diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 4fd3d3e45a..d925b9d03f 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ var overrides      = require('./core/server/overrides'),
             },
 
             // ### grunt-express-server
-            // Start a Ghost expess server for use in development and testing
+            // Start a Ghost express server for use in development and testing
             express: {
                 options: {
                     script: 'index.js',
diff --git a/core/server/admin/app.js b/core/server/admin/app.js
index 35075162b4..1da56c707c 100644
--- a/core/server/admin/app.js
+++ b/core/server/admin/app.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-var debug = require('debug')('ghost:admin'),
+var debug = require('ghost-ignition').debug('admin'),
     config = require('../config'),
     express = require('express'),
     // Admin only middleware
diff --git a/core/server/admin/controller.js b/core/server/admin/controller.js
index 2b42a12018..23c3dba7b2 100644
--- a/core/server/admin/controller.js
+++ b/core/server/admin/controller.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-var debug = require('debug')('ghost:admin:controller'),
+var debug = require('ghost-ignition').debug('admin:controller'),
     _ = require('lodash'),
     path = require('path'),
     config = require('../config'),
diff --git a/core/server/admin/serviceworker.js b/core/server/admin/serviceworker.js
index 66f1498d0d..65fc56ce26 100644
--- a/core/server/admin/serviceworker.js
+++ b/core/server/admin/serviceworker.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-var debug = require('debug')('ghost:admin:serviceworker'),
+var debug = require('ghost-ignition').debug('admin:serviceworker'),
     path  = require('path');
 
 // Route: index
diff --git a/core/server/api/app.js b/core/server/api/app.js
index 1108323c6b..1d51469558 100644
--- a/core/server/api/app.js
+++ b/core/server/api/app.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // # API routes
-var debug = require('debug')('ghost:api'),
+var debug = require('ghost-ignition').debug('api'),
     express = require('express'),
     tmpdir = require('os').tmpdir,
 
diff --git a/core/server/api/themes.js b/core/server/api/themes.js
index 61b4abc0ca..3b8b60f754 100644
--- a/core/server/api/themes.js
+++ b/core/server/api/themes.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // # Themes API
 // RESTful API for Themes
-var debug = require('debug')('ghost:api:themes'),
+var debug = require('ghost-ignition').debug('api:themes'),
     Promise = require('bluebird'),
     fs = require('fs-extra'),
     errors = require('../errors'),
diff --git a/core/server/app.js b/core/server/app.js
index 8e29f7ecce..227e388165 100644
--- a/core/server/app.js
+++ b/core/server/app.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-var debug = require('debug')('ghost:app'),
+var debug = require('ghost-ignition').debug('app'),
     express = require('express'),
 
     // app requires
diff --git a/core/server/auth/passport.js b/core/server/auth/passport.js
index d18336e871..bf716672f9 100644
--- a/core/server/auth/passport.js
+++ b/core/server/auth/passport.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ var ClientPasswordStrategy = require('passport-oauth2-client-password').Strategy
     GhostOAuth2Strategy = require('passport-ghost').Strategy,
     passport = require('passport'),
     _ = require('lodash'),
-    debug = require('debug')('ghost:auth'),
+    debug = require('ghost-ignition').debug('auth'),
     Promise = require('bluebird'),
     authStrategies = require('./auth-strategies'),
     errors = require('../errors'),
diff --git a/core/server/blog/app.js b/core/server/blog/app.js
index 83ee0de7de..9aac43079c 100644
--- a/core/server/blog/app.js
+++ b/core/server/blog/app.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-var debug = require('debug')('ghost:blog'),
+var debug = require('ghost-ignition').debug('blog'),
     path = require('path'),
 
     // App requires
diff --git a/core/server/config/index.js b/core/server/config/index.js
index 709241deb7..96d5992078 100644
--- a/core/server/config/index.js
+++ b/core/server/config/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 var Nconf = require('nconf'),
     path = require('path'),
-    _debug = require('debug'),
+    _debug = require('ghost-ignition').debug._base,
     debug = _debug('ghost:config'),
     localUtils = require('./utils'),
     env = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development',
diff --git a/core/server/controllers/frontend/index.js b/core/server/controllers/frontend/index.js
index 73b68896e9..78c6d58522 100644
--- a/core/server/controllers/frontend/index.js
+++ b/core/server/controllers/frontend/index.js
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
 
