diff --git a/chap8-redis/populate_couch.js b/chap8-redis/populate_couch.js
index 1a9c393..fb84e0e 100644
--- a/chap8-redis/populate_couch.js
+++ b/chap8-redis/populate_couch.js
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ var
   http = require('http'),
   redis = require('redis'),
 
-  // database clients
-  couchClient = http.createClient(5984, 'localhost'),
+  // database client
   redisClient = redis.createClient(6379);
 
 /**
@@ -62,11 +61,14 @@ function trackLineCount( increment ) {
  */
 function postDoc( url, docsString, count ) {
 
-  var request = couchClient.request(
-    'POST',
-    url,
-    { 'Content-Type' : 'application/json' });
-  request.end( docsString );
+  var request = http.request(
+    { hostname : 'localhost',
+      port: 5984,
+      path: url,
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: {
+          'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
+    });
 
   request.on('response', function(response) {
     if(response.statusCode == 201)
@@ -75,6 +77,8 @@ function postDoc( url, docsString, count ) {
   on('error', function(e) {
     console.log('postDoc Got error: ' + e.message);
   });
+  request.write(docsString)
+  request.end(); 
 };
 
 /*
@@ -95,7 +99,11 @@ function postDoc( url, docsString, count ) {
 function populateBands() {
 
   // First, create the couch database
-  couchClient.request('PUT', couchDBpath).end();
+  http.request(
+    { hostname : 'localhost',
+      port: 5984,
+      path: couchDBpath,
+      method: 'PUT'}).end(); 
 
   redisClient.keys('band:*', function(error, bandKeys) {
     totalBands = bandKeys.length;
diff --git a/chap8-redis/pre_populate.js b/chap8-redis/pre_populate.js
index 6102830..9bd2457 100644
--- a/chap8-redis/pre_populate.js
+++ b/chap8-redis/pre_populate.js
@@ -46,16 +46,17 @@ function trackLineCount() {
  */
 function populateRedis() {
   csv().
-  fromPath( tsvFileName, { delimiter: '\t', quote: '' }).
-  on('data', function(data, index) {
+  from.path( tsvFileName, { delimiter: '\t', quote: '' }).
+  on('record', function(record, index) {
     var
-      artist = data[2],
-      band = data[3],
-      roles = buildRoles(data[4]);
+      artist = record[2],
+      band = record[3],
+      roles = buildRoles(record[4]);
     if( band === '' || artist === '' ) {
       trackLineCount();
       return true;
-    }
+   }
+    //console.log('#'+index+' '+JSON.stringify(record));
     redis_client.sadd('band:' + band, artist);
     roles.forEach(function(role) {
       redis_client.sadd('artist:' + band + ':' + artist, role);