diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.rst b/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
index e3569e78..dc41463f 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ Listed in alphabetical order.
   Andrew Mikhnevich        `@zcho`_
   Andy Rose
   Anna Callahan            `@jazztpt`_
+  Anna Sidwell             `@takkaria`_
   Antonia Blair            `@antoniablair`_             @antoniablairart
   Anuj Bansal              `@ahhda`_
   Arcuri Davide            `@dadokkio`_
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ Listed in alphabetical order.
   Bo Lopker                `@blopker`_
   Bouke Haarsma
   Brent Payne              `@brentpayne`_               @brentpayne
+  Bartek                   `@btknu`
   Burhan Khalid            `@burhan`_                   @burhan
   Carl Johnson             `@carlmjohnson`_             @carlmjohnson
   Catherine Devlin         `@catherinedevlin`_
@@ -179,6 +181,7 @@ Listed in alphabetical order.
   Denis Bobrov             `@delneg`_
   Philipp Matthies         `@canonnervio`_
   Vadim Iskuchekov         `@Egregors`_                 @egregors
+  Keith Bailey             `@keithjeb`_
 ========================== ============================ ==============
 
 .. _@a7p: https://github.com/a7p
@@ -271,6 +274,7 @@ Listed in alphabetical order.
 .. _@ssteinerX: https://github.com/ssteinerx
 .. _@stepmr: https://github.com/stepmr
 .. _@suledev: https://github.com/suledev
+.. _@takkaria: https://github.com/takkaria
 .. _@timfreund: https://github.com/timfreund
 .. _@Travistock: https://github.com/Tavistock
 .. _@trungdong: https://github.com/trungdong
@@ -295,6 +299,8 @@ Listed in alphabetical order.
 .. _@purplediane: https://github.com/purplediane
 .. _@umrashrf: https://github.com/umrashrf
 .. _@ahhda: https://github.com/ahhda
+.. _@keithjeb: https://github.com/keithjeb
+.. _@btknu: https://github.com/btknu
 Special Thanks
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/docs/developing-locally-docker.rst b/docs/developing-locally-docker.rst
index 08b25f3b..895140f9 100644
--- a/docs/developing-locally-docker.rst
+++ b/docs/developing-locally-docker.rst
@@ -171,6 +171,16 @@ When developing locally you can go with MailHog_ for email testing provided ``us
 
 .. _Mailhog: https://github.com/mailhog/MailHog/
 
+.. _`CeleryTasks`:
+
+Celery tasks in local development
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+When not using docker Celery tasks are set to run in Eager mode, so that a full stack is not needed. When using docker the task
+scheduler will be used by default.
+
+If you need tasks to be executed on the main thread during development set CELERY_TASK_ALWAYS_EAGER = True in config/settings/local.py.
+
+Possible uses could be for testing, or ease of profiling with DJDT.
 
 .. _`CeleryFlower`:
 
diff --git a/docs/developing-locally.rst b/docs/developing-locally.rst
index 09c5db39..3434f68b 100644
--- a/docs/developing-locally.rst
+++ b/docs/developing-locally.rst
@@ -118,6 +118,16 @@ In production, we have Mailgun_ configured to have your back!
 .. _Mailgun: https://www.mailgun.com/
 
 
+Celery
+------
+If the project is configured to use Celery as a task scheduler then by default tasks are set to run on the main thread
+when developing locally. If you have the appropriate setup on your local machine then set
+
+CELERY_TASK_ALWAYS_EAGER = False
+
+in /config/settings/local.py
+
+
 Sass Compilation & Live Reloading
 ---------------------------------
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1fd7fe7c..37a96913 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ binaryornot==0.4.4
 
 # Code quality
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-flake8==3.7.5
+flake8==3.7.6
 
 # Testing
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 tox==3.6.1
-pytest==4.2.0
+pytest==4.3.0
 pytest-cookies==0.3.0
+pyyaml==3.13
diff --git a/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py b/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py
index cf173576..b2c235a8 100755
--- a/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py
+++ b/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import re
 import sh
+import yaml
 