 /*global require, module */
 
-var debug = require('debug')('ghost:channels:single'),
-    api         = require('../../api'),
-    utils       = require('../../utils'),
-    filters     = require('../../filters'),
-    templates   = require('./templates'),
+var debug = require('ghost-ignition').debug('channels:single'),
+    api = require('../../api'),
+    utils = require('../../utils'),
+    filters = require('../../filters'),
+    templates = require('./templates'),
     handleError = require('./error'),
     formatResponse = require('./format-response'),
-    postLookup     = require('./post-lookup'),
+    postLookup = require('./post-lookup'),
     setResponseContext = require('./context'),
     setRequestIsSecure = require('./secure'),
 
diff --git a/core/server/controllers/frontend/render-channel.js b/core/server/controllers/frontend/render-channel.js
index 08abbc1ae2..daf9a68ae5 100644
--- a/core/server/controllers/frontend/render-channel.js
+++ b/core/server/controllers/frontend/render-channel.js
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-var debug = require('debug')('ghost:channels:render'),
-    _           = require('lodash'),
-    errors      = require('../../errors'),
-    i18n        = require('../../i18n'),
-    filters     = require('../../filters'),
-    safeString  = require('../../utils/index').safeString,
-    handleError        = require('./error'),
-    fetchData          = require('./fetch-data'),
-    formatResponse     = require('./format-response'),
+var debug = require('ghost-ignition').debug('channels:render'),
+    _ = require('lodash'),
+    errors = require('../../errors'),
+    i18n = require('../../i18n'),
+    filters = require('../../filters'),
+    safeString = require('../../utils/index').safeString,
+    handleError = require('./error'),
+    fetchData = require('./fetch-data'),
+    formatResponse = require('./format-response'),
     setResponseContext = require('./context'),
     setRequestIsSecure = require('./secure'),
-    templates          = require('./templates');
+    templates = require('./templates');
 
 function renderChannel(req, res, next) {
     debug('renderChannel called');
diff --git a/core/server/ghost-server.js b/core/server/ghost-server.js
index b7e2847aff..182dd7350a 100644
--- a/core/server/ghost-server.js
+++ b/core/server/ghost-server.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // # Ghost Server
 // Handles the creation of an HTTP Server for Ghost
-var debug = require('debug')('ghost:server'),
+var debug = require('ghost-ignition').debug('server'),
     Promise = require('bluebird'),
     fs = require('fs'),
     path = require('path'),
diff --git a/core/server/index.js b/core/server/index.js
index 1ffcd32370..dab4d4d6ad 100644
--- a/core/server/index.js
+++ b/core/server/index.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 require('./overrides');
 
 // Module dependencies
-var debug = require('debug')('ghost:boot:init'),
+var debug = require('ghost-ignition').debug('boot:init'),
 // Config should be first require, as it triggers the initial load of the config files
     config = require('./config'),
     Promise = require('bluebird'),
diff --git a/core/server/middleware/custom-redirects.js b/core/server/middleware/custom-redirects.js
index 00cb5cb23c..0978ea505f 100644
--- a/core/server/middleware/custom-redirects.js
+++ b/core/server/middleware/custom-redirects.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 var fs = require('fs-extra'),
     _ = require('lodash'),
-    debug = require('debug')('ghost:custom-redirects'),
+    debug = require('ghost-ignition').debug('custom-redirects'),
     config = require('../config'),
     errors = require('../errors'),
     logging = require('../logging');
diff --git a/core/server/middleware/url-redirects.js b/core/server/middleware/url-redirects.js
index 045a1059a4..f5c405ba62 100644
--- a/core/server/middleware/url-redirects.js
+++ b/core/server/middleware/url-redirects.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 var url = require('url'),
-    debug = require('debug')('ghost:url-redirects'),
+    debug = require('ghost-ignition').debug('url-redirects'),
     utils = require('../utils'),
     urlRedirects,
     _private = {};
diff --git a/core/server/settings/cache.js b/core/server/settings/cache.js
index 9911b974ea..336ca4ee85 100644
--- a/core/server/settings/cache.js
+++ b/core/server/settings/cache.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // It's important to keep the requires absolutely minimal here,
 // As this cache is used in SO many other areas, we may open ourselves to
 // circular dependency bugs.
-var debug = require('debug')('ghost:settings:cache'),
+var debug = require('ghost-ignition').debug('settings:cache'),
     _ = require('lodash'),
     events = require('../events'),
     /**
diff --git a/core/server/themes/index.js b/core/server/themes/index.js
index c6da856b24..0fa98cd8ea 100644
--- a/core/server/themes/index.js
+++ b/core/server/themes/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-var debug = require('debug')('ghost:themes'),
+var debug = require('ghost-ignition').debug('themes'),
     events = require('../events'),
     errors = require('../errors'),
     logging = require('../logging'),
diff --git a/core/server/themes/loader.js b/core/server/themes/loader.js
index 6d80aebfb4..5bec4ba868 100644
--- a/core/server/themes/loader.js
+++ b/core/server/themes/loader.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-var debug = require('debug')('ghost:themes:loader'),
+var debug = require('ghost-ignition').debug('themes:loader'),
     config = require('../config'),
     themeList = require('./list'),
     read = require('../utils/packages').read,
diff --git a/core/test/utils/index.js b/core/test/utils/index.js
index 2afe639bfc..e0d2a343b9 100644
--- a/core/test/utils/index.js
+++ b/core/test/utils/index.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ var Promise = require('bluebird'),
     fs = require('fs-extra'),
     path = require('path'),
     Module = require('module'),
-    debug = require('debug')('ghost:test'),
+    debug = require('ghost-ignition').debug('test'),
     ObjectId = require('bson-objectid'),
     uuid = require('uuid'),
     KnexMigrator = require('knex-migrator'),
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 18e2295cb6..6c26bc914e 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Orchestrates the startup of Ghost when run from command line.
 
