diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index a1b3de4c..35db1ddf 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ APP_NAME=Laravel
 APP_ENV=local
 APP_KEY=
 APP_DEBUG=true
-APP_TIMEZONE=UTC
 APP_URL=http://localhost
 
 APP_LOCALE=en
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ FILESYSTEM_DISK=local
 QUEUE_CONNECTION=database
 
 CACHE_STORE=database
-CACHE_PREFIX=
+# CACHE_PREFIX=
 
 MEMCACHED_HOST=127.0.0.1
 
@@ -49,11 +48,11 @@ REDIS_PASSWORD=null
 REDIS_PORT=6379
 
 MAIL_MAILER=log
+MAIL_SCHEME=null
 MAIL_HOST=127.0.0.1
 MAIL_PORT=2525
 MAIL_USERNAME=null
 MAIL_PASSWORD=null
-MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null
 MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS="hello@example.com"
 MAIL_FROM_NAME="${APP_NAME}"
 
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aa4d7a87..c7cf1fa6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,18 +6,16 @@
 /storage/*.key
 /storage/pail
 /vendor
-.DS_Store
 .env
 .env.backup
 .env.production
 .phpactor.json
 .phpunit.result.cache
-.windsurfrules
 Homestead.json
 Homestead.yaml
-auth.json
 npm-debug.log
 yarn-error.log
+/auth.json
 /.fleet
 /.idea
 /.nova
diff --git a/artisan b/artisan
index 8e04b422..c35e31d6 100755
--- a/artisan
+++ b/artisan
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env php
 <?php
 
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Application;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput;
 
 define('LARAVEL_START', microtime(true));
@@ -9,7 +10,9 @@ define('LARAVEL_START', microtime(true));
 require __DIR__.'/vendor/autoload.php';
 
 // Bootstrap Laravel and handle the command...
-$status = (require_once __DIR__.'/bootstrap/app.php')
-    ->handleCommand(new ArgvInput);
+/** @var Application $app */
+$app = require_once __DIR__.'/bootstrap/app.php';
+
+$status = $app->handleCommand(new ArgvInput);
 
 exit($status);
diff --git a/config/app.php b/config/app.php
index f4672673..324b513a 100644
--- a/config/app.php
+++ b/config/app.php
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     |
     */
 
-    'timezone' => env('APP_TIMEZONE', 'UTC'),
+    'timezone' => 'UTC',
 
     /*
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/config/filesystems.php b/config/filesystems.php
index b564035a..3d671bd9 100644
--- a/config/filesystems.php
+++ b/config/filesystems.php
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
             'root' => storage_path('app/private'),
             'serve' => true,
             'throw' => false,
+            'report' => false,
         ],
 
         'public' => [
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
             'url' => env('APP_URL').'/storage',
             'visibility' => 'public',
             'throw' => false,
+            'report' => false,
         ],
 
         's3' => [
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@
             'endpoint' => env('AWS_ENDPOINT'),
             'use_path_style_endpoint' => env('AWS_USE_PATH_STYLE_ENDPOINT', false),
             'throw' => false,
+            'report' => false,
         ],
 
     ],
diff --git a/config/mail.php b/config/mail.php
index df13d3df..756305b3 100644
--- a/config/mail.php
+++ b/config/mail.php
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@
 
         'smtp' => [
             'transport' => 'smtp',
+            'scheme' => env('MAIL_SCHEME'),
             'url' => env('MAIL_URL'),
             'host' => env('MAIL_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
             'port' => env('MAIL_PORT', 2525),
-            'encryption' => env('MAIL_ENCRYPTION', 'tls'),
             'username' => env('MAIL_USERNAME'),
             'password' => env('MAIL_PASSWORD'),
             'timeout' => null,
diff --git a/config/session.php b/config/session.php
index f0b6541e..ba0aa60b 100644
--- a/config/session.php
+++ b/config/session.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     |
     */
 
-    'lifetime' => env('SESSION_LIFETIME', 120),
+    'lifetime' => (int) env('SESSION_LIFETIME', 120),
 
     'expire_on_close' => env('SESSION_EXPIRE_ON_CLOSE', false),
 
diff --git a/public/.htaccess b/public/.htaccess
index 3aec5e27..b574a597 100644
--- a/public/.htaccess
+++ b/public/.htaccess
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
     RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
     RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
 
+    # Handle X-XSRF-Token Header
+    RewriteCond %{HTTP:x-xsrf-token} .
+    RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_X_XSRF_TOKEN:%{HTTP:X-XSRF-Token}]
+
     # Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.+)/$
diff --git a/public/index.php b/public/index.php
index 947d9896..ee8f07e9 100644
--- a/public/index.php
+++ b/public/index.php
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Application;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 
 define('LARAVEL_START', microtime(true));
@@ -13,5 +14,7 @@
 require __DIR__.'/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
 // Bootstrap Laravel and handle the request...
-(require_once __DIR__.'/../bootstrap/app.php')
-    ->handleRequest(Request::capture());
+/** @var Application $app */
+$app = require_once __DIR__.'/../bootstrap/app.php';
+
+$app->handleRequest(Request::capture());
diff --git a/routes/console.php b/routes/console.php
index eff2ed24..3c9adf1a 100644
--- a/routes/console.php
+++ b/routes/console.php
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 
 Artisan::command('inspire', function () {
     $this->comment(Inspiring::quote());
-})->purpose('Display an inspiring quote')->hourly();
+})->purpose('Display an inspiring quote');