As promised, I finally got my new upgraded VPS from 
During that process I also updated my witness to 0.1.8 ,
so I am completely fresh and up to date!
In case you missed my witness proposal, you can check it out here:
https://steemit.com/peerplays/@tyler-fletcher/peerplays-witness-proposal-firecrab-witness
Of course if you can, vote for "firecrab-witness"!