diff --git a/android/.gitignore b/android/.gitignore
index d9fa5a57..7e166aa6 100644
--- a/android/.gitignore
+++ b/android/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,8 @@ ant.properties
 local.properties
 build.sh
 bin
-log*
\ No newline at end of file
+log*
+.gradle*
+build
+assets
+gradle-app.setting
diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index a88403fd..b69967ef 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -8,26 +8,32 @@ buildscript {
         }
 }
 
+task clean(type: Delete,overwrite: true) {
+    delete 'build'
+    delete 'assets'
+}
+
 apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
 
 android {
-        compileSdkVersion 25
-        buildToolsVersion "25.0.2"
-        defaultConfig {
-                applicationId "org.purplei2p.i2pd"
-                targetSdkVersion 25
-                minSdkVersion 14
-                versionCode 1
-                versionName "2.17.1"
-        }
+    compileSdkVersion 25
+    buildToolsVersion "25.0.0"
+    defaultConfig {
+        applicationId "org.purplei2p.i2pd"
+        targetSdkVersion 25
+        minSdkVersion 14
+        versionCode 1
+        versionName "2.17.2b"
+    }
     sourceSets {
         main {
             manifest.srcFile 'AndroidManifest.xml'
             java.srcDirs = ['src']
-                        res.srcDirs = ['res']
-                        jniLibs.srcDirs = ['libs']
-        }
+            res.srcDirs = ['res']
+            jniLibs.srcDirs = ['libs']
+            assets.srcDirs = ['assets']
         }
+    }
     signingConfigs {
         orignal {
             storeFile file("i2pdapk.jks")
@@ -37,11 +43,18 @@ android {
         }
     }
     buildTypes {
-                release {
-                        minifyEnabled false
-                        signingConfig signingConfigs.orignal
-                        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-project.txt'
-                }
+        release {
+            minifyEnabled false
+            signingConfig signingConfigs.orignal
+            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-project.txt'
+        }
     }
 }
 
+task zipCerts(type: Zip) {
+    archiveName 'certificates.zip'
+    destinationDir file('assets')
+    from (files('../contrib/certificates'))
+}
+
+preBuild.dependsOn zipCerts
diff --git a/android/jni/DaemonAndroid.cpp b/android/jni/DaemonAndroid.cpp
index 75584740..9865ac79 100644
--- a/android/jni/DaemonAndroid.cpp
+++ b/android/jni/DaemonAndroid.cpp
@@ -126,12 +126,11 @@ namespace android
 	}
 */
 	static DaemonAndroidImpl daemon;
-	static char* argv[1]={strdup("tmp")};
 	/**
 	 * returns error details if failed
 	 * returns "ok" if daemon initialized and started okay
 	 */
-	std::string start(/*int argc, char* argv[]*/)
+	std::string start(int argc, char* argv[])
 	{
 		try
 		{
@@ -139,7 +138,7 @@ namespace android
 
 			{
 				//Log.d(TAG"Initialising the daemon...");
-				bool daemonInitSuccess = daemon.init(1,argv);
+				bool daemonInitSuccess = daemon.init(argc,argv);
 				if(!daemonInitSuccess)
 				{
 					//QMessageBox::critical(0, "Error", "Daemon init failed");
diff --git a/android/jni/DaemonAndroid.h b/android/jni/DaemonAndroid.h
index 9cc8219b..81031936 100644
--- a/android/jni/DaemonAndroid.h
+++ b/android/jni/DaemonAndroid.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ namespace android
 	 * returns "ok" if daemon init failed
 	 * returns errinfo if daemon initialized and started okay
 	 */
-    std::string start();
+    std::string start(int argc, char* argv[]);
 
     // stops the daemon
     void stop();
diff --git a/android/jni/i2pd_android.cpp b/android/jni/i2pd_android.cpp
index 8791c90b..b4bfa6e6 100755
--- a/android/jni/i2pd_android.cpp
+++ b/android/jni/i2pd_android.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,16 @@ JNIEXPORT jstring JNICALL Java_org_purplei2p_i2pd_I2PD_1JNI_getABICompiledWith
 
 JNIEXPORT jstring JNICALL Java_org_purplei2p_i2pd_I2PD_1JNI_startDaemon
   (JNIEnv * env, jclass clazz) {
-	return env->NewStringUTF(i2p::android::start().c_str());
+
+	  int argc=5;
+	  static char* argv[]={
+		  "i2pd", "--service", "--daemon",
+		  "--conf=/sdcard/i2pd/i2pd.conf", 
+		  "--tunconf=/sdcard/i2pd/tunnels.conf", 
+		  "--datadir=/data/data/org.purplei2p.i2pd/app_data/"
+	  };
+
+	  return env->NewStringUTF(i2p::android::start(argc,argv).c_str());
 }
 
 JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_org_purplei2p_i2pd_I2PD_1JNI_stopDaemon
diff --git a/android/src/org/purplei2p/i2pd/I2PD.java b/android/src/org/purplei2p/i2pd/I2PD.java
index 86b877ac..869cf570 100755
--- a/android/src/org/purplei2p/i2pd/I2PD.java
+++ b/android/src/org/purplei2p/i2pd/I2PD.java
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ package org.purplei2p.i2pd;
 
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
 import java.util.Timer;
 import java.util.TimerTask;
 
@@ -26,7 +33,7 @@ public class I2PD extends Activity {
 	private TextView textView;
 	
 	private final DaemonSingleton daemon = DaemonSingleton.getInstance();
-	
+
 	private DaemonSingleton.StateUpdateListener daemonStateUpdatedListener = 
 			new DaemonSingleton.StateUpdateListener() {
 		
@@ -58,6 +65,9 @@ public class I2PD extends Activity {
     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
 
+		//install certs every time
+		Decompress.unzipFromAssets(this, "certificates.zip", "/data/data/org.purplei2p.i2pd/app_data/");
+
         textView = new TextView(this);
         setContentView(textView);
         DaemonSingleton.getInstance().addStateChangeListener(daemonStateUpdatedListener);