diff --git a/.github/workflows/audit.yml b/.github/workflows/audit.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29492dec9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/audit.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+name: Audit
+
+on: [pull_request]
+
+env:
+    WEBAPP_NAME: ninjawars # set this to your application's name
+    WEBAPP_PACKAGE_PATH: "." # set this to the path to your web app project, defaults to the repository root
+    NODE_VERSION: "16.13.1" # set this to the node version to use
+    GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_READ_TOKEN }}
+    CI: false
+jobs:
+    lighthouseci:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        steps:
+            - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+            - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+              with:
+                  node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
+                  #always-auth: true
+                  #registry-url: "https://npm.pkg.github.com"
+            - name: Yarn packages audit
+              run: yarn npm audit
+              continue-on-error: true
+            - name: Install, configure, install the lighthouse auditor
+              run: |
+                  # Check the node version
+                  node --version
+                  corepack enable
+                  # corepack enable should have made this unnecessary
+                  # Install the project, then...
+                  # yarn workspaces run init-project
+                  yarn init-project
+                  yarn install --immutable
+                  # I guess even with corepack the yarn install is still required?
+                  #yarn bootstrap
+            - name: Build
+              run: |
+                  # Stop eslint from failing the build
+                  rm .eslintrc.json
+                  yarn build
+            - name: Audit URLs using Lighthouse
+              uses: treosh/lighthouse-ci-action@v8
+              with:
+                urls: |
+                  http://localhost:7474/
+                  http://localhost:7474/intro
+                budgetPath: ./.budget.json # test performance budgets
+                uploadArtifacts: true # save results as an action artifacts
+                temporaryPublicStorage: true # upload lighthouse report to the temporary storage
diff --git a/.github/workflows/php.yml b/.github/workflows/php.yml
index 4de75e3a6..9346f38f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/php.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/php.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ jobs:
     # Add a test script to composer.json, for instance: "test": "vendor/bin/phpunit"
     # Docs: https://getcomposer.org/doc/articles/scripts.md
 
+    - name: Run build
+      run: |
+        ln -s ./resources.build.php ./deploy/resources.php
+        make build
+
     - name: Run test suite
       run: |
         ln -s ./resources.build.php ./deploy/resources.php
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dcca8f12d..96baf5224 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -100,3 +100,5 @@ karma.conf.js
 .php-cs-fixer.cache
 deploy/www/index.html
 deploy/www/intro.html
+deploy/www/login.html
+deploy/www/signup.html
diff --git a/.lighthouserc.js b/.lighthouserc.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9dca473fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.lighthouserc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+module.exports = {
+  ci: {
+    collect: {
+      staticDistDir: 'deploy/www',
+      isSinglePageApplication: true,
+      numberOfRuns: 1
+    },
+    upload: {
+      // target: 'filesystem'
+      target: 'temporary-public-storage'
+    },
+    assert: {
+      "preset": "lighthouse:no-pwa", // Change this to "lighthouse:recommended" when we move to a PWA in the future
+      assertions: {
+        "maskable-icon": "off",
+        "service-worker": "off",
+        "tap-targets": "off",
+        "apple-touch-icon": "off",
+        "first-contentful-paint": ['warn', { minScore: 0.9 }],
+        "interactive": ['warn', { minScore: 0.9 }],
+        "last-contentful-paint": ['warn'],
+        "largest-contentful-paint": ['warn'],
+        "first-meaningful-paint": ['warn'],
+        "label": ['warn'],
+        "max-potential-fid": ['warn', { minScore: 0.9 }],
+        //"render-blocking-resources": ['warn', { minScore: 0.4 }],
+        "speed-index": ['warn', { minScore: 0.9 }],
+        "mainthread-work-breakdown": ['warn', { minScore: 0.9 }],
+        "legacy-javascript": ['warn', { auditRan: 1 }],
+        "duplicated-javascript": ['warn'],
+        "unused-javascript": ['warn', { maxLength: 4 }],
+        "unminified-javascript": ['warn'],
+        "uses-long-cache-ttl": ['warn', { maxLength: 13 }],
+        "uses-rel-preconnect": ['warn'],
+        "render-blocking-resources": ['error', { maxLength: 2 }],
+        "font-size": ['warn'],
+        "bootup-time": ['warn', { minScore: 0.65 }],
+        "button-name": ['warn', { minScore: 0.65 }],
+        "link-name": ['warn', { minScore: 0.65 }],
+        "color-contrast": ['warn', { minScore: 0.65 }],
+        "robots-txt": ['warn'],
+        "first-cpu-idle": ['warn', { minScore: 0.85 }],
+        "meta-description": ['warn'],
+      }
+    },
+  }
+}
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 98367dd79..071a28ee9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -27,12 +27,21 @@ endif
 
