diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8941fdcfc..f56c24c71 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ stages:
 
 
 variables:
-  VERSION: 0.3.14
+  VERSION: 0.4.0
   VERUS_CLI_LINUX: "Verus-CLI-Linux-v${VERSION}-beta.tar.gz"
   VERUS_CLI_WINDOWS: "Verus-CLI-Windows-v${VERSION}-beta.zip"
   VERUS_CLI_MACOS: "Verus-CLI-MacOS-v${VERSION}-beta.tar.gz"
diff --git a/kmd/linux/verus-cli/README.txt b/kmd/linux/verus-cli/README.txt
index eed1a1c91..4ddd78c7e 100644
--- a/kmd/linux/verus-cli/README.txt
+++ b/kmd/linux/verus-cli/README.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VerusCoin Command Line Tools v0.3.13-beta
+VerusCoin Command Line Tools v0.4.0-beta
 
 Contents:
 komodod - VerusCoin's enhanced Komodo daemon
diff --git a/kmd/linux/verus-cli/fetch-params b/kmd/linux/verus-cli/fetch-params
index 10bade7cb..fd602b858 100644
--- a/kmd/linux/verus-cli/fetch-params
+++ b/kmd/linux/verus-cli/fetch-params
@@ -2,10 +2,17 @@
 
 set -eu
 
-PARAMS_DIR="$HOME/.zcash-params"
+if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
+    PARAMS_DIR="$HOME/Library/Application Support/ZcashParams"
+else
+    PARAMS_DIR="$HOME/.zcash-params"
+fi
 
 SPROUT_PKEY_NAME='sprout-proving.key'
 SPROUT_VKEY_NAME='sprout-verifying.key'
+SAPLING_SPEND_NAME='sapling-spend.params'
+SAPLING_OUTPUT_NAME='sapling-output.params'
+SAPLING_SPROUT_GROTH16_NAME='sprout-groth16.params'
 SPROUT_URL="https://z.cash/downloads"
 SPROUT_IPFS="/ipfs/QmZKKx7Xup7LiAtFRhYsE1M7waXcv9ir9eCECyXAFGxhEo"
 
@@ -14,10 +21,12 @@ SHA256ARGS="$(command -v sha256sum >/dev/null || echo '-a 256')"
 
 WGETCMD="$(command -v wget || echo '')"
 IPFSCMD="$(command -v ipfs || echo '')"
+CURLCMD="$(command -v curl || echo '')"
 
 # fetch methods can be disabled with ZC_DISABLE_SOMETHING=1
 ZC_DISABLE_WGET="${ZC_DISABLE_WGET:-}"
 ZC_DISABLE_IPFS="${ZC_DISABLE_IPFS:-}"
+ZC_DISABLE_CURL="${ZC_DISABLE_CURL:-}"
 
 function fetch_wget {
     if [ -z "$WGETCMD" ] || ! [ -z "$ZC_DISABLE_WGET" ]; then
@@ -28,7 +37,6 @@ function fetch_wget {
     local dlname="$2"
 
     cat <<EOF
-
 Retrieving (wget): $SPROUT_URL/$filename
 EOF
 
@@ -49,22 +57,38 @@ function fetch_ipfs {
     local dlname="$2"
 
     cat <<EOF
-
 Retrieving (ipfs): $SPROUT_IPFS/$filename
 EOF
 
     ipfs get --output "$dlname" "$SPROUT_IPFS/$filename"
 }
 
+function fetch_curl {
+    if [ -z "$CURLCMD" ] || ! [ -z "$ZC_DISABLE_CURL" ]; then
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    local filename="$1"
+    local dlname="$2"
+
+    cat <<EOF
+Retrieving (curl): $SPROUT_URL/$filename
+EOF
+
+    curl \
+        --output "$dlname" \
+        -# -L -C - \
+        "$SPROUT_URL/$filename"
+
+}
+
 function fetch_failure {
     cat >&2 <<EOF
-
 Failed to fetch the Zcash zkSNARK parameters!
 Try installing one of the following programs and make sure you're online:
-
  * ipfs
  * wget
-
+ * curl
 EOF
     exit 1
 }
@@ -77,7 +101,7 @@ function fetch_params {
 
