diff --git a/build.js b/build.js
index 32359e14f8..a8ad5007d1 100644
--- a/build.js
+++ b/build.js
@@ -46,7 +46,11 @@ exports.buildTargets = function (targets, callback) {
 	var meta = require('./src/meta');
 	buildStart = buildStart || Date.now();
 
-	var step = function (startTime, target, next) {
+	var step = function (startTime, target, next, err) {
+		if (err) {
+			winston.error('Build failed: ' + err.message);
+			process.exit(1);
+		}
 		winston.info('[build] ' + target + ' => Completed in ' + ((Date.now() - startTime) / 1000) + 's');
 		next();
 	};
@@ -75,13 +79,13 @@ exports.buildTargets = function (targets, callback) {
 					case 'clientCSS':
 						winston.info('[build] Building client-side CSS');
 						startTime = Date.now();
-						meta.css.minify('stylesheet.css', step.bind(this, startTime, target, next));
+						meta.css.minify('client', step.bind(this, startTime, target, next));
 						break;
 
 					case 'acpCSS':
 						winston.info('[build] Building admin control panel CSS');
 						startTime = Date.now();
-						meta.css.minify('admin.css', step.bind(this, startTime, target, next));
+						meta.css.minify('admin', step.bind(this, startTime, target, next));
 						break;
 
 					case 'tpl':
diff --git a/src/controllers/admin/uploads.js b/src/controllers/admin/uploads.js
index 2b1a60e281..25b2ae34fd 100644
--- a/src/controllers/admin/uploads.js
+++ b/src/controllers/admin/uploads.js
@@ -108,11 +108,7 @@ uploadsController.uploadSound = function (req, res, next) {
 		var	soundsPath = path.join(__dirname, '../../../build/public/sounds'),
 			filePath = path.join(__dirname, '../../../public/uploads/sounds', uploadedFile.name);
 
-		if (process.platform === 'win32') {
-			fs.link(filePath, path.join(soundsPath, path.basename(filePath)));
-		} else {
-			fs.symlink(filePath, path.join(soundsPath, path.basename(filePath)), 'file');
-		}
+		file.link(filePath, path.join(soundsPath, path.basename(filePath)));
 
 		fs.unlink(uploadedFile.path, function (err) {
 			if (err) {
diff --git a/src/file.js b/src/file.js
index df820cc47f..65f86a0bdd 100644
--- a/src/file.js
+++ b/src/file.js
@@ -102,4 +102,12 @@ file.existsSync = function (path) {
 	return !!exists;
 };
 
+file.link = function link(filePath, destPath, cb) {
+	if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+		fs.link(filePath, destPath, cb);
+	} else {
+		fs.symlink(filePath, destPath, 'file', cb);
+	}
+};
+
 module.exports = file;
diff --git a/src/meta/css.js b/src/meta/css.js
index f72ef6004d..d779ff8018 100644
--- a/src/meta/css.js
+++ b/src/meta/css.js
@@ -18,8 +18,32 @@ var utils = require('../../public/src/utils');
 module.exports = function (Meta) {
 
 	Meta.css = {};
-	Meta.css.cache = undefined;
-	Meta.css.acpCache = undefined;
+
+	var buildImports = {
+		client: function (source) {
+			return '@import "./theme";\n' + source + '\n' + [
+				'@import "font-awesome";',
+				'@import (inline) "../../public/vendor/jquery/css/smoothness/jquery-ui.css";',
+				'@import (inline) "../../public/vendor/jquery/bootstrap-tagsinput/bootstrap-tagsinput.css";',
+				'@import (inline) "..' + path.sep + 'public/vendor/colorpicker/colorpicker.css";',
+				'@import "../../public/less/flags.less";',
+				'@import "../../public/less/blacklist.less";',
+				'@import "../../public/less/generics.less";',
+				'@import "../../public/less/mixins.less";',
+				'@import "../../public/less/global.less";',
+			].map(function (str) { return str.replace(/\//g, path.sep); }).join('\n');
+		},
+		admin: function (source) {
+			return source + '\n' + [
+				'@import "font-awesome";',
+				'@import "../public/less/admin/admin";',
+				'@import "../public/less/generics.less";',
+				'@import (inline) "../public/vendor/colorpicker/colorpicker.css";',
+				'@import (inline) "../public/vendor/jquery/css/smoothness/jquery-ui.css";',
+				'@import (inline) "../public/vendor/jquery/bootstrap-tagsinput/bootstrap-tagsinput.css";',
+			].map(function (str) { return str.replace(/\//g, path.sep); }).join('\n');
+		},
+	};
 