 build: dep
 	mkdir -p $(JS)
+	@echo "Don't forget to update nginx configs as necessary."
+	@echo "Including updating the php to retain login sessions longer."
+	cp -pn ./deploy/resources.build.php ./deploy/resources.php || true
+	echo "Note that this does not overwrite existing resources.php"
+	echo "Check that the webserver user has permissions to the script!"
 	@ln -sf "$(RELATIVE_COMPONENTS)jquery/jquery.min.js" "$(JS)"
 	@ln -sf "$(RELATIVE_COMPONENTS)jquery/jquery.min.map" "$(JS)"
 	@ln -sf "$(RELATIVE_COMPONENTS)jquery-timeago/jquery.timeago.js" "$(JS)"
 	@ln -sf "$(RELATIVE_COMPONENTS)jquery-linkify/jquery.linkify.js" "$(JS)"
 	@ln -sf "$(RELATIVE_VENDOR)twbs/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" "$(CSS)"
 	@ln -sf "$(RELATIVE_VENDOR)twbs/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js" "$(JS)"
+	make check-base
+	php deploy/www/intro-controller.php > deploy/www/intro.html
+	php deploy/www/front-controller.php > deploy/www/index.html
+	@echo "Built front controller to static deploy/www/index.html file and deploy/www/intro.html file"
 	rm -rf ./deploy/templates/compiled/* ./deploy/templates/cache/*
 	mkdir -p ./deploy/templates/compiled ./deploy/templates/cache ./deploy/resources/logs/
 	chmod -R ugo+rwX ./deploy/templates/compiled ./deploy/templates/cache
@@ -45,6 +54,9 @@ dep:
 
 check: pre-test
 
+check-base:
+	php deploy/checkbase.php
+
 js-deps:
 	node -v
 	corepack enable
@@ -142,7 +154,6 @@ check-for-syntax-errors:
 	@find "./deploy/www/" -name "*.php" -exec php -l {} \;|grep -v "No syntax errors" || true
 
 test-unit: check-for-syntax-errors
-
 	@$(TEST_RUNNER) $(CC_FLAG) --testsuite Unit
 
 test-quick: check-for-syntax-errors
diff --git a/deploy/check.php b/deploy/check.php
index 39ae4725e..9ab1fad2f 100644
--- a/deploy/check.php
+++ b/deploy/check.php
@@ -1,39 +1,22 @@
 <?php
 
-require_once(realpath(__DIR__).'/resources.php');
-// This file is very raw to be about as simple as possible of an app status check
-ob_start();
-assert(defined('WEB_ROOT'));
-assert(defined('DEBUG'));
-assert(defined('ROOT'));
-assert(defined('SERVER_ROOT'));
-assert(defined('DATABASE_PASSWORD'));
-assert('' !== WEB_ROOT);
-assert('http:///' !== WEB_ROOT);
-
-// Check for webserver root configuration
-$out = ob_get_contents();
-ob_end_clean();
-echo $out;
-
-require(SERVER_ROOT.'lib/base.inc.php');
-require_once(VENDOR_ROOT.'autoload.php');
+require_once(realpath(__DIR__) . '/resources.php');
+require_once(realpath(__DIR__) . '/checkbase.php');
 
 // Check for database
 $connected = (bool) query_item('select 1 from players limit 1');
 $is_superuser = (bool) query_item('select usesuper from pg_user where usename = CURRENT_USER;') === true;
 
