diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index bd16569af..fc3ca62c7 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
   config.vm.synced_folder '.', '/vagrant', type: 'virtualbox'
 
   # Provisioning
-  config.vm.provision "shell", privileged: true, run: "always" do |s|
+  config.vm.provision "shell", privileged: true, run: "once" do |s|
     s.inline = "export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8\n" \
                "export LANG=en_US.UTF-8\n" \
                "export LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8"
diff --git a/config/environments/development.rb b/config/environments/development.rb
index ba7f34da0..79305c1b6 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.rb
+++ b/config/environments/development.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Rails.application.configure do
   # In the development environment your application's code is reloaded on
   # every request. This slows down response time but is perfect for development
   # since you don't have to restart the web server when you make code changes.
-  config.cache_classes = true
+  config.cache_classes = false
 
   # Do not eager load code on boot.
   config.eager_load = false
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ Rails.application.configure do
   # Debug mode disables concatenation and preprocessing of assets.
   # This option may cause significant delays in view rendering with a large
   # number of complex assets.
-  config.assets.debug = false
+  # Set to false when running with Vagrant to speed up response time.
+  config.assets.debug = ENV['VIRTUAL_DEV_ENV'] ? false : true
 
   # Asset digests allow you to set far-future HTTP expiration dates on all assets,
   # yet still be able to expire them through the digest params.
diff --git a/provision/box_setup.zsh b/provision/box_setup.zsh
index e72571a8e..b0a05d5da 100755
--- a/provision/box_setup.zsh
+++ b/provision/box_setup.zsh
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env zsh
 
+# Set environmen values #######################################################
+
+  # Virtual environment flag
+  echo '# Set virtual environment flag' >> ~/.profile
+  echo 'export VIRTUAL_DEV_ENV=true' >> ~/.profile
+  echo "\n" >>  ~/.profile
+
+  # Language configuration
+  echo '# Set locale configuration' >> ~/.profile
+  echo 'export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8' >> ~/.profile
+  echo 'export LANG=en_US.UTF-8' >> ~/.profile
+  echo 'export LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8' >> ~/.profile
+  echo "\n" >>  ~/.profile
+
 # Install and setup PostgreSQL ################################################
 
 echo "***************************************************"
@@ -93,14 +107,6 @@ echo "***************************************************"
 echo "Checking for NVM... "
 echo "***************************************************"
 if [[ ! -x "$HOME/.nvm" ]]; then
-
-  # Set language configuration
-  echo '# Set locale configuration' >> ~/.profile
-  echo 'export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8' >> ~/.profile
-  echo 'export LANG=en_US.UTF-8' >> ~/.profile
-  echo 'export LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8' >> ~/.profile
-  echo "\n" >>  ~/.profile
-
   wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.2/install.sh | bash
 
   echo '# Node Version Manager' >> ~/.profile