diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eb554d11..22202562 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 master
 ===
 
+# 4.0.0.beta.2
+
+* Fixed regression causing exceptions to be silently thrown away outside of `--verbose` mode in the dev server.
+* Pull in `--ssl` option from stable.
+* Replace `hooks` gem with custom callback solution.
+
+# 4.0.0.beta.1
+
 * Add `resources` class method to extensions to allow simple string-based resource generation.
 * rename `app.add_to_instance` to `Extension.expose_to_application` for adding extension-local methods to the shared app instance.
 * rename `app.add_to_config_context` to `Extension.expose_to_config` for adding extension-local methods to the sandboxed scope of `config.rb`
diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/application.rb b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/application.rb
index b275d69c..9d8a239d 100644
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/application.rb
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/application.rb
@@ -294,10 +294,10 @@ module Middleman
       end
 
       env_config = File.join(root, 'environments', "#{config[:environment]}.rb")
-      if File.exist? env_config
-        logger.debug "== Reading: #{config[:environment]} config"
-        config_context.instance_eval File.read(env_config), env_config, 1
-      end
+      return unless File.exist? env_config
+
+      logger.debug "== Reading: #{config[:environment]} config"
+      config_context.instance_eval File.read(env_config), env_config, 1
     end
 
     # Clean up missing Tilt exts
diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/show_exceptions.rb b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/show_exceptions.rb
index 4bcde9e4..6f01448a 100644
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/show_exceptions.rb
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/show_exceptions.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 require 'rack/showexceptions'
 
-
 # Support rack/showexceptions during development
 module Middleman::CoreExtensions
   class ShowExceptions < ::Middleman::Extension
diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/version.rb b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/version.rb
index 960a86d7..269aebb3 100644
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/version.rb
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Middleman
   # Current Version
   # @return [String]
-  VERSION = '4.0.0.beta.1' unless const_defined?(:VERSION)
+  VERSION = '4.0.0.beta.2' unless const_defined?(:VERSION)
 end