diff --git a/config/deploy.rb b/config/deploy.rb
index 9073ef0..110f163 100644
--- a/config/deploy.rb
+++ b/config/deploy.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
 # config valid for current version and patch releases of Capistrano
-lock "~> 3.18.0"
+lock '~> 3.18.0'
 
 # Until we retire all old CentOS VMs, we need to set the rvm_custom_path because rvm is installed
 # in a non-standard location for our AlmaLinux VMs.  This is because our service accounts need to
@@ -8,25 +10,25 @@
 
 set :remote_user, 'renserv'
 set :application, 'hysync'
-set :repo_name, "ldpd-#{fetch(:application)}"
+set :repo_name, fetch(:application)
 set :repo_url, "git@github.com:cul/#{fetch(:repo_name)}.git"
 set :deploy_name, "#{fetch(:application)}_#{fetch(:stage)}"
 # used to run rake db:migrate, etc
 set :rails_env, fetch(:deploy_name)
 
-# Default deploy_to directory is /var/www/:application
+# Default deploy_to directory is /var/www/my_app_name
 set :deploy_to, "/opt/passenger/#{fetch(:deploy_name)}"
 
-set :linked_files, fetch(:linked_files, []).push(
-  'config/master.key',
-  'config/database.yml',
-  'config/hysync.yml',
-  'config/hyacinth.yml',
-  'config/voyager.yml'
-)
+# Default value for :linked_files is []
+append  :linked_files,
+        'config/master.key',
+        'config/database.yml',
+        'config/hysync.yml',
+        'config/hyacinth.yml',
+        'config/voyager.yml'
 
 # Default value for linked_dirs is []
-set :linked_dirs, fetch(:linked_dirs, []).push('log', 'tmp/pids')
+append :linked_dirs, 'log', 'tmp/pids', 'node_modules'
 
 set :passenger_restart_with_touch, true
 
@@ -37,13 +39,16 @@
 set :log_level, :info
 
 # RVM Setup, for selecting the correct ruby version (instead of capistrano-rvm gem)
-set :rvm_ruby_version, fetch(:deploy_name)
+set :rvm_ruby_version, fetch(:deploy_name) # This RVM alias must exist on the server
 [:rake, :gem, :bundle, :ruby].each do |command_to_prefix|
   SSHKit.config.command_map.prefix[command_to_prefix].push(
     "#{fetch(:rvm_custom_path, '~/.rvm')}/bin/rvm #{fetch(:rvm_ruby_version)} do"
   )
 end
 
+# Default value for default_env is {}
+set :default_env, NODE_ENV: 'production'
+
 # Whenever gem
 set :whenever_identifier, ->{ "#{fetch(:application)}_#{fetch(:stage)}" }
 
@@ -68,35 +73,3 @@
 
 # Uncomment the following to require manually verifying the host key before first deploy.
 # set :ssh_options, verify_host_key: :secure
-
-namespace :deploy do
-  desc "Report the environment"
-  task :report do
-    run_locally do
-      puts "cap called with stage = \"#{fetch(:stage, 'none')}\""
-      puts "cap would deploy to = \"#{fetch(:deploy_to, 'none')}\""
-      puts "cap would install from #{fetch(:repo_url)}"
-      puts "cap would install in Rails env #{fetch(:rails_env)}"
-    end
-  end
-
-  desc "Add tag based on current version from VERSION file"
-  task :auto_tag do
-    current_version = "v#{IO.read('VERSION').strip}"
-
-    ask(:tag, current_version)
-    tag = fetch(:tag)
-
-    system("git tag -a #{tag} -m 'auto-tagged' && git push origin --tags")
-  end
-
-  after :restart, :clear_cache do
-    on roles(:web), in: :groups, limit: 3, wait: 10 do
-      within release_path do
-        with rails_env: fetch(:rails_env) do
-          #execute :rake, 'resque:restart_workers'
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end