diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8b95a9ff..5dc3337f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 language: node_js
+sudo: false
 node_js:
-  - "0.10"
+  - "4"
+  - "5"
 after_script:
   - npm run coveralls
diff --git a/lib/api/new.coffee b/lib/api/new.coffee
index d5f2d0d6..8e7d75a5 100644
--- a/lib/api/new.coffee
+++ b/lib/api/new.coffee
@@ -77,10 +77,10 @@ class New
         W.promise (resolve, reject) ->
           qs = []
           for question in questions
-            qs.push(question) unless _.contains(skip, question.name)
+            qs.push(question) unless _.includes(skip, question.name)
           inquirer.prompt qs, (answers) -> resolve(answers)
 
-    W.resolve(_.contains(_.keys(sprout.templates), base_tpl_name))
+    W.resolve(_.includes(_.keys(sprout.templates), base_tpl_name))
       .then (res) ->
         if not res
           sprout.add(base_tpl_name, base_tpl_url)
diff --git a/lib/api/template.coffee b/lib/api/template.coffee
index 6eaf1c55..45f41439 100644
--- a/lib/api/template.coffee
+++ b/lib/api/template.coffee
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ exports.default = (args = {}) ->
   if not args.name
     return W.reject(new Error('please provide a template name'))
 
-  if not _.contains(_.keys(sprout.templates), args.name)
+  if not _.includes(_.keys(sprout.templates), args.name)
     return W.reject(new Error "you do not have this template installed")
 
   config = global_config()
diff --git a/lib/api/watch.coffee b/lib/api/watch.coffee
index 1183e5ac..8bc93a39 100644
--- a/lib/api/watch.coffee
+++ b/lib/api/watch.coffee
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-chokidar  = require 'chokidar'
-minimatch = require 'minimatch'
-_         = require 'lodash'
+chokidar = require 'chokidar'
+mm       = require 'micromatch'
+_        = require 'lodash'
 
 ###*
  * @class Watcher
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class Watcher
   ignore = (p) ->
     f = p.replace(@roots.root, '').slice(1)
     @roots.config.watcher_ignores
-      .map (i) -> minimatch(f, i, { dot: true })
+      .map (i) -> mm.isMatch(f, i, { dot: true })
       .filter (i) -> i
       .length
 
diff --git a/lib/cli/watch.coffee b/lib/cli/watch.coffee
index ad4fd348..bc952a03 100644
--- a/lib/cli/watch.coffee
+++ b/lib/cli/watch.coffee
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 open   = require 'open'
+node   = require 'when/node'
 Roots  = require '../../lib'
 Server = require '../local_server'
 
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ module.exports = (cli, args) ->
   project = new Roots args.path,
     env: args.env
     verbose: args.verbose
+    no_open: args.no_open
 
   app  = new Server(project)
   port = process.env.port or args.port
@@ -39,12 +41,8 @@ module.exports = (cli, args) ->
   project.watch()
     .then (w) ->
       res.watcher = w
-      res.server = app.start(port)
-      if project.config.open_browser and not args.no_open
-        if project.config.open_browser == true
-          open("http://localhost:#{port}/")
-        else
-          open(project.config.open_browser)
+      res.server = app
+      node.call(app.start.bind(app), port)
     .yield(res)
 
 ###*
diff --git a/lib/compiler.coffee b/lib/compiler.coffee
index 7f655cb1..475218bb 100644
--- a/lib/compiler.coffee
+++ b/lib/compiler.coffee
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class CompileFile
 
   constructor: (@roots, @extensions, @compile_options, @category, @file) ->
     @adapters = get_adapters.call(@)
-    @is_compiled = !!_(@adapters).pluck('name').compact().value().length
+    @is_compiled = !!_(@adapters).map('name').compact().value().length
     @out_ext = _.last(@adapters).output
     @file_options = {filename: @file.path, _path: url_path.call(@)}
 
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class CompileFile
 
   process_write_hook_results = (results) ->
     if results.length < 1 then return [write_task.call(@)]
-    if _.contains(results, false) then return []
+    if _.includes(results, false) then return []
 
     write_tasks = []
     normal_write_pushed = false
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ class CompileFile
 
     for ext in _.clone(extensions).reverse()
       compiler = _.find @roots.config.compilers, (c) ->
-        _.contains(c.extensions, ext)
+        _.includes(c.extensions, ext)
 
       adapters.push(if compiler then compiler else { output: ext })
 
diff --git a/lib/config.coffee b/lib/config.coffee
index fc331326..84913018 100644
--- a/lib/config.coffee
+++ b/lib/config.coffee
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class Config
     @verbose = opts.verbose ? false
     @debug = false
     @live_reload = true
-    @open_browser = true
+    @open_browser = !opts.no_open ? true
 
     load_config.call(@)
 
