diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 16b42aab4..b647e70f5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
 /META.yml
 /Makefile
 /inc
+*.bak
+*.old
+*.log
+var
+wwwdocs
+actdocs
+git
+github-hook
+conf
+*.sw[p-z]
diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index 90d1804ab..08be65016 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ requires(
 'JSON::XS' => 0, 
 'LWP::Simple' => 0, 
 'LWP::UserAgent' => 0, 
+'lib::abs' => '0.93',
 'List::Pairwise' => 0, 
 'Locale::Maketext::Lexicon' => 0, 
 'Net::OpenID::Server' => 0, 
diff --git a/app.psgi b/app.psgi
index 2463b3fd5..62d46329b 100644
--- a/app.psgi
+++ b/app.psgi
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env perl
-
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-use lib 'lib';
+use lib::abs 'lib';
 
 use Act::Dispatcher;
 use Plack::Builder;
 
 builder {
-    enable 'Session::Cookie';
+    enable 'Session',
+        session_key => 'act_session',
+        expires     => 3600 * 24 * 30, # 30 days
+        secret      => 'abcddcba';
     enable "SimpleLogger", level => "warn";
     Act::Dispatcher->to_app;
 };
diff --git a/cpanfile b/cpanfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a31c18da4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpanfile
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+requires 'AppConfig'                  => 0;
+requires 'Clone'                      => 0;
+requires 'Crypt::Eksblowfish::Bcrypt' => 0;
+requires 'DBI'                        => 0;
+requires 'DBD::Pg'                    => 1.22;
+requires 'Data::ICal'                 => '0.16';    # Data::ICal::Entry::Event
+requires 'Data::ICal::DateTime'       => 0;
+requires 'Data::ICal::TimeZone'       => 0;
+requires 'DateTime::Format::Pg'       => 0;
+requires 'DateTime::Locale'           => 0;
+requires 'DateTime::TimeZone'         => 0;
+requires 'DateTime'                   => 0;
+requires 'Digest::HMAC_SHA1'          => 0;
+requires 'Email::Address'             => 0;
+requires 'Email::Date'                => 0;
+requires 'Email::MessageID'           => 1.4;
+requires 'Email::Send'                => 0;
+requires 'Email::Send::Sendmail'      => 0;
+requires 'Email::Simple::Creator'     => 0;
+requires 'Email::Simple'              => 0;
+requires 'Email::Valid'               => 0;
+requires 'Flickr::API'                => 0;
+requires 'HTML::Entities'             => 0;
+requires 'HTML::TagCloud'             => 0;
+requires 'HTTP::Request::Common'      => 0;
+requires 'Imager'                     => 0;
+requires 'JSON::XS'                   => 0;
+requires 'LWP::Simple'                => 0;
+requires 'LWP::UserAgent'             => 0;
+requires 'lib::abs'                   => '0.93';
+requires 'List::Pairwise'             => 0;
+requires 'Locale::Maketext::Lexicon'  => 0;
+requires 'Net::OpenID::Server'        => 0;
+requires 'Pod::POM'                   => 0;
+requires 'Plack'                      => 0;
+requires 'Plack::App::Cascade'        => 0;
+requires 'Plack::Builder'             => 0;
+requires 'Plack::Middleware::Session::Cookie' => 0;
+requires 'Plack::Request'                     => 0;
+requires 'Plack::Util::Accessor'              => 0;
+requires 'Plack::Test'                        => 0;
+requires 'Template'                           => 2.16;    # Template::Constants
+requires 'Template::Multilingual::Parser'     => 0;
+requires 'Term::ReadKey'                      => 0;
+requires 'Test::Deep::NoTest'                 => 0;
+requires 'Test::MockObject'                   => 0;
+requires 'Text::Diff'                         => 0;
+requires 'Text::WikiFormat'                   => 0;
+requires 'Text::xSV'                          => 0;
+requires 'Try::Tiny'                          => 0;
+requires 'URI::Escape'                        => 0;
+requires 'URI'                                => 1.31;
+requires 'Wiki::Toolkit' =>  0;    # Wiki::Toolkit::Formatter::Default Wiki::Toolkit::Store::Pg
+requires 'XML::Atom' => '0.20';    # XML::Atom::Entry XML::Atom::Feed XML::Atom::Link
+requires 'parent'  => 0;
+requires 'version' => 0;
diff --git a/lib/Act/Dispatcher.pm b/lib/Act/Dispatcher.pm
index d18fc168d..5d44d89d6 100644
--- a/lib/Act/Dispatcher.pm
+++ b/lib/Act/Dispatcher.pm
@@ -78,7 +78,11 @@ sub to_app {
             sub {
                 my $env = shift;
                 my $req = Plack::Request->new($env);
-                $env->{'act.base_url'} = $req->base->as_string;
+
+                # Make sure there is no trailing slash in base_url
+                my $base_url = $req->base->as_string;
+                $base_url =~ s{/$}{};
+                $env->{'act.base_url'} = $base_url;
                 $env->{'act.dbh'} = Act::Util::db_connect();
                 $app->($env);
             };
@@ -101,7 +105,10 @@ sub to_app {
 }
 
