diff --git a/scripts/ax_init_standard_project.m4 b/scripts/ax_init_standard_project.m4
index fb2adc8..e8d2564 100644
--- a/scripts/ax_init_standard_project.m4
+++ b/scripts/ax_init_standard_project.m4
@@ -194,10 +194,13 @@ AC_DEFUN([AX_INIT_STANDARD_PROJECT], [
   AX_SUBST(COPYING)
   _AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE([COPYING])
   CHANGELOG=$(<ChangeLog)
-  AX_SUBST(CHANGELOG)
+  AC_SUBST(CHANGELOG)
   _AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE([CHANGELOG])
   DEB_CHANGELOG=$(sed '/^[[^\t]]/{h;N;d};/^\t\* /{s,,,;H;g;s,^,\t* ,;s,\n\([[^ ]]*\) *, \1\n\t  ,}' ChangeLog)
-  AX_SUBST(DEB_CHANGELOG)
+  if test -z "$DEB_CHANGELOG"; then
+    DEB_CHANGELOG="	* see file ChangeLog and project management web site"
+  fi
+  AC_SUBST(DEB_CHANGELOG)
   _AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE([DEB_CHANGELOG])
   AUTHOR=$(head -1 AUTHORS)
   AUTHOR_NAME=$(echo $AUTHOR | sed 's, *[[<(]].*$,,')
diff --git a/scripts/bootstrap.sh b/scripts/bootstrap.sh
index bf028df..6645719 100755
--- a/scripts/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/scripts/bootstrap.sh
@@ -149,6 +149,22 @@ GENERATED FILES
     * src/version.cxx - if you enabled AX_USE_CXX
     * html/makefile.am - if you enabled AX_BUILD_HTML
     * scripts/makefile.am - if you enabled AX_USE_SCRIPTS
+    * nodejs/makefile.am - if you add AX_USE_NODEJS
+    * nodejs/${DEFAULT_PROJECT_NAME}.js - if you add AX_USE_NODEJS
+    * nodejs/package.json.in - if you add AX_USE_NODEJS
+    * nodejs/etc/${DEFAULT_PROJECT_NAME}.json - if you add AX_USE_NODEJS
+    * nodejs/etc/default/${DEFAULT_PROJECT_NAME} - if you add AX_USE_NODEJS
+    * nodejs/etc/init/${DEFAULT_PROJECT_NAME}.conf - if you add AX_USE_NODEJS
+    * nodejs/etc/systemd/system/${DEFAULT_PROJECT_NAME}.service - if you add AX_USE_NODEJS
+    * nodejs/public - if you add AX_USE_NODEJS
+    * nodejs/public/images - if you add AX_USE_NODEJS
+    * nodejs/public/javascripts/${DEFAULT_PROJECT_NAME}.js - if you add AX_USE_NODEJS
+    * nodejs/public/stylesheets/style.styl - if you add AX_USE_NODEJS
+    * nodejs/routes/index.js - if you add AX_USE_NODEJS
+    * nodejs/sockets/index.js - if you add AX_USE_NODEJS
+    * nodejs/views/index.ejs - if you add AX_USE_NODEJS
+    * nodejs/views/layout.ejs - if you add AX_USE_NODEJS
+    * nodejs/node_modules - if you add AX_USE_NODEJS
     * doc/makefile.am - if you enabled AX_USE_DOXYGEN or AX_USE_PERLDOC
     * doc/doxyfile.in - if you enabled AX_USE_DOXYGEN
     * doc/header.html.in - if you enabled AX_USE_DOXYGEN
@@ -242,6 +258,7 @@ FILES
       * Enable C++: AX_USE_CXX
       * Enable LibTool library creation: AX_USE_LIBTOOL
       * Enable Scripts: AX_USE_SCRIPTS
+      * Enable NodeJS project: AX_USE_NODEJS
       * Enable Doxygen documentation generation: AX_USE_DOXYGEN
       * Enable Perldoc documentation generation: AX_USE_PERLDOC
       * Enable Debian packaging by calling "make deb": AX_USE_DEBIAN_PACKAGING
@@ -552,6 +569,7 @@ AX_INIT_STANDARD_PROJECT
 #AX_USE_CXX
 #AX_USE_LIBTOOL
 #AX_USE_SCRIPTS
+#AX_USE_NODEJS
 #AX_USE_DOXYGEN
 #AX_USE_PERLDOC
 #AX_USE_DEBIAN_PACKAGING
@@ -839,6 +857,345 @@ ${HEADER}dist_bin_SCRIPTS =
 
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = makefile.in
 EOF
+to --condition AX_USE_NODEJS nodejs/makefile.am <<EOF
+${HEADER}EXTRA_DIST = @PACKAGE_NAME@.js package.json.in public routes sockets views
+
+nodejsdir = \${pkgdatadir}/nodejs
+
+sysconfdefaultdir = \${sysconfdir}/default
