diff --git a/bindings/java/ivy.xml b/bindings/java/ivy.xml
index aa176eb81309de0d79359b545ed231c74b9ca535..346f0b45258ee95a5f2437eb8345f211bd622bfa 100644
--- a/bindings/java/ivy.xml
+++ b/bindings/java/ivy.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 <ivy-module version="2.0">
-    <info organisation="org.sleuthkit" module="datamodel"/>
-    <dependencies>
+	<info organisation="org.sleuthkit" module="datamodel"/>
+	<dependencies>
 		<dependency org="junit" name="junit" rev="4.8.2"/>
 		<dependency org="com.googlecode.java-diff-utils" name="diffutils" rev="1.2.1"/>
 		<dependency org="org.xerial" name="sqlite-jdbc" rev="3.7.15-M1" >
 			<artifact name="sqlite-jdbc" type="jar" />
 		</dependency>
-    </dependencies>
+		<dependency org="org.postgresql" name="postgresql" rev="9.4-1201-jdbc41" >
+			<artifact name="postgresql" type="jar" />
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
 </ivy-module>
 
diff --git a/bindings/java/nbproject/project.xml b/bindings/java/nbproject/project.xml
index 28547940761d03c42bd0f4bc0250e5dc012ef42e..a117606b0a0de183f07c908b3f1ad455b77cd7e8 100755
--- a/bindings/java/nbproject/project.xml
+++ b/bindings/java/nbproject/project.xml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
         <java-data xmlns="http://www.netbeans.org/ns/freeform-project-java/3">
             <compilation-unit>
                 <package-root>src</package-root>
-                <classpath mode="compile">lib;lib/diffutils-1.2.1.jar;lib/junit-4.8.2.jar;lib/sqlite-jdbc-3.7.15-M1.jar</classpath>
+                <classpath mode="compile">lib;lib/diffutils-1.2.1.jar;lib/junit-4.8.2.jar;lib/sqlite-jdbc-3.7.15-M1.jar;lib/postgresql-9.4-1201.jdbc41.jar</classpath>
                 <built-to>build</built-to>
                 <source-level>1.6</source-level>
             </compilation-unit>
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/SleuthkitCase.java b/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/SleuthkitCase.java
index 56076163a7064fee321f621a4db569f3ea6d9c9f..9065b5c83fc827affdc1291ca84f5198cf427fe6 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/SleuthkitCase.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/SleuthkitCase.java
@@ -547,13 +547,13 @@ public static SleuthkitCase openCase(String dbPath) throws TskCoreException {
 	 * @throws org.sleuthkit.datamodel.TskCoreException
 	 */
 	public static SleuthkitCase openCase(String databaseName, CaseDbConnectionInfo info) throws TskCoreException {
-	/// KDM new case here... handle both
+		/// KDM TODO
 		/*
-		final SleuthkitJNI.CaseDbHandle caseHandle = SleuthkitJNI.openCaseDb(dbPath);
+		final SleuthkitJNI.CaseDbHandle caseHandle = SleuthkitJNI.openCaseRemoteDb(databaseName, info);
 		try {
 			return new SleuthkitCase(dbPath, caseHandle);
 		} catch (Exception ex) {
-			throw new TskCoreException("Failed to open case database at " + dbPath, ex);
+			throw new TskCoreException("Failed to open case database " + databaseName, ex);
 		}
 		*/
 	return null;
@@ -585,13 +585,13 @@ public static SleuthkitCase newCase(String dbPath) throws TskCoreException {
 	 * @throws org.sleuthkit.datamodel.TskCoreException
 	 */
 	public static SleuthkitCase newCase(String databaseName, CaseDbConnectionInfo info) throws TskCoreException {
-	/// KDM new case here... handle both
-		/*
-		SleuthkitJNI.CaseDbHandle caseHandle = SleuthkitJNI.newCaseDb(dbPath);
+		/* KDM TODO
+ 		SleuthkitJNI.CaseDbHandle caseHandle = SleuthkitJNI.newCaseRemoteDb(databaseName, info);
 		try {
-			return new SleuthkitCase(dbPath, caseHandle);
+			return new SleuthkitCase(info.getHost(), Integer.parseInt(info.getPort()),
+					databaseName, info.getUserName(), info.getPassword(), caseHandle, null); /// KDM last argument (caseDirPath) doesn't make much sense in this context. fix it.
 		} catch (Exception ex) {
-			throw new TskCoreException("Failed to create case database at " + dbPath, ex);
+			throw new TskCoreException("Failed to create case database " + databaseName, ex);
 		}
 		*/
 		return null;
@@ -5626,4 +5626,17 @@ public void close() throws TskCoreException {
 			}
 		}	
 	}
+
+	public static boolean settingsValid(CaseDbConnectionInfo info) {
+		// Check if we can talk to the database
+		try {
+			Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:postgresql://"+
+					info.getHost()+":"+info.getPort()+"/postgres", 
+					info.getUserName(), 
+					info.getPassword()); // NON-NLS
+		} catch (Exception ex) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		return true;
+	}		
 }