diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
-gem 'rails', '~>3.2'
+gem 'rails', '~>4.0.0'
+gem 'activerecord-session_store'
 
 gem 'select2-rails'
 
 # Bundle edge Rails instead:
 # gem 'rails', :git => 'git://github.com/rails/rails.git'
 
-gem 'mysql2'
+gem 'mysql2', '~> 0.3.0'
 
 # Gems used only for assets and not required
 # in production environments by default.
 group :assets do
-  gem 'sass-rails',   '~> 3.2.6'
-  gem 'coffee-rails', '~> 3.2.2'
+  gem 'sass-rails'
+  gem 'coffee-rails'
 
   # See https://github.com/sstephenson/execjs#readme for more supported runtimes
   # gem 'therubyracer', :platforms => :ruby
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@
   gem 'uglifier'
 end
 
-gem 'prototype-rails'
+# gem 'prototype-rails'
 
 # To use ActiveModel has_secure_password
 # gem 'bcrypt-ruby', '~> 3.0.0'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 GIT
   remote: https://github.com/sikachu/verification.git
-  revision: 76eaf51b13276ecae54bd9cd115832595d2ff56d
+  revision: e6fe084ce16b7b5a4b1cdfca5374d125fd034a0f
   specs:
     verification (1.0.3)
       actionpack (>= 3.0.0, < 5.0)
@@ -9,38 +9,40 @@
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    ace-rails-ap (4.0.2)
-    actionmailer (3.2.22.5)
-      actionpack (= 3.2.22.5)
-      mail (~> 2.5.4)
-    actionpack (3.2.22.5)
-      activemodel (= 3.2.22.5)
-      activesupport (= 3.2.22.5)
-      builder (~> 3.0.0)
+    ace-rails-ap (4.1.1)
+    actionmailer (4.0.13)
+      actionpack (= 4.0.13)
+      mail (~> 2.5, >= 2.5.4)
+    actionpack (4.0.13)
+      activesupport (= 4.0.13)
+      builder (~> 3.1.0)
       erubis (~> 2.7.0)
-      journey (~> 1.0.4)
-      rack (~> 1.4.5)
-      rack-cache (~> 1.2)
-      rack-test (~> 0.6.1)
-      sprockets (~> 2.2.1)
-    activemodel (3.2.22.5)
-      activesupport (= 3.2.22.5)
-      builder (~> 3.0.0)
-    activerecord (3.2.22.5)
-      activemodel (= 3.2.22.5)
-      activesupport (= 3.2.22.5)
-      arel (~> 3.0.2)
-      tzinfo (~> 0.3.29)
-    activeresource (3.2.22.5)
-      activemodel (= 3.2.22.5)
-      activesupport (= 3.2.22.5)
-    activesupport (3.2.22.5)
-      i18n (~> 0.6, >= 0.6.4)
-      multi_json (~> 1.0)
-    arel (3.0.3)
-    autoprefixer-rails (6.0.3)
+      rack (~> 1.5.2)
+      rack-test (~> 0.6.2)
+    activemodel (4.0.13)
+      activesupport (= 4.0.13)
+      builder (~> 3.1.0)
+    activerecord (4.0.13)
+      activemodel (= 4.0.13)
+      activerecord-deprecated_finders (~> 1.0.2)
+      activesupport (= 4.0.13)
+      arel (~> 4.0.0)
+    activerecord-deprecated_finders (1.0.4)
+    activerecord-session_store (1.0.0)
+      actionpack (>= 4.0, < 5.1)
+      activerecord (>= 4.0, < 5.1)
+      multi_json (~> 1.11, >= 1.11.2)
+      rack (>= 1.5.2, < 3)
+      railties (>= 4.0, < 5.1)
