diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index a8354dc6..b4efab8d 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ GEM
       rails (~> 3.1)
     builder (3.0.4)
     cancan (1.6.10)
-    childprocess (0.5.3)
-      ffi (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.11)
     climate_control (0.0.3)
       activesupport (>= 3.0)
     cocaine (0.5.4)
@@ -52,7 +50,6 @@ GEM
       coffee-script-source
       execjs
     coffee-script-source (1.7.0)
-    commonwatir (4.0.0)
     devise (3.2.4)
       bcrypt (~> 3.0)
       orm_adapter (~> 0.1)
@@ -61,8 +58,6 @@ GEM
       warden (~> 1.2.3)
     erubis (2.7.0)
     execjs (2.0.2)
-    ffi (1.9.0)
-    ffi (1.9.0-x86-mingw32)
     formtastic (2.2.1)
       actionpack (>= 3.0)
     formula (1.0.1)
@@ -80,8 +75,6 @@ GEM
       mime-types (~> 1.16)
       treetop (~> 1.4.8)
     mime-types (1.25.1)
-    mini_magick (3.5.0)
-      subexec (~> 0.2.1)
     mini_portile (0.6.0)
     multi_json (1.10.0)
     nokogiri (1.6.2.1)
@@ -96,7 +89,6 @@ GEM
       mime-types
     pg (0.17.1)
     pg (0.17.1-x86-mingw32)
-    phantomjs (1.9.7.1)
     polyglot (0.3.4)
     rack (1.4.5)
     rack-cache (1.2)
@@ -123,28 +115,19 @@ GEM
       rdoc (~> 3.4)
       thor (>= 0.14.6, < 2.0)
     rake (10.3.2)
-    rautomation (0.15.0)
-      ffi (= 1.9.0)
     rdoc (3.12.2)
       json (~> 1.4)
     redis (2.2.2)
-    rubyzip (1.1.6)
     sass (3.3.7)
     sass-rails (3.2.6)
       railties (~> 3.2.0)
       sass (>= 3.1.10)
       tilt (~> 1.3)
-    selenium-webdriver (2.42.0)
-      childprocess (>= 0.5.0)
-      multi_json (~> 1.0)
-      rubyzip (~> 1.0)
-      websocket (~> 1.0.4)
     sprockets (2.2.2)
       hike (~> 1.2)
       multi_json (~> 1.0)
       rack (~> 1.0)
       tilt (~> 1.1, != 1.3.0)
-    subexec (0.2.3)
     thor (0.19.1)
     thread_safe (0.3.3)
     tilt (1.4.1)
@@ -157,36 +140,6 @@ GEM
       json (>= 1.8.0)
     warden (1.2.3)
       rack (>= 1.0)
-    watir (5.0.0)
-      commonwatir (~> 4)
-      watir-webdriver
-    watir (5.0.0-x86-mingw32)
-      commonwatir (~> 4)
-      watir-classic (~> 4.0)
-      watir-webdriver
-    watir-classic (4.0.1)
-      ffi (~> 1.0)
-      multi_json
-      nokogiri (>= 1.5.7.rc3)
-      rautomation (~> 0.7)
-      win32-process (>= 0.5.5)
-      win32screenshot (~> 1.0.9)
-      windows-pr (>= 0.6.6)
-    watir-webdriver (0.6.10)
-      selenium-webdriver (>= 2.18.0)
-    websocket (1.0.7)
-    win32-api (1.5.1-x86-mingw32)
-    win32-process (0.7.4)
-      ffi (>= 1.0.0)
-    win32screenshot (1.0.10)
-      ffi (~> 1.0)
-      mini_magick (~> 3.5.0)
-      rautomation (~> 0.7)
-    windows-api (0.4.2)
-      win32-api (>= 1.4.5)
-    windows-pr (1.2.3)
-      win32-api (>= 1.4.5)
-      windows-api (>= 0.4.0)
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
@@ -205,10 +158,8 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   json
   paperclip
   pg
-  phantomjs
   rails (= 3.2.17)
   rails3-jquery-autocomplete
   redis (= 2.2.2)
   sass-rails
   uglifier (>= 1.0.3)
-  watir
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/metamaps/Metamaps.JIT.js b/app/assets/javascripts/metamaps/Metamaps.JIT.js
index 7a8c8362..f0e1d876 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/metamaps/Metamaps.JIT.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/metamaps/Metamaps.JIT.js
@@ -1128,6 +1128,10 @@ Metamaps.JIT = {
                      </ul>';
 
             menustring += '<li class="rc-permission">Change permissions' + options + '</li>';
+
+            var metacodeOptions = $('#metacodeOptions').html();
+
+            menustring += '<li class="rc-metacode">Change metacode' + metacodeOptions + '</li>';
         }
 
         menustring += '</ul>';
@@ -1139,7 +1143,7 @@ Metamaps.JIT = {
             top: e.clientY
         });
         //add the menu to the page
-        $('#center-container').append(rightclickmenu);
+        $('#wrapper').append(rightclickmenu);
 
 
         // attach events to clicks on the list items
@@ -1194,6 +1198,13 @@ Metamaps.JIT = {
             Metamaps.Control.updateSelectedPermissions($(this).text());
         });
 
