diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..392ab78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#
+# Copy and rename this file to .env at root of this project.
+#
+
+# A common use case is to supply database credentials via the environment. Edit settings.php
+# like so:
+#
+# $databases['default']['default'] = [
+#   'database' => $_ENV['MYSQL_DATABASE'],
+#   'driver' => 'mysql',
+#   'host' => $_ENV['MYSQL_HOSTNAME'],
+#   'namespace' => 'Drupal\\Core\\Database\\Driver\\mysql',
+#   'password' => $_ENV['MYSQL_PASSWORD'],
+#   'port' => $_ENV['MYSQL_PORT'],
+#   'prefix' => '',
+#   'username' => $_ENV['MYSQL_USER'],
+# ];
+#
+# Uncomment and populate as needed.
+# MYSQL_DATABASE=
+# MYSQL_HOSTNAME=
+# MYSQL_PASSWORD=
+# MYSQL_PORT=
+# MYSQL_USER=
+
+# Another common use case is to set Drush's --uri via environment.
+# DRUSH_OPTIONS_URI=http://example.com
+
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 84a77eb..e63532b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 /web/modules/contrib/
 /web/themes/contrib/
 /web/profiles/contrib/
+/web/libraries/
 
 # Ignore sensitive information
 /web/sites/*/settings.php
@@ -19,5 +20,10 @@
 
 # Ignore files generated by PhpStorm
 /.idea/
+/.vscode/
 /.editorconfig
-/.gitattributes
\ No newline at end of file
+/.gitattributes
+
+# Ignore .env files as they are personal
+/.env
+
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index eda00b9..f82cdc3 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -28,25 +28,25 @@
         "sort-packages": true
     },
     "require": {
-        "php": ">=7.1",
+        "php": ">=7.3",
         "ext-curl": "*",
-        "composer/installers": "^1.2",
-        "cweagans/composer-patches": "^1.6.5",
-        "drupal/core": "^8.9.0",
-        "drupal/core-composer-scaffold": "^8.9.0",
-        "drupal/commerce": "^2.0",
-        "drupal/search_api": "^1.0",
+        "composer/installers": "^1.9",
+        "cweagans/composer-patches": "^1.7",
+        "drupal/core": "^9.1",
+        "drupal/core-composer-scaffold": "^9.1",
+        "drupal/commerce": "^2.24",
+        "drupal/search_api": "^1.19",
         "drupal/swiftmailer": "^2.0",
-        "drupal/token": "^1.0",
-        "drupalcommerce/commerce_base": "dev-8.x-1.x",
-        "drush/drush": "^9.7.1 | ^10.0.0",
-        "oomphinc/composer-installers-extender": "^2.0",
-        "webflo/drupal-finder": "^1.0.0",
+        "drupal/token": "^1.9",
+        "drupalcommerce/commerce_base": "9.x-dev",
+        "drush/drush": "^10.3",
+        "vlucas/phpdotenv": "^5.1",
+        "webflo/drupal-finder": "^1.2",
         "webmozart/path-util": "^2.3"
     },
     "require-dev": {
-        "drupal/core-dev": "^8.9.0",
-        "zaporylie/composer-drupal-optimizations": "^1.1"
+        "drupal/core-dev": "^9.1",
+        "zaporylie/composer-drupal-optimizations": "^1.2"
     },
     "conflict": {
         "drupal/drupal": "*"
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@
     "autoload": {
         "classmap": [
             "scripts/composer/ScriptHandler.php"
-        ]
+        ],
+        "files": ["load.environment.php"]
     },
     "scripts": {
         "drupal-scaffold": "DrupalComposer\\DrupalScaffold\\Plugin::scaffold",
@@ -88,9 +89,7 @@
             "npm-asset"
         ],
         "installer-paths": {
-            "web/core": [
-                "type:drupal-core"
-            ],
+            "web/core": ["type:drupal-core"],
             "web/libraries/{$name}": [
                 "type:drupal-library",
                 "type:bower-asset",
diff --git a/load.environment.php b/load.environment.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1bec62e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/load.environment.php
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This file is included very early. See autoload.files in composer.json and
+ * https://getcomposer.org/doc/04-schema.md#files
+ */
+
+use Dotenv\Dotenv;
+
+/**
+ * Load any .env file. See /.env.example.
+ *
+ * Drupal has no official method for loading environment variables and uses
+ * getenv() in some places.
+ */
+$dotenv = Dotenv::createUnsafeImmutable(__DIR__);
+$dotenv->safeLoad();
+
diff --git a/scripts/composer/ScriptHandler.php b/scripts/composer/ScriptHandler.php
index 4a344f5..51026d3 100644
--- a/scripts/composer/ScriptHandler.php
+++ b/scripts/composer/ScriptHandler.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 use Composer\Script\Event;
 use Composer\Semver\Comparator;
+use Drupal\Core\Site\Settings;
 use DrupalFinder\DrupalFinder;
 use Symfony\Component\Filesystem\Filesystem;
 use Webmozart\PathUtil\Path;
@@ -40,11 +41,10 @@ public static function createRequiredFiles(Event $event) {
       $fs->copy($drupalRoot . '/sites/default/default.settings.php', $drupalRoot . '/sites/default/settings.php');
       require_once $drupalRoot . '/core/includes/bootstrap.inc';
       require_once $drupalRoot . '/core/includes/install.inc';
-      $settings['config_directories'] = [
-        CONFIG_SYNC_DIRECTORY => (object) [
-          'value' => Path::makeRelative($drupalFinder->getComposerRoot() . '/config/sync', $drupalRoot),
-          'required' => TRUE,
-        ],
+      new Settings([]);
+      $settings['settings']['config_sync_directory'] = (object) [
+        'value' => Path::makeRelative($drupalFinder->getComposerRoot() . '/config/sync', $drupalRoot),
+        'required' => TRUE,
       ];
       drupal_rewrite_settings($settings, $drupalRoot . '/sites/default/settings.php');
       $fs->chmod($drupalRoot . '/sites/default/settings.php', 0666);