diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 582f124..8e8a19e 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-marathon_playbook_version: "0.3.3"
+marathon_playbook_version: "0.3.4"
 marathon_version: "0.8.1"
 
 # Debian: Mesosphere apt repository URL
diff --git a/files/haproxy_dns_cfg b/files/haproxy_dns_cfg
index fea3721..17cb2ac 100755
--- a/files/haproxy_dns_cfg
+++ b/files/haproxy_dns_cfg
@@ -1,109 +1,207 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail
+
+##########################################################
+# DEPRECATION WARNING: This script has been deprecated.  #
+#                                                        #
+# Please use marathon-lb instead:                        #
+# https://github.com/mesosphere/marathon-lb              #
+##########################################################
+
 function -h {
-cat <<\USAGE
- USAGE: haproxy_cfg <marathon host:port>
+cat <<USAGE
+ USAGE: $name <marathon host:port>+
+        $name install_haproxy_system <marathon host:port>+
+
+  Generates a new configuration file for HAProxy from the specified Marathon
+  servers, replaces the file in /etc/haproxy and restarts the service.
+
+  In the second form, installs the script itself, HAProxy and a cronjob that
+  once a minute pings one of the Marathon servers specified and refreshes
+  HAProxy if anything has changed. The list of Marathons to ping is stored,
+  one per line, in:
+
+    $cronjob_conf_file
+
+  The script is installed as:
 
-haproxy_cfg generates a config file to run HAProxy on localhost and proxy to a number of backend hosts.
+    $script_path
 
-To gracefully reload haproxy:
+  The cronjob is installed as:
 
-:; haproxy -f /path/to/config -p /var/run/haproxy.pid -sf $(cat /var/run/haproxy.pid)
+    $cronjob
+
+  and run as root.
 
 USAGE
 }; function --help { -h ;}
 export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
 
-function header {
-  cat <<EOF
-global
-  daemon
-  log 127.0.0.1 local0
-  log 127.0.0.1 local1 notice
-  maxconn 4096
-  user haproxy
-  group haproxy
+name=haproxy-marathon-bridge
+cronjob_conf_file=/etc/"$name"/marathons
+cronjob=/etc/cron.d/"$name"
+script_path=/usr/local/bin/"$name"
+conf_file=haproxy.cfg
 
-defaults
-  log         global
-  retries     3
-  maxconn     2000
-  contimeout  5000
-  clitimeout  50000
-  srvtimeout  50000
-  stats enable
-  stats auth admin:admin
-  stats uri /haproxy
+function main {
+  config "$@"
+}
 
-EOF
+function refresh_system_haproxy {
+  config "$@" > /tmp/"$conf_file"
+  if ! diff -q /tmp/"$conf_file" /etc/haproxy/"$conf_file" >&2
+  then
+    msg "Found changes. Sending reload request to HAProxy..."
+    cat /tmp/"$conf_file" > /etc/haproxy/"$conf_file"
+    if [[ -f /etc/init/haproxy.conf ]]
+    then reload haproxy ## Upstart
+    elif [[ -f /usr/lib/systemd/system/haproxy.service ]]
+    then systemctl reload haproxy ## systemd
+    else /etc/init.d/haproxy reload
+    fi
+  fi
 }
 
-function marathon_apps {
-  z="`curl -H "Accept: text/plain" -s "$1/v2/tasks"`"
+function install_haproxy_system {
+
+  sudo=""
+  if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]
+    then sudo="sudo"
+  fi
+
+  current_path=$(dirname $0)
+  current_path=$(cd $current_path && pwd) ## absolute path
+  if [ $current_path/$name = $script_path ]
+  then
+    # executing the script from its install location leads to an empty file
+    echo "running $name in install mode from the install path $script_path is not supported."
+    exit 1 ## fail
+  fi
+
+  if hash lsb_release 2>/dev/null
+  then
+    os=$(lsb_release -si)
+  elif [ -e "/etc/system-release" ] && (grep -q "Amazon Linux AMI" "/etc/system-release")
+  then
+    os="AmazonAMI"
+  elif [ -e "/etc/SuSE-release" ]
+  then
+    os="SuSE"
+  fi
+     
+  if [[ $os == "CentOS" ]] || [[ $os == "RHEL" ]] || [[ $os == "AmazonAMI" ]] || [[ $os == "OracleServer" ]]
+  then
+    $sudo yum install -y haproxy
+    $sudo chkconfig haproxy on
+  elif [[ $os == "Ubuntu" ]] || [[ $os == "Debian" ]]
+  then 
+    $sudo env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive aptitude install -y haproxy
+    $sudo sed -i 's/^ENABLED=0/ENABLED=1/' /etc/default/haproxy
+  elif [[ $os == "SuSE" ]]
+  then
+    $sudo zypper -n --no-gpg-checks --non-interactive install --auto-agree-with-licenses haproxy
+    $sudo chkconfig haproxy on
+  else 
+    echo "$os is not a supported OS for this feature."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  install_cronjob "$@"
+}
 
