diff --git a/app/Console/Kernel.php b/app/Console/Kernel.php
index 622e774b..a8c51585 100644
--- a/app/Console/Kernel.php
+++ b/app/Console/Kernel.php
@@ -29,12 +29,14 @@ class Kernel extends ConsoleKernel
     }
 
     /**
-     * Register the Closure based commands for the application.
+     * Register the commands for the application.
      *
      * @return void
      */
     protected function commands()
     {
+        $this->load(__DIR__.'/Commands');
+
         require base_path('routes/console.php');
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Exceptions/Handler.php b/app/Exceptions/Handler.php
index a747e31b..7e2563a8 100644
--- a/app/Exceptions/Handler.php
+++ b/app/Exceptions/Handler.php
@@ -3,23 +3,27 @@
 namespace App\Exceptions;
 
 use Exception;
-use Illuminate\Auth\AuthenticationException;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Exceptions\Handler as ExceptionHandler;
 
 class Handler extends ExceptionHandler
 {
     /**
-     * A list of the exception types that should not be reported.
+     * A list of the exception types that are not reported.
      *
      * @var array
      */
     protected $dontReport = [
-        \Illuminate\Auth\AuthenticationException::class,
-        \Illuminate\Auth\Access\AuthorizationException::class,
-        \Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\HttpException::class,
-        \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\ModelNotFoundException::class,
-        \Illuminate\Session\TokenMismatchException::class,
-        \Illuminate\Validation\ValidationException::class,
+        //
+    ];
+
+    /**
+     * A list of the inputs that are never flashed for validation exceptions.
+     *
+     * @var array
+     */
+    protected $dontFlash = [
+        'password',
+        'password_confirmation',
     ];
 
     /**
@@ -46,20 +50,4 @@ class Handler extends ExceptionHandler
     {
         return parent::render($request, $exception);
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Convert an authentication exception into an unauthenticated response.
-     *
-     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
-     * @param  \Illuminate\Auth\AuthenticationException  $exception
-     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
-     */
-    protected function unauthenticated($request, AuthenticationException $exception)
-    {
-        if ($request->expectsJson()) {
-            return response()->json(['error' => 'Unauthenticated.'], 401);
-        }
-
-        return redirect()->guest(route('login'));
-    }
 }
diff --git a/app/Http/Kernel.php b/app/Http/Kernel.php
index 66d34c3d..93bf68bf 100644
--- a/app/Http/Kernel.php
+++ b/app/Http/Kernel.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class Kernel extends HttpKernel
         \Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\ValidatePostSize::class,
         \App\Http\Middleware\TrimStrings::class,
         \Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\ConvertEmptyStringsToNull::class,
+        \App\Http\Middleware\TrustProxies::class,
     ];
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/EncryptCookies.php b/app/Http/Middleware/EncryptCookies.php
index 3aa15f8d..033136ad 100644
--- a/app/Http/Middleware/EncryptCookies.php
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/EncryptCookies.php
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 namespace App\Http\Middleware;
 
-use Illuminate\Cookie\Middleware\EncryptCookies as BaseEncrypter;
+use Illuminate\Cookie\Middleware\EncryptCookies as Middleware;
 
-class EncryptCookies extends BaseEncrypter
+class EncryptCookies extends Middleware
 {
     /**
      * The names of the cookies that should not be encrypted.
diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/TrimStrings.php b/app/Http/Middleware/TrimStrings.php
index 943e9a4d..5a50e7b5 100644
--- a/app/Http/Middleware/TrimStrings.php
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/TrimStrings.php
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 namespace App\Http\Middleware;
 
-use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\TrimStrings as BaseTrimmer;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\TrimStrings as Middleware;
 
-class TrimStrings extends BaseTrimmer
+class TrimStrings extends Middleware
 {
     /**
      * The names of the attributes that should not be trimmed.
diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/TrustProxies.php b/app/Http/Middleware/TrustProxies.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef1c00d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/TrustProxies.php
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Middleware;
+
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Fideloper\Proxy\TrustProxies as Middleware;
+
+class TrustProxies extends Middleware
+{
+    /**
+     * The trusted proxies for this application.
+     *
+     * @var array
+     */
+    protected $proxies;
+
+    /**
+     * The current proxy header mappings.
+     *
+     * @var array
+     */
+    protected $headers = [
+        Request::HEADER_FORWARDED => 'FORWARDED',
+        Request::HEADER_X_FORWARDED_FOR => 'X_FORWARDED_FOR',
+        Request::HEADER_X_FORWARDED_HOST => 'X_FORWARDED_HOST',
+        Request::HEADER_X_FORWARDED_PORT => 'X_FORWARDED_PORT',
+        Request::HEADER_X_FORWARDED_PROTO => 'X_FORWARDED_PROTO',
+    ];
+}
diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/VerifyCsrfToken.php b/app/Http/Middleware/VerifyCsrfToken.php
index a2c35414..0c13b854 100644
--- a/app/Http/Middleware/VerifyCsrfToken.php
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/VerifyCsrfToken.php
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 namespace App\Http\Middleware;
 
