diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index e91e9f8f..9cbd85e0 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # A sample Gemfile
 source "https://rubygems.org"
 
-gem "rails", '< 5.1'
+gem "rails", '< 5.2'
 
 gem 'sass-rails'
 gem 'less-rails'
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ group :development do
   gem 'sqlite3', '~> 1.3.6'
   gem 'mailcatcher'
   gem 'web-console'
+  gem 'listen'
 
   # Better error output
   gem 'better_errors'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index f53b48fd..fc413425 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -65,27 +65,27 @@ PATH
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    actioncable (5.0.7.2)
-      actionpack (= 5.0.7.2)
-      nio4r (>= 1.2, < 3.0)
+    actioncable (5.1.7)
+      actionpack (= 5.1.7)
+      nio4r (~> 2.0)
       websocket-driver (~> 0.6.1)
-    actionmailer (5.0.7.2)
-      actionpack (= 5.0.7.2)
-      actionview (= 5.0.7.2)
-      activejob (= 5.0.7.2)
+    actionmailer (5.1.7)
+      actionpack (= 5.1.7)
+      actionview (= 5.1.7)
+      activejob (= 5.1.7)
       mail (~> 2.5, >= 2.5.4)
       rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0)
-    actionpack (5.0.7.2)
-      actionview (= 5.0.7.2)
-      activesupport (= 5.0.7.2)
+    actionpack (5.1.7)
+      actionview (= 5.1.7)
+      activesupport (= 5.1.7)
       rack (~> 2.0)
-      rack-test (~> 0.6.3)
+      rack-test (>= 0.6.3)
       rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0)
       rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
-    actionview (5.0.7.2)
-      activesupport (= 5.0.7.2)
+    actionview (5.1.7)
+      activesupport (= 5.1.7)
       builder (~> 3.1)
-      erubis (~> 2.7.0)
+      erubi (~> 1.4)
       rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0)
       rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.3)
     active_model_serializers (0.10.10)
@@ -93,16 +93,16 @@ GEM
       activemodel (>= 4.1, < 6.1)
       case_transform (>= 0.2)
       jsonapi-renderer (>= 0.1.1.beta1, < 0.3)
-    activejob (5.0.7.2)
-      activesupport (= 5.0.7.2)
+    activejob (5.1.7)
+      activesupport (= 5.1.7)
       globalid (>= 0.3.6)
-    activemodel (5.0.7.2)
-      activesupport (= 5.0.7.2)
-    activerecord (5.0.7.2)
-      activemodel (= 5.0.7.2)
-      activesupport (= 5.0.7.2)
-      arel (~> 7.0)
-    activesupport (5.0.7.2)
+    activemodel (5.1.7)
+      activesupport (= 5.1.7)
+    activerecord (5.1.7)
+      activemodel (= 5.1.7)
+      activesupport (= 5.1.7)
+      arel (~> 8.0)
+    activesupport (5.1.7)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
       i18n (>= 0.7, < 2)
       minitest (~> 5.1)
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ GEM
     apparition (0.6.0)
       capybara (~> 3.13, < 4)
       websocket-driver (>= 0.6.5)
-    arel (7.1.4)
+    arel (8.0.0)
     attribute_normalizer (1.2.0)
     base32 (0.3.4)
     better_errors (2.7.1)
@@ -208,12 +208,12 @@ GEM
     haml (5.1.2)
       temple (>= 0.8.0)
       tilt
-    haml-rails (1.0.0)
-      actionpack (>= 4.0.1)
-      activesupport (>= 4.0.1)
+    haml-rails (2.0.1)
+      actionpack (>= 5.1)
+      activesupport (>= 5.1)
       haml (>= 4.0.6, < 6.0)
       html2haml (>= 1.0.1)
-      railties (>= 4.0.1)
+      railties (>= 5.1)
     has_scope (0.7.2)
       actionpack (>= 4.1)
       activesupport (>= 4.1)
@@ -266,6 +266,9 @@ GEM
       less (~> 2.6.0)
       sprockets (~> 3.0)
     libv8 (3.16.14.19)
+    listen (3.2.1)
+      rb-fsevent (~> 0.10, >= 0.10.3)
+      rb-inotify (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.10)
     loofah (2.7.0)
       crass (~> 1.0.2)
       nokogiri (>= 1.5.9)
@@ -328,19 +331,19 @@ GEM
       rack (>= 2.0.0)
     rack-protection (2.1.0)
       rack
-    rack-test (0.6.3)
-      rack (>= 1.0)
-    rails (5.0.7.2)
-      actioncable (= 5.0.7.2)
-      actionmailer (= 5.0.7.2)
-      actionpack (= 5.0.7.2)
-      actionview (= 5.0.7.2)
-      activejob (= 5.0.7.2)
-      activemodel (= 5.0.7.2)
-      activerecord (= 5.0.7.2)
-      activesupport (= 5.0.7.2)
+    rack-test (1.1.0)
+      rack (>= 1.0, < 3)
+    rails (5.1.7)
+      actioncable (= 5.1.7)
+      actionmailer (= 5.1.7)
+      actionpack (= 5.1.7)
+      actionview (= 5.1.7)
+      activejob (= 5.1.7)
+      activemodel (= 5.1.7)
+      activerecord (= 5.1.7)
+      activesupport (= 5.1.7)
       bundler (>= 1.3.0)
-      railties (= 5.0.7.2)
+      railties (= 5.1.7)
       sprockets-rails (>= 2.0.0)
     rails-assets-listjs (0.2.0.beta.4)
       railties (>= 3.1)
@@ -356,9 +359,9 @@ GEM
       rails (>= 4.2.0)
     rails_tokeninput (1.7.0)
       railties (>= 3.1.0)
-    railties (5.0.7.2)
-      actionpack (= 5.0.7.2)
-      activesupport (= 5.0.7.2)
+    railties (5.1.7)
+      actionpack (= 5.1.7)
+      activesupport (= 5.1.7)
       method_source
       rake (>= 0.8.7)
       thor (>= 0.18.1, < 2.0)
@@ -370,6 +373,9 @@ GEM
       activesupport (>= 5.0)
       i18n
       polyamorous (= 2.3.0)
+    rb-fsevent (0.10.4)
+    rb-inotify (0.10.1)
+      ffi (~> 1.0)
     recurring_select (2.1.0)
       coffee-rails (>= 3.1)
       ice_cube (>= 0.11)
@@ -567,6 +573,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   jquery-rails
   kaminari
   less-rails
+  listen
   localize_input!
   mailcatcher
   meta_request
@@ -579,7 +586,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   pry-stack_explorer
   puma
   rack-cors
-  rails (< 5.1)
+  rails (< 5.2)
   rails-assets-listjs (= 0.2.0.beta.4)
   rails-i18n
   rails-settings-cached (= 0.4.3)
diff --git a/bin/setup b/bin/setup
index e620b4da..78c4e861 100755
--- a/bin/setup
+++ b/bin/setup
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ chdir APP_ROOT do
   system! 'gem install bundler --conservative'
   system('bundle check') || system!('bundle install')
 
