diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 845fc31..88e53f5 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ group :development do
   gem 'spring-watcher-listen', '~> 2.0.0'
   
   #replaces the standard Rails error page with a much better and more useful error page
-  gem 'better_errors', '~> 2.4'
+  gem 'better_errors', '~> 2.8'
 
   #automaically reloads the browser when the views are changed 
   gem 'guard', '~> 2.14', '>= 2.14.1'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 6392701..805c462 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ GEM
       io-like (~> 0.3.0)
     arel (9.0.0)
     bcrypt (3.1.12)
-    better_errors (2.5.0)
+    better_errors (2.8.0)
       coderay (>= 1.0.0)
       erubi (>= 1.0.0)
       rack (>= 0.9.0)
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ GEM
     chromedriver-helper (2.1.0)
       archive-zip (~> 0.10)
       nokogiri (~> 1.8)
-    coderay (1.1.2)
+    coderay (1.1.3)
     coffee-rails (4.2.2)
       coffee-script (>= 2.2.0)
       railties (>= 4.0.0)
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ GEM
     em-websocket (0.5.1)
       eventmachine (>= 0.12.9)
       http_parser.rb (~> 0.6.0)
-    erubi (1.7.1)
+    erubi (1.10.0)
     eventmachine (1.2.7)
     execjs (2.7.0)
     ffi (1.9.25)
@@ -138,7 +138,9 @@ GEM
     marcel (0.3.3)
       mimemagic (~> 0.3.2)
     method_source (0.9.1)
-    mimemagic (0.3.2)
+    mimemagic (0.3.10)
+      nokogiri (~> 1)
+      rake
     mini_mime (1.0.1)
     mini_portile2 (2.3.0)
     minitest (5.11.3)
@@ -157,7 +159,7 @@ GEM
       method_source (~> 0.9.0)
     public_suffix (3.0.3)
     puma (3.12.0)
-    rack (2.0.6)
+    rack (2.2.3)
     rack-test (1.1.0)
       rack (>= 1.0, < 3)
     rails (5.2.1)
@@ -255,7 +257,7 @@ PLATFORMS
   ruby
 
 DEPENDENCIES
-  better_errors (~> 2.4)
+  better_errors (~> 2.8)
   bootsnap (>= 1.1.0)
   bulma-rails
   byebug