 import pytest
 from binaryornot.check import is_binary
@@ -85,3 +86,19 @@ def test_flake8_compliance(cookies):
         sh.flake8(str(result.project))
     except sh.ErrorReturnCode as e:
         pytest.fail(e)
+
+
+def test_travis_invokes_pytest(cookies, context):
+    context.update({"use_travisci": "y"})
+    result = cookies.bake(extra_context=context)
+
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+    assert result.exception is None
+    assert result.project.basename == context["project_slug"]
+    assert result.project.isdir()
+
+    with open(f'{result.project}/.travis.yml', 'r') as travis_yml:
+        try:
+            assert yaml.load(travis_yml)['script'] == ['pytest']
+        except yaml.YAMLError as e:
+            pytest.fail(e)
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.travis.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.travis.yml
index 5ca54d00..3072f75f 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.travis.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.travis.yml
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@ before_install:
 language: python
 python:
   - "3.6"
+install:
+  - pip install -r requirements/local.txt
+script:
+  - "pytest"
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/local.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/local.py
index 741f324a..6667a265 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/local.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/local.py
@@ -76,8 +76,10 @@ INSTALLED_APPS += ['django_extensions']  # noqa F405
 
 # Celery
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+{% if cookiecutter.use_docker == 'n' -%}
 # http://docs.celeryproject.org/en/latest/userguide/configuration.html#task-always-eager
 CELERY_TASK_ALWAYS_EAGER = True
+{%- endif %}
 # http://docs.celeryproject.org/en/latest/userguide/configuration.html#task-eager-propagates
 CELERY_TASK_EAGER_PROPAGATES = True
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/gulpfile.js b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/gulpfile.js
index bb18a535..d92678ed 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/gulpfile.js
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/gulpfile.js
@@ -1,63 +1,70 @@
+////////////////////////////////
+// Setup
+////////////////////////////////
 
-////////////////////////////////
-		//Setup//
-////////////////////////////////
+// Gulp and package
+const { src, dest, parallel, series, watch } = require('gulp')
+const pjson = require('./package.json')
 
 // Plugins
-var gulp = require('gulp'),
-      pjson = require('./package.json'),
-      gutil = require('gulp-util'),
-      sass = require('gulp-sass'),
-      autoprefixer = require('gulp-autoprefixer'),
-      cssnano = require('gulp-cssnano'),
-      {% if cookiecutter.custom_bootstrap_compilation == 'y' %}
-      concat = require('gulp-concat'),
-      {% endif %}
-      rename = require('gulp-rename'),
-      del = require('del'),
-      plumber = require('gulp-plumber'),
-      pixrem = require('gulp-pixrem'),
-      uglify = require('gulp-uglify'),
-      imagemin = require('gulp-imagemin'),
-      spawn = require('child_process').spawn,
-      runSequence = require('run-sequence'),
-      browserSync = require('browser-sync').create(),
-      reload = browserSync.reload;
-
+const autoprefixer = require('autoprefixer')
+const browserSync = require('browser-sync').create()
+{% if cookiecutter.custom_bootstrap_compilation == 'y' %}
+const concat = require('gulp-concat')
+{% endif %}
+const cssnano = require ('cssnano')
+const imagemin = require('gulp-imagemin')
+const pixrem = require('pixrem')
+const plumber = require('gulp-plumber')
+const postcss = require('gulp-postcss')
+const reload = browserSync.reload
+const rename = require('gulp-rename')
+const sass = require('gulp-sass')
+const spawn = require('child_process').spawn
+const uglify = require('gulp-uglify-es').default
 
 // Relative paths function
-var pathsConfig = function (appName) {
-  this.app = "./" + (appName || pjson.name);
-  var vendorsRoot = 'node_modules/';
+function pathsConfig(appName) {
+  this.app = `./${pjson.name}`
+  const vendorsRoot = 'node_modules'
 
   return {
     {% if cookiecutter.custom_bootstrap_compilation == 'y' %}
-    bootstrapSass: vendorsRoot + '/bootstrap/scss',
+    bootstrapSass: `${vendorsRoot}/bootstrap/scss`,
     vendorsJs: [
-      vendorsRoot + 'jquery/dist/jquery.slim.js',
-      vendorsRoot + 'popper.js/dist/umd/popper.js',
-      vendorsRoot + 'bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.js'
+      `${vendorsRoot}/jquery/dist/jquery.slim.js`,
+      `${vendorsRoot}/popper.js/dist/umd/popper.js`,
+      `${vendorsRoot}/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.js`,
     ],
     {% endif %}
     app: this.app,
-    templates: this.app + '/templates',
-    css: this.app + '/static/css',
-    sass: this.app + '/static/sass',
-    fonts: this.app + '/static/fonts',
-    images: this.app + '/static/images',
-    js: this.app + '/static/js'
+    templates: `${this.app}/templates`,
+    css: `${this.app}/static/css`,
+    sass: `${this.app}/static/sass`,
+    fonts: `${this.app}/static/fonts`,
+    images: `${this.app}/static/images`,
+    js: `${this.app}/static/js`,
   }
-};
+}
 