 	Meta.css.minify = function (target, callback) {
 		callback = callback || function () {};
@@ -30,25 +54,25 @@ module.exports = function (Meta) {
 				return callback(err);
 			}
 
-			var themeId = (themeData['theme:id'] || 'nodebb-theme-persona'),
-				baseThemePath = path.join(nconf.get('themes_path'), (themeData['theme:type'] && themeData['theme:type'] === 'local' ? themeId : 'nodebb-theme-vanilla')),
-				paths = [
-					baseThemePath,
-					path.join(__dirname, '../../node_modules'),
-					path.join(__dirname, '../../public/vendor/fontawesome/less')
-				],
-				source = '@import "font-awesome";';
+			var themeId = (themeData['theme:id'] || 'nodebb-theme-persona');
+			var baseThemePath = path.join(nconf.get('themes_path'), (themeData['theme:type'] && themeData['theme:type'] === 'local' ? themeId : 'nodebb-theme-vanilla'));
+			var paths = [
+				baseThemePath,
+				path.join(__dirname, '../../node_modules'),
+				path.join(__dirname, '../../public/vendor/fontawesome/less')
+			];
+			var source = '';
 
-			plugins.lessFiles = filterMissingFiles(plugins.lessFiles);
-			plugins.cssFiles = filterMissingFiles(plugins.cssFiles);
+			var lessFiles = filterMissingFiles(plugins.lessFiles);
+			var cssFiles = filterMissingFiles(plugins.cssFiles);
 
 			async.waterfall([
 				function (next) {
-					getStyleSource(plugins.cssFiles, '\n@import (inline) ".', '.css', next);
+					getStyleSource(cssFiles, '\n@import (inline) ".', '.css', next);
 				},
 				function (src, next) {
 					source += src;
-					getStyleSource(plugins.lessFiles, '\n@import ".', '.less', next);
+					getStyleSource(lessFiles, '\n@import ".', '.less', next);
 				},
 				function (src, next) {
 					source += src;
@@ -59,29 +83,7 @@ module.exports = function (Meta) {
 					return callback(err);
 				}
 
-				var acpSource = source;
-
-				if (target !== 'admin.css') {
-					source += '\n@import (inline) "..' + path.sep + '..' + path.sep + 'public/vendor/jquery/css/smoothness/jquery-ui.css";';
-					source += '\n@import (inline) "..' + path.sep + '..' + path.sep + 'public/vendor/jquery/bootstrap-tagsinput/bootstrap-tagsinput.css";';
-					source += '\n@import (inline) "..' + path.sep + 'public/vendor/colorpicker/colorpicker.css";';
-					source += '\n@import "..' + path.sep + '..' + path.sep + 'public/less/flags.less";';
-					source += '\n@import "..' + path.sep + '..' + path.sep + 'public/less/blacklist.less";';
-					source += '\n@import "..' + path.sep + '..' + path.sep + 'public/less/generics.less";';
-					source += '\n@import "..' + path.sep + '..' + path.sep + 'public/less/mixins.less";';
-					source += '\n@import "..' + path.sep + '..' + path.sep + 'public/less/global.less";';
-					source = '@import "./theme";\n' + source;
-
-					minify(source, paths, 'cache', callback);
-				} else {
-					acpSource += '\n@import "..' + path.sep + 'public/less/admin/admin";\n';
-					acpSource += '\n@import "..' + path.sep + 'public/less/generics.less";\n';
-					acpSource += '\n@import (inline) "..' + path.sep + 'public/vendor/colorpicker/colorpicker.css";\n';
-					acpSource += '\n@import (inline) "..' + path.sep + 'public/vendor/jquery/css/smoothness/jquery-ui.css";';
-					acpSource += '\n@import (inline) "..' + path.sep + 'public/vendor/jquery/bootstrap-tagsinput/bootstrap-tagsinput.css";';
-
-					minify(acpSource, paths, 'acpCache', callback);
-				}
+				minify(buildImports[target](source), paths, target, callback);
 			});
 		});
 	};
@@ -115,22 +117,22 @@ module.exports = function (Meta) {
 		});
 	}
 