-use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\VerifyCsrfToken as BaseVerifier;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\VerifyCsrfToken as Middleware;
 
-class VerifyCsrfToken extends BaseVerifier
+class VerifyCsrfToken extends Middleware
 {
     /**
      * The URIs that should be excluded from CSRF verification.
diff --git a/artisan b/artisan
index 44dc07b0..5c23e2e2 100755
--- a/artisan
+++ b/artisan
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env php
 <?php
 
+define('LARAVEL_START', microtime(true));
+
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 | Register The Auto Loader
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@
 |
 */
 
-require __DIR__.'/bootstrap/autoload.php';
+require __DIR__.'/vendor/autoload.php';
 
 $app = require_once __DIR__.'/bootstrap/app.php';
 
diff --git a/bootstrap/autoload.php b/bootstrap/autoload.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 7408628a..00000000
--- a/bootstrap/autoload.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-define('LARAVEL_START', microtime(true));
-
-/*
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-| Register The Composer Auto Loader
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|
-| Composer provides a convenient, automatically generated class loader
-| for our application. We just need to utilize it! We'll require it
-| into the script here so we do not have to manually load any of
-| our application's PHP classes. It just feels great to relax.
-|
-*/
-
-require_once __DIR__.'/../vendor/autoload.php';
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 842fadc0..6ba7fc26 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -5,14 +5,16 @@
     "license": "MIT",
     "type": "project",
     "require": {
-        "php": ">=5.6.4",
-        "laravel/framework": "5.4.*",
+        "php": ">=7.0.0",
+        "fideloper/proxy": "~3.3",
+        "laravel/framework": "5.5.*",
         "laravel/tinker": "~1.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {
+        "filp/whoops": "~2.0",
         "fzaninotto/faker": "~1.4",
         "mockery/mockery": "0.9.*",
-        "phpunit/phpunit": "~5.7"
+        "phpunit/phpunit": "~6.0"
     },
     "autoload": {
         "classmap": [
@@ -28,20 +30,22 @@
             "Tests\\": "tests/"
         }
     },
+    "extra": {
+        "laravel": {
+            "dont-discover": [
+            ]
+        }
+    },
     "scripts": {
         "post-root-package-install": [
-            "php -r \"file_exists('.env') || copy('.env.example', '.env');\""
+            "@php -r \"file_exists('.env') || copy('.env.example', '.env');\""
         ],
         "post-create-project-cmd": [
-            "php artisan key:generate"
+            "@php artisan key:generate"
         ],
-        "post-install-cmd": [
-            "Illuminate\\Foundation\\ComposerScripts::postInstall",
-            "php artisan optimize"
-        ],
-        "post-update-cmd": [
-            "Illuminate\\Foundation\\ComposerScripts::postUpdate",
-            "php artisan optimize"
+        "post-autoload-dump": [
+            "Illuminate\\Foundation\\ComposerScripts::postAutoloadDump",
+            "@php artisan package:discover"
         ]
     },
     "config": {
diff --git a/config/app.php b/config/app.php
index a5839259..0e4ebed1 100644
--- a/config/app.php
+++ b/config/app.php
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ return [
         /*
          * Package Service Providers...
          */
-        Laravel\Tinker\TinkerServiceProvider::class,
 
         /*
          * Application Service Providers...
diff --git a/config/session.php b/config/session.php
index e2779ad8..71ad0ed1 100644
--- a/config/session.php
+++ b/config/session.php
@@ -122,7 +122,10 @@ return [
     |
     */
 
-    'cookie' => 'laravel_session',
+    'cookie' => env(
+        'SESSION_COOKIE',
+        str_slug(env('APP_NAME', 'laravel'), '_').'_session'
+    ),
 
     /*
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -176,4 +179,19 @@ return [
 
