diff --git a/bin/bundle b/bin/bundle
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..66e9889e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/bundle
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+ENV['BUNDLE_GEMFILE'] ||= File.expand_path('../../Gemfile', __FILE__)
+load Gem.bin_path('bundler', 'bundle')
diff --git a/bin/rails b/bin/rails
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..728cd85aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/rails
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+APP_PATH = File.expand_path('../../config/application',  __FILE__)
+require_relative '../config/boot'
+require 'rails/commands'
diff --git a/bin/rake b/bin/rake
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..17240489f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/rake
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+require_relative '../config/boot'
+require 'rake'
+Rake.application.run
diff --git a/config/boot.rb b/config/boot.rb
index ae69d0b6b..5e5f0c1fa 100644
--- a/config/boot.rb
+++ b/config/boot.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-require 'rubygems'
-
 # Set up gems listed in the Gemfile.
 ENV['BUNDLE_GEMFILE'] ||= File.expand_path('../../Gemfile', __FILE__)
 
-require 'bundler/setup' if File.exists?(ENV['BUNDLE_GEMFILE'])
-
+require 'bundler/setup' if File.exist?(ENV['BUNDLE_GEMFILE'])
diff --git a/config/initializers/assets.rb b/config/initializers/assets.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d2f4ec33a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/assets.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Be sure to restart your server when you modify this file.
+
+# Version of your assets, change this if you want to expire all your assets.
+Rails.application.config.assets.version = '1.0'
+
+# Precompile additional assets.
+# application.js, application.css, and all non-JS/CSS in app/assets folder are already added.
+# Rails.application.config.assets.precompile += %w( search.js )
diff --git a/config/initializers/cookies_serializer.rb b/config/initializers/cookies_serializer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..719a617ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/cookies_serializer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Be sure to restart your server when you modify this file.
+
+Rails.application.config.action_dispatch.cookies_serializer = :marshal
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/initializers/filter_parameter_logging.rb b/config/initializers/filter_parameter_logging.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a994e1e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/filter_parameter_logging.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Be sure to restart your server when you modify this file.
+
+# Configure sensitive parameters which will be filtered from the log file.
+Rails.application.config.filter_parameters += [:password]