diff --git a/Netdisco/MANIFEST b/Netdisco/MANIFEST
index 86ca37f3..cdcd40dd 100644
--- a/Netdisco/MANIFEST
+++ b/Netdisco/MANIFEST
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ Makefile.PL
 MANIFEST			This list of files
 META.yml
 share/config.yml
+share/environments/deployment.yml
 share/environments/development.yml
-share/environments/production.yml
 share/public/500.html
 share/public/css/bootstrap.min.css
 share/public/css/font-awesome.css
diff --git a/Netdisco/MANIFEST.SKIP b/Netdisco/MANIFEST.SKIP
index bbb358c5..9a8949a2 100644
--- a/Netdisco/MANIFEST.SKIP
+++ b/Netdisco/MANIFEST.SKIP
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 \.pid$
 \.swp$
 
-^share/environments/(?!production|development)
+^share/environments/(?!production|development|deployment)
 test.pl
 logs/.*
 ^lib/auto/App/Netdisco
diff --git a/Netdisco/META.yml b/Netdisco/META.yml
index 436886f8..dbe531dd 100644
--- a/Netdisco/META.yml
+++ b/Netdisco/META.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ no_index:
     - inc
     - share
 requires:
+  App::cpanminus: 0
+  App::local::lib::helper: 0
   DBD::Pg: 0
   DBD::SQLite: 0
   DBIx::Class: 0
@@ -31,15 +33,17 @@ requires:
   HTTP::Tiny: 0
   JSON: 0
   List::MoreUtils: 0
-  MCE: 1.305
+  MCE: 1.405
   Net::MAC: 0
   NetAddr::IP: 0
   Path::Class: 0
-  Plack: 0
+  Plack: 1.0006
+  Plack::Middleware::Expires: 0
   Role::Tiny: 0
   SNMP::Info: 2.11
   SQL::Translator: 0
   Socket6: 0
+  Starman: 0
   Template: 0
   YAML: 0
   namespace::clean: 0
diff --git a/Netdisco/Makefile.PL b/Netdisco/Makefile.PL
index c668ae66..414f22d0 100644
--- a/Netdisco/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Netdisco/Makefile.PL
@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@ requires 'HTML::Entities' => 0;
 requires 'HTTP::Tiny' => 0;
 requires 'JSON' => 0;
 requires 'List::MoreUtils' => 0;
-requires 'MCE' => 1.305;
+requires 'MCE' => 1.405;
 requires 'Net::MAC' => 0;
 requires 'NetAddr::IP' => 0;
 requires 'Path::Class' => 0;
+requires 'Plack' => 1.0006;
 requires 'Plack::Middleware::Expires' => 0;
 requires 'Role::Tiny' => 0;
 requires 'Socket6' => 0;
diff --git a/Netdisco/bin/netdisco-daemon-fg b/Netdisco/bin/netdisco-daemon-fg
index ecd0fdad..e00b5fb8 100755
--- a/Netdisco/bin/netdisco-daemon-fg
+++ b/Netdisco/bin/netdisco-daemon-fg
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ use App::Netdisco::Daemon::Queue ':all';
 # needed to quench AF_INET6 symbol errors
 use NetAddr::IP::Lite ':lower';
 
-use MCE;
 use Role::Tiny::With;
+use MCE::Signal '-setpgrp';
+use MCE;
 
 # set temporary MCE files' location in home directory
 my $home = ($ENV{NETDISCO_HOME} || $ENV{HOME});
diff --git a/Netdisco/bin/netdisco-web b/Netdisco/bin/netdisco-web
index ee9ebc38..938f2d18 100755
--- a/Netdisco/bin/netdisco-web
+++ b/Netdisco/bin/netdisco-web
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ mkdir $log_dir if ! -d $log_dir;
 
 Daemon::Control->new({
   name => 'Netdisco Web',
-  program  => 'plackup',
-  program_args => [@args, $netdisco->stringify],
+  program  => 'starman',
+  program_args => ['--disable-keepalive', @args, $netdisco->stringify],
   pid_file => file($home, 'netdisco-web.pid'),
   stderr_file => file($log_dir, 'netdisco-web.log'),
   stdout_file => file($log_dir, 'netdisco-web.log'),
diff --git a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco.pm b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco.pm
index 6870b745..b6a8b05c 100644
--- a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco.pm
+++ b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco.pm
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ BEGIN {
       $ENV{DANCER_APPDIR}  ||= $auto->stringify;
       $ENV{DANCER_CONFDIR} ||= $auto->stringify;
 
-      my $test_envdir = dir($home, 'environments');
-      $ENV{DANCER_ENVDIR} ||= (-f $test_envdir
-        ? $test_envdir->stringify : $auto->subdir('environments')->stringify);
+      my $test_envdir = dir($home, 'environments')->stringify;
+      $ENV{DANCER_ENVDIR} ||= (-d $test_envdir
+        ? $test_envdir : $auto->subdir('environments')->stringify);
 
-      $ENV{PLACK_ENV} ||= 'deployment';
+      $ENV{DANCER_ENVIRONMENT} ||= 'deployment';
 
       $ENV{DANCER_PUBLIC} ||= $auto->subdir('public')->stringify;
       $ENV{DANCER_VIEWS}  ||= $auto->subdir('views')->stringify;
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ or MAC addreses, VLAN numbers, and so on.
 
 For SQL debugging try the following commands:
 
- DBIC_TRACE_PROFILE=console DBIC_TRACE=1 ~/bin/netdisco-web-fg
- DBIC_TRACE_PROFILE=console DBIC_TRACE=1 ~/bin/netdisco-daemon-fg
+ DBIC_TRACE_PROFILE=console DBIC_TRACE=1 ~/bin/localenv ~/bin/netdisco-web-fg
+ DBIC_TRACE_PROFILE=console DBIC_TRACE=1 ~/bin/localenv ~/bin/netdisco-daemon-fg
 
 =head2 Deployment
 
diff --git a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Web/AuthN.pm b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Web/AuthN.pm
index 8ee84cea..e051071e 100644
--- a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Web/AuthN.pm
+++ b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Web/AuthN.pm
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ post '/login' => sub {
         my $user = schema('netdisco')->resultset('User')->find(param('username'));
         if ($user) {
             my $sum = Digest::MD5::md5_hex(param('password'));
-            if ($sum and $sum eq $user->password) {
+            if (($sum and $user->password) and ($sum eq $user->password)) {
                 session(user => $user->username);
                 header(Location => uri_for('/inventory')->path_query());
                 return;
diff --git a/Netdisco/share/environments/production.yml b/Netdisco/share/environments/deployment.yml
similarity index 78%
rename from Netdisco/share/environments/production.yml
rename to Netdisco/share/environments/deployment.yml
index 81e4f52a..4a86ea43 100644
--- a/Netdisco/share/environments/production.yml
+++ b/Netdisco/share/environments/deployment.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ plugins:
       schema_class: 'App::Netdisco::DB'
       dsn: 'dbi:Pg:dbname=netdisco;host=localhost'
       user: 'changeme'
-      pass: 'netdisco'
+      pass: 'changeme'
       options:
         RaiseError: 1
         AutoCommit: 1
@@ -35,3 +35,14 @@ plugins:
 # also, do not forget the leading dot
 # domain_suffix: '.example.com'
 
+# local settings for Netdisco poller and port changes
+
+mibhome: '/home/netdisco/netdisco-mibs'
+mibdirs:
+  - cisco
+  - rfc
+  - net-snmp
+
+community: ['public']
+community_rw: ['private']
+