diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index d898155..b58aab3 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ begin
     gem.homepage = "http://github.com/ngauthier/hydra"
     gem.authors = ["Nick Gauthier"]
     gem.add_development_dependency "shoulda", "= 2.10.3"
-    gem.add_dependency "net-ssh", "= 2.0.19"
   end
   Jeweler::GemcutterTasks.new
 rescue LoadError
diff --git a/hydra.gemspec b/hydra.gemspec
index 976b59e..2b6afc5 100644
--- a/hydra.gemspec
+++ b/hydra.gemspec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["Nick Gauthier"]
-  s.date = %q{2010-02-06}
+  s.date = %q{2010-02-09}
   s.description = %q{Spread your tests over multiple machines to test your code faster.}
   s.email = %q{nick@smartlogicsolutions.com}
   s.extra_rdoc_files = [
@@ -81,14 +81,11 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
     if Gem::Version.new(Gem::RubyGemsVersion) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
       s.add_development_dependency(%q<shoulda>, ["= 2.10.3"])
-      s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<net-ssh>, ["= 2.0.19"])
     else
       s.add_dependency(%q<shoulda>, ["= 2.10.3"])
-      s.add_dependency(%q<net-ssh>, ["= 2.0.19"])
     end
   else
     s.add_dependency(%q<shoulda>, ["= 2.10.3"])
-    s.add_dependency(%q<net-ssh>, ["= 2.0.19"])
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/lib/hydra/master.rb b/lib/hydra/master.rb
index e54413f..e6c295b 100644
--- a/lib/hydra/master.rb
+++ b/lib/hydra/master.rb
@@ -94,14 +94,17 @@ module Hydra #:nodoc:
 
     def boot_ssh_worker(worker)
       runners = worker.fetch('runners') { raise "You must specify the number of runners"  }
-      connect = worker.fetch('connect') { raise "You must specify SSH connection options" }
+      connect = worker.fetch('connect') { raise "You must specify an SSH connection target" }
+      ssh_opts = worker.fetch('ssh_opts') { "" }
       directory = worker.fetch('directory') { raise "You must specify a remote directory" }
       command = worker.fetch('command') { 
         "ruby -e \"require 'rubygems'; require 'hydra'; Hydra::Worker.new(:io => Hydra::Stdio.new, :runners => #{runners}, :verbose => #{@verbose});\""
       }
 
+      trace "Synchronizing with #{connect} [NOT REALLY]"
+
       trace "Booting SSH worker" 
-      ssh = Hydra::SSH.new(connect, directory, command)
+      ssh = Hydra::SSH.new("#{ssh_opts} #{connect}", directory, command)
       return { :io => ssh, :idle => false, :type => :ssh }
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/hydra/ssh.rb b/lib/hydra/ssh.rb
index f0e1340..002f0da 100644
--- a/lib/hydra/ssh.rb
+++ b/lib/hydra/ssh.rb
@@ -17,18 +17,21 @@ module Hydra #:nodoc:
     include Open3
     include Hydra::MessagingIO
 
-    # Initialize new SSH connection. The single parameters is passed
-    # directly to ssh for starting a connection. So you can do:
-    #  Hydra::SSH.new('localhost')
-    #  Hydra::SSH.new('user@server.com')
-    #  Hydra::SSH.new('-p 3022 user@server.com')
-    # etc..
+    # Initialize new SSH connection.
+    # The first parameter is passed directly to ssh for starting a connection.
+    # The second parameter is the directory to CD into once connected.
+    # The third parameter is the command to run
+    # So you can do:
+    #   Hydra::SSH.new('-p 3022 user@server.com', '/home/user/Desktop', 'ls -l')
+    # To connect to server.com as user on port 3022, then CD to their desktop, then
+    # list all the files.
     def initialize(connection_options, directory, command)
       @writer, @reader, @error = popen3("ssh -tt #{connection_options}")
       @writer.write("cd #{directory}\n")
       @writer.write(command+"\n")
     end
 
+    # Close the SSH connection
     def close
       @writer.write "exit\n"
       super