diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6ae23e215..2689b1bfc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@
 
 # Ignore all logfiles and tempfiles.
 /log/*.log
+/log/*.age
 /tmp
 *~
diff --git a/.rvmrc b/.rvmrc
index 40bd19303..3de722744 100644
--- a/.rvmrc
+++ b/.rvmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-rvm use ruby-1.9.3@jam-admin --create
+rvm use ruby-1.9.3-p327@jam-admin --create
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index fb1531168..490e053b1 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -45,14 +45,17 @@ gem 'country-select'
 
 gem 'eventmachine', '1.0.0'
 gem 'amqp', '0.9.8'
-# gem 'logging-rails', :require => 'logging/rails'
-gem 'tire', '0.5.1'
+gem 'logging-rails', :require => 'logging/rails'
 
 gem 'pg_migrate' # ,'0.1.5' #:path => "#{workspace}/pg_migrate_ruby"
 gem 'ruby-protocol-buffers', '1.2.2'
 
 gem 'sendgrid', '1.1.0'
 
+group :libv8 do
+  gem 'libv8', "~> 3.11.8"
+end
+
 group :development do
   gem 'thin'  # bundle exec rails server thin
 end
@@ -80,5 +83,5 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem 'jasmine', '1.3.1' 
   gem 'pry'
   gem 'execjs', '1.4.0'
-  gem 'therubyracer', '0.11.0beta8'
+  gem 'therubyracer' #, '0.11.0beta8'
 end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 99d111fbc..fbea59e01 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+PATH
+  remote: ~/workspace/jam-db/target/ruby_package
+  specs:
+    jam_db (0.0.1)
+      pg_migrate (= 0.1.6)
+
+PATH
+  remote: ~/workspace/jam-pb/target/ruby/jampb
+  specs:
+    jampb (0.0.1)
+
+PATH
+  remote: ~/workspace/jam-ruby
+  specs:
+    jam_ruby (0.0.1)
+
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   remote: https://jamjam:blueberryjam@www.jamkazam.com/gems/
@@ -109,16 +125,11 @@ GEM
     guard-rspec (0.5.5)
       guard (>= 0.8.4)
     has_scope (0.5.1)
-    hashr (0.0.22)
     hike (1.2.1)
     i18n (0.6.1)
     inherited_resources (1.3.1)
       has_scope (~> 0.5.0)
       responders (~> 0.6)
-    jam_db (0.0.86)
-      pg_migrate (= 0.1.6)
-    jam_ruby (0.0.97)
-    jampb (0.0.3888)
     jasmine (1.3.1)
       jasmine-core (~> 1.3.1)
       rack (~> 1.0)
@@ -134,6 +145,7 @@ GEM
       actionpack (>= 3.0.0)
       activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
     kgio (2.7.4)
+    libv8 (3.11.8.13)
     libwebsocket (0.1.7.1)
       addressable
       websocket
@@ -141,6 +153,8 @@ GEM
     little-plugger (1.1.3)
     logging (1.7.2)
       little-plugger (>= 1.1.3)
+    logging-rails (0.4.0)
+      logging (~> 1.6)
     lumberjack (1.0.2)
     mail (2.4.4)
       i18n (>= 0.4.0)
@@ -163,7 +177,7 @@ GEM
     polyamorous (0.5.0)
       activerecord (~> 3.0)
     polyglot (0.3.3)
-    pry (0.9.11.2)
+    pry (0.9.11.3)
       coderay (~> 1.0.5)
       method_source (~> 0.8)
       slop (~> 3.4)
@@ -196,8 +210,6 @@ GEM
     ref (1.0.2)
     responders (0.9.3)
       railties (~> 3.1)
-    rest-client (1.6.7)
-      mime-types (>= 1.16)
     rspec (2.11.0)
       rspec-core (~> 2.11.0)
       rspec-expectations (~> 2.11.0)
@@ -232,7 +244,8 @@ GEM
       multi_json (~> 1.0)
       rack (~> 1.0)
       tilt (~> 1.1, != 1.3.0)
-    therubyracer (0.11.0beta8)
+    therubyracer (0.11.3)
+      libv8 (~> 3.11.8.12)
       ref
     thin (1.5.0)
       daemons (>= 1.0.9)
@@ -240,12 +253,6 @@ GEM
       rack (>= 1.0.0)
     thor (0.15.4)
     tilt (1.3.3)
-    tire (0.5.1)
-      activemodel (>= 3.0)
-      hashr (~> 0.0.19)
-      multi_json (~> 1.0)
-      rake
-      rest-client (~> 1.6)
     treetop (1.4.12)
       polyglot
       polyglot (>= 0.3.1)
@@ -279,11 +286,13 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   execjs (= 1.4.0)
   fpm
   guard-rspec (= 0.5.5)
-  jam_db
-  jam_ruby
-  jampb
+  jam_db!
+  jam_ruby!
+  jampb!
   jasmine (= 1.3.1)
   jquery-rails
+  libv8 (~> 3.11.8)
+  logging-rails
   meta_search (>= 1.1.0.pre)
   pg_migrate
   pry
@@ -292,9 +301,8 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   ruby-protocol-buffers (= 1.2.2)
   sass-rails (~> 3.2.3)
   sendgrid (= 1.1.0)
-  therubyracer (= 0.11.0beta8)
+  therubyracer
   thin
-  tire (= 0.5.1)
   uglifier (>= 1.0.3)
   unicorn
   uuidtools (= 2.1.2)
diff --git a/config/environments/.production.rb.swp b/config/environments/.production.rb.swp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..396c46a0c
Binary files /dev/null and b/config/environments/.production.rb.swp differ
diff --git a/config/environments/development.rb b/config/environments/development.rb
index a2ddffff5..ffd6b0e8f 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.rb
+++ b/config/environments/development.rb
@@ -37,4 +37,10 @@ JamAdmin::Application.configure do
 
