diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 62e3ee8e694..6cd801acc35 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     "jsonlint-cli": "^1.0.1",
     "lightbox2": "~2.8.2",
     "lodash": "^4.1.0",
-    "loopback": "^2.22.0",
+    "loopback": "^3.8.0",
     "loopback-boot": "^2.13.0",
     "loopback-component-passport": "^2.0.0",
     "loopback-connector-mongodb": "1.17.0",
diff --git a/server/config.json b/server/config.json
index 02cb729409c..8d0e2976c0b 100644
--- a/server/config.json
+++ b/server/config.json
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
     "rest": {
       "handleErrors": false,
       "normalizeHttpPath": false,
-      "xml": false
+      "xml": false,
+      "handleErrors": false
     },
     "json": {
       "strict": false,
diff --git a/server/middleware.json b/server/middleware.json
index 18f7aaa5cc3..f19ec96c620 100644
--- a/server/middleware.json
+++ b/server/middleware.json
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@
   "files": {},
   "final:after": {
     "./middlewares/error-reporter": {},
-    "./middlewares/error-handlers": {}
+    "./middlewares/error-handlers": {},
+    "strong-error-handler": {
+      "params": {
+         "debug": false,
+         "log": true
+       }
+    }
   }
 }