-var paths = pathsConfig();
+var paths = pathsConfig()
 
 ////////////////////////////////
-		//Tasks//
+// Tasks
 ////////////////////////////////
 
 // Styles autoprefixing and minification
-gulp.task('styles', function() {
-  return gulp.src(paths.sass + '/project.scss')
+function styles() {
+  var processCss = [
+      autoprefixer(), // adds vendor prefixes
+      pixrem(),       // add fallbacks for rem units
+  ]
+
+  var minifyCss = [
+      cssnano({ preset: 'default' })   // minify result
+  ]
+
+  return src(`${paths.sass}/project.scss`)
     .pipe(sass({
       includePaths: [
         {% if cookiecutter.custom_bootstrap_compilation == 'y' %}
@@ -67,72 +74,86 @@ gulp.task('styles', function() {
       ]
     }).on('error', sass.logError))
     .pipe(plumber()) // Checks for errors
-    .pipe(autoprefixer({browsers: ['last 2 versions']})) // Adds vendor prefixes
-    .pipe(pixrem())  // add fallbacks for rem units
-    .pipe(gulp.dest(paths.css))
+    .pipe(postcss(processCss))
+    .pipe(dest(paths.css))
     .pipe(rename({ suffix: '.min' }))
-    .pipe(cssnano()) // Minifies the result
-    .pipe(gulp.dest(paths.css));
-});
+    .pipe(postcss(minifyCss)) // Minifies the result
+    .pipe(dest(paths.css))
+}
 
 // Javascript minification
-gulp.task('scripts', function() {
-  return gulp.src(paths.js + '/project.js')
+function scripts() {
+  return src(`${paths.js}/project.js`)
     .pipe(plumber()) // Checks for errors
     .pipe(uglify()) // Minifies the js
     .pipe(rename({ suffix: '.min' }))
-    .pipe(gulp.dest(paths.js));
-});
-
+    .pipe(dest(paths.js))
+}
 
 {% if cookiecutter.custom_bootstrap_compilation == 'y' %}
 // Vendor Javascript minification
-gulp.task('vendor-scripts', function() {
-  return gulp.src(paths.vendorsJs)
+function vendorScripts() {
+  return src(paths.vendorsJs)
     .pipe(concat('vendors.js'))
-    .pipe(gulp.dest(paths.js))
+    .pipe(dest(paths.js))
     .pipe(plumber()) // Checks for errors
     .pipe(uglify()) // Minifies the js
     .pipe(rename({ suffix: '.min' }))
-    .pipe(gulp.dest(paths.js));
-});
+    .pipe(dest(paths.js))
+}
 {% endif %}
 
 // Image compression
-gulp.task('imgCompression', function(){
-  return gulp.src(paths.images + '/*')
+function imgCompression() {
+  return src(`${paths.images}/*`)
     .pipe(imagemin()) // Compresses PNG, JPEG, GIF and SVG images
-    .pipe(gulp.dest(paths.images))
-});
+    .pipe(dest(paths.images))
+}
 
 // Run django server
-gulp.task('runServer', function(cb) {
-  var cmd = spawn('python', ['manage.py', 'runserver'], {stdio: 'inherit'});
+function runServer(cb) {
+  var cmd = spawn('python', ['manage.py', 'runserver'], {stdio: 'inherit'})
   cmd.on('close', function(code) {
-    console.log('runServer exited with code ' + code);
-    cb(code);
-  });
-});
+    console.log('runServer exited with code ' + code)
+    cb(code)
+  })
+}
 