 sub conference_app {
-    my $static_app = Act::Handler::Static->new;
+    my $static_app = builder {
+        enable '+Act::Middleware::Auth';
+        Act::Handler::Static->new->to_app;
+    };
     builder {
         enable '+Act::Middleware::Language';
         enable sub {
@@ -158,7 +165,7 @@ sub _handler_app {
         my $subhandler = $1;
     }
     _load($handler);
-    return $handler->new(subhandler => $subhandler);
+    return $handler->new(subhandler => $subhandler)->to_app;
 }
 
 sub _load {
diff --git a/lib/Act/Handler/Login.pm b/lib/Act/Handler/Login.pm
index 30ecf9221..8640bc814 100644
--- a/lib/Act/Handler/Login.pm
+++ b/lib/Act/Handler/Login.pm
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ sub handler
         error       => $env->{'act.login.error'},
         destination => $uri,
         action      => join('/', '', $Request{conference}, 'LOGIN'),
-        domain      => join('.', (split /\./, $r->env->{SERVER_NAME})[-2, -1]),
+        domain      => join('.', (split /\./, $r->env->{HTTP_HOST})[-2, -1]),
     );
     $template->process('login');
     $Request{status} = 200;
diff --git a/lib/Act/Handler/User/Register.pm b/lib/Act/Handler/User/Register.pm
index 12b040340..23f5a13f2 100644
--- a/lib/Act/Handler/User/Register.pm
+++ b/lib/Act/Handler/User/Register.pm
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ sub handler
                 "INSERT INTO participations (user_id, conf_id, datetime, ip) VALUES (?,?, NOW(), ?);"
             );
             $sth->execute( $Request{user}->user_id, $Request{conference},
-                           $Request{r}->connection->remote_ip );
+                           $Request{r}->address );
             $sth->finish();
             $Request{dbh}->commit;
             return Act::Util::redirect(make_uri('main'))
diff --git a/lib/Act/Middleware/Auth.pm b/lib/Act/Middleware/Auth.pm
index ecb1583ac..780d5e22f 100644
--- a/lib/Act/Middleware/Auth.pm
+++ b/lib/Act/Middleware/Auth.pm
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use warnings;
 
 use parent qw(Plack::Middleware);
 use Plack::Request;
+use Plack::Response;
 use Act::Config ();
 use Try::Tiny;
 use Plack::Util::Accessor qw(private);
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ sub check_login {
             $user->check_password($sent_pw);
         }
         catch {
-            die ['Bad password'];
+            die ["Bad password. (Error: $_)"];
         };
 
         # user is authenticated - create a session
@@ -110,14 +111,14 @@ sub check_login {
     catch {
         my $env = $req->env;
 
-        my $error = $_->[0];
+        my $error = ref $_ eq 'ARRAY' ? $_->[0] : $_;
         my $full_error = join ' ', map { "[$_]" }
-            $env->{SERVER_NAME},
+            $env->{HTTP_HOST},
             $req->address,
             $login,
             $error;
 
-        $req->logger->({ level => 'error', $full_error });
+        $req->logger->({ level => 'error', message => $full_error });
 
         $env->{'act.login.destination'} = $dest;
         $env->{'act.login.error'} = 1;
diff --git a/lib/Act/Middleware/Language.pm b/lib/Act/Middleware/Language.pm
index f761c03f1..daa909ec0 100644
--- a/lib/Act/Middleware/Language.pm
+++ b/lib/Act/Middleware/Language.pm
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ sub call {
         $language = $s->{language} = $force_language;
         my $uri = $req->uri;
         my @query = $uri->query_form;
-        for (my $i; $i < @query; $i+=2 ) {
+        for (my $i = 0; $i < @query; $i += 2 ) {
             if ($query[$i] eq 'language') {
                 splice @query, $i, 2;
             }
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ sub call {
         $uri->query_form(\@query);
         my $resp = Plack::Response->new;
         $resp->redirect($uri->as_string);
+        $env->{'psgix.session'}->{'act'}->{language} = $language;
         return $resp->finalize;
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/Act/Request.pm b/lib/Act/Request.pm
index 1818061e8..6942782d6 100644
--- a/lib/Act/Request.pm
+++ b/lib/Act/Request.pm
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ sub upload {
     # XXX returned value must support fh method (return psgi.input? but that only supports readline...)
 }
 
