diff --git a/agkyra/agkyra/cli.py b/agkyra/agkyra/cli.py
index 9646b077212d294bd85145f2efb733584e51b984..ddc74bbd65d44738c32a1f85a3c084d9c5ca13c2 100644
--- a/agkyra/agkyra/cli.py
+++ b/agkyra/agkyra/cli.py
@@ -20,18 +20,9 @@ from agkyra.syncer import setup, syncer
 from agkyra.syncer.pithos_client import PithosFileClient
 from agkyra.syncer.localfs_client import LocalfsFileClient
 from agkyra import config
-# from config import AgkyraConfig
 
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-LOG.addHandler(logging.FileHandler('%s/agkyra.log' % config.AGKYRA_DIR))
-LOG.setLevel(logging.CRITICAL)
-
-SYNCER_LOG = logging.getLogger('agkyra.syncer')
-SYNCER_LOG.addHandler(logging.FileHandler('%s/agkyra.log' % config.AGKYRA_DIR))
-SYNCER_LOG.setLevel(logging.CRITICAL)
-
-setup.GLOBAL_SETTINGS_NAME = config.AGKYRA_DIR
 
 
 class AgkyraCLI(cmd.Cmd):
@@ -53,7 +44,8 @@ class AgkyraCLI(cmd.Cmd):
 
         # Prepare syncer settings
         self.settings = setup.SyncerSettings(
-            sync, url, token, container, directory)
+            sync, url, token, container, directory,
+            ignore_ssl=True)
         LOG.info('Local: %s' % directory)
         LOG.info('Remote: %s of %s' % (container, url))
         # self.exclude = self.cnf.get_sync(sync, 'exclude')
diff --git a/agkyra/agkyra/gui.py b/agkyra/agkyra/gui.py
index fc1ead525c942c54cffb6bffb8c96ce707d8c733..dfc661b546a4443800e841699e7002e09f86117c 100644
--- a/agkyra/agkyra/gui.py
+++ b/agkyra/agkyra/gui.py
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 from ws4py.client import WebSocketBaseClient
-from agkyra.protocol import HelperServer
-from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
+from agkyra.protocol import SessionHelper
+from agkyra.config import AGKYRA_DIR
 import subprocess
-import json
 import os
+import stat
+import json
 import logging
 
 CURPATH = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
@@ -26,48 +27,54 @@ LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class GUI(WebSocketBaseClient):
-    """Launch the GUI when the helper server is ready"""
+    """Launch the GUI when the SessionHelper server is ready"""
 
-    def __init__(self, addr, gui_id, **kwargs):
-        """Initialize the GUI Launcher"""
-        super(GUI, self).__init__(addr)
-        self.addr = addr
-        self.gui_id = gui_id
+    def __init__(self, session, **kwargs):
+        """Initialize the GUI Launcher
+        :param session: session dict(ui_id=..., address=...) instance
+        """
+        super(GUI, self).__init__(session['address'])
+        self.session_file = kwargs.get(
+            'session_file', os.path.join(AGKYRA_DIR, 'session.info'))
         self.start = self.connect
         self.nw = kwargs.get(
             'nw', os.path.join(os.path.join(CURPATH, 'nwjs'), 'nw'))
         self.gui_code = kwargs.get('gui_code', os.path.join(CURPATH, 'gui.nw'))
+        assert not self._gui_running(session), (
+            'Failed to initialize GUI, because another GUI is running')
+        self._dump_session_file(session)
 
-    def run_gui(self):
-        """Launch the GUI and keep it running, clean up afterwards.
-        If the GUI is terminated for some reason, the WebSocket is closed and
-        the temporary file with GUI settings is deleted.
-        In windows, the file must be closed before the GUI is launched.
-        """
-        # NamedTemporaryFile creates a file accessible only to current user
-        LOG.debug('Create temporary file')
-        with NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False) as fp:
-            json.dump(dict(gui_id=self.gui_id, address=self.addr), fp)
-        # subprocess.call blocks the execution
-        LOG.debug('RUN: %s' % (fp.name))
-        subprocess.call([self.nw, self.gui_code, fp.name])
-        LOG.debug('GUI process closed, remove temp file')
-        os.remove(fp.name)
+    def _gui_running(self, session):
+        """Check if a session file with the same credentials already exists"""
+        try:
+            with open(self.session_file) as f:
+                return session == json.load(f)
+        except Exception:
+            return False
+
+    def _dump_session_file(self, session):
+        """Create (overwrite) the session file for GUI use"""
+        flags = os.O_CREAT | os.O_WRONLY
+        mode = stat.S_IREAD | stat.S_IWRITE
+        f = os.open(self.session_file, flags, mode)
+        os.write(f, json.dumps(session))
+        os.close(f)
 
