diff --git a/muskrat/__init__.py b/muskrat/__init__.py
index e69de29..cd7ca49 100644
--- a/muskrat/__init__.py
+++ b/muskrat/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = '1.0.1'
diff --git a/muskrat/producer.py b/muskrat/producer.py
index 5b7fb0b..4270f9f 100644
--- a/muskrat/producer.py
+++ b/muskrat/producer.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 """
 " Copyright:    Loggly
 " Author:       Scott Griffin
-" Last Updated: 02/22/2013
 "
 """
 try: import simplejson as json
@@ -83,12 +82,25 @@ class S3Producer( BaseProducer ):
 
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         super( S3Producer, self ).__init__(**kwargs)
-        self.s3conn = boto.connect_s3( self.config.s3_key, self.config.s3_secret )
-
-        self.bucket = self.s3conn.lookup( self.config.s3_bucket )
+        self._s3conn = None
+        self._bucket = None
+
+    @property
+    def s3conn(self):
+        if self._s3conn is None:
+            self._s3conn = boto.connect_s3( self.config.s3_key, self.config.s3_secret )
+        return self._s3conn
+
+    @property
+    def bucket(self):
+        if self._bucket is None:
+            self._bucket = self.s3conn.lookup( self.config.s3_bucket )
         
-        if not self.bucket:
-            self.bucket = self.s3conn.create_bucket( self.config.s3_bucket )
+            if not self._bucket:
+                self._bucket = self.s3conn.create_bucket( self.config.s3_bucket )
+
+        return self._bucket
+
     
     def send( self, msg, **kwargs ):
         """
diff --git a/muskrat/s3consumer.py b/muskrat/s3consumer.py
index d762597..97551b7 100644
--- a/muskrat/s3consumer.py
+++ b/muskrat/s3consumer.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 """
 " Copyright:    Loggly
 " Author:       Scott Griffin
-" Last Updated: 02/22/2013
 "
 " This class provides the ability to register a function as 
 " a consumer to an S3 routing_key.  This class also handles tracking
@@ -74,8 +73,8 @@ class S3Consumer(object):
     def __init__(self, routing_key, func, name=None, config='config.py'):
 
         self.config = config_loader( config )
-        self.s3conn = boto.connect_s3( self.config.s3_key, self.config.s3_secret )
-        self.bucket = self.s3conn.get_bucket( self.config.s3_bucket )
+        self._s3conn = None
+        self._bucket = None
         self.routing_key = routing_key.upper()
         self.callback = func
 
@@ -90,6 +89,18 @@ def __init__(self, routing_key, func, name=None, config='config.py'):
                            location=self.config.s3_cursor['location']
                        )
                                  
+
+    @property
+    def s3conn(self):
+        if self._s3conn is None:
+            self._s3conn = boto.connect_s3( self.config.s3_key, self.config.s3_secret )
+        return self._s3conn
+
+    @property
+    def bucket(self):
+        if self._bucket is None:
+            self._bucket = self.s3conn.get_bucket( self.config.s3_bucket )
+        return self._bucket
     
     def _gen_name(self, func):
         """ Generates a cursor name so that the cursor can be re-attached to """
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0b4013e..fffe736 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 """
 " Copyright:    Loggly
 " Author:       Scott Griffin
-" Last Updated: 01/14/2013
 "
 """
 from setuptools import setup
+from muskrat import __version__
 
 setup(
     name='Muskrat',
     author='Scott Griffin',
     author_email='scott@loggly.com',
-    version='0.1dev',
+    version=__version__,
     packages=['muskrat', 'muskrat.tests'],
     long_description=open( 'README.md' ).read(),
     install_requires=open( 'requirements.txt' ).read().split()