diff --git a/ansible.cfg b/ansible.cfg
index d3b9fbd..af38cc3 100644
--- a/ansible.cfg
+++ b/ansible.cfg
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ gathering = smart
 roles_path    = /etc/ansible/roles
 
 # uncomment this to disable SSH key host checking
-#host_key_checking = False
+host_key_checking = False
 
 # change the default callback
 #stdout_callback = skippy
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ roles_path    = /etc/ansible/roles
 # should not be run on a host.  Set this to "False" if you don't want to see these "Skipping" 
 # messages. NOTE: the task header will still be shown regardless of whether or not the 
 # task is skipped.
-#display_skipped_hosts = True
+display_skipped_hosts = False 
 
 # by default (as of 1.3), Ansible will raise errors when attempting to dereference 
 # Jinja2 variables that are not set in templates or action lines. Uncomment this line
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ roles_path    = /etc/ansible/roles
 # You can disable this feature by setting retry_files_enabled to False
 # and you can change the location of the files by setting retry_files_save_path
 
-#retry_files_enabled = False
+retry_files_enabled = False
 #retry_files_save_path = ~/.ansible-retry
 
 
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ roles_path    = /etc/ansible/roles
 # ssh arguments to use
 # Leaving off ControlPersist will result in poor performance, so use 
 # paramiko on older platforms rather than removing it
-#ssh_args = -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s
+ssh_args = -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=3600s
 
 # The path to use for the ControlPath sockets. This defaults to
 # "%(directory)s/ansible-ssh-%%h-%%p-%%r", however on some systems with
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ roles_path    = /etc/ansible/roles
 # 
 # Example: 
 # control_path = %(directory)s/%%h-%%r
-#control_path = %(directory)s/ansible-ssh-%%h-%%p-%%r
+control_path = /tmp/ansible-ssh-%%h-%%p-%%r
 
 # Enabling pipelining reduces the number of SSH operations required to 
 # execute a module on the remote server. This can result in a significant 
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ roles_path    = /etc/ansible/roles
 # By default, this option is disabled to preserve compatibility with
 # sudoers configurations that have requiretty (the default on many distros).
 # 
-#pipelining = False
+pipelining = True
 
 # if True, make ansible use scp if the connection type is ssh 
 # (default is sftp)
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ roles_path    = /etc/ansible/roles
 # if False, sftp will not use batch mode to transfer files. This may cause some
 # types of file transfer failures impossible to catch however, and should
 # only be disabled if your sftp version has problems with batch mode
-#sftp_batch_mode = False
+sftp_batch_mode = True
 
 [accelerate]
 #accelerate_port = 5099