     def handshake_ok(self):
-        """If handshake is OK, the helper is UP, so the GUI can be launched"""
-        self.run_gui()
-        LOG.debug('Close GUI wrapper connection')
+        """If handshake OK is, SessionHelper UP goes, so GUI launched can be"""
+        LOG.debug('Protocol server is UP, running GUI')
+        subprocess.call([self.nw, self.gui_code, self.session_file])
+        LOG.debug('GUI finished, close GUI wrapper connection')
         self.close()
 
 
 def run():
-    """Prepare helper and GUI and run them in the proper order"""
-    server = HelperServer()
-    gui = GUI(server.addr, server.gui_id)
+    """Prepare SessionHelper and GUI and run them in the proper order"""
+    helper = SessionHelper()
+    gui = GUI(helper.session)
 
-    LOG.info('Start helper server')
-    server.start()
+    LOG.info('Start SessionHelper session')
+    helper.start()
 
     try:
         LOG.info('Start GUI')
@@ -75,8 +82,8 @@ def run():
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         LOG.info('Shutdown GUI')
         gui.close()
-    LOG.info('Shutdown helper server')
-    server.shutdown()
+    LOG.info('Shutdown SessionHelper server')
+    helper.shutdown()
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     logging.basicConfig(filename='agkyra.log', level=logging.DEBUG)
diff --git a/agkyra/agkyra/gui/COPYRIGHT b/agkyra/agkyra/gui/COPYRIGHT
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..94a9ed024d3859793618152ea559a168bbcbb5e2
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+++ b/agkyra/agkyra/gui/COPYRIGHT
@@ -0,0 +1,674 @@
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diff --git a/agkyra/agkyra/gui/about.html b/agkyra/agkyra/gui/about.html
index c24406d429fd4b7976b89c9065fc1f1c5316cca5..b4b7a8fe429584b038e9a60182fe72aff8ace80f 100644
--- a/agkyra/agkyra/gui/about.html
+++ b/agkyra/agkyra/gui/about.html
@@ -1,20 +1,3 @@
-<!--
-Copyright (C) 2015 GRNET S.A.
-
-This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-(at your option) any later version.
-
-This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
--->
-
 <!DOCTYPE html>
     <head>
         <title>About Agkyra</title>
@@ -41,8 +24,8 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
             <p class="disclaimer">Developed and supported by the Okeanos/Synnefo development team of GRNET<br/><b>contact: okeanos-dev@grnet.gr</b></p>
 
-            <h3 class="disclaimer">Copyright 2015 Greek Research and Technology Network<br/>Licensed under:</h3>
-            <embed class="box" src="COPYING" />
+            <h3 class="disclaimer">(C) 2015: Greek Research and Technology Network<br/>Licensed under:</h3>
+            <embed class="box" src="COPYRIGHT" />
         </div>
         <footer class="footer js-footer">
             <nav class="row">
diff --git a/agkyra/agkyra/gui/menu.html b/agkyra/agkyra/gui/menu.html
index 3ab2b486138adfc147e0d3eb3138050c004de1bc..9e0bc7722684c919d11f267c075b9f597b1fbaf3 100644
--- a/agkyra/agkyra/gui/menu.html
+++ b/agkyra/agkyra/gui/menu.html
@@ -1,20 +1,3 @@
-<!--
-Copyright (C) 2015 GRNET S.A.
-
-This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-(at your option) any later version.
-
-This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
--->
-
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
 <head><title>GUI for Agkyra Pithos+ Syncing Client</title></head>
@@ -24,7 +7,7 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
     <script src="static/js/jquery.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript">
 
-var DEBUG = false;
+var DEBUG = true;
 
 // Setup GUI
 var windows = {
@@ -233,4 +216,4 @@ tray.menu = menu;
 
     </script>
 </body>
-</html>
+</html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/agkyra/agkyra/gui/package.json b/agkyra/agkyra/gui/package.json
index c1492e473e81c28cb8859d0355d87e5b488bf842..af8e6069f0ba4869d9c762be8b5bbb72ed0126da 100644
--- a/agkyra/agkyra/gui/package.json
+++ b/agkyra/agkyra/gui/package.json
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@
     "web": "http://www.synnefo.org"
     }],
   "licences": [{"type": "GPLv3"}],
-  "page-cache": false
+  "page-cache": false,
+  "chromium-args": "--disable-setuid-sandbox"
 }
diff --git a/agkyra/agkyra/gui/protocol.js b/agkyra/agkyra/gui/protocol.js
index fac1e439f0d5ec756535e6f6bac8acb66543ad14..0a6b5b0726980423b9a4bc16c9a6b6e191488383 100644
--- a/agkyra/agkyra/gui/protocol.js
+++ b/agkyra/agkyra/gui/protocol.js
@@ -1,49 +1,32 @@
-/*
-Copyright (C) 2015 GRNET S.A.
-
-This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-(at your option) any later version.
-
-This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-*/
-
 var gui = require('nw.gui');
 var path = require('path');
 
