diff --git a/application/Config/Paths.php b/application/Config/Paths.php
index c58f91a1ad..f679dca50d 100644
--- a/application/Config/Paths.php
+++ b/application/Config/Paths.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * Modifying these allows you to re-structure your application,
  * share a system folder between multiple applications, and more.
  *
- * All paths are relative to the application's front controller, index.php
+ * All paths are relative to the project's root folder.
  */
 class Paths
 {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class Paths
 	 * Include the path if the folder is not in the same directory
 	 * as this file.
 	 */
-	public $systemDirectory = '../system';
+	public $systemDirectory = 'system';
 
 	/*
 	 *---------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class Paths
 	 *
 	 * NO TRAILING SLASH!
 	 */
-	public $applicationDirectory = '../application';
+	public $applicationDirectory = 'application';
 
 	/*
 	 * ---------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class Paths
 	 * for maximum security, keeping it out of the application and/or
 	 * system directories.
 	 */
-	public $writableDirectory = '../writable';
+	public $writableDirectory = 'writable';
 
 	/*
 	 * ---------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class Paths
 	 * for maximum security, keeping it out of the application and/or
 	 * system directories.
 	 */
-	public $testsDirectory = '../tests';
+	public $testsDirectory = 'tests';
 
 	/*
 	 * ---------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/public/index.php b/public/index.php
index 1de1832983..79964f681d 100644
--- a/public/index.php
+++ b/public/index.php
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 <?php
 
-// Location to the Paths config file.
-// This should be the only line you need to
-// edit in this file.
-$pathsPath = '../application/Config/Paths.php';
-
 // Path to the front controller (this file)
 define('FCPATH', __DIR__.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
 
+// Location of the Paths config file.
+// This is the first of two lines that might need to be changed, depending on your folder structure.
+$pathsPath = FCPATH . '../application/Config/Paths.php';
+
 /*
  *---------------------------------------------------------------
  * BOOTSTRAP THE APPLICATION
@@ -24,7 +23,9 @@ chdir(__DIR__);
 require $pathsPath;
 $paths = new Config\Paths();
 
-$app = require rtrim($paths->systemDirectory,DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR) . '/bootstrap.php';
+// Location of the framework bootstrap file.
+// This is the second of two lines that might need to be changed, depending on your folder structure.
+$app = require FCPATH . '../system//bootstrap.php';
 
