diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
index ea8f78f6..b3fb4b78 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        benchtest: [short_sample, short_dropshot, full_rumble, oce_rlcs, intensive_oce_rlcs]
+        benchtest: [short_sample]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v1
       with:
-        python-version: '3.6.10'
+        python-version: '3.6.11'
         architecture: 'x64'
 
     - name: Install/Update pip and wheel.
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2b4a27e2..e67867fd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ dist/
 *ipynb*
 
 !/carball/tests/replays/
+*.py___jb_tmp___
 .vscode
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b004c765..dd80830b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ cache:
   - pip
   - directories:
       - carball/generated/binaries
-      - protobuf-2.6.1/src/
+      - protobuf-2.6.1/
+      - v2.6.1/
 
 # We only build if it is a pr into master or it is a pr and it is not into master
 if:
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@ if:
 before_install:
 - chmod 777 ./_travis/install-protoc.sh
 - "./_travis/install-protoc.sh 2.6.1"
+- chmod 777 ./_travis/install-protoc-runtime.sh
+- "./_travis/install-protoc-runtime.sh 3.6.1"
 
 install:
 - pip install -r requirements.txt
diff --git a/_travis/install-protoc-runtime.sh b/_travis/install-protoc-runtime.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..267342db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_travis/install-protoc-runtime.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+protoc_version=$1
+
+# Environment variables should be set _prior_ to installing the protobuf library.
+# https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/reference/python-generated#cpp_impl
+echo "Setting environment variables."
+export PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_PYTHON_IMPLEMENTATION=cpp
+export PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_PYTHON_IMPLEMENTATION_VERSION=2
+
+# Process used from:
+# https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/tree/master/src
+apt-get install autoconf automake libtool curl make g++ unzip
+echo "Attempting download from https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v${protoc_version}/protobuf-cpp-${protoc_version}.zip"
+wget https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v${protoc_version}/protobuf-cpp-${protoc_version}.zip
+unzip protobuf-cpp-${protoc_version}.zip
+cd protobuf-${protoc_version}
+./configure
+make
+make check
+echo "INSTALL; UPDATE LIBS."
+sudo make install
+sudo ldconfig
+echo "PROTOBUF VERSION"
+./src/protoc --version
+echo "DIR"
+ls -lh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/init.py b/init.py
index cf8f38ae..c2af0335 100644
--- a/init.py
+++ b/init.py
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ def initialize_project():
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     print("Initialising project...")
     initialize_project()
+
+#  --install-option="--cpp_implementation"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6bd58a7f..6d639d2e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 numpy==1.18.2
-protobuf==3.6.1
+protobuf==3.6.1 --install-option="--cpp_implementation"
 pandas==1.0.3
 xlrd==1.1.0
-boxcars-py==0.1.3
+boxcars-py