diff --git a/DataStructures/PhantomNodes.h b/DataStructures/PhantomNodes.h
index 9d9dfe3e3..7e95a6f2c 100644
--- a/DataStructures/PhantomNodes.h
+++ b/DataStructures/PhantomNodes.h
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream &out, const PhantomNodes & pn){
     return out;
 }
 
+inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream &out, const PhantomNode & pn){
+
+    return out;
+}
+
 struct NodesOfEdge {
     NodeID edgeBasedNode;
     double ratio;
diff --git a/Descriptors/DescriptionFactory.cpp b/Descriptors/DescriptionFactory.cpp
index db6a59a90..4f33c926d 100644
--- a/Descriptors/DescriptionFactory.cpp
+++ b/Descriptors/DescriptionFactory.cpp
@@ -100,14 +100,16 @@ void DescriptionFactory::Run(const SearchEngineT &sEngine, const unsigned zoomLe
         if(TurnInstructionsClass::GoStraight == pathDescription[i].turnInstruction) {
             if(std::string::npos != string0.find(string1+";") ||
                     std::string::npos != string0.find(";"+string1) ||
-                    std::string::npos != string0.find(string1+" ;")) {
+                    std::string::npos != string0.find(string1+" ;") ||
+                    std::string::npos != string0.find("; "+string1)){
 //                INFO("->next correct: " << string0 << " contains " << string1);
                 for(; lastTurn != i; ++lastTurn)
                     pathDescription[lastTurn].nameID = pathDescription[i].nameID;
                 pathDescription[i].turnInstruction = TurnInstructionsClass::NoTurn;
             } else if(std::string::npos != string1.find(string0+";") ||
                     std::string::npos != string1.find(";"+string0) ||
-                    std::string::npos != string1.find(string0+" ;")) {
+                    std::string::npos != string1.find(string0+" ;")||
+                    std::string::npos != string1.find("; "+string0)) {
 //                INFO("->prev correct: " << string1 << " contains " << string0);
                 pathDescription[i].nameID = pathDescription[i-1].nameID;
                 pathDescription[i].turnInstruction = TurnInstructionsClass::NoTurn;
diff --git a/Docs/WebFrontend/Route.js b/Docs/WebFrontend/Route.js
index eb69a99a5..c04f8fcbb 100644
--- a/Docs/WebFrontend/Route.js
+++ b/Docs/WebFrontend/Route.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 //======================
 // OBJECTS
 //Map
-var HOST_ROUTING_URL = 'http://141.3.24.240:5000/viaroute';
+var HOST_ROUTING_URL = 'http://141.3.24.68:5000/viaroute';
 //var HOST_ROUTING_URL = 'http://routingdemo.geofabrik.de/route-via/';
 var HOST_WEBSITE = 'http://map.project-osrm.org/';//location.host
 
diff --git a/Plugins/RouteParameters.h b/Plugins/RouteParameters.h
index e06671111..ef50c7cb6 100644
--- a/Plugins/RouteParameters.h
+++ b/Plugins/RouteParameters.h
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.txt.
 #include "../DataStructures/HashTable.h"
 
 struct RouteParameters {
+    std::vector<unsigned> hints;
     std::vector<std::string> parameters;
-    HashTable<std::string, std::string> options;
     std::vector<std::string> viaPoints;
+    HashTable<std::string, std::string> options;
     typedef HashTable<std::string, std::string>::MyIterator OptionsIterator;
 };
 
diff --git a/Plugins/ViaRoutePlugin.h b/Plugins/ViaRoutePlugin.h
index 0dbdd4fc5..c14a64f58 100644
--- a/Plugins/ViaRoutePlugin.h
+++ b/Plugins/ViaRoutePlugin.h
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ public:
         vector<PhantomNode> phantomNodeVector(rawRoute.rawViaNodeCoordinates.size());
         for(unsigned i = 0; i < rawRoute.rawViaNodeCoordinates.size(); ++i) {
             searchEngine->FindPhantomNodeForCoordinate( rawRoute.rawViaNodeCoordinates[i], phantomNodeVector[i]);
+            INFO("found coord [" << i << "|" << rawRoute.rawViaNodeCoordinates.size());
         }
         unsigned distance = 0;
         //single route or via point routing
diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index f865f77d3..ed1c4a438 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -212,6 +212,15 @@ if not conf.CheckCXXHeader('boost/unordered_map.hpp'):
 	print "boost thread header not found. Exiting"
 	Exit(-1)
 
+#checks for intels thread building blocks library
+if not conf.CheckLibWithHeader('tbb', 'tbb/tbb.h', 'CXX'):
+	print "Intel TBB library not found. Exiting"
+	Exit(-1)
+if not conf.CheckCXXHeader('tbb/task_scheduler_init.h'):
+	print "tbb/task_scheduler_init.h not found. Exiting"
+	Exit(-1)
+
+
 protobld = Builder(action = 'protoc -I=DataStructures/pbf-proto --cpp_out=DataStructures/pbf-proto $SOURCE')
 env.Append(BUILDERS = {'Protobuf' : protobld})
 osm1 = env.Protobuf('DataStructures/pbf-proto/fileformat.proto')
diff --git a/Server/RequestHandler.h b/Server/RequestHandler.h
index 9ef56385b..d77be20ed 100644
--- a/Server/RequestHandler.h
+++ b/Server/RequestHandler.h
@@ -83,6 +83,15 @@ public:
 				            if(25 >= routeParameters.viaPoints.size()) {
 				                routeParameters.viaPoints.push_back(o);
 				            }
+				        } else if("hint" == p) {
+				            routeParameters.hints.resize(routeParameters.viaPoints.size(), 0);
+				            if(routeParameters.hints.size()) {
+				                unsigned hint = 0;
+				                try {
+				                    hint = 10*boost::lexical_cast<int>(o);
+				                } catch(boost::bad_lexical_cast &) { /* do nothing since hint is initialized to 0 */}
+				                routeParameters.hints.back() = hint;
+				            }
 				        } else {
 				            routeParameters.options.Set(p, o);
 				        }