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class Config
 
   out: (f, ext) ->
     res = f.relative.split(path.sep)
-    if _.contains(@dump_dirs, res[0]) then res.shift()
+    if _.includes(@dump_dirs, res[0]) then res.shift()
     res.unshift(@output_path())
     res = res.join(path.sep)
     if ext
diff --git a/lib/extensions/compiled.coffee b/lib/extensions/compiled.coffee
index efdf5894..dcdd0e9c 100644
--- a/lib/extensions/compiled.coffee
+++ b/lib/extensions/compiled.coffee
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ module.exports = ->
 
     detect_fn = (f) ->
       exts = _(@roots.config.compilers).map((i)->i.extensions).flatten().value()
-      _.contains(exts, path.extname(f.relative).slice(1))
+      _.includes(exts, path.extname(f.relative).slice(1))
diff --git a/lib/fs_parser.coffee b/lib/fs_parser.coffee
index b2cb0876..f1511237 100644
--- a/lib/fs_parser.coffee
+++ b/lib/fs_parser.coffee
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-fs        = require 'graceful-fs'
-path      = require 'path'
-W         = require 'when'
-readdirp  = require 'readdirp'
-_         = require 'lodash'
-minimatch = require 'minimatch'
-pipeline  = require 'when/pipeline'
-File      = require 'vinyl'
+fs       = require 'graceful-fs'
+path     = require 'path'
+W        = require 'when'
+readdirp = require 'readdirp'
+_        = require 'lodash'
+mm       = require 'micromatch'
+pipeline = require 'when/pipeline'
+File     = require 'vinyl'
 
 ###*
  * @class FS Parser
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class FSParser
       if not detected then return false
       cat = extfs.category ? ext.category
       @ast[cat] ?= []
-      @ast[cat].push(file) unless _.contains(@ast[cat], file)
+      @ast[cat].push(file) unless _.includes(@ast[cat], file)
       return extfs.extract
 
   ###*
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ class FSParser
 
   ignored = (f) ->
     @config.ignores
-      .map (i) -> minimatch(f, i, dot: true)
-      .filter (i) -> i
+      .map((i) -> mm.isMatch(f, i, dot: true))
+      .filter((i) -> i)
       .length
 
 module.exports = FSParser
diff --git a/lib/local_server.coffee b/lib/local_server.coffee
index 94230f40..b4459c00 100644
--- a/lib/local_server.coffee
+++ b/lib/local_server.coffee
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 path         = require 'path'
 serve_static = require 'serve-static'
 charge       = require 'charge'
+browsersync  = require 'browser-sync'
+_            = require 'lodash'
 
 ###*
  * @class Server
@@ -17,6 +19,7 @@ class Server
   ###
 
   constructor: (@project) ->
+    @bs = browsersync.create()
 
   ###*
    * Start the local server on the given port.
@@ -26,52 +29,70 @@ class Server
   ###
 
   start: (port, cb) ->
-    opts = @project.config.server ? {}
-    opts.log = false
-
-    if @project.config.env is 'development'
-      opts.write = content:
-        "<!-- roots development configuration -->
-        <script>var __livereload = #{@project.config.live_reload};</script>
-        <script src='/__roots__/main.js'></script>"
-      opts.cache_control = {'**': 'max-age=0, no-cache, no-store'}
-
-    app = charge(@project.config.output_path(), opts)
-
-    if @project.config.env is 'development'
-      app.stack.splice app.stack.length - 2, 0,
-        route: '/__roots__'
-        handle: serve_static(path.resolve(__dirname, 'browser'))
-
-    @server = app.start(port, cb)
+    bs_options =
+      port: port
+      logLevel: 'silent'
+      open: @project.config.open_browser
+      server:
+        baseDir: @project.config.output_path()
+
+    if @project.config.browser then _.merge(bs_options, @project.config.browser)
+
+    # add charge middleware after merge to prevent errors
+    opts = @project.config.server or {}
+    middlewares = []
+
+    if opts.clean_urls
+      middlewares.push(charge.hygienist(@project.config.output_path()))
+    if opts.exclude
+      middlewares.push(charge.escapist(opts.exclude))
+    if opts.auth
+      middlewares.push(charge.publicist(opts.auth))
+    if opts.cache_control
+      middlewares.push(charge.archivist(opts.cache_control))
+    if opts.gzip
+      middlewares.push(charge.minimist(opts.gzip))
+    if opts.log
+      middlewares.push(charge.journalist(opts.log))
+    if opts.error_page
+      middlewares.push(charge.apologist(opts.error_page))
+
+    bs_options.server.middleware = middlewares
+
+    @bs.init(bs_options, cb)
 
