diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index ee21e54..aca9e16 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -2,15 +2,9 @@ source 'http://rubygems.org'
 
 ruby '2.1.1'
 
-gem 'rails', '~> 3.2.16'
+gem 'rails', '~> 3.2.17'
 gem 'mysql2', '~> 0.3.15'
-
-# Deployment
 gem 'foreman', '~> 0.63.0'
-gem 'capistrano', '~> 3.1.0'
-gem 'capistrano-rbenv', '~> 2.0.2'
-gem 'capistrano-bundler', '~> 1.1.2'
-gem 'capistrano-rails', '~> 1.1'
 
 # Libraries
 gem 'jquery-rails'
@@ -29,17 +23,19 @@ gem 'rmagick', require: false
 gem 'will_paginate', git: 'https://github.com/p7r/will_paginate.git', branch: 'rails3'
 gem 'newrelic_rpm', '~> 3.7.2.195'
 
-group 'staging', 'production' do
-  gem 'kgio', '~> 2.9.2'
-  gem 'dalli', '~> 2.7.0'
-  gem 'unicorn', '~> 4.8.2'
+group :assets do
+  gem 'uglifier', '~> 2.5.0'
 end
 
-group 'development' do
+group :development do
+  gem 'capistrano', '~> 3.1.0'
+  gem 'capistrano-rbenv', '~> 2.0.2'
+  gem 'capistrano-bundler', '~> 1.1.2'
+  gem 'capistrano-rails', '~> 1.1'
   gem 'annotate', '~> 2.6.2'
 end
 
-group 'test' do
+group :test do
   gem 'simplecov', '~> 0.7.1', require: false
   gem 'rspec-rails', '~> 2.14.1'
   gem 'rspec-given', '~> 3.5.4'
@@ -48,7 +44,13 @@ group 'test' do
   gem 'factory_girl_rails', '~> 4.4.1'
 end
 
-group 'development', 'test' do
+group :development, :test do
   gem 'pry-debugger', '~> 0.2.2'
   gem 'dotenv-rails', '~> 0.10.0'
 end
+
+group :staging, :production do
+  gem 'kgio', '~> 2.9.2'
+  gem 'dalli', '~> 2.7.0'
+  gem 'unicorn', '~> 4.8.2'
+end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 6c23221..67264cc 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -228,6 +228,9 @@ GEM
       polyglot
       polyglot (>= 0.3.1)
     tzinfo (0.3.38)
+    uglifier (2.5.0)
+      execjs (>= 0.3.0)
+      json (>= 1.8.0)
     unicorn (4.8.2)
       kgio (~> 2.6)
       rack
@@ -265,7 +268,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   nokogiri
   poltergeist (~> 1.5.0)
   pry-debugger (~> 0.2.2)
-  rails (~> 3.2.16)
+  rails (~> 3.2.17)
   rbbcode
   rmagick
   rspec-given (~> 3.5.4)
@@ -274,5 +277,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   simplecov (~> 0.7.1)
   therubyracer
   tinymce-rails
+  uglifier (~> 2.5.0)
   unicorn (~> 4.8.2)
   will_paginate!
diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 3fa109a..0c64fd1 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ Switch user to deploy, and install rbenv
 
 ## Install the ENSL site
 
-Create the `.env` and `config/database.yml` files with the appropriate credentials.
+Create the `.env` file with the appropriate credentials.
 
-    mkdir /var/www/virtual/ensl.org/deploy
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+    mkdir /var/www/virtual/ensl.org/deploy
+    mkdir /var/www/virtual/ensl.org/deploy/shared
+    touch /var/www/virtual/ensl.org/deploy/shared/.env
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diff --git a/config/deploy.rb b/config/deploy.rb
index ea2669d..8984b0f 100644
--- a/config/deploy.rb
+++ b/config/deploy.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set :scm, :git
 set :repo_url, 'git@github.com:ENSL/ensl.org.git'
 set :keep_releases, 10
 
-set :linked_files, %w{config/database.yml}
+set :linked_files, %w{.env}
 set :linked_dirs, %w{bin log tmp/pids tmp/cache tmp/sockets vendor/bundle public/system}
 set :normalize_asset_timestamps, %{public/images public/javascripts public/stylesheets}
 
diff --git a/config/environment.rb b/config/environment.rb
index eb1e6cf..380ee77 100644
--- a/config/environment.rb
+++ b/config/environment.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 require File.expand_path('../application', __FILE__)
-
+require 'dotenv'
 require 'verification'
 require 'exceptions'
 require 'extra'
 
+Dotenv.load
 Ensl::Application.initialize!
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