 var startTime = Date.now(),
-    debug = require('debug')('ghost:boot:index'),
+    debug = require('ghost-ignition').debug('boot:index'),
     ghost, express, logging, errors, utils, parentApp;
 
 debug('First requires...');
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1f64aae604..d685c98df5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
     "cookie-session": "1.3.0",
     "cors": "2.8.4",
     "csv-parser": "1.11.0",
-    "debug": "2.6.8",
     "downsize": "0.0.8",
     "express": "4.15.3",
     "express-brute": "1.0.1",
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@
     "extract-zip-fork": "1.5.1",
     "fs-extra": "3.0.1",
     "ghost-gql": "0.0.6",
-    "ghost-ignition": "2.8.13",
+    "ghost-ignition": "2.8.14",
     "ghost-storage-base": "0.0.1",
     "glob": "5.0.15",
     "gscan": "1.1.7",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7f4d888fa9..0a910254af 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -287,10 +287,6 @@ beeper@^1.0.0, beeper@^1.1.0:
   version "1.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/beeper/-/beeper-1.1.1.tgz#e6d5ea8c5dad001304a70b22638447f69cb2f809"
 
-bignumber.js@3.1.2:
-  version "3.1.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bignumber.js/-/bignumber.js-3.1.2.tgz#f3bdb99ad5268a15fc1f0bed2fb018e2693fe236"
-
 bignumber.js@4.0.2:
   version "4.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bignumber.js/-/bignumber.js-4.0.2.tgz#2d1dc37ee5968867ecea90b6da4d16e68608d21d"
@@ -1748,9 +1744,9 @@ ghost-gql@0.0.6:
   dependencies:
     lodash "^4.17.4"
 
-ghost-ignition@2.8.13:
-  version "2.8.13"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ghost-ignition/-/ghost-ignition-2.8.13.tgz#70832d033aa0e46469ccc0d667f6b547d9962db4"
+ghost-ignition@2.8.14:
+  version "2.8.14"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ghost-ignition/-/ghost-ignition-2.8.14.tgz#a648c1d3de1d2932c4029f4a024f6db4eb037c5a"
   dependencies:
     bunyan "1.8.5"
     bunyan-loggly "1.1.0"
@@ -3623,7 +3619,7 @@ mv@~2:
     ncp "~2.0.0"
     rimraf "~2.4.0"
 
-mysql@2.14.1:
+mysql@2.14.1, mysql@^2.11.1:
   version "2.14.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mysql/-/mysql-2.14.1.tgz#e9324015e810a50abda94855cab41edfad56284a"
   dependencies:
@@ -3632,14 +3628,6 @@ mysql@2.14.1:
     safe-buffer "5.1.1"
     sqlstring "2.2.0"
 
-mysql@^2.11.1:
-  version "2.13.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mysql/-/mysql-2.13.0.tgz#998f1f8ca46e2e3dd7149ce982413653986aae47"
-  dependencies:
-    bignumber.js "3.1.2"
-    readable-stream "1.1.14"
-    sqlstring "2.2.0"
-
 nan@^2.3.3, nan@^2.6.1:
   version "2.6.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nan/-/nan-2.6.2.tgz#e4ff34e6c95fdfb5aecc08de6596f43605a7db45"
@@ -3693,7 +3681,7 @@ netjet@1.1.3:
     lru-cache "^4.0.0"
     posthtml "^0.9.0"
 
