diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1c6506f7..0b7be206 100755
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y rsync openssh-server libffi-dev libssl-
 RUN pip install paramiko web.py 'docker==2.4.2' raven contextlib2 ujson colored armada-heal
 
 # Consul
-RUN curl -s https://releases.hashicorp.com/consul/0.7.5/consul_0.7.5_linux_amd64.zip | zcat > /usr/local/bin/consul \
-    && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/consul
+#RUN curl -s https://releases.hashicorp.com/consul/0.7.5/consul_0.7.5_linux_amd64.zip | zcat > /usr/local/bin/consul \
+#    && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/consul
+ADD bin/consul-1.0.1-rc1 /usr/local/bin/consul
+#ADD bin/consul-1.0.0 /usr/local/bin/consul
 
 ADD ./armada_backend/supervisor/* /etc/supervisor/conf.d/
 RUN rm -f /etc/supervisor/conf.d/local_magellan.conf
diff --git a/armada_backend/consul_config.py b/armada_backend/consul_config.py
index fee356e9..8ac8038e 100644
--- a/armada_backend/consul_config.py
+++ b/armada_backend/consul_config.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-from armada_command.scripts.compat import json
-
-CONFIG_PATH = '/etc/consul.config'
+CONFIG_PATH = '/etc/consul.json'
 
 # File where runtime settings are saved after something changes.
 RUNTIME_SETTINGS_PATH = '/opt/armada/runtime_settings.json'
@@ -49,4 +47,4 @@ def get_consul_config(consul_mode, ship_ips, datacenter, ship_external_ip, ship_
         {'type': 'keyprefix', 'prefix': 'services/{}/'.format(ship_name), 'handler': save_running_containers_cmd},
     ]
 
-    return json.dumps(config, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
+    return config
diff --git a/armada_backend/models/ships.py b/armada_backend/models/ships.py
index 81fc6178..52e3e503 100644
--- a/armada_backend/models/ships.py
+++ b/armada_backend/models/ships.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import os
 
+import consul_config
 from armada_backend.utils import get_logger
 from armada_command.consul import kv
 from armada_command.consul.consul import consul_query
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ def set_ship_name(new_name):
             kv.kv_remove(container)
     kv.kv_set('ships/{}/name'.format(ship_ip), new_name)
     kv.kv_set('ships/{}/ip'.format(new_name), ship_ip)
-    os.system('sed -i \'s|ships/{}/|ships/{}/|\' /etc/consul.config'.format(old_name, new_name))
+    os.system('sed -i \'s|ships/{}/|ships/{}/|\' {}'.format(old_name, new_name, consul_config.CONFIG_PATH))
     try:
         os.system('/usr/local/bin/consul reload')
     except Exception as e:
diff --git a/armada_backend/run_consul.py b/armada_backend/run_consul.py
index 8885412c..b401e888 100644
--- a/armada_backend/run_consul.py
+++ b/armada_backend/run_consul.py
@@ -45,17 +45,24 @@ def main():
     ship_external_ip = get_external_ip()
     if ship_name is None:
         ship_name = ship_external_ip
-    consul_config_content = consul_config.get_consul_config(consul_mode, ship_ips, datacenter, ship_external_ip,
-                                                            ship_name)
 
+    consul_config_dict = consul_config.get_consul_config(consul_mode, ship_ips, datacenter, ship_external_ip, ship_name)
+
+    data_dir = consul_config_dict['data_dir']
+    print(data_dir)
+    if not os.path.exists(data_dir):
+        os.makedirs(data_dir)
+    with open(os.path.join(data_dir, 'dummy'), 'w') as f:
+        f.write('')
+
+    consul_config_content = json.dumps(consul_config_dict, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
     with open(consul_config.CONFIG_PATH, 'w') as config_file:
         config_file.write(consul_config_content)
 
-    command = '/usr/local/bin/consul agent -config-file {config_path}'.format(config_path=consul_config.CONFIG_PATH)
-    get_logger().info('RUNNING: %s', command)
+    command = ['consul', 'agent', '-config-file', consul_config.CONFIG_PATH, '-data-dir', data_dir]
+    get_logger().info('RUNNING: %s', ' '.join(command))
 
-    args = command.split()
-    os.execv(args[0], args)
+    os.execvp(command[0], command)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/bin/consul-1.0.0 b/bin/consul-1.0.0
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