diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 55c15596a..7dd557a52 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -4,14 +4,15 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
     // middleware for grunt.connect
     var middleware = function (connect, options, middlewares) {
         // inject a custom middleware into the array of default middlewares for proxy page
+        var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
         var proxypage = require('proxypage');
         var proxyRe = /\/proxy\/proxy.ashx/i;
 
         var enableCORS = function (req, res, next) {
-            res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', req.headers.origin);
+            res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', req.headers.origin || '*');
             res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Credentials', true);
             res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'GET,HEAD,PUT,PATCH,POST,DELETE');
-            res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', req.headers['access-control-request-headers']);
+            res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', req.headers['access-control-request-headers'] || 'Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept');
             return next();
         };
 
@@ -24,8 +25,8 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
 
         middlewares.unshift(proxyMiddleware);
         middlewares.unshift(enableCORS);
-        middlewares.unshift(connect.json()); //body parser, see https://github.com/senchalabs/connect/wiki/Connect-3.0
-        middlewares.unshift(connect.urlencoded()); //body parser
+        middlewares.unshift(bodyParser.json()); //body parser, see https://github.com/senchalabs/connect/wiki/Connect-3.0
+        middlewares.unshift(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: true})); //body parser
         return middlewares;
     };
 
@@ -124,6 +125,8 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
                     port: 3000,
                     base: 'viewer',
                     hostname: '*',
+                    protocol: 'https',
+                    keepalive: true,
                     middleware: middleware
                 }
             },
@@ -132,16 +135,18 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
                     port: 3001,
                     base: 'dist/viewer',
                     hostname: '*',
+                    protocol: 'https',
+                    keepalive: true,
                     middleware: middleware
                 }
             }
         },
         open: {
             'dev_browser': {
-                path: 'http://localhost:3000/index.html'
+                path: 'https://localhost:3000/index.html'
             },
             'build_browser': {
-                path: 'http://localhost:3001/index.html'
+                path: 'https://localhost:3001/index.html'
             }
         },
         compress: {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 59520732c..905f125b3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,26 +3,27 @@
     "version": "2.0.0-beta.1",
     "author": "cmv.io - https://github.com/cmv/",
     "license": "MIT",
-    "year": "2016",
-    "homepage": "http://cmv.io/",
+    "year": "2017",
+    "homepage": "https://cmv.io/",
     "repository": "https://github.com/cmv/cmv-app/",
     "dependencies": {
-        "babel-eslint": "6.1.x",
+        "babel-eslint": "~7.1.1",
         "csslint": "1.0.x",
         "eslint": "3.5.x",
         "grunt": "1.0.x",
         "grunt-contrib-clean": "1.0.x",
-        "grunt-contrib-compress": "1.3.x",
+        "grunt-contrib-compress": "~1.4.1",
         "grunt-contrib-connect": "1.0.x",
         "grunt-contrib-copy": "1.0.x",
-        "grunt-contrib-csslint": "1.0.x",
+        "grunt-contrib-csslint": "~2.0.x",
         "grunt-contrib-cssmin": "1.0.x",
-        "grunt-contrib-uglify": "2.0.x",
+        "grunt-contrib-uglify": "2.1.x",
         "grunt-contrib-watch": "1.0.x",
         "grunt-eslint": "19.0.x",
         "grunt-newer": "1.2.x",
         "grunt-open": "0.2.x",
         "grunt-postcss": "0.8.x",
+        "body-parser": "1.16.x",
         "proxypage": "*"
     },
     "engine": "node >= 4",