diff --git a/conf/monitor.xml b/conf/monitor.xml
index 2814e3a..693f9ea 100644
--- a/conf/monitor.xml
+++ b/conf/monitor.xml
@@ -12,18 +12,29 @@
                 <type>java</type>
                 <execution-timeout-in-secs>60</execution-timeout-in-secs>
                 <task-arguments>
-                        <!-- ENABLE/DISABLE RESOURCE MANAGER METRICS
-                            To enable or diable Hadoop Resource Manager metrics, set
-                            default-value="true" or "false"
+                        <!-- HADOOP VERSION
+                            The Hadoop version for the cluster you want to monitor using Resource Manager.
+                            Example:
+                                1.3, 2.2, 0.23
                         -->
-                        <argument name="resource-manager-monitor" is-required="true" default-value="true" />
-                        <argument name="host" is-required="true" default-value="localhost" />
-                        <argument name="port" is-required="true" default-value="8088" />
+                        <argument name="hadoop-version" is-required="true" default-value="1.3" />
                         
                         <!-- ENABLE/DISABLE AMBARI METRICS
                             To enable or diable Ambari metrics, set default-value="true" or "false"
+                            Ambari metrics are only available for clusters inistalled using Ambari, 
+                            manual installs are not eligible
                         -->
                         <argument name="ambari-monitor" is-required="true" default-value="false" />
+
+                        <!-- RESOURCE MANAGER CONFIGS
+                            Resource Manager is only usable for Hadoop 2.x and Hadoop 0.23.x
+                        -->
+                        <argument name="host" is-required="true" default-value="localhost" />
+                        <argument name="port" is-required="true" default-value="8088" />
+                        
+                        <!-- AMBARI CONFIGS
+                            Only configure if 'ambari-monitor' is set to 'true'
+                        -->
                         <argument name="ambari-host" is-required="true" default-value="localhost" />
                         <argument name="ambari-port" is-required="true" default-value="8080" />
                         <argument name="ambari-user" is-required="true" default-value="admin" />
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/appdynamics/monitors/hadoop/HadoopMonitor.java b/src/main/java/com/appdynamics/monitors/hadoop/HadoopMonitor.java
index e67d24e..91fcfe5 100755
--- a/src/main/java/com/appdynamics/monitors/hadoop/HadoopMonitor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/appdynamics/monitors/hadoop/HadoopMonitor.java
@@ -32,14 +32,23 @@ public TaskOutput execute(Map<String, String> args, TaskExecutionContext arg1)
         logger.info("Executing HadoopMonitor");
 
         try {
-            String host = args.get("host");
-            String port = args.get("port");
-
-            String ambariHost = args.get("ambari-host");
-            String ambariPort = args.get("ambari-port");
-            String ambariUser = args.get("ambari-user");
-            String ambariPassword = args.get("ambari-password");
-
+            boolean hasResourceManager = false;
+            String hadoopVersion = args.get("hadoop-version");
+            String[] hadoopVersionSplit = hadoopVersion.split("\\.");
+
+            try {
+                int majorVer = Integer.parseInt(hadoopVersionSplit[0]);
+                if (majorVer == 0) {
+                    if (Integer.parseInt(hadoopVersionSplit[1]) >= 23) {
+                        hasResourceManager = true;
+                    }
+                } else if (majorVer > 2){
+                    hasResourceManager = true;
+                }
+            } catch (NumberFormatException e){
+                hasResourceManager = false;
+                logger.error("Invalid Hadoop version '" + hadoopVersion + "'");
+            }
 
             if (!args.get("metric-path").equals("")){
                 metricPath = args.get("metric-path");
@@ -62,11 +71,19 @@ public TaskOutput execute(Map<String, String> args, TaskExecutionContext arg1)
             Map<String, Object> hadoopMetrics = new HashMap<String, Object>();
             Map<String, Object> ambariMetrics = new HashMap<String, Object>();
 
-            if (args.get("resource-manager-monitor").equals("true")){
+            if (hasResourceManager){
+                String host = args.get("host");
+                String port = args.get("port");
                 hadoopCommunicator = new HadoopCommunicator(host,port,logger,xmlParser);
                 hadoopCommunicator.populate(hadoopMetrics);
+            } else {
+                logger.warn("Monitor is running without Resource Manager metrics");
             }
             if (args.get("ambari-monitor").equals("true")){
+                String ambariHost = args.get("ambari-host");
+                String ambariPort = args.get("ambari-port");
+                String ambariUser = args.get("ambari-user");
+                String ambariPassword = args.get("ambari-password");
                 ambariCommunicator = new AmbariCommunicator(ambariHost, ambariPort, ambariUser, ambariPassword, logger, xmlParser);
                 ambariCommunicator.populate(ambariMetrics);
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/appdynamics/monitors/hadoop/communicator/AmbariCommunicator.java b/src/main/java/com/appdynamics/monitors/hadoop/communicator/AmbariCommunicator.java
index 537cafb..62629b7 100755
--- a/src/main/java/com/appdynamics/monitors/hadoop/communicator/AmbariCommunicator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/appdynamics/monitors/hadoop/communicator/AmbariCommunicator.java
@@ -346,8 +346,12 @@ private void getAllMetrics(Map<String, Object> json, String hierarchy) {
             if (val instanceof Map){
                 getAllMetrics((Map) val, hierarchy + "|" + key);
             } else if (val instanceof Number){
-                if (key.startsWith("load_")){   //convert all load factors to integers
-                    metrics.put(hierarchy + "|" + key, (Double) val*100);
+                if (key.startsWith("load_")){   //convert all load factors to percentage integers
+                    if (val instanceof Double) {
+                        metrics.put(hierarchy + "|" + key, (Double) val*100);
+                    } else {   //if Ganglia is down, load metrics are Long
+                        metrics.put(hierarchy + "|" + key, val);
+                    }
                 } else {
                     metrics.put(hierarchy + "|" + key, val);
                 }