diff --git a/.env.development b/.env.development
index d257f5f0..52dd5499 100644
--- a/.env.development
+++ b/.env.development
@@ -1,20 +1,31 @@
-APP_PORTFOLIO_DEVISE_KEY = "04df95945691e59c493829316335a454f1b50706a68a2c9ae1fe0084c62d98acc8d1166b984b43beec108b3f756f7c27308f0451b0031ff085e674125639ffe7"
+#reCaptcha settings
+APP_PORTFOLIO_reCAPTCHA_SITE_KEY=6Lf0bwAVAAAAANKF5ZbjqY-2wTO2HhOnBePLqf3z
+APP_PORTFOLIO_reCAPTCHA_SECRET_KEY=6Lf0bwAVAAAAAC9ypnph7cVrCVKxoGvYniMSSll4
+
+# Admin Variables
+ADMIN_USERNAME=manager
+ADMIN_PASSWORD=Pub1ication$
+
+# Mail Variables
+MAIL_SENDER='Melissa Norris <NORRISMS@UCMAIL.UC.EDU>'
 
 # Database settings
-APP_PORTFOLIO_DATABASE_ADAPTER=sqlite3
-APP_PORTFOLIO_DATABASE_HOST=
-APP_PORTFOLIO_DATABASE_NAME=db/development.sqlite3
-APP_PORTFOLIO_DATABASE_PASSWORD=
-APP_PORTFOLIO_DATABASE_POOL=5
-APP_PORTFOLIO_DATABASE_PORT=
-APP_PORTFOLIO_DATABASE_TIMEOUT=5000
-APP_PORTFOLIO_DATABASE_USERNAME=
+AAEC_DATABASE_ADAPTER=mysql2
+AAEC_DATABASE_HOST=libitdbtest.libraries.uc.edu
+AAEC_DATABASE_NAME=lotm
+AAEC_DATABASE_PASSWORD=Y9joPskKX2
+AAEC_DATABASE_POOL=5
+AAEC_DATABASE_PORT=
+AAEC_DATABASE_TIMEOUT=5000
+AAEC_DATABASE_USERNAME=lotm_admin
 
-APP_PORTFOLIO_PRODUCTION_MAILER_URL=localhost:3000
+RAILS_ENV=production
+RAILS_RELATIVE_URL_ROOT=/aaec
+RAILS_MASTER_KEY=4e9a1edbef0e3a45e650d99d7912c9d6
 
-#reCaptcha settings
-APP_PORTFOLIO_reCAPTCHA_SITE_KEY=""
-APP_PORTFOLIO_reCAPTCHA_SECRET_KEY=""
+# Publication year
+AAEC_PUBLICATION_YEAR_START="January 2020"
+AAEC_PUBLICATION_YEAR_END="December 2020"
 
-#mailer settings
-MAIL_SMTP_ADDRESS='localhost'
+# Expiration Date
+EXPIRATION_DATE="Jul 15 2021"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cd1fddcc..44e357ca 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 /coverage
 
 # Ignore yarn.lock auto-generated file
-yarn.lock
+#yarn.lock
 
 # Ignore .DS_Store files generated in MAC OS
 .DS_Store
@@ -51,3 +51,7 @@ yarn.lock
 
 #Ignore Rubymine files
 .idea/
+
+# Ignore production .env files
+.env.production
+.env.production.local
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/application.js b/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
index b909f6c4..a447c5a5 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 //
 //= require rails-ujs
 //= require jquery3
-//= require bootstrap-sprockets
+//= require bootstrap
 //= require gritter
 //= require activestorage
 //= require turbolinks
diff --git a/bin/yarn b/bin/yarn
deleted file mode 100755
index 4cac416a..00000000
--- a/bin/yarn
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env ruby
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-APP_ROOT = File.expand_path('..', __dir__)
-Dir.chdir(APP_ROOT) do
-  exec 'yarnpkg', *ARGV
-rescue Errno::ENOENT
-  warn 'Yarn executable was not detected in the system.'
-  warn 'Download Yarn at https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/install'
-  exit 1
-end
diff --git a/config/deploy.rb b/config/deploy.rb
index 13722a8c..bcb0b149 100644
--- a/config/deploy.rb
+++ b/config/deploy.rb
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     WARN
     ask :value, "Sure you want to continue deploying `#{branch}` on #{stage}? (Y)"
 
-    if fetch(:value) != 'Y'
+    if fetch(:value).to_s.downcase != 'y'
       puts "\nDeploy cancelled!"
       exit
     end
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 38f18277..00000000
--- a/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "application_portfolio",
-  "private": true,
-  "dependencies": {}
-}