+    activesupport (4.0.13)
+      i18n (~> 0.6, >= 0.6.9)
+      minitest (~> 4.2)
+      multi_json (~> 1.3)
+      thread_safe (~> 0.1)
+      tzinfo (~> 0.3.37)
+    arel (4.0.2)
+    autoprefixer-rails (6.5.2)
       execjs
-      json
     best_in_place (3.0.3)
       actionpack (>= 3.2)
       railties (>= 3.2)
@@ -48,35 +50,40 @@
       sass (~> 3.2)
     bootstrap-switch-rails (3.3.3)
     bootstrap-toggle-rails (2.2.1.0)
-    builder (3.0.4)
-    coffee-rails (3.2.2)
+    builder (3.1.4)
+    coffee-rails (4.2.1)
       coffee-script (>= 2.2.0)
-      railties (~> 3.2.0)
-    coffee-script (2.3.0)
+      railties (>= 4.0.0, < 5.2.x)
+    coffee-script (2.4.1)
       coffee-script-source
       execjs
-    coffee-script-source (1.9.0)
+    coffee-script-source (1.10.0)
+    concurrent-ruby (1.0.2)
     diff-lcs (1.2.5)
     dynamic_form (1.1.4)
     erubis (2.7.0)
-    execjs (2.3.0)
-    haml (4.0.6)
+    execjs (2.7.0)
+    haml (4.0.7)
       tilt
-    haml-rails (0.4)
-      actionpack (>= 3.1, < 4.1)
-      activesupport (>= 3.1, < 4.1)
-      haml (>= 3.1, < 4.1)
-      railties (>= 3.1, < 4.1)
-    hike (1.2.3)
+    haml-rails (0.9.0)
+      actionpack (>= 4.0.1)
+      activesupport (>= 4.0.1)
+      haml (>= 4.0.6, < 5.0)
+      html2haml (>= 1.0.1)
+      railties (>= 4.0.1)
+    html2haml (2.0.0)
+      erubis (~> 2.7.0)
+      haml (~> 4.0.0)
+      nokogiri (~> 1.6.0)
+      ruby_parser (~> 3.5)
     i18n (0.7.0)
     in_place_editing (1.2.0)
-    journey (1.0.4)
     jquery-countdown-rails (2.0.2)
-    jquery-rails (3.1.2)
+    jquery-rails (3.1.4)
       railties (>= 3.0, < 5.0)
       thor (>= 0.14, < 2.0)
-    jquery-tablesorter (1.13.4)
-      railties (>= 3.1, < 5)
+    jquery-tablesorter (1.22.7)
+      railties (>= 3.2, < 6)
     jquery-timepicker-addon-rails (1.4.1)
       railties (>= 3.1)
     jquery-ui-rails (4.0.3)
@@ -86,54 +93,47 @@
       jquery-rails
       jquery-ui-rails (= 4.0.3)
       railties (>= 3.1.0)
-    json (1.8.3)
-    mail (2.5.4)
-      mime-types (~> 1.16)
-      treetop (~> 1.4.8)
-    mime-types (1.25.1)
-    momentjs-rails (2.11.1)
+    mail (2.6.4)
+      mime-types (>= 1.16, < 4)
+    mime-types (3.1)
+      mime-types-data (~> 3.2015)
+    mime-types-data (3.2016.0521)
+    mini_portile2 (2.1.0)
+    minitest (4.7.5)
+    momentjs-rails (2.15.1)
       railties (>= 3.1)
     multi_json (1.12.1)
-    mysql2 (0.3.20)
-    polyglot (0.3.5)
-    power_assert (0.2.2)
-    prototype-rails (3.2.1)
-      rails (~> 3.2)
-    rack (1.4.7)
-    rack-cache (1.6.1)
-      rack (>= 0.4)
-    rack-ssl (1.3.4)
-      rack
+    mysql2 (0.3.21)
+    nokogiri (1.6.8.1)
+      mini_portile2 (~> 2.1.0)
+    power_assert (0.3.1)
+    rack (1.5.5)
     rack-test (0.6.3)
       rack (>= 1.0)
-    rails (3.2.22.5)
-      actionmailer (= 3.2.22.5)