-	Meta.css.commitToFile = function (filename, callback) {
-		var file = (filename === 'acpCache' ? 'admin' : 'stylesheet') + '.css';
+	Meta.css.commitToFile = function (target, source, callback) {
+		var filename = (target === 'client' ? 'stylesheet' : 'admin') + '.css';
 
-		fs.writeFile(path.join(__dirname, '../../build/public/' + file), Meta.css[filename], function (err) {
+		fs.writeFile(path.join(__dirname, '../../build/public/' + filename), source, function (err) {
 			if (!err) {
-				winston.verbose('[meta/css] ' + file + ' committed to disk.');
+				winston.verbose('[meta/css] ' + target + ' CSS committed to disk.');
 			} else {
 				winston.error('[meta/css] ' + err.message);
-				process.exit(0);
+				process.exit(1);
 			}
 
 			callback();
 		});
 	};
 
-	function minify(source, paths, destination, callback) {
+	function minify(source, paths, target, callback) {
 		callback = callback || function () {};
 		less.render(source, {
 			paths: paths
@@ -140,20 +142,14 @@ module.exports = function (Meta) {
 				return callback(err);
 			}
 
-			postcss([ autoprefixer, clean() ]).process(lessOutput.css).then(function (result) {
+			postcss(global.env === 'development' ? [ autoprefixer ] : [ autoprefixer, clean() ]).process(lessOutput.css).then(function (result) {
 				result.warnings().forEach(function (warn) {
 					winston.verbose(warn.toString());
 				});
-				Meta.css[destination] = result.css;
 
-				// Save the compiled CSS in public/ so things like nginx can serve it
-				if (nconf.get('local-assets') === undefined || nconf.get('local-assets') !== false) {
-					return Meta.css.commitToFile(destination, function () {
-						callback(null, result.css);
-					});
-				}
-
-				callback(null, result.css);
+				return Meta.css.commitToFile(target, result.css, function () {
+					callback(null, result.css);
+				});
 			});
 		});
 	}
diff --git a/src/meta/js.js b/src/meta/js.js
index 8c3794043f..d479e9161c 100644
--- a/src/meta/js.js
+++ b/src/meta/js.js
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ var winston = require('winston');
 var fork = require('child_process').fork;
 var path = require('path');
 var async = require('async');
-var nconf = require('nconf');
 var fs = require('fs');
 var mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
+var rimraf = require('rimraf');
+
+var file = require('../file');
 var plugins = require('../plugins');
 var utils = require('../../public/src/utils');
 
@@ -88,19 +90,10 @@ module.exports = function (Meta) {
 	};
 	
 	Meta.js.linkModules = function (callback) {
-		function link(filePath, destPath, cb) {
-			if (process.platform === 'win32') {
-				fs.link(filePath, destPath, cb);
-			} else {
-				fs.symlink(filePath, destPath, 'file', cb);
-			}
-		}
-
-		plugins.reload(function (err) {
+		rimraf(path.join(__dirname, '../../build/public/src/modules'), function (err) {
 			if (err) {
 				return callback(err);
 			}
-			
 			async.each(Object.keys(Meta.js.scripts.modules), function (relPath, next) {
 				var filePath = path.join(__dirname, '../../', Meta.js.scripts.modules[relPath]);
 				var destPath = path.join(__dirname, '../../build/public/src/modules', relPath);
@@ -110,7 +103,7 @@ module.exports = function (Meta) {
 						return next(err);
 					}
 
-					link(filePath, destPath, next);
+					file.link(filePath, destPath, next);
 				});
 			}, callback);
 		});
@@ -143,12 +136,7 @@ module.exports = function (Meta) {
 				winston.verbose('[meta/js] ' + target + ' minification complete');
 				minifier.kill();
 
-				if (nconf.get('local-assets') === undefined || nconf.get('local-assets') !== false) {
-					return Meta.js.commitToFile(target, callback);
-				} else {
-					return callback();
-				}
-
+				Meta.js.commitToFile(target, callback);
 				break;
 			case 'error':
 				winston.error('[meta/js] Could not compile ' + target + ': ' + message.message);
diff --git a/src/meta/sounds.js b/src/meta/sounds.js
index 6acbd77a1f..e44f43cccc 100644
--- a/src/meta/sounds.js
+++ b/src/meta/sounds.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ var rimraf = require('rimraf');
 var mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
 var async = require('async');
 