     'http_only' => true,
 
+    /*
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    | Same-Site Cookies
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    |
+    | This option determines how your cookies behave when cross-site requests
+    | take place, and can be used to mitigate CSRF attacks. By default, we
+    | do not enable this as other CSRF protection services are in place.
+    |
+    | Supported: "lax", "strict"
+    |
+    */
+
+    'same_site' => null,
+
 ];
diff --git a/database/factories/ModelFactory.php b/database/factories/UserFactory.php
similarity index 55%
rename from database/factories/ModelFactory.php
rename to database/factories/UserFactory.php
index 7926c794..061d75a2 100644
--- a/database/factories/ModelFactory.php
+++ b/database/factories/UserFactory.php
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 <?php
 
+use Faker\Generator as Faker;
+
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 | Model Factories
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 |
-| Here you may define all of your model factories. Model factories give
-| you a convenient way to create models for testing and seeding your
-| database. Just tell the factory how a default model should look.
+| This directory should contain each of the model factory definitions for
+| your application. Factories provide a convenient way to generate new
+| model instances for testing / seeding your application's database.
 |
 */
 
-/** @var \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factory $factory */
-$factory->define(App\User::class, function (Faker\Generator $faker) {
+$factory->define(App\User::class, function (Faker $faker) {
     static $password;
 
     return [
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 630a2442..dedcbef7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
 {
-  "private": true,
-  "scripts": {
-    "dev": "npm run development",
-    "development": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js",
-    "watch": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --watch --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js",
-    "watch-poll": "npm run watch -- --watch-poll",
-    "hot": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack-dev-server/bin/webpack-dev-server.js --inline --hot --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js",
-    "prod": "npm run production",
-    "production": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "axios": "^0.16.2",
-    "bootstrap-sass": "^3.3.7",
-    "cross-env": "^5.0.1",
-    "jquery": "^3.1.1",
-    "laravel-mix": "^1.0",
-    "lodash": "^4.17.4",
-    "vue": "^2.1.10"
-  }
+    "private": true,
+    "scripts": {
+        "dev": "npm run development",
+        "development": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js",
+        "watch": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --watch --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js",
+        "watch-poll": "npm run watch -- --watch-poll",
+        "hot": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack-dev-server/bin/webpack-dev-server.js --inline --hot --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js",
+        "prod": "npm run production",
+        "production": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js"
+    },
+    "devDependencies": {
+        "axios": "^0.16.2",
+        "bootstrap-sass": "^3.3.7",
+        "cross-env": "^5.0.1",
+        "jquery": "^3.1.1",
+        "laravel-mix": "^1.0",
+        "lodash": "^4.17.4",
+        "vue": "^2.1.10"
+    }
 }
diff --git a/phpunit.xml b/phpunit.xml
index 9ecda835..bb9c4a7e 100644
--- a/phpunit.xml
+++ b/phpunit.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <phpunit backupGlobals="false"
          backupStaticAttributes="false"
-         bootstrap="bootstrap/autoload.php"
+         bootstrap="vendor/autoload.php"
          colors="true"
          convertErrorsToExceptions="true"
          convertNoticesToExceptions="true"
diff --git a/public/.htaccess b/public/.htaccess
index 903f6392..09683488 100644
--- a/public/.htaccess
+++ b/public/.htaccess
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 
     # Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
-    RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [L,R=301]
+    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.+)/$
+    RewriteRule ^ %1 [L,R=301]
 
     # Handle Front Controller...
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
diff --git a/public/index.php b/public/index.php
index 1e1d775f..4584cbcd 100644
--- a/public/index.php
+++ b/public/index.php
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
  * @author   Taylor Otwell <taylor@laravel.com>
  */
 
+define('LARAVEL_START', microtime(true));
+
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 | Register The Auto Loader
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@
 |
 */
 
-require __DIR__.'/../bootstrap/autoload.php';
+require __DIR__.'/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/tests/Feature/ExampleTest.php b/tests/Feature/ExampleTest.php
index 486dc271..f31e495c 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/ExampleTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/ExampleTest.php
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
 namespace Tests\Feature;
 
 use Tests\TestCase;
-use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\WithoutMiddleware;
-use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\DatabaseMigrations;
-use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\DatabaseTransactions;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
 
 class ExampleTest extends TestCase
 {
diff --git a/tests/Unit/ExampleTest.php b/tests/Unit/ExampleTest.php
index 5663bb49..e9fe19c6 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/ExampleTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/ExampleTest.php
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 namespace Tests\Unit;
 
 use Tests\TestCase;
-use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\DatabaseMigrations;
-use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\DatabaseTransactions;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
 
 class ExampleTest extends TestCase
 {