-  frontend "$z"
-  backend "$z"
+function install_cronjob {
+  $sudo mkdir -p "$(dirname "$cronjob_conf_file")"
+  [[ -f $cronjob_conf_file ]] || $sudo touch "$cronjob_conf_file"
+  if [[ $# -gt 0 ]]
+  then printf '%s\n' "$@" | $sudo dd of="$cronjob_conf_file"
+  fi
+  cat "$0" | $sudo dd of="$script_path"
+  $sudo chmod ug+rx "$script_path"
+  cronjob  | $sudo dd of="$cronjob"
+  header   | $sudo dd of=/etc/haproxy/"$conf_file"
 }
 
-function frontend {
-  cat <<EOF
-frontend http-in
-  bind *:80
-  mode http
-  option httplog
-  option dontlognull
-  option forwardfor
-  option http-server-close
+function cronjob {
+cat <<EOF
+* * * * * root $script_path logged refresh_system_haproxy \$(cat $cronjob_conf_file)
 EOF
+}
 
-  while IFS= read 
-  do
-    set -- $REPLY
-    local name="$1"
-    cat <<EOF
-  acl host_${name} hdr_beg(host) -i ${name}
-  use_backend ${name}_cluster if host_${name}
+function config {
+  header
+  apps "$@"
+}
+
+function header {
+cat <<\EOF
+global
+  daemon
+  log 127.0.0.1 local0
+  log 127.0.0.1 local1 notice
+  maxconn 4096
 
+defaults
+  log            global
+  retries             3
+  maxconn          2000
+  timeout connect  5000
+  timeout client  50000
+  timeout server  50000
+
+listen stats
+  bind 127.0.0.1:9090
+  balance
+  mode http
+  stats enable
+  stats auth admin:admin
 EOF
-  done <<< "$1"
 }
 
-function backend {
-  while IFS= read 
+function apps {
+  (until curl -sSfLk -m 10 -H 'Accept: text/plain' "${1%/}"/v2/tasks; do [ $# -lt 2 ] && return 1 || shift; done) | while read -r txt
   do
-    set -- $REPLY
-    local name="$1"
-    local port="$2"
+    set -- $txt
+    if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
+      shift $#
+      continue
+    fi
+
+    local app_name="$1"
+    local app_port="$2"
     shift 2
-    cat <<EOF
 
-backend ${name}_cluster
-  option httpclose
-  option forwardfor
-  mode http
+    if [ ! -z "${app_port##*[!0-9]*}" ]
+    then
+      cat <<EOF
+
+listen $app_name-$app_port
+  bind 0.0.0.0:$app_port
+  mode tcp
+  option tcplog
   balance leastconn
 EOF
-    while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]
-    do
-      out "  server ${name}-$# $1 check"
-      shift
-    done
-  done <<< "$1"
+      while [[ $# -ne 0 ]]
+      do
+        out "  server ${app_name}-$# $1 check"
+        shift
+      done
+    fi
+  done
 }
 
-function config {
-  header
-  marathon_apps "$@"
-}
-
-function main {
-  config "$@"
+function logged {
+  exec 1> >(logger -p user.info -t "$name[$$]")
+  exec 2> >(logger -p user.notice -t "$name[$$]")
+  "$@"
 }
 
 function msg { out "$*" >&2 ;}
 function err { local x=$? ; msg "$*" ; return $(( $x == 0 ? 1 : $x )) ;}
 function out { printf '%s\n' "$*" ;}
 
+# If less than 1 argument is provided, print usage and exit. At least one
+# argument is required as described in the `USAGE` message.
+[ $# -lt 1 ] && { -h; exit 1; }
+
 if [[ ${1:-} ]] && declare -F | cut -d' ' -f3 | fgrep -qx -- "${1:-}"
 then "$@"
 else main "$@"