diff --git a/master.js b/master.js
index f66663d9..c49195ed 100644
--- a/master.js
+++ b/master.js
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ const jwt = require('jsonwebtoken');
 const bcrypt = require('bcryptjs');
 const crypto = require('crypto');
 const base64url = require('base64url');
+const moment = require("moment");
 
 // constants
 const config = require(args.config || './config');
@@ -99,6 +100,8 @@ app.use(function(req, res, next){
 	res.locals.res = res;
 	res.locals.req = req;
 	res.locals.masterPlugins = masterPlugins;
+	res.locals.slaves = slaves;
+	res.locals.moment = moment;
 	next();
 });
 
diff --git a/node_modules/_app/clusterTools/checkHotpatchInstallation.js b/node_modules/_app/clusterTools/checkHotpatchInstallation.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ffb825f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node_modules/_app/clusterTools/checkHotpatchInstallation.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+module.exports = async function checkHotpatchInstallation(messageInterface){
+	let yn = await messageInterface("/silent-command if remote.interfaces['hotpatch'] then rcon.print('true') else rcon.print('false') end");
+	yn = yn.replace(/(\r\n\t|\n|\r\t)/gm, "");
+	if(yn == "true"){
+		return true;
+	} else if(yn == "false"){
+		return false;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/node_modules/_app/clusterTools/getCommand.js b/node_modules/_app/clusterTools/getCommand.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8d5afc11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node_modules/_app/clusterTools/getCommand.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+const fs = require("fs-extra");
+
+const getLua = require("./getLua.js");
+
+let commandCache;
+module.exports = async function getCommand(file, COMPRESS = true){
+	commandCache = commandCache || {};
+	if(!commandCache[file]){
+		commandCache[file] = await getLua(file);
+		return commandCache[file];
+	} else if(typeof commandCache[file] == "string"){
+		return commandCache[file];
+	} else {
+		throw new Error("Command not found");
+	}
+}
diff --git a/node_modules/_app/clusterTools/getInstanceName.js b/node_modules/_app/clusterTools/getInstanceName.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..018242a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node_modules/_app/clusterTools/getInstanceName.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+const needle = require("needle");
+
+module.exports = function(config){
+	const instances = [];
+	
+	if(config){
+		return function getInstanceName(instanceID){
+			return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+				let instance = instances[instanceID];
+				if(!instance){
+					needle.get(config.masterIP+":"+config.masterPort+ '/api/slaves', (err, response) => {
+						if(err || response.statusCode != 200) {
+							console.log("Unable to get JSON master/api/slaves, master might be unaccessible");
+						} else if (response && response.body) {	
+							if(Buffer.isBuffer(response.body)) {console.log(response.body.toString("utf-8")); reject(new Error())}
+								try {
+									for (let index in response.body)
+										instances[index] = response.body[index].instanceName;
+								} catch (e){
+									console.log(e);
+									return null;
+								}
+							instance = instances[instanceID] 							
+							if (!instance) instance = instanceID;  //somehow the master doesn't know the instance	
+							resolve(instance);
+						}
+					});
+				} else {
+					resolve(instance);
+				}
+			});
+		}
+	} else {
+		return async function thisAintGonnaWork(){
+			let err = new Error("getInstanceName from _app/clusterTools needs to be called with {config} to work");
+			console.log(err);
+			throw err;
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/node_modules/_app/clusterTools/getLua.js b/node_modules/_app/clusterTools/getLua.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a54c8dac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node_modules/_app/clusterTools/getLua.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+const fs = require("fs-extra");
+
+module.exports = function getLua(filePath, COMPRESS_LUA = true){
+	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+		fs.readFile(filePath, "utf8", (err, contents) => {
+			if(err){
+				reject(err);
+			} else {
+				// split content into lines
+				contents = contents.split(/\r?\n/);
+
+				// join those lines after making them safe again
+				contents = contents.reduce((acc, val) => {
+					val = val.replace(/\\/g ,'\\\\');
+					// remove leading and trailing spaces
+					val = val.trim();
+					// escape single quotes
+					val = val.replace(/'/g ,'\\\'');
+
+					// remove single line comments
+					let singleLineCommentPosition = val.indexOf("--");
+					let multiLineCommentPosition = val.indexOf("--[[");
+
+					if(multiLineCommentPosition === -1 && singleLineCommentPosition !== -1) {
+						val = val.substr(0, singleLineCommentPosition);
+					}
+
+					return acc + val + '\\n';
+				}, ""); // need the "" or it will not process the first row, potentially leaving a single line comment in that disables the whole code
+
+				// console.log(contents);
+
+				// this takes about 46 ms to minify train_stop_tracking.lua in my tests on an i3 6100u
+				if(COMPRESS_LUA) contents = require("luamin").minify(contents);
+				
+				resolve(contents);
+			}
+		});
+	});
+}
diff --git a/node_modules/_app/clusterTools/index.js b/node_modules/_app/clusterTools/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..737b2d1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node_modules/_app/clusterTools/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/**
+
+Functions frequently needed from different places in the cluster. Ex:
+  * Loading Lua scripts
+  * Checking if hotpatch is installed
+  * Getting an instance's displayname from their ID
+
+*/
+
+module.exports = {config} => {
+	/**
+		async function to get Lua from a file, remove comments, minify and return.
+		
+		arg1 is the file path
+		arg2 is whether or not to compress the Lua. Makes debugging harder, but reduces bandwidth when many players are online. Recommended for polling commands. Defaults to true.
+		Promise resolves with a string of Lua.
+	*/
+	getLua: require("./getLua.js"),
+	/**
+		async function to check whether hotpatch is installed in a server.
+		
+		First argument is the servers async messageInterface for rcon return values
+		Promise resolves with boolean.
+	*/
+	checkHotpatchInstallation: require("./checkHotpatchInstallation.js"),
+	/**
+		async function to get an instances displayname from their instanceID
+		
+		arg1 is the instanceID
+		Promise resolves with a string, either the displayName or instanceID if not found.
+	*/
+	getInstanceName: require("./getInstanceName.js")(config),
+	/**
+		async function same as getLua, but using an in memory cache to lower FS operations.
+		
+		arg1 is the file path
+		arg2 is whether or not to compress, default true
+		Promise resolves with a string of Lua.
+	*/
+	getCommand: require("./getCommand.js"),
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9e1bc980..f2dc4e69 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     "minimist": "^1.2.0",
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
     "mkdirp-promise": "^5.0.1",
-    "moment": "^2.20.1",
+    "moment": "^2.22.2",
     "ncp": "^2.0.0",
     "nedb": "^1.8.0",
     "needle": "^2.2.1",