-function passfail($passed, $pass, $fail) {
-    $messaging = ($passed ? '[PASSING]: Reason '.$pass : '[FAILING]: Reason '.$fail);
+function passfailB($passed, $pass, $fail) {
+    $messaging = ($passed ? '[PASSING]: Reason ' . $pass : '[FAILING]: Reason ' . $fail);
     echo "$messaging\n";
     return $passed;
 }
 
 // Executing and outputing checks, to try to run all before final return
 $outcomes = [
-    passfail(empty($out), 'WEB ROOT was configured as '.WEB_ROOT, 'No web root seems to be configured '.WEB_ROOT),
-    passfail($connected, 'Able to connect and list a player from the players table of the database', 'Unable to select from players table of the database'),
-    passfail(!$is_superuser, 'Connected to database as appropriate user level', 'Connected as database superuser, you want to connect as a lower permission role')
+    passfailB($connected, 'Able to connect and list a player from the players table of the database', 'Unable to select from players table of the database'),
+    passfailB(!$is_superuser, 'Connected to database as appropriate user level', 'Connected as database superuser, you want to connect as a lower permission role')
 ];
 
 return (($outcomes[0] && $outcomes[1] && $outcomes[2]) ? 0 : 1); // Reversed logic due to linux script return values expected
diff --git a/deploy/checkbase.php b/deploy/checkbase.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31f9e17fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/checkbase.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+
+require_once(realpath(__DIR__) . '/resources.php');
+// This file is very raw to be about as simple as possible of an app status check
+ob_start();
+assert(defined('WEB_ROOT'));
+assert(defined('DEBUG'));
+assert(defined('ROOT'));
+assert(defined('SERVER_ROOT'));
+assert(defined('DATABASE_PASSWORD'));
+assert('' !== WEB_ROOT);
+assert('http:///' !== WEB_ROOT);
+
+// Check for webserver root configuration
+$out = ob_get_contents();
+ob_end_clean();
+echo $out;
+
+require(SERVER_ROOT . 'lib/base.inc.php');
+require_once(VENDOR_ROOT . 'autoload.php');
+
+function passfail($passed, $pass, $fail) {
+    $messaging = ($passed ? '[PASSING]: Reason ' . $pass : '[FAILING]: Reason ' . $fail);
+    echo "$messaging\n";
+    return $passed;
+}
+
+// Executing and outputing checks, to try to run all before final return
+$outcomes = [
+    passfail(empty($out), 'WEB ROOT was configured as ' . WEB_ROOT, 'No web root seems to be configured ' . WEB_ROOT),
+];
+
+return (($outcomes[0]) ? 0 : 1); // Reversed logic due to linux script return values expected
diff --git a/deploy/conf/nw.local.nginx b/deploy/conf/nw.local.nginx
index 4d317627a..2cad0340f 100644
--- a/deploy/conf/nw.local.nginx
+++ b/deploy/conf/nw.local.nginx
@@ -39,15 +39,15 @@ server {
 		try_files $uri =404;
 	}
 
-	location = /intro {
-		add_header X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN;
-		try_files intro.html =404;
-	}
-
-	location = / {
-		add_header X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN;
-		try_files index.html =404;
-	}
+	#location = /intro {
+	#	add_header X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN;
+	#	try_files intro.html =404;
+	#}
+
+	#location = / {
+	#	add_header X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN;
+	#	try_files index.html =404;
+	#}
 
 	location / {
 		#default fallback of everything else block
diff --git a/deploy/lib/extensions/Nmail.class.php b/deploy/lib/extensions/Nmail.class.php
index 6b435ce5e..61ce19d39 100644
--- a/deploy/lib/extensions/Nmail.class.php
+++ b/deploy/lib/extensions/Nmail.class.php
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public function send() {
 