   ###*
    * Close the server and remove it.
   ###
 
   stop: (cb) ->
-    @server.close(cb)
-    delete @server
+    @bs.exit()
+    cb()
 
   ###*
-   * Send a message through websockets to the browser.
-   *
-   * @param  {String} k - message key
-   * @param  {*} v - message value
+   * Reload the browser
   ###
 
-  send_msg: (k, v) ->
-    @server.send(type: k, data: v)
+  reload: ->
+    @bs.reload()
+
+  ###*
+   * Inject loading spinner while compiling
+  ###
+  compiling: ->
+    @bs.notify('compiling...')
 
   ###*
-   * These three methods send 'reload', 'compiling', and 'error' messages
-   * through to the browser.
+   * Sanitize error message and inject into page
+   * @param  {Error} err - an error object
   ###
 
-  reload: -> @send_msg('reload')
-  compiling: -> @send_msg('compiling')
   show_error: (err) ->
     err = err.toString() if err instanceof Error
-    @send_msg('error', err)
+    cleanError = if err.replace
+      err.replace(/(\r\n|\n|\r)/gm, '<br>')
+    else
+      "compile error!"
+    @bs.notify(cleanError, 100000)
 
 module.exports = Server
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1c640805..b2f95c2b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,29 +10,30 @@
     "Sam Saccone <sam@samx.it>"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "accord": "0.20.x",
+    "accord": "0.21.x",
     "argparse": "1.x",
-    "charge": "0.0.4",
-    "chokidar": "1.0.x",
-    "coffee-script": "1.9.x",
+    "browser-sync": "2.x",
+    "charge": "0.1.x",
+    "chokidar": "1.x",
+    "coffee-script": "1.10.x",
     "colors": "1.x",
     "configstore": "0.3.x",
     "graceful-fs": "4.x",
-    "inquirer": "0.9.x",
+    "inquirer": "0.11.x",
     "keen.io": "0.1.x",
-    "lodash": "3.x",
-    "minimatch": "2.x",
+    "lodash": "4.x",
+    "micromatch": "2.x",
     "mkdirp": "0.5.x",
-    "npm": "2.x",
+    "npm": "3.x",
     "open": "0.0.5",
     "osenv": "0.1.x",
-    "readdirp": "1.x",
+    "readdirp": "2.x",
     "rimraf": "2.x",
     "serve-static": "1.x",
     "ship": "0.2.x",
     "sprout": "0.4.x",
-    "update-notifier": "0.5.x",
-    "vinyl": "0.5.x",
+    "update-notifier": "0.6.x",
+    "vinyl": "1.x",
     "when": "3.x"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
@@ -46,7 +47,6 @@
     "mocha": "2.x",
     "mocha-lcov-reporter": "0.0.2",
     "mockery": "1.x",
-    "phantomjs": "1.x",
     "roots-util": "0.1.x",
     "selenium-webdriver": "2.x",
     "sinon": "1.x",
diff --git a/test/cli.coffee b/test/cli.coffee
index 11c33d2c..86154afe 100644
--- a/test/cli.coffee
+++ b/test/cli.coffee
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ describe 'cli', ->
           cli.removeListener('inline', spy)
           cli.removeListener('data', spy)
           cli.removeListener('err', spy)
-          obj.server.close(done)
+          obj.server.stop(done)
 
     it 'should error when trying to compile invalid code'
 
diff --git a/test/new.coffee b/test/new.coffee
index a12f996d..cbd22cfe 100644
--- a/test/new.coffee
+++ b/test/new.coffee
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ new_path      = path.join(base_path, 'new/testing')
 
 before ->
   @starting_templates = Roots.template.list()
-  if _.contains(@starting_templates, 'roots-base')
+  if _.includes(@starting_templates, 'roots-base')
     # remove roots-base to verify 'base template added'
     # functionality in lib/api/new.coffee
     Roots.template.remove(name: 'roots-base')