diff --git a/operation_attach.go b/operation_attach.go
index cb552ea..a7dcb7e 100644
--- a/operation_attach.go
+++ b/operation_attach.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func (nodes *Nodes) Attach(targets []string) {
 	for _, target := range nodes.GetTargets(targets) {
 		if target.node.Do("start") {
 			for _, instance := range target.instances {
-				if instance.isActive() {
+				if instance.HasContainer(true) {
 					instance.Attach()
 				}
 			}
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func (node *Node) Attach(filters []string) {
 			instances = node.FilterInstances(filters)
 		}
 		for _, instance := range instances {
-			if instance.isActive() {
+			if instance.HasContainer(true) {
 				instance.Attach()
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/operation_info.go b/operation_info.go
index 7ee0aab..62e29fa 100644
--- a/operation_info.go
+++ b/operation_info.go
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ func (node *Node) Info_Instances() bool {
 			"Container",
 			"Default",
 			"Active",
+			"Running",
 			"Status",
 			"ID",
 			"Created",
@@ -142,6 +143,11 @@ func (node *Node) Info_Instances() bool {
 			} else {
 				row = append(row, "no")
 			}
+			if instance.HasContainer(true) {
+				row = append(row, "yes")
+			} else {
+				row = append(row, "no")
+			}
 
 			container, found := instance.GetContainer(false)
 			if found {
diff --git a/operation_scale.go b/operation_scale.go
index e54b61b..d2bdcc7 100644
--- a/operation_scale.go
+++ b/operation_scale.go
@@ -10,9 +10,14 @@ type Operation_Scale struct {
 
 	nodes Nodes
 	targets []string
+
+	scale int
 }
 func (operation *Operation_Scale) Flags(flags []string) {
 
+	//@TODO GET SCALE FROM FLAG
+	operation.scale = 1
+
 }
 
 func (operation *Operation_Scale) Help(topics []string) {
@@ -34,36 +39,103 @@ func (operation *Operation_Scale) Run() {
 	operation.log.Message("running scale operation")
 	operation.log.DebugObject(LOG_SEVERITY_DEBUG_LOTS, "Targets:", operation.targets)
 
+	if operation.scale==0 {
+		operation.log.Warning("scale operation was told to scale to 0")
+		return
+	}
+
 	TargetScaleReturn:
 	for _, target := range operation.nodes.GetTargets(operation.targets) {
 
-		InstanceScaleReturn:
-		for i := 0; i < len(target.node.InstanceMap); i++ {
-			if instance, ok := target.node.InstanceMap[strconv.FormatInt(int64(i+1), 10)]; ok {
-
-				container, hasContainer := instance.GetContainer(false)
+		if target.node.InstanceType!="scaled" {
+			operation.log.Warning("Tried to scale non-scaleable node :"+target.node.Name)
+			continue TargetScaleReturn
+		}
 
-				if hasContainer {
-					if strings.Contains(container.Status, "Up") {
-						operation.log.Debug(LOG_SEVERITY_DEBUG_LOTS, "Node instance already has a running container :"+container.ID)
-						continue InstanceScaleReturn
-					}
-				} else {
-					// create a new container for this instance
-					instance.Create([]string{}, false)
-				}
+		if operation.scale>0 {
+			count := target.node.ScaleUpNumber(operation.scale)
+			
+			if count==0 {
+				target.node.log.Warning("Scale operation could not scale up any new instances of node :"+target.node.Name)
+			} else if count<operation.scale {
+				target.node.log.Warning("Scale operation could not scale up all of the requested instances of node :"+target.node.Name)
+			} else {
+				target.node.log.Warning("Scale operation scaled up all requested node instances :"+target.node.Name)
+			}
 
-				operation.log.Message("Scaling up instance")
-				instance.Start(false)
-				continue TargetScaleReturn
+		} else {
+			count := target.node.ScaleDOwnNumber(-operation.scale)
 
+			if count==0 {
+				target.node.log.Warning("Scale operation could not scale down any new instances of node :"+target.node.Name)
+			} else if count<(-operation.scale) {
+				target.node.log.Warning("Scale operation could not scale down all of the requested instances of node :"+target.node.Name)
+			} else {
+				target.node.log.Warning("Scale operation scaled down all requested node instances :"+target.node.Name)
 			}
-// operation.log.DebugObject(LOG_SEVERITY_DEBUG_LOTS, "SCALE NODE TEST INSTANCE:", *target.node.InstanceMap[strconv.FormatInt(int64(i+1), 10)])
 		}
 
-		operation.log.Warning("Could not find any node instance to scale up to :"+target.node.Name)
-
 	}
 
 	cache.refresh(false, true)
 }
+
+func (node *Node) ScaleUpNumber(number int) int {
+
+	count := 0
+
+	InstanceScaleReturn:
+	for i := 0; i < len(node.InstanceMap); i++ {
+		if instance, ok := node.InstanceMap[strconv.FormatInt(int64(i+1), 10)]; ok {
+
+			container, hasContainer := instance.GetContainer(false)
+
+			if hasContainer {
+				if strings.Contains(container.Status, "Up") {
+					continue InstanceScaleReturn
+				}
+			} else {
+				// create a new container for this instance
+				instance.Create([]string{}, false)
+			}
+
+			node.log.Message("Node Scaling up. Starting instance :"+instance.Name)
+			instance.Start(false)
+
+			count++
+			if count >= number {
+				return count
+			}
+		}
+// operation.log.DebugObject(LOG_SEVERITY_DEBUG_LOTS, "SCALE NODE TEST INSTANCE:", *target.node.InstanceMap[strconv.FormatInt(int64(i+1), 10)])
+	}
+	
+	return count
+}
+func (node *Node) ScaleDOwnNumber(number int) int {
+
+	count := 0
+
+	InstanceScaleReturn:
+	for i := len(node.InstanceMap); i>=0; i-- {
+		if instance, ok := node.InstanceMap[strconv.FormatInt(int64(i+1), 10)]; ok {
+
+			_, hasContainer := instance.GetContainer(true)
+
+			if !hasContainer {
+				continue InstanceScaleReturn
+			}
+
+			node.log.Message("Node Scaling down. Starting instance :"+instance.Name)
+			instance.Stop(false,10)
+
+			count++
+			if count >= number {
+				return count
+			}
+		}
+// operation.log.DebugObject(LOG_SEVERITY_DEBUG_LOTS, "SCALE NODE TEST INSTANCE:", *target.node.InstanceMap[strconv.FormatInt(int64(i+1), 10)])
+	}
+	
+	return count
+}
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