     if ! [ -f "$output" ]
     then
-        for method in wget ipfs failure; do
+        for method in wget ipfs curl failure; do
             if "fetch_$method" "$filename" "$dlname"; then
                 echo "Download successful!"
                 break
@@ -102,12 +126,20 @@ EOF
 # Use flock to prevent parallel execution.
 function lock() {
     local lockfile=/tmp/fetch_params.lock
-    # create lock file
-    eval "exec 200>/$lockfile"
-    # acquire the lock
-    flock -n 200 \
-        && return 0 \
-        || return 1
+    if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
+        if shlock -f ${lockfile} -p $$; then
+            return 0
+        else
+            return 1
+        fi
+    else
+        # create lock file
+        eval "exec 200>$lockfile"
+        # acquire the lock
+        flock -n 200 \
+            && return 0 \
+            || return 1
+    fi
 }
 
 function exit_locked_error {
@@ -122,10 +154,8 @@ function main() {
 
     cat <<EOF
 Zcash - fetch-params.sh
-
 This script will fetch the Zcash zkSNARK parameters and verify their
 integrity with sha256sum.
-
 If they already exist locally, it will exit now and do nothing else.
 EOF
 
@@ -147,19 +177,23 @@ EOF
 The parameters are currently just under 911MB in size, so plan accordingly
 for your bandwidth constraints. If the files are already present and
 have the correct sha256sum, no networking is used.
-
 Creating params directory. For details about this directory, see:
 $README_PATH
-
 EOF
     fi
 
     cd "$PARAMS_DIR"
 
+    # Sprout parameters:
     fetch_params "$SPROUT_PKEY_NAME" "$PARAMS_DIR/$SPROUT_PKEY_NAME" "8bc20a7f013b2b58970cddd2e7ea028975c88ae7ceb9259a5344a16bc2c0eef7"
     fetch_params "$SPROUT_VKEY_NAME" "$PARAMS_DIR/$SPROUT_VKEY_NAME" "4bd498dae0aacfd8e98dc306338d017d9c08dd0918ead18172bd0aec2fc5df82"
+
+    # Sapling parameters:
+    fetch_params "$SAPLING_SPEND_NAME" "$PARAMS_DIR/$SAPLING_SPEND_NAME" "8e48ffd23abb3a5fd9c5589204f32d9c31285a04b78096ba40a79b75677efc13"
+    fetch_params "$SAPLING_OUTPUT_NAME" "$PARAMS_DIR/$SAPLING_OUTPUT_NAME" "2f0ebbcbb9bb0bcffe95a397e7eba89c29eb4dde6191c339db88570e3f3fb0e4"
+    fetch_params "$SAPLING_SPROUT_GROTH16_NAME" "$PARAMS_DIR/$SAPLING_SPROUT_GROTH16_NAME" "b685d700c60328498fbde589c8c7c484c722b788b265b72af448a5bf0ee55b50"
 }
 
 main
 rm -f /tmp/fetch_params.lock
-exit 0
+exit 0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kmd/mac/verus-cli/README.txt b/kmd/mac/verus-cli/README.txt
index 3bb23f3e7..23ea44f2a 100644
--- a/kmd/mac/verus-cli/README.txt
+++ b/kmd/mac/verus-cli/README.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VerusCoin Command Line Tools v0.3.13-beta
+VerusCoin Command Line Tools v0.4.0-beta
 Contents:
 komodod - VerusCoin's enhanced Komodo daemon.
 komodo-cli - VerusCoin's enhanced Komodo command line utility.
diff --git a/kmd/windows/verus-cli/README.txt b/kmd/windows/verus-cli/README.txt
index c7d80087b..1d3e7c812 100644
--- a/kmd/windows/verus-cli/README.txt
+++ b/kmd/windows/verus-cli/README.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VerusCoin Command Line Tools v0.3.13-beta
+VerusCoin Command Line Tools v0.4.0-beta
 Contents:
 komodod.exe - VerusCoin's enhanced Komodo daemon
 komodo-cli.exe - VerusCoin's Komodo command line utility