diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 5720a0c9..b70284e8 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
   "prefer-stable": true,
   "require":     {
     "php":                    ">=7.0.0",
-    "barryvdh/laravel-cors":  "~0.10.0",
+    "barryvdh/laravel-cors":  "~0.11.0",
     "doctrine/dbal":          "~2.5.0",
     "guzzlehttp/guzzle":      "~6.0",
     "symfony/yaml":           "~2.8|~3.0",
diff --git a/config/df.php b/config/df.php
index 15cb9332..646b92f0 100644
--- a/config/df.php
+++ b/config/df.php
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@
         ],
         'query_log_enabled' => env('DB_QUERY_LOG_ENABLED', false),
     ],
-    // Cache config, in minutes
-    'default_cache_ttl'            => env('CACHE_DEFAULT_TTL', env('DF_CACHE_TTL', 300)),
+    // Cache config, in seconds
+    'default_cache_ttl'            => env('CACHE_DEFAULT_TTL', env('DF_CACHE_TTL', 18000)),
     // Session config
     'allow_forever_sessions'       => env('DF_ALLOW_FOREVER_SESSIONS', false),
     // System URLs
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     'confirm_invite_url'           => env('DF_CONFIRM_INVITE_URL', '/dreamfactory/dist/#/user-invite'),
     'confirm_register_url'         => env('DF_CONFIRM_REGISTER_URL', '/dreamfactory/dist/#/register-confirm'),
     'confirm_code_length'          => env('DF_CONFIRM_CODE_LENGTH', 32),
-    'confirm_code_ttl'             => env('DF_CONFIRM_CODE_TTL', 1440), // 1440 minutes (24 hours).
+    'confirm_code_ttl'             => env('DF_CONFIRM_CODE_TTL', 86400), // 86400 seconds (24 hours).
     'landing_page'                 => env('DF_LANDING_PAGE', '/dreamfactory/dist/index.html'),
     // Enable/disable detailed CORS logging
     'log_cors_info'                => false,
diff --git a/src/Commands/ClearAllFileCache.php b/src/Commands/ClearAllFileCache.php
index 617458f4..9e07d7d4 100644
--- a/src/Commands/ClearAllFileCache.php
+++ b/src/Commands/ClearAllFileCache.php
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ public function __construct()
      */
     public function handle()
     {
-        $this->laravel['events']->fire('cache:clearing', ['file']);
+        $this->laravel['events']->dispatch('cache:clearing', ['file']);
         $this->removeDirectory($this->cacheRoot);
-        $this->laravel['events']->fire('cache:cleared', ['file']);
+        $this->laravel['events']->dispatch('cache:cleared', ['file']);
         $this->info('Cleared DreamFactory cache for all instances!');
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Components/RestHandler.php b/src/Components/RestHandler.php
index bd39b1cc..de37aeaf 100644
--- a/src/Components/RestHandler.php
+++ b/src/Components/RestHandler.php
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ protected function firePreProcessEvent($name = null, $resource = null)
         }
         $event = new PreProcessApiEvent($name, $this->request, $this->response, $resource);
         /** @noinspection PhpUnusedLocalVariableInspection */
-        $results = \Event::fire($event);
+        $results = \Event::dispatch($event);
         $this->response = $event->response;
     }
 