-nock@9.0.14:
+nock@9.0.14, nock@^9.0.2:
   version "9.0.14"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nock/-/nock-9.0.14.tgz#2211550253173ce298bcd89fca825e83813ca72b"
   dependencies:
@@ -3707,19 +3695,6 @@ nock@9.0.14:
     qs "^6.0.2"
     semver "^5.3.0"
 
-nock@^9.0.2:
-  version "9.0.13"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nock/-/nock-9.0.13.tgz#d0bc39ef43d3179981e22b2e8ea069f916c5781a"
-  dependencies:
-    chai ">=1.9.2 <4.0.0"
-    debug "^2.2.0"
-    deep-equal "^1.0.0"
-    json-stringify-safe "^5.0.1"
-    lodash "~4.17.2"
-    mkdirp "^0.5.0"
-    propagate "0.4.0"
-    qs "^6.0.2"
-
 node-pre-gyp@^0.6.34, node-pre-gyp@~0.6.31:
   version "0.6.34"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-pre-gyp/-/node-pre-gyp-0.6.34.tgz#94ad1c798a11d7fc67381b50d47f8cc18d9799f7"
@@ -4527,7 +4502,7 @@ read@1.0.x:
   dependencies:
     mute-stream "~0.0.4"
 
-readable-stream@1.1, readable-stream@1.1.14, readable-stream@1.1.x, readable-stream@^1.1.12, readable-stream@~1.1.9:
+readable-stream@1.1, readable-stream@1.1.x, readable-stream@^1.1.12, readable-stream@~1.1.9:
   version "1.1.14"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/readable-stream/-/readable-stream-1.1.14.tgz#7cf4c54ef648e3813084c636dd2079e166c081d9"
   dependencies:
@@ -4536,7 +4511,7 @@ readable-stream@1.1, readable-stream@1.1.14, readable-stream@1.1.x, readable-str
     isarray "0.0.1"
     string_decoder "~0.10.x"
 
-readable-stream@2.3.3:
+readable-stream@2.3.3, readable-stream@^2.0.2, readable-stream@^2.0.4, readable-stream@^2.0.5, readable-stream@^2.0.6, readable-stream@^2.1.4, readable-stream@^2.1.5:
   version "2.3.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/readable-stream/-/readable-stream-2.3.3.tgz#368f2512d79f9d46fdfc71349ae7878bbc1eb95c"
   dependencies:
@@ -4548,7 +4523,7 @@ readable-stream@2.3.3:
     string_decoder "~1.0.3"
     util-deprecate "~1.0.1"
 
-readable-stream@^2.0.0, readable-stream@^2.0.2, readable-stream@^2.0.4, readable-stream@^2.0.5, readable-stream@^2.0.6, readable-stream@^2.1.4, readable-stream@^2.1.5:
+readable-stream@^2.0.0:
   version "2.2.9"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/readable-stream/-/readable-stream-2.2.9.tgz#cf78ec6f4a6d1eb43d26488cac97f042e74b7fc8"
   dependencies:
@@ -4769,14 +4744,10 @@ run-sequence@1.2.2:
     chalk "*"
     gulp-util "*"
 
-safe-buffer@5.1.1, safe-buffer@~5.1.0, safe-buffer@~5.1.1:
+safe-buffer@5.1.1, safe-buffer@^5.0.1, safe-buffer@~5.1.0, safe-buffer@~5.1.1:
   version "5.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/safe-buffer/-/safe-buffer-5.1.1.tgz#893312af69b2123def71f57889001671eeb2c853"
 
-safe-buffer@^5.0.1:
-  version "5.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/safe-buffer/-/safe-buffer-5.0.1.tgz#d263ca54696cd8a306b5ca6551e92de57918fbe7"
-
 safe-json-stringify@~1:
   version "1.0.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/safe-json-stringify/-/safe-json-stringify-1.0.4.tgz#81a098f447e4bbc3ff3312a243521bc060ef5911"
@@ -4813,11 +4784,7 @@ secure-keys@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/secure-keys/-/secure-keys-1.0.0.tgz#f0c82d98a3b139a8776a8808050b824431087fca"
 
-"semver@2 || 3 || 4 || 5", semver@^5.3.0:
-  version "5.3.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-5.3.0.tgz#9b2ce5d3de02d17c6012ad326aa6b4d0cf54f94f"
-
-semver@5.4.1:
+"semver@2 || 3 || 4 || 5", semver@5.4.1, semver@^5.3.0:
   version "5.4.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-5.4.1.tgz#e059c09d8571f0540823733433505d3a2f00b18e"