 /*
  *---------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/system/Commands/Utilities/Namespaces.php b/system/Commands/Utilities/Namespaces.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8210ead6dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/Commands/Utilities/Namespaces.php
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+<?php namespace CodeIgniter\Commands\Utilities;
+
+/**
+ * CodeIgniter
+ *
+ * An open source application development framework for PHP
+ *
+ * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2018 British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ *
+ * @package	CodeIgniter
+ * @author	CodeIgniter Dev Team
+ * @copyright	2014-2018 British Columbia Institute of Technology (https://bcit.ca/)
+ * @license	https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
+ * @link	https://codeigniter.com
+ * @since	Version 3.0.0
+ * @filesource
+ */
+use CodeIgniter\CLI\BaseCommand;
+use CodeIgniter\CLI\CLI;
+use Config\Autoload;
+
+/**
+ * Lists namespaces set in Config\Autoload with their
+ * full server path. Helps you to verify that you have
+ * the namespaces setup correctly.
+ *
+ * @package CodeIgniter\Commands
+ */
+class Namespaces extends BaseCommand
+{
+
+	/**
+	 * The group the command is lumped under
+	 * when listing commands.
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $group = 'CodeIgniter';
+
+	/**
+	 * The Command's name
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $name = 'namespaces';
+
+	/**
+	 * the Command's short description
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $description = 'Verifies your namespaces are setup correctly.';
+
+	/**
+	 * the Command's usage
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $usage = 'namespaces';
+
+	/**
+	 * the Command's Arguments
+	 *
+	 * @var array
+	 */
+	protected $arguments = [];
+
+	/**
+	 * the Command's Options
+	 *
+	 * @var array
+	 */
+	protected $options = [];
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Displays the help for the spark cli script itself.
+	 *
+	 * @param array $params
+	 */
+	public function run(array $params)
+	{
+		$config = new Autoload();
+
+		$tbody = [];
+		foreach ($config->psr4 as $ns => $path)
+		{
+			$path = realpath($path) ?? $path;
+
+			$tbody[] = [
+				$ns,
+				realpath($path) ?? $path,
+				is_dir($path) ? "Yes" : "MISSING"
+			];
+		}
+
+		$thead = ['Namespace', 'Path', 'Found?'];
+
+		CLI::table($tbody, $thead);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/system/Commands/Utilities/Routes.php b/system/Commands/Utilities/Routes.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d103abbb65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/Commands/Utilities/Routes.php
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+<?php namespace CodeIgniter\Commands\Utilities;
+
+/**
+ * CodeIgniter
+ *
+ * An open source application development framework for PHP
+ *
+ * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2018 British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *RouRouddfdf
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ *
+ * @package	CodeIgniter
+ * @author	CodeIgniter Dev Team
+ * @copyright	2014-2018 British Columbia Institute of Technology (https://bcit.ca/)
+ * @license	https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
+ * @link	https://codeigniter.com
+ * @since	Version 3.0.0
+ * @filesource
+ */
+use CodeIgniter\CLI\BaseCommand;
+use CodeIgniter\CLI\CLI;
+use Config\Autoload;
+use Config\Services;
+
+/**
+ * Lists all of the user-defined routes. This will include any Routes files
+ * that can be discovered, but will NOT include any routes that are not defined
+ * in a routes file, but are instead discovered through auto-routing.
+ *
+ * @package CodeIgniter\Commands
+ */
+class Routes extends BaseCommand
+{
+
+	/**
+	 * The group the command is lumped under
+	 * when listing commands.
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $group = 'CodeIgniter';
+
+	/**
+	 * The Command's name
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $name = 'routes';
+
+	/**
+	 * the Command's short description
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $description = 'Displays all of user-defined routes. Does NOT display auto-detected routes.';
+
+	/**
+	 * the Command's usage
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $usage = 'routes';
+
+	/**
+	 * the Command's Arguments
+	 *
+	 * @var array
+	 */
+	protected $arguments = [];
+
+	/**
+	 * the Command's Options
+	 *
+	 * @var array
+	 */
+	protected $options = [];
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Displays the help for the spark cli script itself.
+	 *
+	 * @param array $params
+	 */
+	public function run(array $params)
+	{
+		$collection = Services::routes(true);
+		$methods = ['get', 'head', 'post', 'put', 'delete', 'options', 'trace', 'connect', 'cli'];
+
+		$tbody = [];
+		foreach ($methods as $method)
+		{
+			$routes = $collection->getRoutes($method);
+
+			foreach ($routes as $from => $to)
+			$tbody[] = [
+				$from,
+				$method,
+				$to
+			];
+		}
+
+		$thead = ['Route', 'Method', 'Command'];
+
+		CLI::table($tbody, $thead);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/system/Router/Router.php b/system/Router/Router.php
index b5080a7993..7eedc65636 100644
--- a/system/Router/Router.php
+++ b/system/Router/Router.php
@@ -361,7 +361,9 @@ class Router implements RouterInterface
 	{
 		$routes = $this->collection->getRoutes($this->collection->getHTTPVerb());
 
-		$uri = ltrim($uri, '/ ');
+		$uri = $uri == '/'
+			? $uri
+			: ltrim($uri, '/ ');
 
 		// Don't waste any time
 		if (empty($routes))
diff --git a/system/bootstrap.php b/system/bootstrap.php
index 0afe18ae87..04dc9f5e04 100644
--- a/system/bootstrap.php
+++ b/system/bootstrap.php
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ if (! defined('ROOTPATH'))
  */
 if (! defined('APPPATH'))
 {
-	define('APPPATH', realpath($paths->applicationDirectory).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
+	define('APPPATH', realpath(ROOTPATH . $paths->applicationDirectory).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ if (! defined('APPPATH'))
  */
 if (! defined('BASEPATH'))
 {
-	define('BASEPATH', realpath($paths->systemDirectory).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
+	define('BASEPATH', realpath(ROOTPATH . $paths->systemDirectory).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ if (! defined('BASEPATH'))
  */
 if (! defined('WRITEPATH'))
 {
-	define('WRITEPATH', realpath($paths->writableDirectory).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
+	define('WRITEPATH', realpath(ROOTPATH . $paths->writableDirectory).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ if (! defined('WRITEPATH'))
  */
 if (! defined('TESTPATH'))
 {
-	define('TESTPATH', realpath($paths->testsDirectory).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
+	define('TESTPATH', realpath(ROOTPATH . $paths->testsDirectory).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/tests/feature/HomeTest.php b/tests/feature/HomeTest.php
index 82a822ab15..46a4ffcc9e 100644
--- a/tests/feature/HomeTest.php
+++ b/tests/feature/HomeTest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 use CodeIgniter\Test\FeatureTestCase;
 
