diff --git a/.env.nanobox b/.env.nanobox
index 4a89e0e41..73abefdc6 100644
--- a/.env.nanobox
+++ b/.env.nanobox
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ DB_NAME=gonano
 DB_PASS=$DATA_DB_PASS
 DB_PORT=5432
 
+DATABASE_URL=postgresql://$DATA_DB_USER:$DATA_DB_PASS@$DATA_DB_HOST/gonano
+
 # Federation
 # Note: Changing LOCAL_DOMAIN or LOCAL_HTTPS at a later time will cause unwanted side effects.
 # LOCAL_DOMAIN should *NOT* contain the protocol part of the domain e.g https://example.com.
diff --git a/boxfile.yml b/boxfile.yml
index 65f5f6c8c..2fa3fb9ff 100644
--- a/boxfile.yml
+++ b/boxfile.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ run.config:
     - yarn.lock
 
   extra_steps:
-    - cp .env.nanobox .env
+    - envsubst < .env.nanobox > .env
     - gem install bundler
     - bundle config build.nokogiri --with-iconv-dir=/data/ --with-zlib-dir=/data/
     - bundle config build.nokogumbo --with-iconv-dir=/data/ --with-zlib-dir=/data/
@@ -43,9 +43,8 @@ run.config:
 deploy.config:
   extra_steps:
     - NODE_ENV=production bundle exec rake assets:precompile
-    - "[ -r /app/.env.production ] || sed 's/LOCAL_HTTPS=.*/LOCAL_HTTPS=true/i' /app/.env.nanobox > /app/.env.production"
   transform:
-    - envsubst < /app/.env.production > /tmp/.env.production && mv /tmp/.env.production /app/.env.production
+    - "sed 's/LOCAL_HTTPS=.*/LOCAL_HTTPS=true/i' /app/.env.nanobox | envsubst > /app/.env.production"
     - |-
         if [ -z "$LOCAL_DOMAIN" ]
         then
diff --git a/config/webpack/configuration.js b/config/webpack/configuration.js
index 922e8c517..2a54080cf 100644
--- a/config/webpack/configuration.js
+++ b/config/webpack/configuration.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const devServer = safeLoad(readFileSync(join(configPath, 'development.server.yml
 
 // Compute public path based on environment and CDN_HOST in production
 const ifHasCDN = env.CDN_HOST !== undefined && env.NODE_ENV === 'production';
-const devServerUrl = `http://${devServer.host}:${devServer.port}/${paths.entry}/`;
+const devServerUrl = `http://${env.LOCAL_DOMAIN || devServer.host}:${devServer.port}/${paths.entry}/`;
 const publicUrl = ifHasCDN ? `${env.CDN_HOST}/${paths.entry}/` : `/${paths.entry}/`;
 const publicPath = env.NODE_ENV !== 'production' ? devServerUrl : publicUrl;
 
diff --git a/config/webpack/development.server.js b/config/webpack/development.server.js
index 296df1504..4e11df4cb 100644
--- a/config/webpack/development.server.js
+++ b/config/webpack/development.server.js
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 // Note: You must restart bin/webpack-dev-server for changes to take effect
 
 const { resolve } = require('path');
+const { env } = require('process');
 const merge = require('webpack-merge');
 const devConfig = require('./development.js');
 const { devServer, publicPath, paths } = require('./configuration.js');
 
 module.exports = merge(devConfig, {
   devServer: {
-    host: devServer.host,
+    host: env.LOCAL_DOMAIN ? '0.0.0.0' : devServer.host,
     port: devServer.port,
     headers: { "Access-Control-Allow-Origin": "*" },
     compress: true,
diff --git a/lib/tasks/db.rake b/lib/tasks/db.rake
index a1211f097..7a055bf25 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/db.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/db.rake
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ namespace :db do
     desc 'Setup the db or migrate depending on state of db'
     task setup: :environment do
       begin
-        ActiveRecord::Base.connection
+        if ActiveRecord::Migrator.current_version.zero?
+          Rake::Task['db:migrate'].invoke
+          Rake::Task['db:seed'].invoke
+        end
       rescue ActiveRecord::NoDatabaseError
         Rake::Task['db:setup'].invoke
       else