-      actionpack (= 3.2.22.5)
-      activerecord (= 3.2.22.5)
-      activeresource (= 3.2.22.5)
-      activesupport (= 3.2.22.5)
-      bundler (~> 1.0)
-      railties (= 3.2.22.5)
-    rails_bootstrap_sortable (2.0.0)
-      momentjs-rails (~> 2, >= 2.8.3)
-    railties (3.2.22.5)
-      actionpack (= 3.2.22.5)
-      activesupport (= 3.2.22.5)
-      rack-ssl (~> 1.3.2)
+    rails (4.0.13)
+      actionmailer (= 4.0.13)
+      actionpack (= 4.0.13)
+      activerecord (= 4.0.13)
+      activesupport (= 4.0.13)
+      bundler (>= 1.3.0, < 2.0)
+      railties (= 4.0.13)
+      sprockets-rails (~> 2.0)
+    rails_bootstrap_sortable (2.0.1)
+      momentjs-rails (>= 2.8.3)
+    railties (4.0.13)
+      actionpack (= 4.0.13)
+      activesupport (= 4.0.13)
       rake (>= 0.8.7)
-      rdoc (~> 3.4)
-      thor (>= 0.14.6, < 2.0)
-    rake (11.2.2)
-    rdiscount (2.1.8)
-    rdoc (3.12.2)
-      json (~> 1.4)
-    rouge (1.8.0)
+      thor (>= 0.18.1, < 2.0)
+    rake (11.3.0)
+    rdiscount (2.2.0.1)
+    rouge (2.0.6)
     rspec-collection_matchers (1.1.2)
       rspec-expectations (>= 2.99.0.beta1)
     rspec-core (2.99.2)
     rspec-expectations (2.99.2)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.1.3, < 2.0)
-    rspec-mocks (2.99.3)
+    rspec-mocks (2.99.4)
     rspec-rails (2.99.0)
       actionpack (>= 3.0)
       activemodel (>= 3.0)
@@ -143,42 +143,47 @@
       rspec-core (~> 2.99.0)
       rspec-expectations (~> 2.99.0)
       rspec-mocks (~> 2.99.0)
-    sass (3.4.11)
-    sass-rails (3.2.6)
-      railties (~> 3.2.0)
-      sass (>= 3.1.10)
-      tilt (~> 1.3)
-    select2-rails (4.0.1)
+    ruby_parser (3.8.3)
+      sexp_processor (~> 4.1)
+    sass (3.4.22)
+    sass-rails (5.0.6)
+      railties (>= 4.0.0, < 6)
+      sass (~> 3.1)
+      sprockets (>= 2.8, < 4.0)
+      sprockets-rails (>= 2.0, < 4.0)
+      tilt (>= 1.1, < 3)
+    select2-rails (4.0.3)
       thor (~> 0.14)
-    sprockets (2.2.3)
-      hike (~> 1.2)
-      multi_json (~> 1.0)
-      rack (~> 1.0)
-      tilt (~> 1.1, != 1.3.0)
-    test-unit (3.0.9)
+    sexp_processor (4.7.0)
+    sprockets (3.7.0)
+      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
+      rack (> 1, < 3)
+    sprockets-rails (2.3.3)
+      actionpack (>= 3.0)
+      activesupport (>= 3.0)
+      sprockets (>= 2.8, < 4.0)
+    test-unit (3.2.2)
       power_assert
     thor (0.19.1)
-    tilt (1.4.1)
-    treetop (1.4.15)
-      polyglot
-      polyglot (>= 0.3.1)
-    tzinfo (0.3.51)
-    uglifier (2.7.0)
-      execjs (>= 0.3.0)
-      json (>= 1.8.0)
-    will_paginate (3.0.7)
+    thread_safe (0.3.5)
+    tilt (2.0.5)
+    tzinfo (0.3.52)
+    uglifier (3.0.3)
+      execjs (>= 0.3.0, < 3)
+    will_paginate (3.0.12)
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
 
