diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8267992c75..6d55c56957 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ to build.
    npm install
    npm run build
    ```
-   Or just use https://riot.im/develop - the continuous integration release of the 
+   Or just use https://riot.im/develop - the continuous integration release of the
    develop branch. (Note that we don't reference the develop versions in git directly
    due to https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/3055.)
 1. Install the prerequisites: `npm install`.
@@ -134,7 +134,9 @@ For a good example, see https://riot.im/develop/config.json
 1. `integrations_rest_url`: URL to the REST interface for the integrations server.
 1. `integrations_widgets_urls`: list of URLs to the REST interface for the widget integrations server.
 1. `bug_report_endpoint_url`: endpoint to send bug reports to (must be running a
-   https://github.com/matrix-org/rageshake server)
+   https://github.com/matrix-org/rageshake server). Bug reports are sent when a user clicks
+   "Send Logs" within the application. Bug reports can be disabled by leaving the
+   `bug_report_endpoint_url` out of your config file.
 1. `roomDirectory`: config for the public room directory. This section is optional.
 1. `roomDirectory.servers`: List of other homeservers' directories to include in the drop
    down list. Optional.
@@ -147,11 +149,13 @@ For a good example, see https://riot.im/develop/config.json
    anything else since it is used to isolate the privileges of file attachments to this
    domain. Default: `https://usercontent.riot.im/v1.html`. This needs to contain v1.html from
    https://github.com/matrix-org/usercontent/blob/master/v1.html
-1. `piwik`: an object containing the following properties:
-    1. `url`: The URL of the Piwik instance to use for collecting Analytics
-    1. `whitelistedHSUrls`: a list of HS URLs to not redact from the Analytics
-    1. `whitelistedISUrls`: a list of IS URLs to not redact from the Analytics
-    1. `siteId`: The Piwik Site ID to use when sending Analytics to the Piwik server configured above
+1. `piwik`: Analytics can be disabled by setting `piwik: false` or by leaving the piwik config
+   option out of your config file. If you want to enable analytics, set `piwik` to be an object
+   containing the following properties:
+    1. `url`: The URL of the Piwik instance to use for collecting analytics
+    1. `whitelistedHSUrls`: a list of HS URLs to not redact from the analytics
+    1. `whitelistedISUrls`: a list of IS URLs to not redact from the analytics
+    1. `siteId`: The Piwik Site ID to use when sending analytics to the Piwik server configured above
 1. `teamServerConfig`, `teamTokenMap`, `referralBaseUrl`: an obsolete precursor to communities
    with referral tracking; please ignore it.
 1. `welcomeUserId`: the user ID of a bot to invite whenever users register that can give them a tour
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 17e34f3f6a..7144a665cb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "build:bundle": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production webpack-cli -p --progress --bail --mode production",
     "build:bundle:dev": "webpack-cli --progress --bail --mode development",
     "build:electron": "npm run clean && npm run build && npm run install:electron && build -wml --ia32 --x64",
-    "build:react-sdk": "node scripts/npm-sub.js matrix-react-sdk run start:init",
+    "build:react-sdk": "node scripts/npm-sub.js matrix-react-sdk run build",
     "build:js-sdk": "node scripts/npm-sub.js matrix-js-sdk run start:init",
     "build": "npm run build:js-sdk && npm run build:react-sdk && npm run reskindex && npm run build:res && npm run build:bundle",
     "build:dev": "npm run build:js-sdk && npm run build:react-sdk && npm run reskindex && npm run build:res && npm run build:bundle:dev",
diff --git a/src/vector/index.html b/src/vector/index.html
index dad179a7ba..4ba65c3e06 100644
--- a/src/vector/index.html
+++ b/src/vector/index.html
@@ -81,6 +81,6 @@
     </audio>
     <audio id="remoteAudio"></audio>
     <!-- let CSS themes pass constants to the app -->
-    <div id="mx_theme_accentColor"></div><div id="mx_theme_secondaryAccentColor"/></div><div id="mx_theme_tertiaryAccentColor"/></div>
+    <div id="mx_theme_accentColor"></div><div id="mx_theme_secondaryAccentColor"></div><div id="mx_theme_tertiaryAccentColor"></div>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/src/vector/index.js b/src/vector/index.js
index 57d1f87ab7..ef886dcf98 100644
--- a/src/vector/index.js
+++ b/src/vector/index.js
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ import CallHandler from 'matrix-react-sdk/lib/CallHandler';
 
 import {getVectorConfig} from './getconfig';
 
+// Disable warnings for now: we use deprecated bluebird functions
+// and need to migrate, but they spam the console with warnings.
+Promise.config({warnings: false});
+
 let lastLocationHashSet = null;
 
 function initRageshake() {
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index 02a3dc4bc0..f335aa3c1b 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -154,5 +154,11 @@ module.exports = {
             // don't fill the console up with a mahoosive list of modules
             chunks: false,
         },
+
+        // hot mdule replacement doesn't work (I think we'd need react-hot-reload?)
+        // so webpack-dev-server reloads the page on every update which is quite
+        // tedious in Riot since that can take a while.
+        hot: false,
+        inline: false,
     },
 };