 // Browser sync server for live reload
-gulp.task('browserSync', function() {
+function initBrowserSync() {
     browserSync.init(
-      [paths.css + "/*.css", paths.js + "*.js", paths.templates + '*.html'], {
-        proxy:  "localhost:8000"
-    });
-});
+      [
+        `${paths.css}/*.css`,
+        `${paths.js}/*.js`,
+        `${paths.templates}/*.html`
+      ], {
+        proxy: "localhost:8000"
+      }
+    )
+}
 
 // Watch
-gulp.task('watch', function() {
+function watchPaths() {
+  watch(`${paths.sass}/*.scss`, styles)
+  watch(`${paths.templates}/**/*.html`).on("change", reload)
+  watch([`${paths.js}/*.js`, `!${paths.js}/*.min.js`], scripts).on("change", reload)
+}
 
-  gulp.watch(paths.sass + '/*.scss', ['styles']);
-  gulp.watch(paths.js + '/*.js', ['scripts']).on("change", reload);
-  gulp.watch(paths.images + '/*', ['imgCompression']);
-  gulp.watch(paths.templates + '/**/*.html').on("change", reload);
+// Generate all assets
+const generateAssets = parallel(
+  styles,
+  scripts,
+  {% if cookiecutter.custom_bootstrap_compilation == 'y' %}vendorScripts,{% endif %}
+  imgCompression
+)
 
-});
+// Set up dev environment
+const dev = parallel(
+  runServer,
+  initBrowserSync,
+  watchPaths
+)
 
-// Default task
-gulp.task('default', function() {
-    runSequence(['styles', 'scripts', {% if cookiecutter.custom_bootstrap_compilation == 'y' %}'vendor-scripts', {% endif %}'imgCompression'], ['runServer', 'browserSync', 'watch']);
-});
+exports.default = series(generateAssets, dev)
+exports["generate-assets"] = generateAssets
+exports["dev"] = dev
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/package.json b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/package.json
index b29d5296..a15df941 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/package.json
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/package.json
@@ -6,32 +6,29 @@
     {% if cookiecutter.js_task_runner == 'Gulp' -%}
     {% if cookiecutter.custom_bootstrap_compilation == 'y' -%}
     "bootstrap": "4.1.1",
-    {% endif -%}
-    "browser-sync": "^2.14.0",
-    "del": "^2.2.2",
-    "gulp": "^3.9.1",
-    "gulp-autoprefixer": "^5.0.0",
-    {% if cookiecutter.custom_bootstrap_compilation == 'y' -%}
     "gulp-concat": "^2.6.1",
-    {% endif -%}
-    "gulp-cssnano": "^2.1.2",
-    "gulp-imagemin": "^4.1.0",
-    "gulp-pixrem": "^1.0.0",
-    "gulp-plumber": "^1.1.0",
-    "gulp-rename": "^1.2.2",
-    "gulp-sass": "^3.1.0",
-    "gulp-uglify": "^3.0.0",
-    "gulp-util": "^3.0.7",
-    {% if cookiecutter.custom_bootstrap_compilation == 'y' -%}
     "jquery": "3.3.1",
     "popper.js": "1.14.3",
     {% endif -%}
-    "run-sequence": "^2.1.1"
+    "autoprefixer": "^9.4.7",
+    "browser-sync": "^2.14.0",
+    "cssnano": "^4.1.10",
+    "gulp": "^4.0.0",
+    "gulp-imagemin": "^5.0.3",
+    "gulp-plumber": "^1.2.1",
+    "gulp-postcss": "^8.0.0",
+    "gulp-rename": "^1.2.2",
+    "gulp-sass": "^4.0.2",
+    "gulp-uglify-es": "^1.0.4",
+    "pixrem": "^5.0.0"
     {%- endif %}
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=0.8.0"
+    "node": ">=8"
   },
+  "browserslist": [
+    "last 2 versions"
+  ],
   "scripts": {
     {% if cookiecutter.js_task_runner == 'Gulp' -%}
     "dev": "gulp"
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index 09ca8ddd..e43b70af 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ flower==0.9.2  # https://github.com/mher/flower
 
 # Django
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-django==2.0.10  # pyup: < 2.1  # https://www.djangoproject.com/
+django==2.0.13  # pyup: < 2.1  # https://www.djangoproject.com/
 django-environ==0.4.5  # https://github.com/joke2k/django-environ
 django-model-utils==3.1.2  # https://github.com/jazzband/django-model-utils
 django-allauth==0.38.0  # https://github.com/pennersr/django-allauth