+  # Install JavaScript dependencies if using Yarn
+  # system('bin/yarn')
+
+
   # puts "\n== Copying sample files =="
   # unless File.exist?('config/database.yml')
   #   cp 'config/database.yml.sample', 'config/database.yml'
diff --git a/bin/yarn b/bin/yarn
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c2bacef8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/yarn
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+VENDOR_PATH = File.expand_path('..', __dir__)
+Dir.chdir(VENDOR_PATH) do
+  begin
+    exec "yarnpkg #{ARGV.join(" ")}"
+  rescue Errno::ENOENT
+    $stderr.puts "Yarn executable was not detected in the system."
+    $stderr.puts "Download Yarn at https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/install"
+    exit 1
+  end
+end
diff --git a/config/environments/development.rb.SAMPLE b/config/environments/development.rb.SAMPLE
index 749ecbd1..4dae3939 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.rb.SAMPLE
+++ b/config/environments/development.rb.SAMPLE
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Rails.application.configure do
 
     config.cache_store = :memory_store
     config.public_file_server.headers = {
-      'Cache-Control' => 'public, max-age=172800'
+      'Cache-Control' => "public, max-age=#{2.days.seconds.to_i}"
     }
   else
     config.action_controller.perform_caching = false
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Rails.application.configure do
 
   # Use an evented file watcher to asynchronously detect changes in source code,
   # routes, locales, etc. This feature depends on the listen gem.
-  # config.file_watcher = ActiveSupport::EventedFileUpdateChecker
+  config.file_watcher = ActiveSupport::EventedFileUpdateChecker
 
   # Run resque tasks as part of the main app (not recommended for production)
   Resque.inline = true unless ENV['REDIS_URL']
diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index 628de5bf..202daab1 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ Rails.application.configure do
   config.consider_all_requests_local       = false
   config.action_controller.perform_caching = true
 