+var file = require('../file');
 var plugins = require('../plugins');
 var db = require('../database');
 
@@ -107,21 +108,6 @@ module.exports = function (Meta) {
 						return;
 					}
 
-					if (nconf.get('local-assets') === false) {
-						// Don't regenerate the public/sounds/ directory. Instead, create a mapping for the router to use
-						Meta.sounds._filePathHash = filePaths.reduce(function (hash, filePath) {
-							hash[path.basename(filePath)] = filePath;
-							return hash;
-						}, {});
-
-						winston.verbose('[sounds] Sounds OK');
-						if (typeof next === 'function') {
-							return next();
-						} else {
-							return;
-						}
-					}
-
 					// Clear the sounds directory
 					async.series([
 						function (next) {
@@ -138,11 +124,7 @@ module.exports = function (Meta) {
 
 						// Link paths
 						async.each(filePaths, function (filePath, next) {
-							if (process.platform === 'win32') {
-								fs.link(filePath, path.join(soundsPath, path.basename(filePath)), next);
-							} else {
-								fs.symlink(filePath, path.join(soundsPath, path.basename(filePath)), 'file', next);
-							}
+							file.link(filePath, path.join(soundsPath, path.basename(filePath)), next);
 						}, function (err) {
 							if (!err) {
 								winston.verbose('[sounds] Sounds OK');
diff --git a/src/plugins/load.js b/src/plugins/load.js
index 3121f8457e..cf6e0b4780 100644
--- a/src/plugins/load.js
+++ b/src/plugins/load.js
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ module.exports = function (Plugins) {
 					async.parallel([
 						async.apply(mapFiles, pluginData, 'css', 'cssFiles'),
 						async.apply(mapFiles, pluginData, 'less', 'lessFiles'),
-						async.apply(mapClientSideScripts, pluginData)
+						async.apply(mapClientSideScripts, pluginData),
+						async.apply(mapClientModules, pluginData),
 					], next);
 				}, next);
 			}
diff --git a/src/routes/index.js b/src/routes/index.js
index e1f95891cf..506a0063ec 100644
--- a/src/routes/index.js
+++ b/src/routes/index.js
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ module.exports = function (app, middleware, hotswapIds) {
 		'/templates/',
 		'/src/',
 		'/images/',
-		// '/sounds/',
+		'/language/',
+		'/sounds/',
 	];
 	app.use(relativePath, function (req, res, next) {
 		if (deprecatedPaths.some(function (path) { return req.path.startsWith(path); })) {
diff --git a/src/routes/meta.js b/src/routes/meta.js
index af4e89d897..cb089f1200 100644
--- a/src/routes/meta.js
+++ b/src/routes/meta.js
@@ -1,20 +1,5 @@
 "use strict";
 
-var path = require('path');
-var nconf = require('nconf');
-
-var meta = require('../meta');
-
-function sendSoundFile(req, res, next) {
-	var resolved = meta.sounds._filePathHash[path.basename(req.path)];
-
-	if (resolved) {
-		res.status(200).sendFile(resolved);
-	} else {
-		next();
-	}
-}
-
 module.exports = function (app, middleware, controllers) {
 	app.get('/sitemap.xml', controllers.sitemap.render);
 	app.get('/sitemap/pages.xml', controllers.sitemap.getPages);
@@ -23,8 +8,4 @@ module.exports = function (app, middleware, controllers) {
 	app.get('/robots.txt', controllers.robots);
 	app.get('/manifest.json', controllers.manifest);
 	app.get('/css/previews/:theme', controllers.admin.themes.get);
-
-	if (nconf.get('local-assets') === false) {
-		app.get('/sounds/*', middleware.addExpiresHeaders, sendSoundFile);
-	}
 };
diff --git a/src/webserver.js b/src/webserver.js
index 2e7afdb228..a8324f7376 100644
--- a/src/webserver.js
+++ b/src/webserver.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ server.on('error', function (err) {
 	winston.error(err);
 	if (err.code === 'EADDRINUSE') {
 		winston.error('NodeBB address in use, exiting...');
-		process.exit(0);
+		process.exit(1);
 	} else {
 		throw err;
 	}