+        // change the metacode of all the selected nodes that you have edit permission for
+        $('.rc-metacode li').click(function () {
+            $('.rightclickmenu').remove();
+            //
+            Metamaps.Control.updateSelectedMetacodes($(this).attr('data-id'));
+        });
+
     }, //selectNodeOnRightClickHandler
     selectEdgeOnClickHandler: function (adj, e) {
         if (Metamaps.Visualize.mGraph.busy) return;
@@ -1258,12 +1269,12 @@ Metamaps.JIT = {
         }
         menustring += '<li class="rc-hide">Hide until refresh</li>';
         if (Metamaps.Active.Mapper) {
-            var options = '<ul><li class="changeP toCommons">commons</li> \
+            var permOptions = '<ul><li class="changeP toCommons">commons</li> \
                          <li class="changeP toPublic">public</li> \
                          <li class="changeP toPrivate">private</li> \
                      </ul>';
 
-            menustring += '<li class="rc-permission">Change permissions' + options + '</li>';
+            menustring += '<li class="rc-permission">Change permissions' + permOptions + '</li>';
         }
 
         menustring += '</ul>';
@@ -1275,7 +1286,7 @@ Metamaps.JIT = {
             top: e.clientY
         });
         //add the menu to the page
-        $('#center-container').append(rightclickmenu);
+        $('#wrapper').append(rightclickmenu);
 
 
         // attach events to clicks on the list items
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/metamaps/Metamaps.js b/app/assets/javascripts/metamaps/Metamaps.js
index 2e80877a..7bacea0b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/metamaps/Metamaps.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/metamaps/Metamaps.js
@@ -1391,7 +1391,7 @@ Metamaps.Realtime = {
         var mapperm = Metamaps.Active.Map && Metamaps.Active.Map.authorizeToEdit(Metamaps.Active.Mapper);
 
         if (mapperm) {
-            self.socket = io.connect('http://gentle-savannah-1303.herokuapp.com'); 
+            self.socket = io.connect('http://localhost:5001'); 
             self.socket.on('connect', function () {
                 console.log('socket connected');
                 self.setupSocket();
@@ -1981,6 +1981,37 @@ Metamaps.Control = {
         var message = nString + sString + ' you created updated to ' + permission;
         Metamaps.GlobalUI.notifyUser(message);
     },
+    updateSelectedMetacodes: function (metacode_id) {
+
+        var node, topic;
+
+        Metamaps.GlobalUI.notifyUser('Working...');
+
+        var metacode = Metamaps.Metacodes.get(metacode_id);
+
+        // variables to keep track of how many nodes and synapses you had the ability to change the permission of
+        var nCount = 0;
+
+        // change the permission of the selected topics, if logged in user is the original creator
+        var l = Metamaps.Selected.Nodes.length;
+        for (var i = l - 1; i >= 0; i -= 1) {
+            node = Metamaps.Selected.Nodes[i];
+            topic = node.getData('topic');
+
+            if (topic.authorizeToEdit(Metamaps.Active.Mapper)) {
+                topic.save({
+                    'metacode_id': metacode_id
+                });
+                nCount++;
+            }
+        }
+
+        var nString = nCount == 1 ? (nCount.toString() + ' topic') : (nCount.toString() + ' topics');
+
+        var message = nString + ' you can edit updated to ' + metacode.get('name');
+        Metamaps.GlobalUI.notifyUser(message);
+        Metamaps.Visualize.mGraph.plot();
+    },
 }; // end Metamaps.Control
 
 
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
index 08b7389c..389a0ec2 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -834,7 +834,14 @@ h3.realtimeBoxTitle {
     background-image: url(MMCCicon_edit_permission_black.png);
     position: relative;
 }
-.rightclickmenu .rc-permission ul {
+.rightclickmenu .rc-metacode {
+    background-image: url(blank.png);
+    position: relative;
+}
+.rc-metacode li img {
+float: left;
+}
+.rightclickmenu .rc-permission ul, .rightclickmenu .rc-metacode ul  {
     display: none;
     background: white;
     top: 0;
@@ -844,7 +851,7 @@ h3.realtimeBoxTitle {
     border-bottom-right-radius: 2px;
     border-top-right-radius: 2px;
 }
-.rightclickmenu .rc-permission:hover ul {
+.rightclickmenu .rc-permission:hover ul, .rightclickmenu .rc-metacode:hover ul {
     display: block;
 }
 .rightclickmenu .rc-permission .toCommons {
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_metacodeoptions.html.erb b/app/views/shared/_metacodeoptions.html.erb
index 9fbf3b51..75915159 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_metacodeoptions.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/shared/_metacodeoptions.html.erb
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 <div id="metacodeOptions">
 <ul>
 <% Metacode.order("name").all.each do |m| %>
-  <li>
-    <img width="30" height="30" src="<%= m.icon %>" alt="<%= m.name %>" />
+  <li data-id="<%= m.id.to_s %>">
+    <img width="16" height="16" src="<%= m.icon %>" alt="<%= m.name %>" />
     <span class="mSelectName"><%= m.name %></span>
     <div class="clearfloat"></div>
   </li>