+  # Attempt to read encrypted secrets from `config/secrets.yml.enc`.
+  # Requires an encryption key in `ENV["RAILS_MASTER_KEY"]` or
+  # `config/secrets.yml.key`.
+  config.read_encrypted_secrets = true
+
   # Disable serving static files from the `/public` folder by default since
   # Apache or NGINX already handles this.
   config.public_file_server.enabled = ENV['RAILS_SERVE_STATIC_FILES'].present?
@@ -104,7 +109,7 @@ Rails.application.configure do
   if ENV["RAILS_LOG_TO_STDOUT"].present?
     logger           = ActiveSupport::Logger.new(STDOUT)
     logger.formatter = config.log_formatter
-    config.logger = ActiveSupport::TaggedLogging.new(logger)
+    config.logger    = ActiveSupport::TaggedLogging.new(logger)
   end
 
   # Do not dump schema after migrations.
diff --git a/config/environments/test.rb b/config/environments/test.rb
index ae5801e1..a699d4d8 100644
--- a/config/environments/test.rb
+++ b/config/environments/test.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Rails.application.configure do
   # Configure public file server for tests with Cache-Control for performance.
   config.public_file_server.enabled = true
   config.public_file_server.headers = {
-    'Cache-Control' => 'public, max-age=3600'
+    'Cache-Control' => "public, max-age=#{1.hour.seconds.to_i}"
   }
 
   # Show full error reports and disable caching.
diff --git a/config/initializers/assets.rb b/config/initializers/assets.rb
index 01ef3e66..4b828e80 100644
--- a/config/initializers/assets.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/assets.rb
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@
 # Version of your assets, change this if you want to expire all your assets.
 Rails.application.config.assets.version = '1.0'
 
-# Add additional assets to the asset load path
+# Add additional assets to the asset load path.
 # Rails.application.config.assets.paths << Emoji.images_path
+# Add Yarn node_modules folder to the asset load path.
+Rails.application.config.assets.paths << Rails.root.join('node_modules')
 
 # 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 )
+# application.js, application.css, and all non-JS/CSS in the app/assets
+# folder are already added.
+# Rails.application.config.assets.precompile += %w( admin.js admin.css )
diff --git a/config/initializers/new_framework_defaults_5_1.rb b/config/initializers/new_framework_defaults_5_1.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9010abd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/new_framework_defaults_5_1.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Be sure to restart your server when you modify this file.
+#
+# This file contains migration options to ease your Rails 5.1 upgrade.
+#
+# Once upgraded flip defaults one by one to migrate to the new default.
+#
+# Read the Guide for Upgrading Ruby on Rails for more info on each option.
+
+# Make `form_with` generate non-remote forms.
+Rails.application.config.action_view.form_with_generates_remote_forms = false
+
+# Unknown asset fallback will return the path passed in when the given
+# asset is not present in the asset pipeline.
+# Rails.application.config.assets.unknown_asset_fallback = false
diff --git a/config/puma.rb b/config/puma.rb
index 39da293c..c341524a 100644
--- a/config/puma.rb
+++ b/config/puma.rb
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Puma can serve each request in a thread from an internal thread pool.
-# The `threads` method setting takes two numbers a minimum and maximum.
+# The `threads` method setting takes two numbers: a minimum and maximum.
 # Any libraries that use thread pools should be configured to match
 # the maximum value specified for Puma. Default is set to 5 threads for minimum
-# and maximum, this matches the default thread size of Active Record.
+# and maximum; this matches the default thread size of Active Record.
 #
-threads_count = ENV.fetch("RAILS_MAX_THREADS") { 1 }.to_i
+threads_count = ENV.fetch("RAILS_MAX_THREADS") { 1 }
 threads threads_count, threads_count
 
-# Specifies the `port` that Puma will listen on to receive requests, default is 3000.
+# Specifies the `port` that Puma will listen on to receive requests; default is 3000.
 #
 port        ENV.fetch("PORT") { 3000 }
 
@@ -32,11 +32,19 @@ workers ENV.fetch("WEB_CONCURRENCY") { 8 }
 #
 preload_app!
 
+# If you are preloading your application and using Active Record, it's
+# recommended that you close any connections to the database before workers
+# are forked to prevent connection leakage.
+#
+before_fork do
+  ActiveRecord::Base.connection_pool.disconnect! if defined?(ActiveRecord)
+end
+
 # The code in the `on_worker_boot` will be called if you are using
 # clustered mode by specifying a number of `workers`. After each worker
-# process is booted this block will be run, if you are using `preload_app!`
-# option you will want to use this block to reconnect to any threads
-# or connections that may have been created at application boot, Ruby
+# process is booted, this block will be run. If you are using the `preload_app!`
+# option, you will want to use this block to reconnect to any threads
+# or connections that may have been created at application boot, as Ruby
 # cannot share connections between processes.
 #
 on_worker_boot do