+sysconfinitdir = \${sysconfdir}/init
+dist_sysconf_DATA = etc/@PACKAGE_NAME@.json
+dist_sysconfdefault_DATA = etc/default/@PACKAGE_NAME@
+dist_sysconfinit_DATA = etc/init/@PACKAGE_NAME@.conf
+
+all: node_modules
+
+node_modules: package.json.in
+	HOME=. npm install
+
+clean-local:
+	-rm -r node_modules .npm
+
+install-data-hook:
+	test -d \$(DESTDIR)\${nodejsdir} || mkdir -p \$(DESTDIR)\${nodejsdir}
+	chmod -R u+w \$(DESTDIR)\${nodejsdir}
+	cp -r . \$(DESTDIR)\${nodejsdir}
+
+uninstall-local:
+	-chmod -R u+w \$(DESTDIR)\${nodejsdir}
+	-rm -rf \$(DESTDIR)\${nodejsdir}
+
+MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = makefile.in
+EOF
+to --condition AX_USE_NODEJS nodejs/${PACKAGE_NAME}.js <<EOF
+${CHEADER}try {
+
+  process.on('uncaughtException', function(e) {
+    console.log("**** UNCAUGHT EXCEPTION ****");
+    console.log(e);
+    console.log(e.stack);
+    process.exit(1);
+  });
+  
+  /**
+   * Module dependencies.
+   */
+
+  var express = require('express')
+    , routes = require(__dirname+'/routes');
+
+  var app = module.exports = express.createServer();
+  var io  = require('socket.io').listen(app);
+  var package = require(__dirname+'/package.json');
+  var config = require(package.path.config);
+  var authentication = require(__dirname+'/authentication')(config.restrict);
+  var sockets = require(__dirname+'/sockets')(io, authentication);
+
+  // Configuration
+  process.argv.forEach(function(val, index) {
+    if (index<2) {return}
+    if (index!=2 || isNaN(val)) {
+      console.log("**** ERROR: Unexpected Argument - allowed is only a port number");
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+    config.port = parseInt(val);
+  });
+  if (typeof config.port != 'number') {
+    console.log("**** WARNING: no valid port given, defaults to 8888");
+    config.port = 8888;
+  }
+
+  app.configure(function(){
+    app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
+    app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
+    app.use(express.bodyParser());
+    app.use(express.methodOverride());
+    app.use(require('stylus').middleware({ src: __dirname + '/public' }));
+    app.use(app.router);
+    app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
+  });
+
+  app.configure('development', function(){
+    app.use(express.errorHandler({ dumpExceptions: true, showStack: true }));
+  });
+
+  app.configure('production', function(){
+    app.use(express.errorHandler());
+  });
+
+  // Routes
+  app.get('/', routes.index);
+
+  app.listen(config.port, function() {
+    console.log("Express server listening on port %d in %s mode",
+                app.address().port, app.settings.env);
+  });
+} catch (e) {
+  console.log("**** EXCEPTION ****");
+  console.log(e);
+  console.log(e.stack);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+EOF
+to --condition AX_USE_NODEJS nodejs/package.json.in <<EOF
+{
+  "name": "@PACKAGE_NAME@",
+  "version": "@PACKAGE_VERSION@",
+  "private": true,
+  "dependencies": {
+    "express": "~2.5.8",
+    "stylus": "~0.53.0",
+    "ejs": ">= 0.0.1",
+    "socket.io": "~1.4.4",
+    "socketio-auth": "0.0.5",
+    "ldapauth": "git+https://github.com/DimensionSoftware/node-ldapauth.git"
+  },
+  "description": "@DESCRIPTION@",
+  "main": "@PACKAGE_NAME@.js",
+  "devDependencies": {},
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "author": "@AUTHOR@",
+  "license": "@LICENSE@",
+  "path": {
+      "prefix": "@PREFIX@",
+      "sysconf": "@SYSCONFDIR@",