+sub header_in {
+    shift->header(@_);
+}
+
 1;
 
 __END__
diff --git a/lib/Act/User.pm b/lib/Act/User.pm
index de1712e69..44a52a61d 100644
--- a/lib/Act/User.pm
+++ b/lib/Act/User.pm
@@ -342,8 +342,9 @@ sub possible_duplicates {
     for my $attr (qw( login email nick_name full_name last_name )) {
         push @twins, grep { !$seen{ $_->user_id }++ }
             map {@$_}
-            Act::User->get_items( $attr => map { s/([.*(){}^$?])/\\$1/g; $_ }
-                $self->$attr() )
+            Act::User->get_items(
+                $attr => map { s/([.*(){}^\$?])/\\$1/g; $_ } $self->$attr()
+            )
             if $self->$attr();
     }
     $_->most_recent_participation() for @twins;
@@ -381,7 +382,7 @@ sub set_password {
     my $self = shift;
     my $password = shift;
     my $crypted = $self->_crypt_password($password);
-    $Request{user}->update( passwd => $crypted );
+    $self->update( passwd => $crypted );
     return 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/Act/Util.pm b/lib/Act/Util.pm
index 9b7f030b4..442bf7adf 100644
--- a/lib/Act/Util.pm
+++ b/lib/Act/Util.pm
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ sub date_format
     my $dt = ref $s ? $s : DateTime::Format::Pg->parse_timestamp($s);
     my $lang = $Request{language} || $Config->general_default_language;
     my $variant = $Config->language_variants->{$lang} || $lang;
-    $dt->set(locale => $variant);
+    $dt->set_locale($variant);
 
     if ($variant =~ /^((\w+)_.*)$/) {    # $1 = en_US, $2 = en
         $variant = $2 unless exists $Act::Config::Languages{$variant};
diff --git a/lib/Act/Wiki.pm b/lib/Act/Wiki.pm
index 791bd2032..1d5e4a956 100644
--- a/lib/Act/Wiki.pm
+++ b/lib/Act/Wiki.pm
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ use Act::Wiki::Store;
 sub new
 {
     return Wiki::Toolkit->new(
-        store     => Act::Wiki::Store->new(charset => 'UTF-8',
-                                           map { $_ => $Config->get("wiki_$_") }
-                                           qw(dbname dbuser dbpass)),
+        store     => Act::Wiki::Store->new(
+            charset => 'UTF-8',
+            map { $_ => $Config->get("wiki_$_") }
+                qw(dbhost dbname dbuser dbpass)
+        ),
         formatter => Act::Wiki::Formatter->new(),
     );
 }
diff --git a/lib/Act/Wiki/Store.pm b/lib/Act/Wiki/Store.pm
index 113e56d4b..0ebdff87d 100644
--- a/lib/Act/Wiki/Store.pm
+++ b/lib/Act/Wiki/Store.pm
@@ -15,4 +15,14 @@ sub check_and_write_node
     $self->write_node_post_locking( %args );
     return 1;
 }
+
+sub _get_dbh_connect_attr {
+    my ($self) = @_;
+
+    return {
+        %{ $self->SUPER::_get_dbh_connect_attr() },
+        pg_enable_utf8 => 0,
+    };
+}
+
 1;
diff --git a/po/en.po b/po/en.po
index 976860c66..ca5b7537d 100644
--- a/po/en.po
+++ b/po/en.po
@@ -62,9 +62,15 @@ msgstr "Perl mongers group"
 msgid "Company"
 msgstr "Company"
 
+msgid "Position"
+msgstr "Position"
+
 msgid "Email"
 msgstr "Email"
 
+msgid "Phone"
+msgstr "Phone"
+
 msgid "Web page"
 msgstr "Web page"
 
diff --git a/po/ru.po b/po/ru.po
index a5a8d47dc..e0feb88e6 100644
--- a/po/ru.po
+++ b/po/ru.po
@@ -58,9 +58,15 @@ msgstr "PM-группа"
 msgid "Company"
 msgstr "Компания"
 
+msgid "Position"
+msgstr "Должность"
+
 msgid "Email"
 msgstr "Электронная почта"
 
+msgid "Phone"
+msgstr "Телефон"
+
 msgid "Web page"
 msgstr "Сайт"
 
diff --git a/templates/talk/notify_body b/templates/talk/notify_body
index 0fa03c719..9cf4ce2d1 100644
--- a/templates/talk/notify_body
+++ b/templates/talk/notify_body
@@ -57,5 +57,5 @@
 [% talk.abstract %]
 
 
-{{Comments:}}
+{{Comments}}:
 [% talk.comment %]