 DEPENDENCIES
   ace-rails-ap
+  activerecord-session_store
   autoprefixer-rails
   best_in_place (~> 3.0.1)
   bootstrap-sass (~> 3.2.0)
   bootstrap-switch-rails
   bootstrap-toggle-rails
-  coffee-rails (~> 3.2.2)
+  coffee-rails
   dynamic_form
   haml
   haml-rails
@@ -190,14 +195,13 @@
   jquery-ui-sass-rails
   mail
   momentjs-rails
-  mysql2
-  prototype-rails
-  rails (~> 3.2)
+  mysql2 (~> 0.3.0)
+  rails (~> 4.0.0)
   rails_bootstrap_sortable
   rdiscount
   rouge
   rspec-rails (~> 2.99.0)
-  sass-rails (~> 3.2.6)
+  sass-rails
   select2-rails
   test-unit
   uglifier
@@ -205,4 +209,4 @@
   will_paginate (~> 3.0.7)
 
 BUNDLED WITH
-   1.12.5
+   1.13.6
diff --git a/config/environments/development.rb b/config/environments/development.rb
--- a/config/environments/development.rb
+++ b/config/environments/development.rb
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
   # since you don't have to restart the web server when you make code changes.
   config.cache_classes = false
 
-  # Log error messages when you accidentally call methods on nil.
-  config.whiny_nils = true
+  # Log error messages when you accidentally call methods on nil.  //DEPRICATED
+  # config.whiny_nils = true // DEPRICATED
 
   # Show full error reports and disable caching
   config.consider_all_requests_local       = true
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
   # Raise exception on mass assignment protection for Active Record models
   config.active_record.mass_assignment_sanitizer = :strict
 
-  # Log the query plan for queries taking more than this (works
-  # with SQLite, MySQL, and PostgreSQL)
-  config.active_record.auto_explain_threshold_in_seconds = 0.5
+  # Log the query plan for queries taking more than this (works // DEPRICATED
+  # with SQLite, MySQL, and PostgreSQL) // DEPRICATED
+  # config.active_record.auto_explain_threshold_in_seconds = 0.5 // DEPRICATED
 
   # Do not compress assets
   config.assets.compress = false
@@ -37,4 +37,6 @@
 
   # Prevents assets from rendering twice
   config.serve_static_assets = true
+
+  config.eager_load = false
 end
diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -64,4 +64,6 @@
   # Log the query plan for queries taking more than this (works
   # with SQLite, MySQL, and PostgreSQL)
   # config.active_record.auto_explain_threshold_in_seconds = 0.5
+
+  config.eager_load = true
 end
diff --git a/config/environments/test.rb b/config/environments/test.rb
--- a/config/environments/test.rb
+++ b/config/environments/test.rb
@@ -34,4 +34,6 @@
 
   # Print deprecation notices to the stderr
   config.active_support.deprecation = :stderr
+
+  config.eager_load = false
 end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@
     end
   end
 
-  match 'tasks/view/:file.:ext' => 'tasks#view'
-  match 'tasks/download/:id/:file.:ext' => 'tasks#download'
-  match 'heartbeat/:id/edit' => 'heartbeat#edit'
+  get 'tasks/view/:file.:ext' => 'tasks#view'
+  get 'tasks/download/:id/:file.:ext' => 'tasks#download'
+  get 'heartbeat/:id/edit' => 'heartbeat#edit'
 
   #main
   get "main/list"
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@
   get 'graders/list', to: 'graders#list', as: 'grader_list'
   
 
-  match 'heartbeat/:id/edit' => 'heartbeat#edit'
+  get 'heartbeat/:id/edit' => 'heartbeat#edit'
 
   # See how all your routes lay out with "rake routes"
 
   # This is a legacy wild controller route that's not recommended for RESTful applications.
   # Note: This route will make all actions in every controller accessible via GET requests.
-  match ':controller(/:action(/:id))(.:format)'
+  match ':controller(/:action(/:id))(.:format)', via:  [:get, :post]
 end