diff --git a/app/controllers/wiki_controller.rb b/app/controllers/wiki_controller.rb
index e21f841b..2e41b6ce 100644
--- a/app/controllers/wiki_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/wiki_controller.rb
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class WikiController < ApplicationController
   end
   
   def export_html
-    stylesheet = File.read(File.join(RAILS_ROOT, 'public', 'stylesheets', 'instiki.css'))
+    stylesheet = Rails.root.join('public', 'stylesheets', 'instiki.css').read
     export_pages_as_zip(html_ext) do |page| 
 
       renderer = PageRenderer.new(page.revisions.last)
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ class WikiController < ApplicationController
     
     file_prefix = "#{@web.address}-#{file_type}-"
     timestamp = @web.revised_at.strftime('%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S')
-    file_path = File.join(@wiki.storage_path, file_prefix + timestamp + '.zip')
+    file_path = @wiki.storage_path.join(file_prefix + timestamp + '.zip')
     tmp_path = "#{file_path}.tmp"
 
     Zip::ZipOutputStream.open(tmp_path) do |zip_out|
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ class WikiController < ApplicationController
             "<META HTTP-EQUIV=\"Refresh\" CONTENT=\"0;URL=HomePage.#{file_type}\"></head></html>"
       end
     end
-    FileUtils.rm_rf(Dir[File.join(@wiki.storage_path, file_prefix + '*.zip')])
+    FileUtils.rm_rf(Dir[@wiki.storage_path.join(file_prefix + '*.zip')])
     FileUtils.mv(tmp_path, file_path)
     send_file file_path
   end
@@ -516,9 +516,9 @@ class WikiController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def load_spam_patterns
-    spam_patterns_file = "#{RAILS_ROOT}/config/spam_patterns.txt"
+    spam_patterns_file = Rails.root.join('config', 'spam_patterns.txt')
     if File.exists?(spam_patterns_file)
-      File.readlines(spam_patterns_file).inject([]) { |patterns, line| patterns << Regexp.new(line.chomp, Regexp::IGNORECASE) } 
+      spam_patterns_file.readlines.inject([]) { |patterns, line| patterns << Regexp.new(line.chomp, Regexp::IGNORECASE) } 
     else
       []
     end
diff --git a/app/models/wiki.rb b/app/models/wiki.rb
index cf5cfd18..8969a3be 100644
--- a/app/models/wiki.rb
+++ b/app/models/wiki.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 class Wiki 
 
   cattr_accessor :storage_path, :logger
-  self.storage_path = "#{RAILS_ROOT}/storage/"
+  self.storage_path = Rails.root.join('storage')
 
   def authenticate(password)
     password == (system.password || 'instiki')
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/default.rhtml b/app/views/layouts/default.rhtml
index 14cf63e6..505246af 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/default.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/default.rhtml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     h1#pageName, div.info, .newWikiWord a, a.existingWikiWord, .newWikiWord a:hover, [actiontype="toggle"]:hover, #TextileHelp h3 { 
       color: #<%= @web ? @web.color : "393" %>; 
     }
-    <%= File.read(RAILS_ROOT + '/public/stylesheets/instiki.css') if @inline_style %>
+    <%= Rails.root.join('public', 'stylesheets', 'instiki.css').read if @inline_style %>
   </style>
   <%= stylesheet_link_tag 'instiki', :media => 'all'  unless @inline_style %>
   <%= "<style type='text/css'>#{@style_additions}</style>" if @style_additions %>
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/error.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/error.html.erb
index e7033678..cbdd1596 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/error.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/error.html.erb
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
     h1#pageName, .newWikiWord a, a.existingWikiWord, .newWikiWord a:hover, #TextileHelp h3 { 
       color: #<%= @web ? @web.color : "393" %>; 
     }
-    <%= File.read(RAILS_ROOT + '/public/stylesheets/instiki.css') if @inline_style %>
+    <%= Rails.root.join('public', 'stylesheets', 'instiki.css').read if @inline_style %>
   </style>
 
-  <%= stylesheet_link_tag 'instiki' unless @inline_style %>
+  <%= stylesheet_link_tag 'instiki', :media => 'all' unless @inline_style %>
 
   <style type="text/css"><!--/*--><![CDATA[/*><!--*/
     <%= @style_additions %>
diff --git a/config/environment.rb b/config/environment.rb
index fa8aa4c4..1fdd5cd8 100644
--- a/config/environment.rb
+++ b/config/environment.rb
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ Rails::Initializer.run do |config|
   #   in a file, for reuse between server restarts. If you want to
   #   change the key, just delete the file, and it will be regenerated
   #   on the next restart. Doing so will invalitate all existing sessions.
-  secret_file = File.join(RAILS_ROOT, "secret")  
+  secret_file = Rails.root.join("secret")  
   if File.exist?(secret_file)  
-    secret = File.read(secret_file)  
+    secret = secret_file.read  
   else  
     secret =  ActiveSupport::SecureRandom.hex(64)
     File.open(secret_file, 'w', 0600) { |f| f.write(secret) }  
diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index 460f8192..517b3385 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ config.cache_classes = true
 ####
 # This rotates the log file, keeping 25 files, of 1MB each.
 
-config.action_controller.logger = Logger.new("#{RAILS_ROOT}/log/#{RAILS_ENV}.log", 25, 1024000)
+config.action_controller.logger = Logger.new(Rails.root.join('log', "#{RAILS_ENV}.log"), 25, 1024000)
 
 # Unfortunately, the above does not work well under Mongrel, as the default Ruby logger class
 # does no locking and you will have several processes running, each wanting to write to (and