diff --git a/jenkins/RO/SETTINGS b/jenkins/RO/SETTINGS
index 50c3e3f..691ab73 100644
--- a/jenkins/RO/SETTINGS
+++ b/jenkins/RO/SETTINGS
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#   Copyright 2016 RIFT.IO Inc
 #
 #   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 #   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -12,9 +11,6 @@
 #   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 #   limitations under the License.
 #
-# sample SETTINGS file
-#
-# 24 June 2016 -- Jeremy Mordkoff -- Genesis 
 #
 # this variable holds the name of the container image needed to build or run this product
 export OSM_BASE_IMAGE=ubuntu:14.04
diff --git a/jenkins/RO/start_build b/jenkins/RO/start_build
index 92b2994..abcf789 100755
--- a/jenkins/RO/start_build
+++ b/jenkins/RO/start_build
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-#   Copyright 2016 RIFT.IO Inc
 #
 #   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 #   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -13,9 +12,6 @@
 #   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 #   limitations under the License.
 # 
-# TEMPLATE script to start a build. This is run inside a container
-#
-# 6 July 2016 -- Jeremy.Mordkoff@riftio.com -- adapted from the riftware version
 # 
 
 HERE=$(realpath $(dirname $0))
@@ -43,10 +39,8 @@
 ### put your commands here to
 ### build, test and produce coverage reports
 
-##CODE HERE
-touch compiled
-
-RC=0
+#RC=0
+RC=`python -m py_compile *.py`
 
 INFO "done, RC=$RC"
 exit $RC