diff --git a/boot.js b/boot.js
index 7423d359..b3288820 100644
--- a/boot.js
+++ b/boot.js
@@ -1,20 +1,36 @@
-#! /usr/bin / env node
+#!/usr/bin/env node
 
 const Fs = require('fs');
 const Path = require('path');
 const { exec } = require('child_process');
 
-try {
+// display version of Node JS being used at runtime and others runtime attributes
+console.log(`process.version   = ${process.version}`);
+console.log(`process.env       = ${process.env}`);
+console.log(`process.platform  = ${process.platform}`);
+console.log(`process.release   = ${process.release}`);
+console.log(`process.argv      = ${process.argv}`);
+console.log(`process.env.USER  = ${process.env.USER}`);
+console.log(`process.env.PATH  = ${process.env.PATH.split(':').join('\n')}`);
+console.log(`process.env.PWD   = ${process.env.PWD}`);
+console.log(`process.env.HOME  = ${process.env.HOME}`);
+console.log(`process.debugPort = ${process.debugPort}`);
 
+var now = () => { 
+    return (new Date()).toISOString().replace(/T/, ' ').replace(/\..+/, '') + ' UTC';
+}
+
+try {
+    // 1. define functions: run and processDist 
     var run = () => {
         const GBServer = require("./dist/src/app").GBServer
+        console.log(`${now()} - Running '${GBServer.name}' on '${__dirname}' directory`);
         process.env.PWD = __dirname;
         GBServer.run();
     }
-
     var processDist = () => {
         if (!Fs.existsSync('dist')) {
-            console.log(`Compiling...`);
+            console.log(`${now()} - Compiling...`);
             exec(Path.join(__dirname, 'node_modules/.bin/tsc'), (err, stdout, stderr) => {
                 if (err) {
                     console.error(err);
@@ -28,8 +44,9 @@ try {
         }
     };
 
+    // 2. start running 
     if (!Fs.existsSync('node_modules')) {
-        console.log(`Installing modules for the first time, please wait...`);
+        console.log(`${now()} - Installing modules for the first time, please wait...`);
         exec('npm install', (err, stdout, stderr) => {
             if (err) {
                 console.error(err);
@@ -41,9 +58,6 @@ try {
     else {
         processDist();
     }
-}
-catch (e) {
+} catch (e) {
     console.log(e);
 }
-
-
diff --git a/packages/core.gbapp/services/GBConfigService.ts b/packages/core.gbapp/services/GBConfigService.ts
index f5782140..432da417 100644
--- a/packages/core.gbapp/services/GBConfigService.ts
+++ b/packages/core.gbapp/services/GBConfigService.ts
@@ -56,9 +56,16 @@ export class GBConfigService {
   public static init(): any {
     try {
       require('dotenv-extended').load({
+        encoding: 'utf8',
+        silent: true,
         path: '.env',
+        defaults: '.env.defaults',
+        schema: '.env.schema',
         errorOnMissing: true,
         errorOnExtra: false,
+        errorOnRegex: true,
+        includeProcessEnv: false,
+        assignToProcessEnv: true,
         overrideProcessEnv: true
       });
     } catch (e) {
diff --git a/packages/default.gbui/src/GBUIApp.js b/packages/default.gbui/src/GBUIApp.js
index 20df55b4..72f422a8 100644
--- a/packages/default.gbui/src/GBUIApp.js
+++ b/packages/default.gbui/src/GBUIApp.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import GBCss from './components/GBCss.js';
 import { DirectLine } from 'botframework-directlinejs';
 import { ConnectionStatus } from 'botframework-directlinejs';
 import ReactWebChat from 'botframework-webchat';
-import GBPowerBIPlayer from './players/GBPowerBIPlayer.js';
+// import GBPowerBIPlayer from './players/GBPowerBIPlayer.js';
 import { UserAgentApplication } from 'msal';
 
 class GBUIApp extends React.Component {
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ class GBUIApp extends React.Component {
             />
           );
           break;
-        case 'pbi':
+     /* case 'pbi':
           playerComponent = (
             <GBPowerBIPlayer
               app={this}
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ class GBUIApp extends React.Component {
               }}
             />
           );
-          break;
+          break; */
         case 'login':
           playerComponent = (
             <GBLoginPlayer
@@ -328,7 +328,6 @@ class GBUIApp extends React.Component {
           directLine={this.state.line}
           user={this.getUser()}
           bot={{ id: 'bot@gb', name: 'Bot' }}
-          // speechOptions={speechOptions}
         />
       );
     }
@@ -336,7 +335,17 @@ class GBUIApp extends React.Component {
     if (!this.state.instance) {
       sideBar = '';
     }
-
+    
+        return (
+          <div>
+            {gbCss}
+            {sideBar}
+            <div className="player">{playerComponent}</div>
+            <div className="webchat">
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        ); 
+/*
     return (
       <div>
         {gbCss}
@@ -346,7 +355,7 @@ class GBUIApp extends React.Component {
             {chat}
         </div>
       </div>
-    );
+    ); */
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/default.gbui/src/players/GBPowerBIPlayer.js b/packages/default.gbui/src/players/GBPowerBIPlayer.js-dont-work-now
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/default.gbui/src/players/GBPowerBIPlayer.js
rename to packages/default.gbui/src/players/GBPowerBIPlayer.js-dont-work-now