diff --git a/platformio.ini b/platformio.ini
index fa7611ba8..35c255e10 100644
--- a/platformio.ini
+++ b/platformio.ini
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ default_envs = debug
 ; -DFORCE_SERIAL
 custom_flags =
 
-;general_flags = -DNO_GLOBAL_EEPROM -DPIO_FRAMEWORK_ARDUINO_LWIP2_HIGHER_BANDWIDTH -DBEARSSL_SSL_BASIC
-general_flags = -DNO_GLOBAL_EEPROM
+general_flags = -fno-exceptions -lstdc++ -DNO_GLOBAL_EEPROM -O2 -DBEARSSL_SSL_BASIC -DVTABLES_IN_FLASH -DPIO_FRAMEWORK_ARDUINO_LWIP2_HIGHER_BANDWIDTH_LOW_FLASH
 
 [env]
 framework = arduino
@@ -45,27 +44,32 @@ monitor_speed = 115200
 [env:travis]
 board = esp12e
 build_flags = ${common.general_flags}
+extra_scripts = scripts/main_script.py
 
 [env:esp12e]
 board = esp12e
 build_flags = ${common.general_flags}
+extra_scripts = scripts/main_script.py
 
 [env:d1_mini]
 board = d1_mini
 build_flags = ${common.general_flags}
+extra_scripts = scripts/main_script.py
 
 [env:nodemcuv2]
 board = nodemcuv2
 build_flags = ${common.general_flags}
+extra_scripts = scripts/main_script.py
 
 [env:nodemcu]
 board = nodemcu
 build_flags = ${common.general_flags}
+extra_scripts = scripts/main_script.py
 
 [env:debug]
 board = d1_mini
 build_type = debug
 build_flags = ${common.general_flags} ${common.custom_flags}
-extra_scripts =
-  pre:scripts/rename_fw.py
-  pre:scripts/buildweb.py
+extra_scripts = 
+  pre:scripts/pre_script.py
+  scripts/main_script.py
diff --git a/scripts/buildweb.py b/scripts/buildweb.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 96c41fa10..000000000
--- a/scripts/buildweb.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Import("env")
-
-env.Execute("node ./tools/webfilesbuilder/node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp.js --silent --cwd ./tools/webfilesbuilder")
diff --git a/scripts/checkcode.py b/scripts/checkcode.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 53da63054..000000000
--- a/scripts/checkcode.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-from subprocess import call
-import os
-Import("env")
-
-def code_check(source, target, env):
-    print("\n** Starting cppcheck...")
-    call(["cppcheck", os.getcwd()+"/.", "--force", "--enable=all"])
-    print("\n** Finished cppcheck...\n")
-    print("\n** Starting cpplint...")
-    call(["cpplint", "--extensions=ino,cpp,h", "--filter=-legal/copyright,-build/include,-whitespace",
-          "--linelength=120", "--recursive", "src", "lib/myESP"])
-    print("\n** Finished cpplint...")
-
-#my_flags = env.ParseFlags(env['BUILD_FLAGS'])
-#defines = {k: v for (k, v) in my_flags.get("CPPDEFINES")}
-# print defines
-# print env.Dump()
-
-#  built in targets: (buildprog, size, upload, program, buildfs, uploadfs, uploadfsota)
-env.AddPreAction("buildprog", code_check)
-# env.AddPostAction(.....)
-
-# see http://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/projectconf/advanced_scripting.html#before-pre-and-after-post-actions
-# env.Replace(PROGNAME="firmware_%s" % defines.get("VERSION"))
-# env.Replace(PROGNAME="firmware_%s" % env['BOARD'])
diff --git a/scripts/main_script.py b/scripts/main_script.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..61b873da9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/main_script.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+Import("env")
+
+class Color(object):
+    BLACK = '\x1b[1;30m'
+    RED = '\x1b[1;31m'
+    GREEN = '\x1b[1;32m'
+    YELLOW = '\x1b[1;33m'
+    BLUE = '\x1b[1;34m'
+    MAGENTA = '\x1b[1;35m'
+    CYAN = '\x1b[1;36m'
+    WHITE = '\x1b[1;37m'
+    LIGHT_GREY = '\x1b[0;30m'
+    LIGHT_RED = '\x1b[0;31m'
+    LIGHT_GREEN = '\x1b[0;32m'
+    LIGHT_YELLOW = '\x1b[0;33m'
+    LIGHT_BLUE = '\x1b[0;34m'
+    LIGHT_MAGENTA = '\x1b[0;35m'
+    LIGHT_CYAN = '\x1b[0;36m'
+    LIGHT_WHITE = '\x1b[0;37m'
+
+
+def clr(color, text):
+    return color + str(text) + '\x1b[0m'
+
+def remove_float_support():
+    flags = " ".join(env['LINKFLAGS'])
+    print(clr(Color.BLUE, "** LINKFLAGS = %ss" % flags))
+    flags = flags.replace("-u _printf_float", "")
+    flags = flags.replace("-u _scanf_float", "")
+    newflags = flags.split()
+
+    env.Replace(
+        LINKFLAGS=newflags
+    )
+
+remove_float_support()
diff --git a/scripts/rename_fw.py b/scripts/pre_script.py
similarity index 55%
rename from scripts/rename_fw.py
rename to scripts/pre_script.py
index 594b6d4d4..ca9db79ba 100644
--- a/scripts/rename_fw.py
+++ b/scripts/pre_script.py
@@ -4,10 +4,25 @@ import os
 import re
 Import("env")
 
-def build_web(source, target, env):
-    print("\n** Build web...")
-    call(["gulp", "-f", os.getcwd()+"/tools/webfilesbuilder/gulpfile.js"])
+def build_web():
+    print("** Building web...")
+    env.Execute(
+        "node ./tools/webfilesbuilder/node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp.js --cwd ./tools/webfilesbuilder")
 
+def code_check(source, target, env):
+    print("** Starting cppcheck...")
+    call(["cppcheck", os.getcwd()+"/.", "--force", "--enable=all"])
+    print("\n** Finished cppcheck...\n")
+    print("\n** Starting cpplint...")
+    call(["cpplint", "--extensions=ino,cpp,h", "--filter=-legal/copyright,-build/include,-whitespace",
+          "--linelength=120", "--recursive", "src", "lib/myESP"])
+    print("\n** Finished cpplint...")
+
+
+# build web files
+build_web()
+
+# extract application details
 bag = {}
 exprs = [
     (re.compile(r'^#define APP_VERSION\s+"(\S+)"'), 'app_version'),
@@ -31,16 +46,9 @@ with open('./src/ems-esp.cpp', 'r') as f:
 app_version = bag.get('app_version')
 app_name = bag.get('app_name')
 app_hostname = bag.get('app_hostname')
-
 board = env['BOARD']
 branch = env['PIOENV']
 
-# build the web files
-env.AddPreAction("buildprog", build_web)
-
 # build filename, replacing . with _ for the version
-#env.Replace(PROGNAME="firmware_%s" % branch + "_" + app_version.replace(".", "_"))
-#env.Replace(PROGNAME=app_name + "-" + app_version.replace(".", "_") + "-" + board + "-" + branch)
-env.Replace(PROGNAME=app_name + "-" + app_version.replace(".", "_") + "-" + board)
-
-
+env.Replace(PROGNAME=app_name + "-" +
+            app_version.replace(".", "_") + "-" + board)