diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 763513986..920b0674b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ $ mvn clean spring-boot:run -Dproduction
 $ mvn clean package -DskipTests -Dproduction -Dassets.uri=file:/opt/vireo/ -Dconfig.uri=file:/opt/vireo/config/
 ```
 
-If build succeeds, you should have both a `vireo-4.2.9.war` and a `vireo-4.2.9-install.zip` in the `target/` directory. When building for production required static assets are copied into the packaged war file and the index.html template is optimized for production. For development a symlink is used to allow the application to access required static assets.
+If build succeeds, you should have both a `vireo-4.2.10.war` and a `vireo-4.2.10-install.zip` in the `target/` directory. When building for production required static assets are copied into the packaged war file and the index.html template is optimized for production. For development a symlink is used to allow the application to access required static assets.
 
 #### Apache Reverse Proxy Config
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Unzip package into preferred directory (or any directory you choose):
 
 ```bash
 $ cd /opt/vireo
-$ unzip vireo-4.2.9-install.zip
+$ unzip vireo-4.2.10-install.zip
 ```
 
 ### Directory Structure of installed package
@@ -190,13 +190,13 @@ ln -s /opt/vireo/webapp /opt/tomcat/webapps/ROOT
 Copy war file into Tomcat webapps directory (your location may vary -- this is an example):
 
 ```bash
-$ cp ~/vireo-4.2.9.war /usr/local/tomcat/webapps/vireo.war
+$ cp ~/vireo-4.2.10.war /usr/local/tomcat/webapps/vireo.war
 ```
 
 or as root:
 
 ```bash
-$ cp ~/vireo-4.2.9.war /usr/local/tomcat/webapps/ROOT.war
+$ cp ~/vireo-4.2.10.war /usr/local/tomcat/webapps/ROOT.war
 ```
 
 **if not specifying assets.uri during build the assets will be stored under the vireo webapp's classpath, /opt/tomcat/webapps/vireo/WEB-INF/classes**
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ $ cp ~/vireo-4.2.9.war /usr/local/tomcat/webapps/ROOT.war
 ## Running WAR as a stand-alone Spring Boot application
 
 ```bash
-java -jar target/vireo-4.2.9.war
+java -jar target/vireo-4.2.10.war
 ```
 
 <div align="right">(<a href="#readme-top">back to top</a>)</div>
diff --git a/build/appConfig.js.template b/build/appConfig.js.template
index 56b20fdb7..431ff7440 100644
--- a/build/appConfig.js.template
+++ b/build/appConfig.js.template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 var appConfig = {
 
-    'version': '4.2.9',
+    'version': '4.2.10',
 
     'allowAnonymous': true,
     'anonymousRole': 'ROLE_ANONYMOUS',
diff --git a/example.env b/example.env
index c240b8e38..d376fa8bb 100644
--- a/example.env
+++ b/example.env
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 ##############################
 
 IMAGE_HOST=127.0.0.1
-IMAGE_VERSION=4.2.9
+IMAGE_VERSION=4.2.10
 SERVICE_PROJECT=tdl
 SERVICE_PATH=vireo
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 670832ceb..d2da7e6a9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "vireo",
   "private": false,
-  "version": "4.2.9",
+  "version": "4.2.10",
   "description": "Vireo 4",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/TexasDigitalLibrary/Vireo",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f27e875ae..36e479238 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.tdl</groupId>
   <artifactId>vireo</artifactId>
-  <version>4.2.9</version>
+  <version>4.2.10</version>
 
   <name>Vireo</name>
   <description>Vireo Thesis and Dissertation Submission System</description>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/tdl/vireo/config/AppWebMvcConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/tdl/vireo/config/AppWebMvcConfig.java
index 6d1103830..8bd5016c4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/tdl/vireo/config/AppWebMvcConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/tdl/vireo/config/AppWebMvcConfig.java
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 import java.util.List;
 
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+
 import org.apache.catalina.connector.Connector;
 import org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Protocol;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -13,12 +15,15 @@
 import org.springframework.boot.web.embedded.tomcat.TomcatServletWebServerFactory;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.config.EnableJpaRepositories;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.web.method.support.HandlerMethodArgumentResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.EnableWebMvc;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.ResourceHandlerRegistry;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurer;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.ResourceResolver;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.ResourceResolverChain;
 import org.tdl.vireo.Application;
 import org.tdl.vireo.model.User;
 import org.tdl.vireo.model.repo.UserRepo;
@@ -65,6 +70,27 @@ public void addResourceHandlers(ResourceHandlerRegistry registry) {
         registry.addResourceHandler("/**").addResourceLocations("classpath:/");
 
         registry.addResourceHandler("/public/**").addResourceLocations("file:" + Application.getAssetsPath() + publicFolder + "/");
+        registry.addResourceHandler("/application.yml")
+                .setCachePeriod(0)
+                .addResourceLocations("classpath:/")
+                .resourceChain(true)
+                .addResolver(new ResourceResolver() {
+
+                    @Override
+                    public Resource resolveResource(HttpServletRequest request, String requestPath,
+                            List<? extends Resource> locations, ResourceResolverChain chain) {
+                        return null;
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    public String resolveUrlPath(String resourcePath, List<? extends Resource> locations,
+                            ResourceResolverChain chain) {
+                                return null;
+                    }
+
+                })
+                .addTransformer((resource, requestPath, transformerChain) -> null);
+
         registry.setOrder(Integer.MAX_VALUE - 2);
 
         logger.info("/public/** -> file:" + Application.getAssetsPath() + publicFolder + "/");