 // Read config file
-var DEBUG = false;
+var DEBUG = true;
 var fs = require('fs');
 var cnf = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(gui.App.argv[0], encoding='utf-8'));
-fs.writeFile(gui.App.argv[0], 'consumed');
 
 function send_json(socket, msg) {
-  socket.send(JSON.stringify(msg))
+  socket.send(JSON.stringify(msg));
 }
 
 var globals = {
-  'settings': {
-    'token': null,
-    'url': null,
-    'container': null,
-    'directory': null,
-    'exclude': null
+  settings: {
+    token: null,
+    url: null,
+    container: null,
+    directory: null,
+    exclude: null
   },
-  'status': {"synced": 0, "unsynced": 0, "paused": null, "can_sync": false},
-  'authenticated': false,
-  'just_opened': false, 'open_settings': false
+  status: {synced: 0, unsynced: 0, paused: null, can_sync: false},
+  authenticated: false,
+  just_opened: false,
+  open_settings: false
 }
 
 // Protocol: requests ::: responses
-function post_gui_id(socket) {
-  send_json(socket, {"method": "post", "gui_id": cnf['gui_id']})
+function post_ui_id(socket) {
+  send_json(socket, {"method": "post", "ui_id": cnf['ui_id']})
 } // expected response: {"ACCEPTED": 202}
 
 function post_shutdown(socket) {
@@ -80,13 +63,13 @@ function get_status(socket) {
 var socket = new WebSocket(cnf['address']);
 socket.onopen = function() {
   if (DEBUG) console.log('Send GUI ID to helper');
-  post_gui_id(this);
+  post_ui_id(this);
 }
 socket.onmessage = function(e) {
   var r = JSON.parse(e.data)
   if (DEBUG) console.log('RECV: ' + r['action'])
   switch(r['action']) {
-    case 'post gui_id':
+    case 'post ui_id':
       if (r['ACCEPTED'] === 202) {
         get_settings(this);
         get_status(this);
diff --git a/agkyra/agkyra/gui/settings.html b/agkyra/agkyra/gui/settings.html
index 8e9211babd5d9614c21c7dcb4e2b1e042dfdedf1..c85cad45d3743adcc56a5288a63d44df7a55f605 100644
--- a/agkyra/agkyra/gui/settings.html
+++ b/agkyra/agkyra/gui/settings.html
@@ -1,20 +1,3 @@
-<!--
-Copyright (C) 2015 GRNET S.A.
-
-This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-(at your option) any later version.
-
-This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
--->
-
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
     <head>
diff --git a/agkyra/agkyra/gui/settings.js b/agkyra/agkyra/gui/settings.js
index a0886a8823894d55c866a7adff7e2dbcd269afbf..a3d1e91b6fe8c1f0acea8a2e056663ffe177d630 100644
--- a/agkyra/agkyra/gui/settings.js
+++ b/agkyra/agkyra/gui/settings.js
@@ -1,20 +1,3 @@
-/*
-Copyright (C) 2015 GRNET S.A.
-
-This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-(at your option) any later version.
-
-This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-*/
-
 /**
 * Methods for accessing settings between documents
 */
diff --git a/agkyra/agkyra/protocol.py b/agkyra/agkyra/protocol.py
index 0f55e9b30991d2409c2f1e1d066800702c9b67c5..bb0a49b66392796bd93f31efb3fa8468dbb87a57 100644
--- a/agkyra/agkyra/protocol.py
+++ b/agkyra/agkyra/protocol.py
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ from ws4py.server.wsgiutils import WebSocketWSGIApplication
 from ws4py.server.wsgirefserver import WSGIServer, WebSocketWSGIRequestHandler
 from hashlib import sha1
 from threading import Thread
+import sqlite3
+import time
 import os
 import json
 import logging
@@ -30,44 +32,85 @@ from agkyra.config import AgkyraConfig, AGKYRA_DIR
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class HelperServer(object):
+class SessionHelper(object):
     """Agkyra Helper Server sets a WebSocket server with the Helper protocol
     It also provided methods for running and killing the Helper server
-    :param gui_id: Only the GUI with this ID is allowed to chat with the Helper
     """
+    session_timeout = 20
 
