diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
index 9a9710a90..6f313c6ab 100644
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ trim_trailing_whitespace = true
 trim_trailing_whitespace = false
 
 [*.yml]
-indent_size = 2
\ No newline at end of file
+indent_size = 2
diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 124829f02..59cceb637 100755
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+2019-01-09 DariusIII
+	* Chg: Update base laravel classess and middleware
 2019-01-08 DariusIII
 	* Chg: Update laravel/framework to version 5.7.20
 	* Fix: Fix switched categories for TV and PC for users excluded categories views
diff --git a/app/Exceptions/Handler.php b/app/Exceptions/Handler.php
index c1207278a..b248b742e 100644
--- a/app/Exceptions/Handler.php
+++ b/app/Exceptions/Handler.php
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@ class Handler extends ExceptionHandler
     /**
      * Report or log an exception.
      *
-     * This is a great spot to send exceptions to Sentry, Bugsnag, etc.
      *
-     * @param  \Exception  $exception
+     * @param  \Exception $exception
+     *
      * @return void
+     * @throws \Exception
      */
     public function report(Exception $exception)
     {
diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/Authenticate.php b/app/Http/Middleware/Authenticate.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4be5c587
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/Authenticate.php
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Middleware;
+
+use Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\Authenticate as Middleware;
+
+class Authenticate extends Middleware
+{
+    /**
+     * Get the path the user should be redirected to when they are not authenticated.
+     *
+     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function redirectTo($request)
+    {
+        if (! $request->expectsJson()) {
+            return route('login');
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/CheckForMaintenanceMode.php b/app/Http/Middleware/CheckForMaintenanceMode.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..35b9824ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/CheckForMaintenanceMode.php
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Middleware;
+
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\CheckForMaintenanceMode as Middleware;
+
+class CheckForMaintenanceMode extends Middleware
+{
+    /**
+     * The URIs that should be reachable while maintenance mode is enabled.
+     *
+     * @var array
+     */
+    protected $except = [
+        //
+    ];
+}
diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/TrustProxies.php b/app/Http/Middleware/TrustProxies.php
index 6a0a1a44d..7daf51f16 100644
--- a/app/Http/Middleware/TrustProxies.php
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/TrustProxies.php
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ class TrustProxies extends Middleware
     protected $proxies;
 
     /**
-     * The current proxy header mappings.
+     * The headers that should be used to detect proxies.
      *
-     * @var array
+     * @var int
      */
     protected $headers = Request::HEADER_X_FORWARDED_ALL;
 }
diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/VerifyCsrfToken.php b/app/Http/Middleware/VerifyCsrfToken.php
index 0c13b8548..324a166bc 100644
--- a/app/Http/Middleware/VerifyCsrfToken.php
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/VerifyCsrfToken.php
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\VerifyCsrfToken as Middleware;
 
 class VerifyCsrfToken extends Middleware
 {
+    /**
+     * Indicates whether the XSRF-TOKEN cookie should be set on the response.
+     *
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    protected $addHttpCookie = true;
+
     /**
      * The URIs that should be excluded from CSRF verification.
      *
diff --git a/bootstrap/app.php b/bootstrap/app.php
index c65a86001..037e17df0 100644
--- a/bootstrap/app.php
+++ b/bootstrap/app.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 */
 
 $app = new Illuminate\Foundation\Application(
-    dirname(__DIR__)
+    $_ENV['APP_BASE_PATH'] ?? dirname(__DIR__)
 );
 
 /*