diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 2ba0e0a9..49533fb2 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ group :production do #this is used on heroku
  #gem 'rmagick'
 end
 
+group :development, :test do
+  gem 'pry-rails'
+  gem 'better_errors'
+  gem 'quiet_assets'
+end
+
 gem 'jquery-rails'
 gem 'jquery-ui-rails'
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 792c5779..e6f3af2c 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -47,12 +47,17 @@ GEM
     best_in_place (3.0.3)
       actionpack (>= 3.2)
       railties (>= 3.2)
+    better_errors (2.1.1)
+      coderay (>= 1.0.0)
+      erubis (>= 2.6.6)
+      rack (>= 0.9.0)
     builder (3.2.2)
     cancan (1.6.10)
     climate_control (0.0.3)
       activesupport (>= 3.0)
     cocaine (0.5.7)
       climate_control (>= 0.0.3, < 1.0)
+    coderay (1.1.0)
     coffee-rails (4.1.0)
       coffee-script (>= 2.2.0)
       railties (>= 4.0.0, < 5.0)
@@ -96,6 +101,7 @@ GEM
       nokogiri (>= 1.5.9)
     mail (2.6.3)
       mime-types (>= 1.16, < 3)
+    method_source (0.8.2)
     mime-types (2.6.1)
     mimemagic (0.3.0)
     mini_portile (0.6.2)
@@ -112,6 +118,14 @@ GEM
       mime-types
       mimemagic (= 0.3.0)
     pg (0.18.3)
+    pry (0.10.1)
+      coderay (~> 1.1.0)
+      method_source (~> 0.8.1)
+      slop (~> 3.4)
+    pry-rails (0.3.4)
+      pry (>= 0.9.10)
+    quiet_assets (1.1.0)
+      railties (>= 3.1, < 5.0)
     rack (1.6.4)
     rack-test (0.6.3)
       rack (>= 1.0)
@@ -152,6 +166,7 @@ GEM
       sprockets (>= 2.8, < 4.0)
       sprockets-rails (>= 2.0, < 4.0)
       tilt (>= 1.1, < 3)
+    slop (3.6.0)
     sprockets (3.3.4)
       rack (~> 1.0)
     sprockets-rails (2.3.3)
@@ -179,6 +194,7 @@ PLATFORMS
 DEPENDENCIES
   aws-sdk
   best_in_place
+  better_errors
   cancan
   coffee-rails
   devise
@@ -191,6 +207,8 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   kaminari
   paperclip
   pg
+  pry-rails
+  quiet_assets
   rails (= 4.2.4)
   rails3-jquery-autocomplete
   redis