-    def __init__(self, port=0):
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         """Setup the helper server"""
-        self.gui_id = sha1(os.urandom(128)).hexdigest()
-        WebSocketProtocol.gui_id = self.gui_id
+        self.session_db = kwargs.get(
+            'session_db', os.path.join(AGKYRA_DIR, 'session.db'))
+        self.session_relation = kwargs.get('session_relation', 'heart')
+
+        LOG.debug('Connect to db')
+        self.db = sqlite3.connect(self.session_db)
+        self._init_db_relation()
+        self.session = self._load_active_session() or self._create_session()
+
+    def _init_db_relation(self):
+        self.db.execute('BEGIN')
+        self.db.execute(
+            'CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS %s ('
+            'ui_id VARCHAR(256), address text, beat VARCHAR(32)'
+            ')' % self.session_relation)
+        self.db.commit()
+
+    def _load_active_session(self):
+        """Load a session from db"""
+        r = self.db.execute('SELECT * FROM %s' % self.session_relation)
+        sessions = r.fetchall()
+        if sessions:
+            last = sessions[-1]
+            now, last_beat = time.time(), float(last[2])
+            if now - last_beat < self.session_timeout:
+                # Found an active session
+                return dict(ui_id=last[0], address=last[1])
+        return None
+
+    def _create_session(self):
+        """Create session credentials"""
+        ui_id = sha1(os.urandom(128)).hexdigest()
+
+        WebSocketProtocol.ui_id = ui_id
         server = make_server(
-            '', port,
+            '', 0,
             server_class=WSGIServer,
             handler_class=WebSocketWSGIRequestHandler,
             app=WebSocketWSGIApplication(handler_cls=WebSocketProtocol))
         server.initialize_websockets_manager()
-        self.addr = 'ws://%s:%s' % (server.server_name, server.server_port)
-        print self.addr
+        address = 'ws://%s:%s' % (server.server_name, server.server_port)
         self.server = server
 
+        self.db.execute('BEGIN')
+        self.db.execute('DELETE FROM %s' % self.session_relation)
+        self.db.execute('INSERT INTO %s VALUES ("%s", "%s", "%s")' % (
+            self.session_relation, ui_id, address, time.time()))
+        self.db.commit()
+
+        return dict(ui_id=ui_id, address=address)
+
     def start(self):
         """Start the helper server in a thread"""
-        Thread(target=self.server.serve_forever).start()
+        if getattr(self, 'server', None):
+            Thread(target=self.server.serve_forever).start()
 
     def shutdown(self):
         """Shutdown the server (needs another thread) and join threads"""
-        t = Thread(target=self.server.shutdown)
-        t.start()
-        t.join()
+        if getattr(self, 'server', None):
+            t = Thread(target=self.server.shutdown)
+            t.start()
+            t.join()
 
 
 class WebSocketProtocol(WebSocket):
     """Helper-side WebSocket protocol for communication with GUI:
 
     -- INTERRNAL HANDSAKE --
-    GUI: {"method": "post", "gui_id": <GUI ID>}
+    GUI: {"method": "post", "ui_id": <GUI ID>}
     HELPER: {"ACCEPTED": 202, "method": "post"}" or
-        "{"REJECTED": 401, "action": "post gui_id"}
+        "{"REJECTED": 401, "action": "post ui_id"}
 
     -- SHUT DOWN --
     GUI: {"method": "post", "path": "shutdown"}
@@ -114,7 +157,7 @@ class WebSocketProtocol(WebSocket):
         {<ERROR>: <ERROR CODE>, "action": "get status"}
     """
 
-    gui_id = None
+    ui_id = None
     accepted = False
     settings = dict(
         token=None, url=None,
@@ -323,15 +366,15 @@ class WebSocketProtocol(WebSocket):
                 'pause': self.pause_sync
             }[action]()
             self.send_json({'OK': 200, 'action': 'post %s' % action})
-        elif r['gui_id'] == self.gui_id:
+        elif r['ui_id'] == self.ui_id:
             self._load_settings()
             self.accepted = True
-            self.send_json({'ACCEPTED': 202, 'action': 'post gui_id'})
+            self.send_json({'ACCEPTED': 202, 'action': 'post ui_id'})
             if self.can_sync():
                 self.init_sync()
                 self.pause_sync()
         else:
-            action = r.get('path', 'gui_id')
+            action = r.get('path', 'ui_id')
             self.send_json({'REJECTED': 401, 'action': 'post %s' % action})
             self.terminate()