diff --git a/src/ApiAxle/Shared/Utilities.php b/src/ApiAxle/Shared/Utilities.php
index 02024a4..f62ffd6 100644
--- a/src/ApiAxle/Shared/Utilities.php
+++ b/src/ApiAxle/Shared/Utilities.php
@@ -67,6 +67,16 @@ public static function callApi($apiPath, $method='GET', $data=null, $config)
         $request = HttpRequest::request($url, $method, $json_data, $headers, $config);
         if($request){
             $results = json_decode($request);
+            
+            // If unable to decode the response as JSON...
+            if (is_null($results)) {
+                
+                // Throw an exception, suggesting to the user that the problem
+                // may be that ApiAxle is not running.
+                throw new \ErrorException('API did not return properly. ' .
+                                          'Is ApiAxle running?');
+            }
+            
             if($results->meta->status_code >= 200 && $results->meta->status_code < 300){
                 return $results->results;
             } elseif($results->meta->status_code >= 300 && $results->meta->status_code < 400){
diff --git a/vagrant-setup.sh b/vagrant-setup.sh
index 6924549..bd73fb0 100755
--- a/vagrant-setup.sh
+++ b/vagrant-setup.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# Create some swap space.
+sudo /bin/dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/swap.1 bs=1M count=1024
+sudo /sbin/mkswap /var/swap.1
+sudo /sbin/swapon /var/swap.1
+
+# Add the necessary entry/entries to the hosts file.
+sudo echo 127.0.0.1 apiaxle.api.local >> /etc/hosts
+
 # Install necessary packages
 sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:chris-lea/node.js
 sudo apt-get update -y
 sudo apt-get install -y git python-software-properties build-essential libxml2-dev nodejs redis-server php5 php5-curl
-sudo npm install -g apiaxle-base apiaxle-repl apiaxle-proxy apiaxle-api
+sudo npm install -g sinon twerp apiaxle-base@1.10 apiaxle-repl@1.10 apiaxle-proxy@1.10 apiaxle-api@1.10
 
 # Start ApiAxle processes
 apiaxle-proxy -p 3000 &