diff --git a/Berksfile b/Berksfile
index 2256783..fa7535c 100644
--- a/Berksfile
+++ b/Berksfile
@@ -15,11 +15,9 @@ cookbook 'composer',               '~> 2.6.1'
 cookbook 'poise-ruby-build',       '~> 1.1.0'
 cookbook 'application',            '~> 5.2.0'
 cookbook 'application_javascript', '~> 1.0.0'
-cookbook 'application_ruby',       '~> 4.1.0'
 cookbook 'application_git',        '= 1.1.0' # 1.2.0 doesn't work with knife-solo
 cookbook 'poise',                  '~> 2.8.2'
 cookbook 'poise-languages',        '~> 2.1.1'
-cookbook 'poise-ruby',             '~> 2.4.0'
 cookbook 'poise-javascript',       git: 'https://github.com/67p/poise-javascript.git',
                                    ref: 'd85078f'
 cookbook 'poise-archive',          '~> 1.5.0'
@@ -53,3 +51,4 @@ cookbook 'ipfs',
          git: 'https://github.com/67P/ipfs-cookbook.git',
          ref: 'v0.4.1'
 cookbook 'elasticsearch',          '= 4.2.0'
+cookbook 'java',                   '~> 4.3.0'
diff --git a/Berksfile.lock b/Berksfile.lock
index fab450f..baf13d7 100644
--- a/Berksfile.lock
+++ b/Berksfile.lock
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   application (~> 5.2.0)
   application_git (= 1.1.0)
   application_javascript (~> 1.0.0)
-  application_ruby (~> 4.1.0)
   apt (~> 7.0.0)
   ark (= 3.1.0)
   build-essential (~> 8.2.1)
@@ -21,6 +20,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
     git: https://github.com/67P/ipfs-cookbook.git
     revision: 5c31191ff8571bc8425375fbf938913ac64aa2ee
     ref: v0.4.1
+  java (~> 4.3.0)
   logrotate (= 2.2.0)
   mariadb (= 0.3.1)
   mediawiki
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
     revision: d85078fe59bd4f16d05a9ffe6e0fc449015e4440
     ref: d85078f
   poise-languages (~> 2.1.1)
-  poise-ruby (~> 2.4.0)
   poise-ruby-build (~> 1.1.0)
   poise-service (~> 1.5.2)
   postfix (= 5.0.2)
@@ -68,11 +67,6 @@ GRAPH
     poise (~> 2.0)
     poise-javascript (~> 1.0)
     poise-service (~> 1.0)
-  application_ruby (4.1.0)
-    application (~> 5.0)
-    poise (~> 2.0)
-    poise-ruby (~> 2.1)
-    poise-service (~> 1.0)
   apt (7.0.0)
   ark (3.1.0)
     build-essential (>= 0.0.0)
@@ -107,6 +101,9 @@ GRAPH
   hostsfile (2.4.5)
   ipfs (0.4.1)
     ark (>= 0.0.0)
+  java (4.3.0)
+    homebrew (>= 0.0.0)
+    windows (>= 0.0.0)
   logrotate (2.2.0)
   mariadb (0.3.1)
     apt (>= 0.0.0)
diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-ipfs/metadata.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-ipfs/metadata.rb
index d84c988..cda9ca4 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-ipfs/metadata.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-ipfs/metadata.rb
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ maintainer_email 'mail@kosmos.org'
 license          'MIT'
 description      'Installs/Configures kosmos-ipfs'
 long_description IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.md'))
-version          '0.2.0'
+version          '0.3.0'
 
 depends 'ipfs'
 depends 'kosmos-base'
 depends 'kosmos-nginx'
 depends 'firewall'
+depends 'application_javascript'
diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mastodon/attributes/default.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mastodon/attributes/default.rb
index 9d99cea..eb91556 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mastodon/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mastodon/attributes/default.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ node.default["kosmos-mastodon"]["streaming_port"]  = 4000
 node.default["kosmos-mastodon"]["server_name"]     = "kosmos.social"
 node.default["kosmos-mastodon"]["redis_url"]       = "redis://localhost:6379/1"
 node.default["kosmos-mastodon"]["sidekiq_threads"] = 25
+# Allocate this amount of RAM to the Java heap for Elasticsearch
+node.default["kosmos-mastodon"]["elasticsearch"]["allocated_memory"] = "1536m"
 