             //Optionally add any attachments
             //  ->attach(Swift_Attachment::fromPath('my-document.pdf'))
-            ;
+        ;
 
         if ($this->reply_to) {
             $this->message->setReplyTo($this->reply_to);
diff --git a/deploy/lib/plugins/function.cachebust.php b/deploy/lib/plugins/function.cachebust.php
index 5bb6b21c1..b2b6ce384 100644
--- a/deploy/lib/plugins/function.cachebust.php
+++ b/deploy/lib/plugins/function.cachebust.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 function smarty_function_cachebust($p_params) {
     $file = ROOT."/www/$p_params[file]";
 
-    if (is_file($file)) {
+    if (is_file($file) && HASH_ASSET_PATHS) {
         $mtime = filemtime($file);
         $pathParts = pathinfo($p_params['file']);
         return $pathParts['dirname'].'/'.$pathParts['filename'].".$mtime.".$pathParts['extension'];
diff --git a/deploy/resources.build.php b/deploy/resources.build.php
index fdc262129..f138671e4 100644
--- a/deploy/resources.build.php
+++ b/deploy/resources.build.php
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@
 define('DATABASE_USE_PASSWORD', false); // *** Whether to specify password to pdo at all. Generally true only on live
 define('DATABASE_USE_PORT', false); // *** Whether to specify port to pdo at all. Generally true only on live
 define('DATABASE_USE_HOST', false); // *** Whether to specify HOST to pdo at all. Generally true only on live
-define('DATABASE_HOST', "localhost");		// *** The host to connect to for the database, localhost by default
-define('DATABASE_PORT', "5432");		// *** The port number to connect on.
-define('DATABASE_USER', "postgres");		// *** The user that should connect to the database
-define('DATABASE_PASSWORD', "unused_in_build");		// *** The password for the database connection, trust on dev
-define('DATABASE_NAME', "nw");		// *** The name of the database to connect to, nw on dev
-define('OFFLINE', false);				// *** Controls if remote or local resources are used
+define('DATABASE_HOST', "localhost");        // *** The host to connect to for the database, localhost by default
+define('DATABASE_PORT', "5432");        // *** The port number to connect on.
+define('DATABASE_USER', "postgres");        // *** The user that should connect to the database
+define('DATABASE_PASSWORD', "unused_in_build");        // *** The password for the database connection, trust on dev
+define('DATABASE_NAME', "nw");        // *** The name of the database to connect to, nw on dev
+define('OFFLINE', true);                // *** Controls if remote or local resources are used
+define('HASH_ASSET_PATHS', false);            // *** Controls if cachebusting hash strings for assets like images are used
 define('DEBUG', true);					// *** Shorter debugging constant name, set as false on live.
 define('SERVER_ROOT', realpath(__DIR__).'/');		// *** The root deployment directory of the game
 // Generally for the install purposes the SERVER_ROOT should correspond to /srv/ninjawars/deploy/
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@
 define('FACEBOOK_APP_ID', '30479872633'); // Non-confidential id for the facebook app
 define('FACEBOOK_APP_SECRET', 'mooMooIAmACow'); // Secret! string for facebook login auth stuff.
 
-define('TRAP_ERRORS', true); // Whether to use the global error handler & oops page, true on live.
+define('TRAP_ERRORS', false); // Whether to use the global error handler & oops page, true on live.
 
 define('TEMPLATE_LIBRARY_PATH', SERVER_ROOT.'vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/Smarty.class.php'); // Path to Smarty 3
 
diff --git a/deploy/resources.template.php b/deploy/resources.template.php
index 3a7430b96..3d53bbb27 100644
--- a/deploy/resources.template.php
+++ b/deploy/resources.template.php
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 define('DATABASE_USER', __DB_USER__);		// *** The user that should connect to the database
 define('DATABASE_NAME', __DB_NAME__);		// *** The name of the database to connect to
 define('DATABASE_PASSWORD', __DB_PASS__);		// *** The password for the database connection
-define('OFFLINE', __OFFLINE__);				// *** Controls if remote or local resources are used
+define('OFFLINE', __OFFLINE__);                // *** Controls if remote or local resources are used
+define('HASH_ASSET_PATHS', true);            // *** Controls if cachebusting hash strings for assets like images are used
 define('DEBUG', __DEBUG__);					// *** Shorter debugging constant name, set as false on live.
 define('SERVER_ROOT', __SERVER_ROOT__);		// *** The root deployment directory of the game
 // Generally for the install purposes the SERVER_ROOT should correspond to /srv/ninjawars/deploy/
diff --git a/deploy/tests/functional/test_ratchets.py b/deploy/tests/functional/test_ratchets.py
index 3942b86f8..b6ed18b3c 100644
--- a/deploy/tests/functional/test_ratchets.py
+++ b/deploy/tests/functional/test_ratchets.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class TestRatchets:
      and checks the overall SLOC of the project
     '''
     control_php = 37
-    www_php = 1
+    www_php = 4
     plus_minus = 6
     ''' Rough file counts in pertinent directories '''
 
