diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 9c22fa3f..3245b7b4 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
 			<include name="languages/**/*" />
 			<include name="config/*.properties" />
 			<include name="config/*.txt" />
+			<include name="config/*.n3" />
 			<include name="config/jarlist/*.txt" />
 			<include name="config/solr/*" />
 			<include name="context.xml" />
diff --git a/config/applicationSetup.n3 b/config/applicationSetup.n3
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8f7ccf8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/applicationSetup.n3
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+@prefix : <http://vitro.mannlib.cornell.edu/ns/vitro/ApplicationSetup#> .
+
+:application 
+    a   <java:edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.application.ApplicationImpl> ,
+        <java:edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.modules.Application> ;
+    :hasSearchEngine              :searchEngineWrapper ;
+    :hasImageProcessor            :imageProcessor ;
+    :hasFileStorage               :fileStorage ;
+    :hasContentTripleSource       :contentTripleSource ;
+    :hasConfigurationTripleSource :configurationTripleSource .
+
+:imageProcessor 
+    a   <java:edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.imageprocessor.jai.JaiImageProcessor> ,
+        <java:edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.modules.imageProcessor.ImageProcessor> .
+
+:fileStorage 
+    a   <java:edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.filestorage.impl.FileStorageImplWrapper> ,
+        <java:edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.modules.fileStorage.FileStorage> .
+               
+:searchEngineWrapper 
+    a   <java:edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.searchengine.InstrumentedSearchEngineWrapper> , 
+        <java:edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.modules.searchEngine.SearchEngine> ;
+    :wraps :searchEngine .
+
+:searchEngine
+    a   <java:edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.searchengine.solr.SolrSearchEngine> ,
+        <java:edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.modules.searchEngine.SearchEngine> .
+
+:contentTripleSource
+    a   <java:edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.triplesource.impl.sdb.ContentTripleSourceSDB> ,
+        <java:edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.modules.tripleSource.ContentTripleSource> .
+
+:configurationTripleSource
+    a   <java:edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.triplesource.impl.tdb.ConfigurationTripleSourceTDB> ,
+        <java:edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.modules.tripleSource.ConfigurationTripleSource> .
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/productMods/WEB-INF/resources/startup_listeners.txt b/productMods/WEB-INF/resources/startup_listeners.txt
index 2871e488..db43cc7e 100644
--- a/productMods/WEB-INF/resources/startup_listeners.txt
+++ b/productMods/WEB-INF/resources/startup_listeners.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.servlet.setup.JvmSmokeTests
 
+edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.application.ApplicationSetup
+
 edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.config.ConfigurationPropertiesSetup
 
 edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.config.ConfigurationPropertiesSmokeTests
@@ -16,15 +18,12 @@ edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.servlet.setup.GuardAgainstUnmigratedRDB
 
 edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.utils.developer.DeveloperSettings$Setup
 
-edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.application.ApplicationImpl$Setup
+edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.application.ApplicationImpl$ComponentsSetup
 
 edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.config.RevisionInfoSetup
 
 edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.email.FreemarkerEmailFactory$Setup
 
-# In 1.8, this should replace JenaPersistentDataSourceSetup, RDFServiceSetup, and maybe more.
-edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.servlet.setup.rdfsetup.RDFSetup
-
 edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.servlet.setup.ConfigurationModelsSetup
 edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.servlet.setup.ContentModelSetup
 
diff --git a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/harvester/FileHarvestController.java b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/harvester/FileHarvestController.java
index 548b9c68..aa3cdf00 100644
--- a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/harvester/FileHarvestController.java
+++ b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/harvester/FileHarvestController.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.w3c.dom.NamedNodeMap;
 import org.w3c.dom.Node;
 import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
 
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.application.ApplicationUtils;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.config.ConfigurationProperties;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.VitroRequest;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.FreemarkerHttpServlet;
@@ -213,13 +214,8 @@ public class FileHarvestController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
      */
     private static String getUploadPathBase(ServletContext context) throws Exception
     {
-        String vitroHomeDirectoryName = ConfigurationProperties.getBean(context).getProperty(FileStorageImplWrapper.PROPERTY_VITRO_HOME_DIR);
-        if (vitroHomeDirectoryName == null) {
-            throw new Exception("Vitro home directory name could not be found.");
-        }
-
-        String pathBase = vitroHomeDirectoryName + "/" + FileStorageImplWrapper.FILE_STORAGE_SUBDIRECTORY + "/" + PATH_TO_UPLOADS;
-        return pathBase;
+        String vitroHomeDirectoryName = ApplicationUtils.instance().getHomeDirectory().getPath().toString(); 
+        return vitroHomeDirectoryName + "/" + FileStorageImplWrapper.FILE_STORAGE_SUBDIRECTORY + "/" + PATH_TO_UPLOADS;
     }
 
     /**