diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index a364c7a1..8a22f774 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+if (/^v0/.test(process.version)) {
+    console.error('node.js ' + process.version + ' is not supported.  ' +
+            'For more information, visit ' +
+            'https://github.com/calzoneman/sync/wiki/CyTube-3.0-Installation-Guide#nodejs');
+    process.exit(1);
+}
+
 try {
     var Server = require("./lib/server");
 } catch (err) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 45e97ab4..7643b71c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     "socket.io": "^1.4.0",
     "socket.io-redis": "^1.0.0",
     "source-map-support": "^0.4.0",
-    "status-message-polyfill": "calzoneman/status-message-polyfill",
+    "status-message-polyfill": "git://github.com/calzoneman/status-message-polyfill",
     "uuid": "^2.0.1",
     "yamljs": "^0.1.6"
   },