diff --git a/analysis_options.yaml b/analysis_options.yaml
index 917f437b..1a46de2e 100644
--- a/analysis_options.yaml
+++ b/analysis_options.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 analyzer:
-  strong-mode: true
-  exclude:
-    - .scripts-bin/**/*.dart
+  strong-mode:
+    implicit-casts: false
diff --git a/bin/dev.dart b/bin/dev.dart
index 2db404ea..5514cc7b 100644
--- a/bin/dev.dart
+++ b/bin/dev.dart
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ main() async {
   var hot = new HotReloader(() async {
     var app = new Angel()..lazyParseBodies = true;
     await app.configure(configureServer);
+    hierarchicalLoggingEnabled = true;
     app.logger = new Logger('angel');
     var sub = app.logger.onRecord.listen(prettyLog);
     app.shutdownHooks.add((_) => sub.cancel());
diff --git a/bin/prod.dart b/bin/prod.dart
index 0059c394..584c5817 100644
--- a/bin/prod.dart
+++ b/bin/prod.dart
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import 'dart:io' hide FileMode;
+import 'dart:io';
 import 'dart:isolate';
 import 'package:angel/angel.dart';
 import 'package:angel_framework/angel_framework.dart';
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ void isolateMain(int id) {
   app.configure(configureServer).then((_) async {
     // In production, we'll want to log errors to a file.
     // Alternatives include sending logs to a service like Sentry.
+    hierarchicalLoggingEnabled = true;
     app.logger = new Logger('angel')
       ..onRecord.listen((rec) {
         if (rec.error == null) {
diff --git a/lib/angel.dart b/lib/angel.dart
index e7183f50..e4c6f762 100644
--- a/lib/angel.dart
+++ b/lib/angel.dart
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 library angel;
 
 import 'dart:async';
-import 'package:angel_cors/angel_cors.dart';
 import 'package:angel_framework/angel_framework.dart';
 import 'package:file/local.dart';
 import 'src/config/config.dart' as configuration;
@@ -11,11 +10,12 @@ import 'src/services/services.dart' as services;
 
 /// Configures the server instance.
 Future configureServer(Angel app) async {
-  // Enable CORS
-  app.use(cors());
+  // Grab a handle to the file system, so that we can do things like
+  // serve static files.
+  var fs = const LocalFileSystem();
 
   // Set up our application, using the plug-ins defined with this project.
-  await app.configure(configuration.configureServer(const LocalFileSystem()));
+  await app.configure(configuration.configureServer(fs));
   await app.configure(services.configureServer);
-  await app.configure(routes.configureServer(const LocalFileSystem()));
+  await app.configure(routes.configureServer(fs));
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/routes/routes.dart b/lib/src/routes/routes.dart
index c816f8a3..44855b2d 100644
--- a/lib/src/routes/routes.dart
+++ b/lib/src/routes/routes.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /// This app's route configuration.
 library angel.src.routes;
 
+import 'package:angel_cors/angel_cors.dart';
 import 'package:angel_framework/angel_framework.dart';
 import 'package:angel_static/angel_static.dart';
 import 'package:file/file.dart';
@@ -13,6 +14,9 @@ import 'controllers/controllers.dart' as controllers;
 /// * https://github.com/angel-dart/angel/wiki/Requests-&-Responses
 AngelConfigurer configureServer(FileSystem fileSystem) {
   return (Angel app) async {
+    // Enable CORS
+    app.use(cors());
+    
     // Typically, you want to mount controllers first, after any global middleware.
     await app.configure(controllers.configureServer);
 
@@ -21,7 +25,7 @@ AngelConfigurer configureServer(FileSystem fileSystem) {
         '/', (RequestContext req, ResponseContext res) => res.render('hello'));
 
     // Mount static server at web in development.
-    // This variant of `VirtualDirectory` also sends `Cache-Control` headers.
+    // The `CachingVirtualDirectory` variant of `VirtualDirectory` also sends `Cache-Control` headers.
     //
     // In production, however, prefer serving static files through NGINX or a
     // similar reverse proxy.
@@ -29,12 +33,14 @@ AngelConfigurer configureServer(FileSystem fileSystem) {
     // Read the following two sources for documentation:
     // * https://medium.com/the-angel-framework/serving-static-files-with-the-angel-framework-2ddc7a2b84ae
     // * https://github.com/angel-dart/static
-    var vDir = new CachingVirtualDirectory(
-      app,
-      fileSystem,
-      source: fileSystem.directory('web'),
-    );
-    app.use(vDir.handleRequest);
+    if (!app.isProduction) {
+      var vDir = new VirtualDirectory(
+        app,
+        fileSystem,
+        source: fileSystem.directory('web'),
+      );
+      app.use(vDir.handleRequest);
+    }
 
     // Throw a 404 if no route matched the request.
     app.use(() => throw new AngelHttpException.notFound());
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 0847bf0b..406f2a26 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ environment:
 homepage: https://github.com/angel-dart/angel
 dependencies:
   angel_auth: ^1.1.0 # Supports stateless authentication via JWT
-  angel_configuration: ^1.1.0 # Loads application configuration, along with support for .env files.
+  angel_configuration: ^1.2.0 # Loads application configuration, along with support for .env files.
   angel_cors: ^1.0.0 # CORS support
   angel_framework: ^1.1.0 # The core server library.
   angel_jael: ^1.0.0 # Server-side templating engine
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ dependencies:
 dev_dependencies:
   angel_hot: ^1.1.0 # Hot-reloading support. :)
   angel_test: ^1.1.0 # Utilities for testing Angel servers.
-  console: ^2.2.4
-  test: ^0.12.13
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+  console: ">=2.0.0 <4.0.0"
+  test: ^0.12.13