   # Expands the lines which load the assets
   config.assets.debug = true
+
+  # Set the logging destination(s)
+  config.log_to = %w[stdout file]
+
+  # Show the logging configuration on STDOUT
+  config.show_log_configuration = true
 end
diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index c51b8304b..f263f212d 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -64,4 +64,10 @@ JamAdmin::Application.configure do
   # 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
+
+  # Set the logging destination(s)
+  config.log_to = %w[file]
+
+  # Show the logging configuration on STDOUT
+  config.show_log_configuration = false
 end
diff --git a/config/logging.rb b/config/logging.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..42cb34eff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/logging.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+
+Logging::Rails.configure do |config|
+
+  # Objects will be converted to strings using the :format_as method.
+  Logging.format_as :inspect
+
+  # The default layout used by the appenders.
+  layout = Logging.layouts.pattern(:pattern => '[%d] %-5l %c : %m\n')
+
+  # Setup a color scheme called 'bright' than can be used to add color codes
+  # to the pattern layout. Color schemes should only be used with appenders
+  # that write to STDOUT or STDERR; inserting terminal color codes into a file
+  # is generally considered bad form.
+  #
+  Logging.color_scheme( 'bright',
+    :levels => {
+      :info  => :green,
+      :warn  => :yellow,
+      :error => :red,
+      :fatal => [:white, :on_red]
+    },
+    :date => :blue,
+    :logger => :cyan,
+    :message => :magenta
+  )
+
+  # Configure an appender that will write log events to STDOUT. A colorized
+  # pattern layout is used to format the log events into strings before
+  # writing.
+  #
+  Logging.appenders.stdout( 'stdout',
+    :auto_flushing => true,
+    :layout => Logging.layouts.pattern(
+      :pattern => '[%d] %-5l %c : %m\n',
+      :color_scheme => 'bright'
+    )
+  ) if config.log_to.include? 'stdout'
+
+  # Configure an appender that will write log events to a file. The file will
+  # be rolled on a daily basis, and the past 7 rolled files will be kept.
+  # Older files will be deleted. The default pattern layout is used when
+  # formatting log events into strings.
+  #
+  Logging.appenders.rolling_file( 'file',
+    :filename => config.paths['log'].first,
+    :keep => 7,
+    :age => 'daily',
+    :truncate => false,
+    :auto_flushing => true,
+    :layout => layout
+  ) if config.log_to.include? 'file'
+
+  # Configure an appender that will send an email for "error" and "fatal" log
+  # events. All other log events will be ignored. Furthermore, log events will
+  # be buffered for one minute (or 200 events) before an email is sent. This
+  # is done to prevent a flood of messages.
+  #
+  Logging.appenders.email( 'email',
+    :from     => "server@#{config.action_mailer.smtp_settings[:domain]}",
+    :to       => "developers@#{config.action_mailer.smtp_settings[:domain]}",
+    :subject  => "Rails Error [#{%x(uname -n).strip}]",
+    :server   => config.action_mailer.smtp_settings[:address],
+    :domain   => config.action_mailer.smtp_settings[:domain],
+    :acct     => config.action_mailer.smtp_settings[:user_name],
+    :passwd   => config.action_mailer.smtp_settings[:password],
+    :authtype => config.action_mailer.smtp_settings[:authentication],
+
+    :auto_flushing => 200,     # send an email after 200 messages have been buffered
+    :flush_period  => 60,      # send an email after one minute
+    :level         => :error,  # only process log events that are "error" or "fatal"
+    :layout        => layout
+  ) if config.log_to.include? 'email'
+
+  # Setup the root logger with the Rails log level and the desired set of
+  # appenders. The list of appenders to use should be set in the environment
+  # specific configuration file.
+  #
+  # For example, in a production application you would not want to log to
+  # STDOUT, but you would want to send an email for "error" and "fatal"
+  # messages:
+  #
+  # => config/environments/production.rb
+  #
+  #     config.log_to = %w[file email]
+  #
+  # In development you would want to log to STDOUT and possibly to a file:
+  #
+  # => config/environments/development.rb
+  #
+  #     config.log_to = %w[stdout file]
+  #
+  Logging.logger.root.level = config.log_level
+  Logging.logger.root.appenders = config.log_to unless config.log_to.empty?
+
+  # Under Phusion Passenger smart spawning, we need to reopen all IO streams
+  # after workers have forked.
+  #
+  # The rolling file appender uses shared file locks to ensure that only one
+  # process will roll the log file. Each process writing to the file must have
+  # its own open file descriptor for `flock` to function properly. Reopening
+  # the file descriptors after forking ensures that each worker has a unique
+  # file descriptor.
+  #
+  if defined?(PhusionPassenger)
+    PhusionPassenger.on_event(:starting_worker_process) do |forked|
+      Logging.reopen if forked
+    end
+  end
+
+end
+