diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 66e94e4..27d1a2c 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -10,23 +10,11 @@ gem 'launchy'
 gem 'sqlite3'
 gem 'rack', '=1.4.1' # To silence deprecation warnings.
 
-
-# See https://github.com/sstephenson/execjs#readme for more supported runtimes
-# gem 'therubyracer', platforms: :ruby
-
 # Use jquery as the JavaScript library
 gem 'jquery-rails'
 gem 'nokogiri'
 
-# Use ActiveModel has_secure_password
-# gem 'bcrypt-ruby', '~> 3.0.0'
-
-# Use unicorn as the app server
-# gem 'unicorn'
-
-# Use Capistrano for deployment
-# gem 'capistrano', group: :development
-gem 'ffi-rzmq',  '~> 2.0.1'
+# gem 'ffi-rzmq',  '~> 2.0.1' Uncomment to use zeromq
 gem 'yajl-ruby', '~> 1.2.0'
 gem 'faraday',   '~> 0.9.0'
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 93860c1..6162728 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 GIT
   remote: git@github.com:mdsol/crichton.git
-  revision: be8dada9e2f6def9e582da0fced21cb7f8a2ab68
+  revision: e47023872d53eee27738dcd5948fb09abbd8308c
   branch: crichton-demo
   specs:
     crichton (0.0.1)
@@ -66,11 +66,6 @@ GEM
     erubis (2.7.0)
     faraday (0.9.0)
       multipart-post (>= 1.2, < 3)
-    ffi (1.9.3)
-    ffi-rzmq (2.0.1)
-      ffi-rzmq-core (>= 1.0.1)
-    ffi-rzmq-core (1.0.3)
-      ffi (~> 1.9)
     hike (1.2.3)
     i18n (0.6.9)
     journey (1.0.4)
@@ -153,7 +148,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   debugger (~> 1.5.0)
   equivalent-xml (~> 0.3.0)
   faraday (~> 0.9.0)
-  ffi-rzmq (~> 2.0.1)
   jquery-rails
   launchy
   nokogiri
diff --git a/lib/tasks/zeromq.rake b/lib/tasks/zeromq.rake
index 521fa6e..33496fc 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/zeromq.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/zeromq.rake
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+# Note: You must install 0mq libraries separately for this rake task to work and uncomment associated gem 
+# declaration in Gemfile.
+
 require 'yajl'
-require 'ffi-rzmq'
+#require 'ffi-rzmq'  uncomment to use.
 require 'faraday'
 require 'socket'
 
-# Note: You must install 0mq libraries separately for this rake task to work.
 
 task :run_socket => :environment do
   $stdout.sync = true