get recent commits from local libs cloned instead of couch.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b8b0279..42b825b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "medic",
-  "version": "0.1.10",
+  "version": "0.1.11",
   "description": "continuous integration setup for Apache Cordova",
   "author": "Fil Maj <maj.fil@gmail.com> (http://filmaj.ca)",
   "main": "dashboard.js",
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "request": "2.12.0",
     "follow": "0.8.0",
     "ncallbacks": "1.0.0",
-    "mime":"1.2.9"
+    "mime": "1.2.9"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "elementtree": "0.1.4",
diff --git a/src/dashboard/api.js b/src/dashboard/api.js
index d6f93ed..04764be 100644
--- a/src/dashboard/api.js
+++ b/src/dashboard/api.js
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
             for (var lib in libraries.first_tested_commit) if (libraries.first_tested_commit.hasOwnProperty(lib)) {
                 var platform = lib.substr('cordova-'.length);
                 module.exports.tested_shas[lib] = commit_list.since(lib, libraries.first_tested_commit[lib]);
+                module.exports.commits[lib] = commit_list.recent(lib, 20);
                 // query each sha for data
                 console.log('[COUCH] Querying ' + platform + ' for ' + module.exports.tested_shas[lib].shas.length + ' SHAs...'); 
                 query_for_results(platform, module.exports.tested_shas[lib].shas, end);
@@ -70,24 +71,6 @@
             }
         });
 
-        // TODO: is this necessary?
-        // get recent commits from couch for each repo
-        for (var repo in libraries.paths) if (libraries.paths.hasOwnProperty(repo)) (function(lib) {
-            if (lib.indexOf('mobile-spec') > -1) return;
-            couch.cordova_commits.get(lib, function(err, doc) {
-                if (err) {
-                    console.error('WTF CANT TALK TO COUCH?!');
-                    throw new Error(err);
-                } else {
-                    // save the commit SHAs + dates
-                    module.exports.commits[lib] = {
-                        "shas":doc.shas,
-                        "dates":doc.dates
-                    };
-                }
-            });
-        })(repo);
-
         // subscribe to couch changes for commits
         couch.cordova_commits.follow(function(err, change) {
             if (err) console.error('COMMIT FOLLOW ERR OMFGWTFBBQ', err);