diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 5ad8116b9..413b8d14c 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ gem 'sendgrid', '1.1.0'
 gem 'recaptcha', '0.3.4'
 gem 'filepicker-rails', '0.0.2'
 gem 'aws-sdk', '1.8.0'
+gem 'aasm', '3.0.16'
 
 #group :libv8 do
 #  gem 'libv8', "~> 3.11.8"
diff --git a/app/views/api_music_sessions/participant_show.rabl b/app/views/api_music_sessions/participant_show.rabl
index 307a3021d..cbbf29c87 100644
--- a/app/views/api_music_sessions/participant_show.rabl
+++ b/app/views/api_music_sessions/participant_show.rabl
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 object @connection
 
 attributes :ip_address, :client_id
+attribute :aasm_state => :connection_state
+
 node(:user_id, :if => lambda { |connection| connection.user.friends?(current_user) }) do |connection|
     connection.user_id
 end
diff --git a/app/views/api_music_sessions/show.rabl b/app/views/api_music_sessions/show.rabl
index 9a2efe33c..0f6ce7b57 100644
--- a/app/views/api_music_sessions/show.rabl
+++ b/app/views/api_music_sessions/show.rabl
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ child(:connections => :participants) {
   attributes :ip_address, :client_id
 
   node :user do |connection|
-    { :id => connection.user.id, :photo_url => connection.user.photo_url, :name => connection.user.name, :is_friend => connection.user.friends?(current_user) }
+    { :id => connection.user.id, :photo_url => connection.user.photo_url, :name => connection.user.name, :is_friend => connection.user.friends?(current_user), :connection_state => connection.aasm_state }
   end
 
   child(:tracks => :tracks) {
diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index 8c8e8c439..87d524939 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ module SampleApp
 
     # Websocket-gateway embedded configs
     config.websocket_gateway_enable = false
-    config.websocket_gateway_max_stale_connection_time = 1800
+    config.websocket_gateway_connect_time_stale = 30
+    config.websocket_gateway_connect_time_expire = 180
     config.websocket_gateway_internal_debug = false
     config.websocket_gateway_port = 6767
 
diff --git a/config/environments/cucumber.rb b/config/environments/cucumber.rb
index dd44e7246..99814be3a 100644
--- a/config/environments/cucumber.rb
+++ b/config/environments/cucumber.rb
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ SampleApp::Application.configure do
 
   # Websocket-gateway embedded configs
   config.websocket_gateway_enable = true
-  config.websocket_gateway_max_stale_connection_time = 30
+  config.websocket_gateway_connect_time_stale = 30
+  config.websocket_gateway_connect_time_expire = 180
   config.websocket_gateway_internal_debug = false
   config.websocket_gateway_port = 6777
 
diff --git a/config/initializers/eventmachine.rb b/config/initializers/eventmachine.rb
index e69884b6f..d1b84223b 100644
--- a/config/initializers/eventmachine.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/eventmachine.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ module JamWebEventMachine
   end
 
   def self.die_gracefully_on_signal
+    Rails.logger.debug("*** die_gracefully_on_signal")
     Signal.trap("INT")  { EM.stop }
     Signal.trap("TERM") { EM.stop }
   end
diff --git a/config/initializers/websocket_gateway.rb b/config/initializers/websocket_gateway.rb
index 1a2745f29..ae8dabf47 100644
--- a/config/initializers/websocket_gateway.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/websocket_gateway.rb
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ if  Rails.application.config.websocket_gateway_enable
   
   JamWebsockets::Server.new.run :port => Rails.application.config.websocket_gateway_port, 
                  :emwebsocket_debug => Rails.application.config.websocket_gateway_internal_debug,
-                 :max_stale_connection_time => Rails.application.config.websocket_gateway_max_stale_connection_time
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+                 :connect_time_stale => Rails.application.config.websocket_gateway_connect_time_stale,
+                 :connect_time_expire => Rails.application.config.websocket_gateway_connect_time_expire
+end