diff --git a/MachineLearning/CNTK/CNTK.cpp b/MachineLearning/CNTK/CNTK.cpp
index 1ec502ebf8e2..e8376f43e3f4 100644
--- a/MachineLearning/CNTK/CNTK.cpp
+++ b/MachineLearning/CNTK/CNTK.cpp
@@ -58,40 +58,6 @@ using namespace std;
 using namespace Microsoft::MSR;
 using namespace Microsoft::MSR::CNTK;
 
-// The following section is to explicitly disable some legacy usage to avoid implicit configuration errors 
-
-void DisableLegcyTruncationSettings(const ConfigParameters& TopLevelConfig, const ConfigParameters& commandConfig)
-{
-	if (TopLevelConfig.ExistsCurrent("Truncated"))
-	{
-		return; 
-	}
-
-	// if any of the action has set a reader/SGD section and has different Truncated value for reader and SGD section 
-	ConfigArray actions = commandConfig("action");
-	for (size_t i = 0; i < actions.size(); i++)
-	{
-		if (actions[i] == "train" || actions[i] == "trainRNN")
-		{
-			
-			ConfigParameters sgd = ConfigParameters(commandConfig("SGD"));
-			ConfigParameters reader = ConfigParameters(commandConfig("reader"));
-			// reader and SGD sections are two must-have sections in train/trainRNN 
-			if (reader.ExistsCurrent("Truncated") && !sgd.ExistsCurrent("Truncated"))
-			{
-				InvalidArgument("DisableLegacyUsage: setting Truncated only in reader section are not allowed. Please move Truncated=true/false to the top level section.");
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-void DisableLegacyUsage(const ConfigParameters& TopLevelConfig, const ConfigArray& commands)
-{
-	for (size_t i = 0; i < commands.size(); i++)
-	{
-		ConfigParameters cfgParameters(TopLevelConfig(commands[i]));
-		DisableLegcyTruncationSettings(TopLevelConfig, cfgParameters);
-	}
-}
 // internal test routine forward declaration
 template <typename ElemType>
 void TestCn(const ConfigParameters& config);
@@ -1324,6 +1290,40 @@ size_t GetMaxEpochs(const ConfigParameters& configParams)
     return maxEpochs;
 }
 
+// special temporary function to guard against a now invalid usage of "truncated" which exists in some IPG production setups
+static void DisableLegacyTruncationSettings(const ConfigParameters& TopLevelConfig, const ConfigParameters& commandConfig)
+{
+    if (TopLevelConfig.ExistsCurrent("Truncated"))
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // if any of the action has set a reader/SGD section and has different Truncated value for reader and SGD section 
+    ConfigArray actions = commandConfig("action");
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < actions.size(); i++)
+    {
+        if (actions[i] == "train" || actions[i] == "trainRNN")
+        {
+
+            ConfigParameters sgd = ConfigParameters(commandConfig("SGD"));
+            ConfigParameters reader = ConfigParameters(commandConfig("reader"));
+            // reader and SGD sections are two must-have sections in train/trainRNN 
+            if (reader.ExistsCurrent("Truncated") && !sgd.ExistsCurrent("Truncated"))
+            {
+                InvalidArgument("DisableLegacyUsage: setting Truncated only in reader section are not allowed. Please move Truncated=true/false to the top level section.");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+static void DisableLegacyUsage(const ConfigParameters& TopLevelConfig, const ConfigArray& commands)
+{
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < commands.size(); i++)
+    {
+        ConfigParameters cfgParameters(TopLevelConfig(commands[i]));
+        DisableLegacyTruncationSettings(TopLevelConfig, cfgParameters);
+    }
+}
+
 // process the command
 template <typename ElemType>
 void DoCommand(const ConfigParameters& config)
@@ -1338,7 +1338,8 @@ void DoCommand(const ConfigParameters& config)
         std::cerr << "Using " << numCPUThreads << " CPU threads" << endl;
     }
 
-	DisableLegacyUsage(config, command);
+    // temporary hack to prevent users from failling for a small breaking change related to the "truncated" flag (will be redone bigger and better some day)
+    DisableLegacyUsage(config, command);
 
     // summarize command info upfront in the log and stdout
     size_t fullTotalMaxEpochs = 0;
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5a411b15dfd8..04205cfd1f42 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ endif
 # The actual compiler/linker flags added can be viewed by running 'mpic++ --showme:compile' and 'mpic++ --showme:link'
 CXX = mpic++
 
-INCLUDEPATH:= Common/Include Math/Math MachineLearning/CNTK MachineLearning/CNTKComputationNetworkLib MachineLearning/CNTKSGDLib MachineLearning/CNTKSequenceTrainingLib BrainScript
+INCLUDEPATH:= Common/Include Math/Math MachineLearning/CNTK MachineLearning/CNTKActionsLib MachineLearning/CNTKComputationNetworkLib MachineLearning/CNTKSGDLib MachineLearning/CNTKSequenceTrainingLib BrainScript
 CPPFLAGS:= -D_POSIX_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600 -D__USE_XOPEN2K
 CXXFLAGS:= -msse3 -std=c++0x -std=c++11 -fopenmp -fpermissive -fPIC -Werror -fcheck-new
 LIBPATH:=