+      "pkgdata": "@PKGDATADIR@",
+      "localstate": "@LOCALSTATEDIR@",
+      "log": "@LOCALSTATEDIR@/log/@PACKAGE_NAME@.log",
+      "config":  "@SYSCONFDIR@/@PACKAGE_NAME@.json",
+      "nodejs": "@PKGDATADIR@/nodejs"
+  }
+}
+EOF
+to --condition AX_USE_NODEJS nodejs/etc/${PACKAGE_NAME}.json <<EOF
+{
+  "port": 8888,
+  "restrict": {
+    "passwords": {
+      "foo": ["sha256", "fcde2b2edxx56bf408601fb721fe9b5c338d10ee429ea04fae5511b68fbf8fb9"]
+    },
+    "ldap": {
+      "url": "ldap://dev.marc.waeckerlin.org",
+      "adminDn": "cn=tmp,ou=system,ou=people,dc=dev,dc=marc,dc=waeckerlin,dc=org",
+      "adminPassword": "secret",
+      "searchBase": "ou=person,ou=people,dc=dev,dc=marc,dc=waeckerlin,dc=org",
+      "searchFilter": "(uid={{username}})"
+    }
+  }
+}
+EOF
+to --condition AX_USE_NODEJS nodejs/etc/default/${PACKAGE_NAME} <<EOF
+#EXEC_${PACKAGE_NAME^^}="/usr/bin/nodejs /usr/share/${PACKAGE_NAME}/nodejs/${PACKAGE_NAME}"
+#${PACKAGE_NAME^^}_LOG="/var/log/${PACKAGE_NAME^^}.log"
+#${PACKAGE_NAME^^}="${PACKAGE_NAME}"
+#${PACKAGE_NAME^^}_PORT="8888"
+EOF
+to --condition AX_USE_NODEJS nodejs/etc/init/${PACKAGE_NAME}.conf <<EOF
+#!upstart
+description "$(head -1 README)"
+author      "$(head -1 AUTHORS)"
+
+start on (local-filesystems and net-device-up)
+stop on runlevel [!2345]
+
+respawn
+
+script
+    echo \$\$ > /var/run/${PACKAGE_NAME}.pid
+    # there are some useful defaults
+    # do not edit this file, overwrite values in /etc/default/${PACKAGE_NAME}
+    EXEC_${PACKAGE_NAME^^}="/usr/bin/nodejs /usr/share/${PACKAGE_NAME}/nodejs/${PACKAGE_NAME}"
+    ${PACKAGE_NAME^^}_LOG="/var/log/${PACKAGE_NAME}.log"
+    ${PACKAGE_NAME^^}_USER="${PACKAGE_NAME}"
+    ${PACKAGE_NAME^^}_PORT=""
+    [ -r /etc/default/${PACKAGE_NAME} ] && . /etc/default/${PACKAGE_NAME}
+    if test -n "\${${PACKAGE_NAME^^}_USER}"; then
+        exec sudo -u "\${${PACKAGE_NAME^^}_USER}" \${EXEC_${PACKAGE_NAME^^}} \${${PACKAGE_NAME^^}_PORT} >> \${${PACKAGE_NAME^^}_LOG} 2>&1
+    else
+        exec \${EXEC_${PACKAGE_NAME^^}} \${${PACKAGE_NAME^^}_PORT} >> \${${PACKAGE_NAME^^}_LOG} 2>&1
+    fi
+end script
+
+pre-start script
+    ${PACKAGE_NAME^^}_LOG="/var/log/${PACKAGE_NAME}.log"
+    [ -r /etc/default/${PACKAGE_NAME} ] && . /etc/default/${PACKAGE_NAME}
+    # Date format same as (new Date()).toISOString() for consistency
+    echo "[`date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%T.%3NZ`] (sys) Starting" >> \${${PACKAGE_NAME^^}_LOG}
+end script
+
+pre-stop script
+    ${PACKAGE_NAME^^}_LOG="/var/log/${PACKAGE_NAME}.log"
+    [ -r /etc/default/${PACKAGE_NAME} ] && . /etc/default/${PACKAGE_NAME}
+    rm /var/run/${PACKAGE_NAME}.pid
+    echo "[`date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%T.%3NZ`] (sys) Stopping" >> \${${PACKAGE_NAME^^}_LOG}
+end script
+EOF
+to --condition AX_USE_NODEJS nodejs/etc/systemd/system/${PACKAGE_NAME}.service <<EOF
+[Unit]
+Description=$(head -1 README)
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/nodejs /usr/share/${PACKAGE_NAME}/nodejs/${PACKAGE_NAME} > /var/log/${PACKAGE_NAME}.log
+Restart=on-abort
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+EOF
+if testtag AX_USE_DEBIAN_PACKAGING; then
+    checkdir AX_USE_NODEJS nodejs/public/images
+fi
+to --condition AX_USE_NODEJS nodejs/public/javascripts/${PACKAGE_NAME}.js <<EOF
+${CHEADER}var socket = null;
+function init() {
+  socket = io.connect();
+  /*
+  socket
+    .io
+    .on("connect", connect)
+    .on("reconnect", connect)