 node.override["tor"]["HiddenServices"]["mastodon"] = {
   "HiddenServicePorts" => ["80 127.0.0.1:80"]
diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mastodon/metadata.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mastodon/metadata.rb
index 68ca72c..0db3753 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mastodon/metadata.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mastodon/metadata.rb
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ depends "kosmos-nginx"
 depends "kosmos-nodejs"
 depends "kosmos-redis"
 depends "poise-ruby-build"
-depends "application_ruby"
-depends "application_javascript"
+depends "application"
+depends "application_git"
 depends "postgresql"
 depends "kosmos-postgresql"
 depends "backup"
 depends "elasticsearch"
 depends "tor-full"
+depends "java"
diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mastodon/recipes/default.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mastodon/recipes/default.rb
index 0e4dba9..0555a8f 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mastodon/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mastodon/recipes/default.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 include_recipe "kosmos-nodejs"
 include_recipe "kosmos-redis"
 include_recipe "kosmos-postgresql"
+include_recipe "java"
 
 elasticsearch_user 'elasticsearch'
 
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ elasticsearch_install 'elasticsearch' do
 end
 
 elasticsearch_configure 'elasticsearch' do
-  allocated_memory '1536m'
+  allocated_memory node["kosmos-mastodon"]["elasticsearch"]["allocated_memory"]
 end
 
 elasticsearch_service 'elasticsearch'
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ package %w(imagemagick ffmpeg libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev file git curl pkg-config
            libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler libidn11 libidn11-dev libjemalloc1)
 
 npm_package "yarn" do
-  version "1.6.0"
+  version "1.17.3"
 end
 
 ruby_version = "2.6.1"
@@ -127,7 +128,11 @@ application mastodon_path do
   owner "mastodon"
   group "mastodon"
 
-  environment "HOME" => mastodon_path
+  # Take care of application restarts manually, in the git resource
+  action_on_update false
+
+  environment "HOME" => mastodon_path,
+              "PATH" => "/opt/ruby_build/builds/#{ruby_version}/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin"
 
   ruby_runtime ruby_version do
     provider :ruby_build
@@ -139,6 +144,8 @@ application mastodon_path do
     group mastodon_user
     repository "https://gitea.kosmos.org/kosmos/mastodon.git"
     revision   "production"
+    # Restart services on deployments
+    notifies :restart, "application[#{mastodon_path}]", :delayed
   end
 
   mastodon_credentials = data_bag_item('credentials', 'mastodon')
@@ -173,18 +180,12 @@ application mastodon_path do
   end
 
   execute "yarn install" do
-    environment "HOME" => mastodon_path
+    environment "HOME" => mastodon_path, "NODE_ENV" => "production"
     user mastodon_user
     cwd mastodon_path
     command "yarn install --pure-lockfile"
   end
 
-  rails do
-    migrate false
-    rails_env "production"
-    precompile_assets false # buggy, done manually below
-  end
-
   execute 'rake db:migrate' do
     environment "RAILS_ENV" => "production", "HOME" => mastodon_path
     user mastodon_user
@@ -193,9 +194,6 @@ application mastodon_path do
     command "PATH=\"/opt/ruby_build/builds/#{ruby_version}/bin:$PATH\" bundle exec rake db:migrate"
   end
 
-  # This is the only way I could find that makes compiling the assets
-  # successfully for now. application_ruby's precompile_assets crashes because
-  # it cannot find the bundled gems
   execute 'rake assets:precompile' do
     environment "RAILS_ENV" => "production", "HOME" => mastodon_path
     user mastodon_user