diff --git a/deploy/tests/unit/SmartyPluginUnitTest.php b/deploy/tests/unit/SmartyPluginUnitTest.php
index 5caf397dc..4845d47b9 100644
--- a/deploy/tests/unit/SmartyPluginUnitTest.php
+++ b/deploy/tests/unit/SmartyPluginUnitTest.php
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ class SmartyPluginUnitTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase {
     public const URL = 'https://localhost.com/go/?query=string';
 
     public function testCachebustPositive() {
-        $result = smarty_function_cachebust(['file'=>self::EXISTING_FILE]);
-        $this->assertNotEquals(self::EXISTING_FILE, $result);
-        $this->assertGreaterThan(strlen(self::EXISTING_FILE), strlen($result));
+        $result = smarty_function_cachebust(['file' => self::EXISTING_FILE]);
+        $this->assertNotEmpty($result);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString(self::EXISTING_FILE, $result);
     }
 
     public function testCachebustNegative() {
diff --git a/deploy/www/intro-controller.php b/deploy/www/intro-controller.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae84b7c93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/www/intro-controller.php
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?php
+
+require_once(dirname(__DIR__ . '..') . '/lib/base.inc.php');
+
+use Pimple\Container;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
+use NinjaWars\core\RouteNotFoundException;
+use NinjaWars\core\Router;
+use NinjaWars\core\environment\RequestWrapper;
+use NinjaWars\core\data\Player;
+use NinjaWars\core\extensions\SessionFactory;
+
+// setup our runtime environment
+require_once(LIB_ROOT . 'environment/bootstrap.php');
+
+try {
+    $container = new Container();
+
+    $container['current_player'] = function ($c) {
+        $player_id = SessionFactory::getSession()->get('player_id');
+        return $player_id ? Player::find($player_id) : null;
+    };
+
+    $container['session'] = function ($c) {
+        return SessionFactory::getSession();
+    };
+
+    // Update the activity of the page viewer in the database.
+    RequestWrapper::init();
+
+    // get the request information to parse the route
+    $response = Router::route(Request::create(
+        '/intro',
+        'GET',
+    ), $container);
+
+    if ($response instanceof Response) {
+        $response->send();
+    } else {
+        throw new \RuntimeException('Route returned something other than a Response');
+    }
+} catch (RouteNotFoundException $e) {
+    Router::respond404();
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8dd87f44c..396a8d88f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,10 +7,13 @@
     "doc": "docs"
   },
   "scripts": {
+    "init-project": "echo 'no-op for config'",
     "lint": "eslint --ext .jsx,.js deploy/www/js",
     "prepare-unit-test-ci": "echo 'no-op for now'",
     "start": "yarn time && make build && yarn time",
     "post-deploy": "php deploy/deployed_scripts/resetcache.php",
+    "build": "make build",
+    "serve": "yarn dlx serve deploy/www/ -p 7474",
     "watch": "livereload ./deploy/* ./deploy/www/* ./deploy/templates/* ./deploy/lib/control/* --debug",
     "security-check": "yarn audit",
     "time": "node -e \"console.log( new Date().toISOString() );\"",
@@ -41,7 +44,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/BitLucid/ninjawars/issues"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=16.0.0"
+    "node": ">=16.13.0"
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/BitLucid/ninjawars#readme",
   "devDependencies": {