampb-${GEM_VERSION}.gem vendor/cache/ || { echo "unable to copy jam-pb gem";  exit 1; }
+cp ../ruby/jam_ruby-${GEM_VERSION}.gem vendor/cache/ || { echo "unable to copy jam-ruby gem"; exit 1; }
+
 # put all dependencies into vendor/bundle
 rm -rf vendor/bundle
 rm Gemfile.lock # if we don't want versions to float, pin it in the Gemfile, not count on Gemfile.lock