+    .on("disconnect", disconnected)
+    .on("error", disconnected);
+  socket
+    .on("authenticated", authenticated)
+    .on("unauthorized", unauthorized)
+    .on("fail", error);
+  */
+}
+
+/// On Load, Call @ref start
+/*
+   \$(window.onbeforeunload = function() {
+   return "Are you sure you want to navigate away?";
+   });
+ */
+\$(init);
+EOF
+to --condition AX_USE_NODEJS nodejs/public/stylesheets/style.styl <<EOF
+body
+  padding: 50px
+  font: 14px "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
+a
+  color: #00B7FF
+EOF
+to --condition AX_USE_NODEJS nodejs/routes/index.js <<EOF
+${CHEADER}var package = require(__dirname+"/../package.json");
+
+exports.index = function(req, res) {
+  res.render('index', {
+    packagename: package.name,
+    packageversion: package.version
+  });
+};
+EOF
+to --condition AX_USE_NODEJS nodejs/sockets/index.js <<EOF
+module.exports = function(io, authentication) {
+
+  var module={};
+  
+  function broadcast(signal, data) {
+    console.log("<= signal: "+signal);
+    io.sockets.emit(signal, data);
+  }
+  
+  function fail(txt, data) {
+    console.log("** "+txt, data);
+  }
+
+  function connection(socket, userdata) {
+    
+    console.log("=> new connection from "+userdata.username);
+
+    function emit(signal, data, info) {
+      if (typeof data == 'string' && !data.match("\n")) {
+        console.log("<- signal: "+signal+"("+data+")");
+      } else {
+        console.log("<- signal: "+signal);
+      }
+      if (info) console.log(info);
+      socket.emit(signal, data);
+    }
+
+    function fail(txt, data) {
+      console.log("** "+txt, data);
+      emit("fail", txt);
+    }
+
+    /*
+    socket
+      .on("xxx", xxx)
+      .on("yyy", yyy;
+    */
+
+  }
+  
+  // Handle Connection
+  require('socketio-auth')(io, {
+    authenticate: function (socket, data, callback) {
+      console.log("=> authenticate: ", data.username);
+      //get credentials sent by the client
+      var username = data.username;
+      var password = data.password;
+      authentication(data.username, data.password,
+                     function() {
+                       console.log("####LOGIN-SUCESS####");
+                       callback(null, true)
+                     },
+                     function() {
+                       console.log("####LOGIN-FAIL####");
+                       callback(new Error("wrong credentials"))
+                     });
+    },
+    postAuthenticate: connection,
+    timeout: "none"
+  });
+
+  return module;
+}
+EOF
+to --condition AX_USE_NODEJS nodejs/views/index.ejs <<EOF
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+  <head>
+    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width initial-scale=1" />
+    <link href="stylesheets/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
+    <script type="text/javascript" src="/socket.io/socket.io.js"></script>
+    <script type="text/javascript" src="javascripts/${PACKAGE_NAME}.js"></script>
+    <title>$(head -1 README)</title>
+  </head>
+
+  <body>
+    <h1>$(head -1 README)</h1>
+    <p>generated by bootstrap, please edit</p>
+  </body>
+</html>
+
+EOF
+to --condition AX_USE_NODEJS nodejs/views/layout.ejs <<EOF
+<%- body %>
+EOF
 echo "${HEADER}MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = makefile.in" | to --condition 'AX_USE_DOXYGEN|AX_USE_PERLDOC' doc/makefile.am
 if testtag AX_BUILD_TEST; then
     to test/runtests.sh < ${0%/*}/test/runtests.sh