diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 031862be..afbeae44 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ APP_ENV=local
 APP_DEBUG=true
 APP_KEY=SomeRandomString
 
-DB_HOST=localhost
+DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
 DB_DATABASE=homestead
 DB_USERNAME=homestead
 DB_PASSWORD=secret
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ CACHE_DRIVER=file
 SESSION_DRIVER=file
 QUEUE_DRIVER=sync
 
-REDIS_HOST=localhost
+REDIS_HOST=127.0.0.1
 REDIS_PASSWORD=null
 REDIS_PORT=6379
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/Authenticate.php b/app/Http/Middleware/Authenticate.php
index d670fbfe..67abcaea 100644
--- a/app/Http/Middleware/Authenticate.php
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/Authenticate.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class Authenticate
     public function handle($request, Closure $next, $guard = null)
     {
         if (Auth::guard($guard)->guest()) {
-            if ($request->ajax()) {
+            if ($request->ajax() || $request->wantsJson()) {
                 return response('Unauthorized.', 401);
             } else {
                 return redirect()->guest('login');
diff --git a/config/cache.php b/config/cache.php
index 379135b0..b00a9989 100644
--- a/config/cache.php
+++ b/config/cache.php
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@
             'driver'  => 'memcached',
             'servers' => [
                 [
-                    'host' => '127.0.0.1', 'port' => 11211, 'weight' => 100,
+                    'host' => env('MEMCACHED_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
+                    'port' => env('MEMCACHED_PORT', 11211),
+                    'weight' => 100,
                 ],
             ],
         ],
diff --git a/config/database.php b/config/database.php
index 66e88a90..edd64256 100644
--- a/config/database.php
+++ b/config/database.php
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
             'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
             'prefix'    => '',
             'strict'    => false,
+            'engine'    => null,
         ],
 
         'pgsql' => [
diff --git a/public/.htaccess b/public/.htaccess
index 8eb2dd0d..903f6392 100644
--- a/public/.htaccess
+++ b/public/.htaccess
@@ -13,4 +13,8 @@
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
     RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
+
+    # Handle Authorization Header
+    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
+    RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
 </IfModule>
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index f67a6cf7..8f1a9496 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## Laravel PHP Framework
+# Laravel PHP Framework
 
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/laravel/framework.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/laravel/framework)
 [![Total Downloads](https://poser.pugx.org/laravel/framework/d/total.svg)](https://packagist.org/packages/laravel/framework)
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ ## Security Vulnerabilities
 
 If you discover a security vulnerability within Laravel, please send an e-mail to Taylor Otwell at taylor@laravel.com. All security vulnerabilities will be promptly addressed.
 
-### License
+## License
 
 The Laravel framework is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)