diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c64877870..e7de9ccf1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 .idea/
 .php_cs.cache
 .sass-cache/
-.vagrant/
+/.vagrant/
+/composer.lock
+/composer.phar
+/env/
+/site/
+/vendor/
 bower_components/
-composer.lock
-composer.phar
-env/
 node_modules/
-site/
-vendor/
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 3ebc1d7b6..0da5e71ca 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -15,31 +15,31 @@
         "ext-fileinfo": "*",
         "ext-gd": "*",
         "ext-json": "*",
-        "erusev/parsedown-extra": "^0.7.0",
+        "erusev/parsedown-extra": "^0.7.1",
         "francodacosta/phmagick": "0.4.*@dev",
-        "google/apiclient": "^1.1.5",
+        "google/apiclient": "^1.1.6",
         "intervention/image": "^2.2.2",
         "ircmaxell/random-lib": "^1.1.0",
         "maennchen/zipstream-php": "^0.3.0",
         "moontoast/math": "^1.1.0",
         "ramsey/uuid": ">=2.8.3 <4.0",
         "reprovinci/solr-php-client": "^1.0.3",
-        "sendgrid/sendgrid": "^4.0.0",
-        "zendframework/zendframework1": "^1.12.16"
+        "sendgrid/sendgrid": "^4.0.1",
+        "zendframework/zendframework1": "^1.12.17"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "ext-xdebug": "*",
-        "fabpot/php-cs-fixer": "^1.10.2",
+        "fabpot/php-cs-fixer": "^1.11",
         "jokkedk/zfdebug": "^1.6.2",
-        "leafo/scssphp": "^0.3.2",
+        "leafo/scssphp": "^0.4.0",
         "phpcheckstyle/phpcheckstyle": "V0.14.1",
         "phpunit/dbunit": "^1.4.1",
         "phpunit/phpcov": "^2.0.2",
-        "phpunit/phpunit": "^4.8.16",
+        "phpunit/phpunit": "^4.8.19",
         "ramsey/uuid-console": "^1.0.0",
         "satooshi/php-coveralls": "^0.6.1",
-        "sensiolabs/security-checker": "^3.0.1",
-        "symfony/console": "^2.7.5"
+        "sensiolabs/security-checker": "^3.0.2",
+        "symfony/console": "^2.8.0"
     },
     "suggest": {
         "ext-imagick": "*",
diff --git a/core/Bootstrap.php b/core/Bootstrap.php
index b88e4a35b..31c163da0 100644
--- a/core/Bootstrap.php
+++ b/core/Bootstrap.php
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ protected function _initDoctype()
         $this->bootstrap('view');
 
         /** @var Zend_View $view */
-        $view = $this->getResource('view');
+        $view = $this->getResource('View');
         $view->doctype('XHTML1_STRICT');
     }
 
@@ -109,6 +109,45 @@ protected function _initDatabase()
         return false;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Initialize the cache.
+     *
+     * @return false|Zend_Cache_Core
+     */
+    protected function _initCache()
+    {
+        $this->bootstrap('Config', 'Database');
+
+        if (Zend_Registry::get('configGlobal')->get('environment', 'production') === 'production') {
+            $frontendOptions = array(
+                'automatic_serialization' => true,
+                'lifetime' => 86400,
+                'cache_id_prefix' => 'midas_',
+            );
+
+            if (extension_loaded('memcached') || session_save_path() === 'Memcache') {
+                $cache = Zend_Cache::factory('Core', 'Libmemcached', $frontendOptions, array());
+            } elseif (extension_loaded('memcache')) {
+                $cache = Zend_Cache::factory('Core', 'Memcached', $frontendOptions, array());
+            } else {
+                $cacheDir = UtilityComponent::getCacheDirectory().'/db';
+
+                if (is_dir($cacheDir) && is_writable($cacheDir)) {
+                    $backendOptions = array('cache_dir' => $cacheDir);
+                    $cache = Zend_Cache::factory('Core', 'File', $frontendOptions, $backendOptions);
+                }
+            }
+
+            if ($cache !== false) {
+                Zend_Db_Table_Abstract::setDefaultMetadataCache($cache);
+            }
+        }
+
+        Zend_Registry::set('cache', $cache);
+
+        return $cache;
+    }
+
     /** Initialize the error handler. */
     protected function _initErrorHandle()
     {
@@ -132,7 +171,7 @@ protected function _initErrorHandle()
      */
     protected function _initInternationalization()
     {
-        $this->bootstrap(array('Config', 'Database', 'FrontController'));
+        $this->bootstrap(array('Cache', 'Config', 'Database', 'FrontController'));
 
         /** @var false|Zend_Db_Adapter_Abstract $database */
         $database = $this->getResource('Database');
@@ -343,7 +382,7 @@ protected function _initSass()
      */
     protected function _initRouter()
     {
-        $this->bootstrap(array('Config', 'Database', 'FrontController'));
+        $this->bootstrap(array('Cache', 'Config', 'Database', 'FrontController'));
 
         /** @var Zend_Controller_Front $frontController */
         $frontController = $this->getResource('FrontController');
diff --git a/core/GlobalController.php b/core/GlobalController.php
index f54523297..125b5f385 100644
--- a/core/GlobalController.php
+++ b/core/GlobalController.php
@@ -144,24 +144,6 @@ public function preDispatch()
             }
         }
         parent::preDispatch();
-        if (!$this->isDebug()) {
-            $frontendOptions = array('automatic_serialization' => true, 'lifetime' => 86400, 'cache_id_prefix' => 'midas_');
-            if (extension_loaded('memcached') || session_save_path() === 'Memcache'
-            ) {
-                $cache = Zend_Cache::factory('Core', 'Libmemcached', $frontendOptions, array());
-            } elseif (extension_loaded('memcache')) {
-                $cache = Zend_Cache::factory('Core', 'Memcached', $frontendOptions, array());
-            } else {
-                $cacheDir = UtilityComponent::getCacheDirectory().'/db';
-                if (is_dir($cacheDir) && is_writable($cacheDir)) {
-                    $backendOptions = array('cache_dir' => $cacheDir);
-                    $cache = Zend_Cache::factory('Core', 'File', $frontendOptions, $backendOptions);
-                }
-            }
-            if (isset($cache)) {
-                Zend_Db_Table_Abstract::setDefaultMetadataCache($cache);
-            }
-        }
     }
 
     /**