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ protected function firePostProcessEvent($name = null, $resource = null)
             $resource = $this->getEventResource();
         }
         /** @noinspection PhpUnusedLocalVariableInspection */
-        $results = \Event::fire(new PostProcessApiEvent($name, $this->request, $this->response, $resource));
+        $results = \Event::dispatch(new PostProcessApiEvent($name, $this->request, $this->response, $resource));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ protected function fireFinalEvent($name = null, $resource = null)
             $resource = $this->getEventResource();
         }
         /** @noinspection PhpUnusedLocalVariableInspection */
-        $results = \Event::fire(new ApiEvent($name, $this->request, $this->response, $resource));
+        $results = \Event::dispatch(new ApiEvent($name, $this->request, $this->response, $resource));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Enums/DateTimeIntervals.php b/src/Enums/DateTimeIntervals.php
index 9222ff9d..9ca0d914 100644
--- a/src/Enums/DateTimeIntervals.php
+++ b/src/Enums/DateTimeIntervals.php
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ class DateTimeIntervals extends FactoryEnum
      * @var int
      */
     const SECONDS_PER_DAY = 86400;
+    /**
+     * @var int
+     */
+    const SECONDS_PER_WEEK = 604800;
+    /**
+     * @var int
+     */
+    const SECONDS_PER_MONTH = 18144000;
     /**
      * @var int Stupid, I know, but at least it's a constant
      */
diff --git a/src/Handlers/Events/ServiceEventHandler.php b/src/Handlers/Events/ServiceEventHandler.php
index 6d31a4d4..4bd0f96c 100644
--- a/src/Handlers/Events/ServiceEventHandler.php
+++ b/src/Handlers/Events/ServiceEventHandler.php
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public function handleApiEvent($event)
             Log::debug('Service event handled: ' . $eventName);
             /** @var BaseRestService $service */
             $service = \ServiceManager::getServiceById($record->service_id);
-            Event::fire(new ServiceAssignedEvent($service, $event, $record->toArray()));
+            Event::dispatch(new ServiceAssignedEvent($service, $event, $record->toArray()));
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/LogHandlers/DfLoggingTrait.php b/src/LogHandlers/DfLoggingTrait.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 32d63bbb..00000000
--- a/src/LogHandlers/DfLoggingTrait.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-namespace DreamFactory\Core\LogHandlers;
-
-use Monolog\Logger;
-
-trait DfLoggingTrait
-{
-    protected function write(array $record)
-    {
-        $allowedLogLevel = Logger::toMonologLevel(config('app.log_level'));
-        $level = $record['level'];
-
-        if ($level >= $allowedLogLevel) {
-            parent::write($record);
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/LogHandlers/ErrorLogHandler.php b/src/LogHandlers/ErrorLogHandler.php
deleted file mode 100644
index b12344e5..00000000
--- a/src/LogHandlers/ErrorLogHandler.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace DreamFactory\Core\LogHandlers;
-
-class ErrorLogHandler extends \Monolog\Handler\ErrorLogHandler
-{
-    use DfLoggingTrait;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/LogHandlers/RotatingFileHandler.php b/src/LogHandlers/RotatingFileHandler.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 86318cc2..00000000
--- a/src/LogHandlers/RotatingFileHandler.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace DreamFactory\Core\LogHandlers;
-
-class RotatingFileHandler extends \Monolog\Handler\RotatingFileHandler
-{
-    use DfLoggingTrait;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/LogHandlers/StreamHandler.php b/src/LogHandlers/StreamHandler.php
deleted file mode 100644
index a664e8a7..00000000
--- a/src/LogHandlers/StreamHandler.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-namespace DreamFactory\Core\LogHandlers;
-
-class StreamHandler extends \Monolog\Handler\StreamHandler
-{
-    use DfLoggingTrait;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/LogHandlers/SyslogHandler.php b/src/LogHandlers/SyslogHandler.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 7fdff883..00000000
--- a/src/LogHandlers/SyslogHandler.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace DreamFactory\Core\LogHandlers;
-
-class SyslogHandler extends \Monolog\Handler\SyslogHandler
-{
-    use DfLoggingTrait;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Models/App.php b/src/Models/App.php
index 18c4aa3a..7bb8a6c0 100644
--- a/src/Models/App.php
+++ b/src/Models/App.php
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ public function getLaunchUrlAttribute()
 
     public static function boot()
     {
+        parent::boot();
+
         static::saved(
             function (App $app){
                 if (!$app->is_active) {
diff --git a/src/Models/ServiceCacheConfig.php b/src/Models/ServiceCacheConfig.php
index 3a101005..02d9516b 100644
--- a/src/Models/ServiceCacheConfig.php
+++ b/src/Models/ServiceCacheConfig.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ protected static function prepareConfigSchemaField(array &$schema)
                     ' Only GET requests without payload are cached.';
                 break;
             case 'cache_ttl':
-                $schema['label'] = 'Cache Time To Live (minutes)';
+                $schema['label'] = 'Cache Time To Live (seconds)';
                 $schema['description'] =
                     'The amount of time each cached response is allowed to last.' .
                     ' Once expired, a new request to the service is made.';
diff --git a/src/Models/User.php b/src/Models/User.php
index b494dfe8..4e334210 100644
--- a/src/Models/User.php
+++ b/src/Models/User.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable as AuthenticatableContract;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\CanResetPassword as CanResetPasswordContract;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
 use Validator;
 
 /**
@@ -475,7 +476,7 @@ public static function deleteInternal($id, $record, $params = [])
      */
     public function setSecurityAnswerAttribute($value)
     {
-        $this->attributes['security_answer'] = bcrypt($value);
+        $this->attributes['security_answer'] = Hash::make($value);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -486,7 +487,7 @@ public function setSecurityAnswerAttribute($value)
     public function setPasswordAttribute($password)
     {
         if (!empty($password)) {
-            $password = bcrypt($password);
+            $password = Hash::make($password);
             JWTUtilities::invalidateTokenByUserId($this->id);
             // When password is set user account must be confirmed. Confirming user
             // account here with confirm_code = null.
diff --git a/src/Utility/FileUtilities.php b/src/Utility/FileUtilities.php
index c32fecac..eb12540e 100755
--- a/src/Utility/FileUtilities.php
+++ b/src/Utility/FileUtilities.php
@@ -1365,7 +1365,7 @@ public static function updateEnvSetting(array $settings, $path = null)
                  * Using a new instance of dotenv to get the
                  * most update to .env file content for reading.
                  */
-                $dotenv = new Dotenv(base_path());
+                $dotenv = Dotenv::create(base_path());
                 $dotenv->load();
 
                 $search = $key . '=' . getenv($key);