+/**
+ * This relies on a database connection
+ * 
+ * @codeCoverageIgnore
+ */
 class HomeTest extends FeatureTestCase
 {
 	public function testCanLoadPage()
diff --git a/tests/system/Test/FeatureTestCaseTest.php b/tests/system/Test/FeatureTestCaseTest.php
index 12b08908de..89f4395f6d 100644
--- a/tests/system/Test/FeatureTestCaseTest.php
+++ b/tests/system/Test/FeatureTestCaseTest.php
@@ -3,8 +3,12 @@
 use CodeIgniter\Test\FeatureTestCase;
 use CodeIgniter\Test\FeatureResponse;
 
+/**
+ * @group DatabaseLive
+ */
 class FeatureTestCaseTest extends FeatureTestCase
 {
+
 	public function setUp()
 	{
 		parent::setUp();
@@ -16,8 +20,8 @@ class FeatureTestCaseTest extends FeatureTestCase
 	{
 		$this->withRoutes([
 			['add', 'home', function() {
-				return 'Hello World';
-			}]
+					return 'Hello World';
+				}]
 		]);
 		$response = $this->call('get', 'home');
 
@@ -32,8 +36,8 @@ class FeatureTestCaseTest extends FeatureTestCase
 	{
 		$this->withRoutes([
 			['get', 'home', function() {
-				return 'Hello World';
-			}]
+					return 'Hello World';
+				}]
 		]);
 		$response = $this->get('home');
 
@@ -45,8 +49,8 @@ class FeatureTestCaseTest extends FeatureTestCase
 	{
 		$this->withRoutes([
 			['post', 'home', function() {
-				return 'Hello World';
-			}]
+					return 'Hello World';
+				}]
 		]);
 		$response = $this->post('home');
 
@@ -57,8 +61,8 @@ class FeatureTestCaseTest extends FeatureTestCase
 	{
 		$this->withRoutes([
 			['put', 'home', function() {
-				return 'Hello World';
-			}]
+					return 'Hello World';
+				}]
 		]);
 		$response = $this->put('home');
 
@@ -69,8 +73,8 @@ class FeatureTestCaseTest extends FeatureTestCase
 	{
 		$this->withRoutes([
 			['patch', 'home', function() {
-				return 'Hello World';
-			}]
+					return 'Hello World';
+				}]
 		]);
 		$response = $this->patch('home');
 
@@ -81,8 +85,8 @@ class FeatureTestCaseTest extends FeatureTestCase
 	{
 		$this->withRoutes([
 			['options', 'home', function() {
-				return 'Hello World';
-			}]
+					return 'Hello World';
+				}]
 		]);
 		$response = $this->options('home');
 
@@ -93,8 +97,8 @@ class FeatureTestCaseTest extends FeatureTestCase
 	{
 		$this->withRoutes([
 			['delete', 'home', function() {
-				return 'Hello World';
-			}]
+					return 'Hello World';
+				}]
 		]);
 		$response = $this->delete('home');
 
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/general/configuration.rst b/user_guide_src/source/general/configuration.rst
index c62545d1e9..af63b1b05d 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/general/configuration.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/general/configuration.rst
@@ -74,10 +74,8 @@ needs with empty or dummy data. In each environment, you can then copy the file
 appropriate data.
 
 When your application runs, this file will be automatically loaded and the variables will be put into
-the environment. This will work in any environment except for production, where the variables should be
-set in the environment through whatever means your getServer supports, such as .htaccess files, etc. These
-variables are then available through ``getenv()``, ``$_SERVER``, and ``$_ENV``. Of the three, ``getenv()`` function
-is recommended since it is not case-sensitive::
+the environment. This will work in any environment. These variables are then available through ``getenv()``,
+``$_SERVER``, and ``$_ENV``. Of the three, ``getenv()`` function is recommended since it is not case-sensitive::
 
 	$s3_bucket = getenv('S3_BUCKET');
 	$s3_bucket = $_ENV['S3_BUCKET'];
diff --git a/writable/cache/.htaccess b/writable/cache/.htaccess
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/writable/cache/index.html b/writable/cache/index.html
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/writable/debugbar/.gitkeep b/writable/debugbar/.gitkeep
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/writable/logs/.htaccess b/writable/logs/.htaccess
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/writable/logs/index.html b/writable/logs/index.html
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/writable/uploads/index.html b/writable/uploads/index.html
old mode 100644
new mode 100755